Suita-city Symphony Orchestra

About Suita-city Symphony Orchestra (SSO)

Suita-city Symphony Orchestra (SSO) was founded in 1972. We are the Amateua Orchestra group based at Suita-city, Osaka.
Currently we have 100 members. Our repertories are from classicals such as L.V.Beethoven to post-Romantics such as G.Mahler, D.D.Shostakovich, and more we can challenge.

The major activities are the regular concerts took place in Winter and Spring, and we have Summer concert, and Fall Chamber Music Concert. Beside these concerts, we have twice-a-year campings and participate to Fall Suita Music Festival.

We are also affiliated to Federation of Japan Amateur Orchestras : JAO, and selected members participate for the JAO's annual convention.

The history of SSO

In 1960 at Suita-city, Suita-city Simphony Amateua Orchestra was active, but during 1970 due to the difficulty of management, the activity was closed.
However in 1972, when Brass Band became popular in every place, Suita-City decided to raise an orchestra group where any citizen of Suita-city are able to participate easily and make the group to be a Fountain of Heart for the city.
Lead by the former members of Suita high-school Orchestra, and the support from Settsu-city Brass Band, and full cooperation from Talent Education Research Institute,Suita-branch to fill the strings part, the orchestra was formed with 35 members.

April, 1972 Debut concert
F.Schubert/Symphony No,8 "Unfinished" etc.
April 1973 The First Regular concert
L.V.Beethoven/Symphony No,5 etc.
1983 Affiliated to JAO ( Federation of Japan Amateur Orchestras )
April 1985 Opened Suita-city Culture Hall May-Theater
Participated to the inargulation concert "Citizen's Concert for Beethoven No,9"
Afterward, the group moved its practice place and concert hall to May-Theater.

Concert Information

SSO is having the following concert.
We welcome your visit.

Date & Time : 30 Jan., 2005
14:00-
Place : May-theater
Program :

J.Sibelius / Karelia suit
C.Saint-Saens / Violin Concert No,3
Vn: NOSHO, Mariko
A.Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, "From the New World"

Need members

SSO is accepting new members as needed.
We are recruiting Vn,Vla,Vc
For Cb --- Depends on term.
For wind and percussion --- Depending on each position and term, the recruitment condition changes.

Requirement	A person with preferred position who has an experience inorchestra activity and able to participate on practice and management.
Group Fee	1,500 yen/month (Student:800 yen/month) Need the one-time membership fee: 5000 yen.
Practice	(Regular Schedule) Wednesday: 19:00-21:00, First and Third Sunday 13:00-16:00
Place	May Theater First and Second practice room

There will be a certain requirement to take a cost of tickets for regular concerts.
For the information of recruitment and needing further infos, please mail to us.
kmura@sannet.ne.jp

When contacting us with a mail please include the followings:

Name
Preferred position
Experience
Contact Address

** Note **
We cannot accpet the anonymous contact.

The inquiry mail to become a member, it will be considered as message
to SSO as a whole, so that the contents of those mails will be shared
by SSO members. This will be the same when the inquiries for concert,
and comments come.

Mailing List

SSO has opened the mailing list.
The list is used for circulating updated infos for practice schedules, camps, and chat between members. All members are able to use it.

For participation, please contact (either by mail or directly) to me (MURAOKA), or ML Manager Mr. TSUDA.

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Last modified: Tue Jan 20 1:20:00 2004