Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra  The Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra (PEISO) is a community orchestra based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Founded in 1967, the orchestra consists of professional, amateur, and student musicians, and is led by conductor Mark Shapiro, who became music director in 2013. The PEISO's annual concert season consists of four programs, which are performed either at the Confederation Centre of the Arts or at Zion Presbyterian Church in Charlottetown. More information forthcoming. Among the many guest soloists who have performed with the PEISO are Canadian classical musicians Martin Beaver, Measha Brueggergosman, Denise Djokic, Marc Djokic, Janina Fialkowska, Rivka Golani, Anton Kuerti, Suzie LeBlanc, Wendy Nielsen, Shauna Rolston, and Jasper Wood. Featured popular music artists have included musicians such as John Allan Cameron, Lennie Gallant, John McDermott, Nancy White, Richard Wood, and groups such as Barachois, The Barra MacNeils, Jive Kings, Paper Lions, and Vishtèn. Many local musicians have also been featured as soloists, including the young winners of the annual Suzanne Brenton Memorial Award, which is administered by the PEI Kiwanis Music Festival Association. As part of its ongoing commitment to the performance of Canadian music, the PEISO has commissioned many works by Canadian composers, including several by Jim O'Leary, a PEI composer originally from Newfoundland. The first of these was O'Leary's Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, which was commissioned with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts, and premiered on October 23, 2005 with trombonist Dale Sorensen. On April 5, 2009, the PEISO performed O'Leary's "Three Studies" for orchestra. Two years later the PEISO commissioned F. Jane Naylor to compose a new work for a program featuring music by women composers; her "Two Connections" for orchestra was premiered on October 16, 2011. That same year the PEISO named Jim O'Leary composer-in-residence, which resulted in the creation of three new works: "Softly at Night the Stars are Shining" for soprano and orchestra (premiered on April 3, 2011 with soprano Helen Pridmore); "Sixty Three" for orchestra (premiered on April 15, 2012); and "Choose Other Routes" for jazz trumpet soloist and orchestra (premiered on April 14, 2013 with trumpeter Paul Tynan).