Summer Conducting & Chamber Ensembles

This is the only page where you can sign up for 012 – Conducting Class, 013- Chamber Ensembles, or both.

• • $65 Conducting (012) – 12:30-1:15pm | Mr. May
  • $65  Chamber (013) – 2:45-3:30pm | Mr. May, Mr. Allison, Mrs. Rydholm
  
  

  Summer Music

  Conducting (012) $65.00 USDChamber (013) $65.00 USDConducting & Chamber $130.00 USD

  
  
  

  Summer Orchestra

  Follow this link to sign-up for the Summer Orchestra (011)

CONCERT at Heritage Park at Capitol Lake
Saturday, July 23, 2pm, Free 

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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STUDENT DISCOUNT VOUCHER Download 

MAY CONCERT POSTER Download

Purchase tickets at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Olympia by calling 360.753.8586 or online at WashingtonCenter.org.

Mr. May, Music Director ~ Conservatory Orchestra
Symphony No. 50, Op. 360, Mount St. Helens, Alan Hovhaness
Romance in G, Johann Svendsen
Camille McLean, Violin
William Tell Overture, Gioachino Rossini

Mr. Allison, Conductor & Ms. Ward, Assistant Conductor ~ Brass Choir
Fanfare for the Future, Robbert Vos
Reflective, Greg Allison
Rafaga, Kazutaka Kawai

Mr. Allison, Conductor ~ Academy Orchestra
Havana, arr. Victor Lopez
Over the Rainbow, Howard Arlen arr. Thome
Millennium, Richard Meyer

Mr. Craig & Mr. Goldstein, Conductors ~ Debut Orchestra
Aboriginal Rituals, Elliot del Borgo
Symphony No. 2, Mvt. III, Johannes Brahms arr. Leidig

Thank you to our sponsors Capital Heating & Cooling

Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia has the privilege to host the four finalists for the Olympia Symphony Orchestras’ next music director. The finalists each rehearse the Conservatory Orchestra during their time in Olympia. The community is invited to attend, but seating is limited. If you are interested in attending, please email studentorchestras@gmail.com.

We are delighted to host the last finalist, Adam Johnson, and watch him work with the student musicians Sunday, May 8, 4:40-5:20pm. Please be sure to contact us if you are interested in saving a seat to watch the rehearsal!

We are very grateful to the Olympia Symphony Orchestra board and staff for providing this opportunity for SOGO students to meet and work with world-class conductors. Thank you!

SOGO Student Soloists for the March 6, 4pm concert at the Washington Center are Gabe Ong, oboe and Ryan Kapsandy, bassoon. We took some time and interviewed them on a number of questions regarding their upcoming performance and what sage advice they might have for younger musicians. Their interview has been compiled and you can download their answers here SPOTLIGHT.