www.virginiasymphony.com

"We encourage those in our community to visit the Web site and learn more about our organization," said David Gaylin, executive director of the Virginia Symphony. "Our goal is to foster the sense of community that music and the arts can bring to an area, and we're confident that our new Web site will extend our reach to those with a true love of music."

In the near future, Virginia Symphony fans will be able to purchase any of the Virginia Symphony's numerous recordings from virginiasymphony.org, or locate titles featuring JoAnn Falletta on other major record labels. Musicians will also be able to browse audition postings and employment opportunities, as well as post résumés or contact Virginia Symphony musicians and staff members.

Virginia Beach-based tmg3.com, the Internet division of The Meridian Group, designed the Web site for the Virginia Symphony. Rather than accepting full compensation, tmg3.com provided some of its services as a donation to the organization. "Non-profit organizations, such as the Virginia Symphony, have so much to offer our community in terms of culture, development and education, and the Internet is the perfect communications tool for them advance their unique experience," said Rick Richter, president of tmg3.com. "We wanted to do whatever we could to make the Virginia Symphony experience even easier to obtain through online ticket sales, concert information and community news."

About The Virginia Symphony

Founded in 1920, the Virginia Symphony has served the communities of Hampton Roads for eight decades, growing with the area to become one of the nation's leading regional symphony orchestras. Once the only orchestra between Baltimore and Atlanta, the Virginia Symphony assumed its present form with the 1979 merger of the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra, the Virginia Beach Pops Symphony, and the Virginia Orchestra Group, a move by community leaders who understood that higher artistic quality and better service could be realized by pooling financial resources for a single professional orchestra. With more than 140 classical, pops, family and educational performances each season, the Virginia Symphony has time and again been recognized for its national caliber of excellence. Hampton Roads has the unique distinction of serving as home to the acclaimed orchestra, which includes over seventy professional musicians and over sixty glorious voices in the Virginia Symphony Chorus.

About tmg3.com

tmg3.com is one of the region's most experienced web site definition / design and Internet marketing firms. Since 1994 the organization has helped develop and design internet marketing strategies for more than 200 Web site projects in diverse market segments: hospitality, real estate, engineering, financial, internet, manufacturing, media, medical, professional and non-profit services. tmg3.com was formed out of the corporate merger of WebMarketeer, Inc. and The Meridian Group, January 1, 2000. The company is a separate corporation working independently with clients, but also acts as the Internet Division of The Meridian Group, a fully integrated advertising, marketing, media, and public relations firm. The Meridian Group, one of the fastest growing marketing communications firms in the Southeast, is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Va., with offices in Charleston, S.C., and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.