The Des Moines Gamer Symphony Orchestra is one of a handful of video game orchestras that have popped up across the country over the years, bringing together gamers and musicians alike to perform scores that evoke excitement, thrill and grand heroism — as well as nostalgia. As the 2024-2025 season begins for many of Iowa's orchestras, some of the state's largest are leaning into the video game “super-genre” (as the Gamer Symphony calls it) for the first time, in hopes of attracting new, and potentially younger, audiences as overall attendance to classical music events continues to decline. #ipr #iowapublicradio #npr #symphony #orchestra #videogames #elderscrolls #iowa #gamers #gamersoftiktok