Orchestra photo (above):
Larry Folliott
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Next concert:
Organ Fantasy
Sunday
November 14
Guest Artist:
Andrew Adair
The SSO's first presentation of a major organ work
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SSO opens
Season 11
under new principal conductor William Rowson
The Stratford Symphony Orchestra welcomes concertgoers this Saturday (Oct. 3) to Season 11, appropriately titled "New Beginnings," with a new principal conductor taking the baton for the opening concert in the orchestra's second decade.
The orchestra, led by William Rowson, will open with Gioachino
Rossini's rousing William Tell Overture. Then soprano Laura Duffy, winner of the 2015 SSO Emerging Artist Competition, will sing arias from operas by Giacomo Puccini, Vincenzo Bellini and Charles Gounod. (See complete program for details.) The orchestra will also perform a composition by Mr. Rowson, Aria for Orchestra, which, says the composer, "will give the SSO, too, a chance to sing."
Following intermission Mr. Rowson will conduct Antonin Dvořàk's
Symphony No. 9, popularly known as the New World Symphony, written while the Czech composer was living in New York from 1892 to 1895.
The SSO has not had a permanent conductor since April 2011. Mr. Rowson was selected by a search committee from a field of five candidates, each of whom had conducted the orchestra during the past season, and his appointment was confirmed and announced by the SSO board of directors in March.
The concert venue is Knox Presbyterian Church at Ontario and Waterloo streets. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available at Fanfare Books, Blowes Stationery (downtown), Festival Mall kiosk and Lyric Flowers (St. Marys), as well as on the SSO website. Tickets are $40 for adults and $10 for students (with a valid ID). Children under 12 are admitted free.
Season subscriptions ($180 for all six concerts) represent a 25 per cent saving over the individual ticket price. A student subscription is $50.
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THE MORNING AFTER (. . . Season 11's first concert)
Meet Willliam Rowson at Classical Brunch this Sunday
On Sunday, Oct. 4, join SSO principal conductor William Rowson at a Classical Brunch at Revival House (formerly The Church) at 70 Brunswick Street in Stratford beginning at 11:30 a.m. Music by SSO woodwinds.
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here to see the poster with complete details.
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Katharine Rajczak is new board president
Katharine Rajczak is the new president of the Stratford Symphony Orchestra board of directors.
Ms. Rajczak, who practices law in Stratford and Toronto, replaces Nigel Howard. She was elected president at the SSO's annual general meeting in July.
Other board officers: Bruce McLaren, vice-president; David Murray, vice-president; Ed Lee, treasurer; Sherrie Roulston, secretary.
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SSO fundraiser Oct. 18
The spectacular home of Denis Shackel and Mary Lynn Fluter will be the scene of an SSO fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 18. The home is at 9 Lakeshore Road in the private community of Oakwood Park in the Grand Bend area. A quartet of SSO string musicians will perform.
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to see the poster with complete details.
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