The Symphony Orchestra of Nanjing Tech University, now a member of Jiangsu Province Institute of Music, was founded in August 2011. It is a provincial college student art group, and vice-chair of the Instrumental Music Union of the College Students Art Group of Jiangsu Province. In 2017 and 2020 it was named by Jiangsu Provincial Education Department as the “Symphony Orchestra of the College Students Art Group of Jiangsu Province.”

The orchestra has one full-time instructor and nearly 90 members, with a full range of vocal parts and sufficient training space, as well as a saxophone chamber, clarinet chamber, and string chamber music group.

Since its foundation, the orchestra has won the first prize and the special prize in the instrumental group in the 4th, 5th and 6th College Student Art Performance Competitions of Jiangsu Province, and the second prize in instrumental music in the 5th National College Student Art Performance Competition in 2018. In addition, the orchestra has also won first prize in the Non-Professional Wind Orchestra Competition of Jiangsu Province, the gold medal in the general college ensemble group of the Singapore International Orchestra Competition, and owned the title of the Outstanding Team in the Non-Professional Wind Orchestra Exhibition of Jiangsu Province.

The orchestra has actively taken part in nearly 100 performances on and off campus, and participated in the “High Art into Campus” activities sponsored by Jiangsu Provincial Education Department and Financial Department. The orchestra’s special concerts have been held in many universities such as Hohai University, Nanjing Agricultural University and Jiangsu University. At the same time, the orchestra has been invited to perform in the New Year Symphony Orchestra Concert of Jiangsu Province, the Symphony Orchestra Concert of Instrumental Music Union of the College Students Art Group of Jiangsu Province, and the “Salute to the National Flag” 2019 Jiangsu University Orchestra and Marching Band Show. Besides, the orchestra has performed in Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts, Nanjing Poly Theatre, Nanjing University of Arts Concert Hall, Zijin Grand Theatre and other places many times, which has shown the image of young NanjingTech students and received wide acclaim.

At present, the Symphony Orchestra of Nanjing Tech University has gradually built-up to be a leading and nationally renowned college student art group, and will continue to bolster the university’s “Art and Aesthetics” project and contribute to setting up a high-level university campus cultural environment.