TODAY’S TRADEMARK – CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The company filed for trademark with the USPTO on March 7, 1961 and was assigned registration number 712300. Their mark was first used in 1913.

American symphonic orchestra the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Established by Theodore Thomas in 1891, the group has performed at the Ravinia Festival during the summer and has been housed in the Symphony Center since 1904. Riccardo Muti was the most recent music director of the orchestra, serving as director emeritus after a 13-season stint that began in 2010 and ended in 2023. One of the American orchestras that is frequently referred to as the “Big Five” is the CSO.

In 1890, Theodore Thomas received an invitation to found an orchestra in Chicago from businessman Charles Norman Fay. The orchestra made its debut on October 16, 1891, at the Auditorium Theater, performing under the moniker “Chicago Orchestra.” Among the oldest orchestras in the country are the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and this one.

The discography of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is quite broad. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus has won 65 Grammy Awards from the Recording Academy for its recordings. These include multiple accolades for Classical Album of the Year and Best Classical Performance in the orchestral, vocal soloist, choral, instrumental, and engineering categories.