La Gitana Olympia
La Gitana Olympia FUN-raiser Wednesday, November 16
THANK YOU TO LA GITANA & SOGO SUPPORTERS – We had a great day of good food and lots of music by SOGO musicians!
November Concert
SOGO Sunday, November 6, 4pm
Washington Center for the Performing Arts | 512 Washington St SE, Olympia
This season we are celebrating being together and bringing you talented young musicians from the South Sound area performing great works of orchestral literature. Our featured guest artist for our season-opening concert is Andy Classen, Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Drake University. He will be performing with all four groups of SOGO’s 131 young musicians, including works by Leroy Anderson, Oskar Böhme, Georg Philip Telemann, and more, plus a special surprise!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR A GREAT CONCERT!
Give Local 2022
GIVE LOCAL 2022 you made a difference!
GIVE LOCAL 2022
Thank you to the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound for inviting SOGO to participate in their 7th annual GIVE LOCAL campaign. We have met and exceeded our goal of $30,000! When the clock struck midnight on November 18 SOGO’s GIVE LOCAL campaign reached $34,100!
Everyone was so gracious in supporting SOGO’s core program and outreach to area schools! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
We will be reporting in December the total campaign including the BONUS FUND stretch.
Happy holiday to everyone.
BUY LOCAL 2022
BUY LOCAL Holiday Fundraiser
Pick UP items Tuesday, November 29, 4-6pm at the Allison Home
Allison Home: 1629 22nd Ave SE, Olympia WA 98501 (please direct questions to StudentOrchestras@gmail.com)
Season KICKOFF
2022-2023 SEASON KICKOFF
We have a special meet and greet Sunday, August 28, at Jefferson M.S. SOGO musicians will be rehearsing while parents get to know one another and meet our board members and hear about the amazing season ahead. The following is a general schedule of the event:
3:30-4pm – Check-in, pay tuition and pick up music.
4pm – All musicians in the gym rehearse Chorales 1, 2, and 3, and parents hear the first “concert” of the season.
4:30pm – Each group goes to their assigned rehearsal rooms to read through their folder of music. New parents and those wanting a refresher course on what to expect for the season will attend a meeting in the “small gym.” Parents will also have time to meet other families involved in SOGO, plan a carpool, and look at our Concert Closet clothing, which has gently used items donated by parents of grown children. Parents can also listen in on the different rehearsals.
5:40pm – Everyone transitions back to the large gym for a unique “Beauty – Together concert.” Parents are also invited to perform in the concert or just enjoy listening.
6pm – Thank you for coming and the first official rehearsal of the season will be Sunday, September 11, 2022! SO-GO!
Summer Music
Summer Conducting & Chamber Ensembles
This is the only page where you can sign up for 012 – Conducting Class, 013- Chamber Ensembles, or both.
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- $65 Conducting (012) – 12:30-1:15pm | Mr. May
- $65Â Chamber (013) – 2:45-3:30pm | Mr. May, Mr. Allison, Mrs. Rydholm
Summer Orchestra
Follow this link to sign-up for the Summer Orchestra (011)
Summer Concert
CONCERT at Heritage Park at Capitol Lake
Saturday, July 23, 2pm, FreeÂ
Bring a lawn chair or blanket, an umbrella for shade, and enjoy a FREE OUTDOOR concert featuring the Olympia Symphony, Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia (SOGO), and music students from Marrowstone Music Festival (by Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra). Over 125 musicians!
​A mix of celebration and joy, this concert is a musical party, and you are invited! Invite all your friends to join you in supporting local food trucks and small downtown businesses, as well as our hosts from the Olympia Symphony.
PROGRAM:
​US National Anthem [SOGO] *
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture [OSO] *
Mamma Mia! Medley [OSO+SOGO] *
Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld (“Can-Can”) [OSO+SOGO] +
Holst: Jupiter, from “The Planets” [MMF] **
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (Lauren Roth, violin soloist) [MMF] **
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade III & IV [OSO+MMF] **
Marquez: Conga del Fuego Nuevo [OSO+MMF+SOGO] **
CONDUCTORS:
* Cameron May, SOGO
** Juan Felipe Molano, SYSO
+ Minh Thi Butler, student
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