Each season, we produce classical and pops performances, plus educational, cultural & outreach programs that benefit the communities in which we serve. The Springfield Symphony Orchestra performed its first concert in 1944, at its current home - Springfield Symphony Hall, which was originally built as the Municipal Auditorium. That performance received great reviews and was even recorded by the Of
fice of War Information for rebroadcast to our troops overseas. Today, the SSO is the largest professional symphony orchestra in Massachusetts, outside of Boston. It consists of over 80 musicians from the NE region of the United States and Canada, and holds many performances in a given season - as either the full orchestra or in ensemble formats. SSO concerts are typically recorded and re-broadcast over New England Public Radio (88.5FM), the area NPR station. The Springfield Symphony Orchestra is also the parent organization of two youth orchestras - the Springfield Youth Sinfonia (formally Young Person's Philharmonia) and the Springfield Youth Orchestra (formally Young Person's Symphony). Both of these ensembles offer young musicians a chance to play in a full orchestra, an option not offered in many schools. For more information about the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, visit http://www.springfieldsymphony.org/ or email the SSO at [email protected].
