The orchestra aims to broaden access to classical music by performing in places and spaces not naturally associated with the genre (such as sheds, warehouses and aeroplane hangars).

Since 2011 over 350,000 people have attended a Perth Symphony concert.

[citation needed] The Perth Symphony Orchestra was founded in November 2011 at an inaugural concert hosted by the University Club of WA, part of the University of Western Australia.

In 2014, Perth Symphony launched the Perth Symphony Big Band which performed the show Swing on This to launch the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre[2] in the south-west of Western Australia and the Perth Symphony Touring Ensemble.

Players are freelance musicians and younger performers from institutions such as the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the University of Western Australia.