Led by Grammy Award-winning Music Director Carlos Miguel Prieto, the professional musicians of the orchestra serve the 100 North Carolina counties each year, with more than 300 concerts, education programs, and community engagement offerings reaching adults and schoolchildren—in large and small communities—and in concert halls, auditoriums, gymnasiums, restaurants, clubs, and outdoor settings. Other major institutions include the North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina Museum of History, Carolina Ballet, North Carolina Opera, American Dance Festival, Ackland Art Museum, Nasher Art Museum, Marbles Kids Museum, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Morehead Planetarium, and Carolina Performing Arts at UNC-Chapel Hill.