The Lima Symphony Orchestra has been selected as one of thirty orchestras nationwide to participate in a program premiering and programming works by women composers. The LSO will program the work by composer Chelsea Komschlies. 

The orchestra along will take part in the League of American Orchestras’ Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program. This national consortium ensures that new works by women composers be premiered and programmed multiple times throughout the country. The six composers participating in the new consortium are Brittany J. Green, Moni (Jasmine) Guo, Karena Ingram, Chelsea Komschlies, Marina López, and Meilina Tsui.