Salisbury Symphony Orchestra

at Salisbury State University

Management

Dr. Thomas G. Elliot, Music Director/Conductor
Lacey Work, Managing Director

A Brief History

The Salisbury Symphony Orchestra at Salisbury State University was created in 1986 in response to a number of amateur performers and civic leaders in Salisbury who felt very strongly about the need for legitimate orchestral music in their community. A local group of string players met with Dr. Thomas G. Elliot who had just been appointed chairman of the Department of music at SSU. On January 20, 1986, the first rehearsal was held as 23 musicians met in the Holloway Hall Music Annex on the SSU campus. In the subsequent 12 years, the orchestra has grown to 63 musicians and has given many successful performances of classical music to an increasing number of enthusiastic concertgoers.

SSO members include students, faculty members, lawyers, teachers, homemakers, doctors, scientists, and professional musicians. Many travel from as far as Easton, MD, lower Delaware, and the Lower Virginia Shore to attend regular Sunday evening rehearsals. Each season includes two major concert performances at SSU's Holloway Hall - one in December and one in the spring. The conductor selects literature calculated to challenge the orchestra and, at the same time, to provide an enjoyable program for its audiences.

There is also the SSO Affiliated Youth Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Elliot, which provides orchestra experience for Salisbury area high school students.

Visit the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra Web site.

Upcoming Events

Saturday May 8, 1999, 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm - The SSO Anual Spring Concert, in Holloway Hall Auditorium at Salisbury State University, will feature Guest Artist Bernard Zinck, violin, in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64.

Sunday, May 16, 1999, 2:00 pm - The SSO Affiliated Youth Orchestra Spring Concert will be held in Holloway Hall Auditorium, Salisbury State University.

March 5, 6, 7*, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14*, 1999 - The SSO will be playing for the SSU THeatre Production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in Holloway Hall, SSU at 8:00 pm (*2:00 pm on March 7 and 14). For SSU Theatre ticket information, call 410-543-6228.

Friday, March 26, 1999 - Our own annual fund-raiser to benefit the SSO will be held at 7:30 pm at THE Commons at SSU. This year's event is Pops Goes Broadway, and ticket information is available by calling 410-543-6176

Friday, April 9, 1999 - ARTSoiree, the Worcester County Arts Council fund raiser, will be held at the Sheraton Fountainbleau Hotel, Ocean City, MD. For ticket information call 410-641-0809

Sunday, July 4, 1999 - Celebrate America is the annual Independence Day Concert on the Beach at Caroline Street, Ocean City, MD, 8:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public (bring beach chairs!), and the concert concludes with Ocean City's Fourth of July fireworks.

Friday, December 31, 1999 - Toast the Coast 2000 is the millennium celebration including gourmet dinner, dancing, and the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra with guest artists Melba Moore, Lynn Anderson, and Judy Collins. This event will be held at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal, sponsored by the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce. For ticket information call 800-441-1329 x 12.

Please consider becoming a patron of the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra at Salisbury State University. As patron you will receive admittance to both the fall and spring annual concerts, and will be listed in the concert programs as supporters of the SSO. For more information about the SSO, or to be added to the SSO's mailing list, please call 410-548-5587.

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