The Oakland Symphony Orchestra
Oakland University offers this semi-professional orchestra-in-residence to serve our academic mission and the community at large.  With its unique structure, the OSO enables OU students, faculty and alumni the opportunity to perform the finest orchestral works in one of the region's highly regarded professional ensembles, an experience truly unique to OU.  The OSO collaborates with the Oakland University Symphony Chorus, offers the best and brightest music students opportunities to perform as concerto soloists and provides the community with the opportunity to experience excellent live performances.

Gregory Cunningham, conductor
In his 15th year as director of Orchestral Studies at Oakland University and music director and principal conductor of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, Gregory Cunningham also serves as the Doris and Paul Travis Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Oakland University.  In addition to his duties at Oakland, Cunningham is the music director of the Warren Symphony Orchestra (Warren, Michigan), is a frequent guest conductor of honor orchestras and bands throughout the Midwest, and serves as a guest conductor and clinician for many high school and middle school ensembles throughout the United State