http://www.ssopo.org/news.html Latest news from the Seattle Symphony & Opera Players' Organization en-us Copyright 2008 Seattle Symphony & Opera Players' Organization Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?cat=8&ni=17 The Seattle Symphony has lost a board chair and gained a search committee, all in one day. Susan Hutchison, the current board chair, has decided to run for King County Executive, which means she will step down from the key Symphony... Click here to read this Crosscut article... http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?ni=17 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?cat=8&ni=16 A retired 81-year-old former Seattle Symphony trombone player decided the forest he raised and tended since he was a teenager should never be developed. So he has gifted development rights to 176 acres of forestland on Whidbey Island, worth about $1.5 million, to the Whidbey Camano Land Trust, to... http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?ni=16 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?cat=9&ni=15 Download this issue: Backstage Magazine - Spring/Summer 2008 Touring Musicians...California sun - The Seattle Symphony tour of Southern California in April took the musicians to Santa Barbara, Palm Desert, San Diego... http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?ni=15 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?cat=8&ni=14 The Seattle Symphony has launched a blog for the 2008 SummerFest, June 26 - July 14, with Mark O'Connor. It's a fun, informative blog with a lot of interesting posts. The blog is located at http://summerfest2008.wordpress.com.... http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?ni=14 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?cat=1&ni=13 In 2005 Seattle Symphony Principal Tuba Chris Olka coordinated a series of Brass Masterclasses for Seattle area brass players of all ages and abilities. David Gordon (principal trumpet), Jeff Fair (assistant principal horn), Ko-ichiro Yamamoto (principal trombone), Steve Fissel (bass trombone) and... http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?ni=13 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?cat=8&ni=11 The 2008-09 season has been announced! Highlights include the rarely-performed Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand, Richard Strauss' rousing Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Rimsky-Korsakov's beloved Scheherazade and much, much more. Among the many treats in store for you are performances by... http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?ni=11 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?cat=1&ni=1 Welcome to the new and improved SSOPO website. As you make your way around this new site I hope you will experience many of the ways that we are striving to make it useful, as well as informative to our audience, patrons and other visitors. Look Around As you look around the site you... http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?ni=1 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?cat=1&ni=10 Seattle Chamber Players, whose members consist of three key players from the Seattle Symphony: violinist Mikhail Shmidt, cellist David Sabee, clarinetist Laura DeLuca with flutist Paul Taub (Cornish College of the Arts faculty) and artistic advisor, Elena Dubinets (SSO's newly appointed artistic... http://www.ssopo.org/news.html?ni=10