{"id":678,"date":"2022-01-21T13:36:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T13:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walsallsymphony.uk\/?page_id=678"},"modified":"2022-02-08T21:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T21:34:44","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walsallsymphony.uk\/?page_id=678","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"678\" class=\"elementor elementor-678\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47804e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47804e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31be097\" data-id=\"31be097\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-642b062 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"642b062\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5a845c\" data-id=\"b5a845c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0db8fbb\" data-id=\"0db8fbb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c255c76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c255c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Walsall Symphony Orchestra has a history dating back to the autumn of 1959 when, as the Old Marians&#8217; Orchestra, it was founded by Chad Jackson with former pupils of Queen Mary&#8217;s Grammar School in Walsall.<\/p>\n<p>Links with QMGS gradually became more tenuous and, in 1991, it changed its name to Walsall Symphony Orchestra. 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