THE CONCERT:

COME JOIN US for our SPRING CONCERT featuring SODELO's own JUSTIN CHOU, concertmaster, ANTHONY GIZZI, principal cellist and our beloved Conductor JAMES ALLEN ANDERSON!

Selections will include:

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Concert, Edward Elgar
Serenade, Edward Elgar
Finlandia, Jean Sibelius

This will be our last concert as a string orchestra before we permanently add winds, brass and percussion for our August concerts and beyond!

The concert will take place on April 13 at 7:30PM at Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Rd, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, USA

Come enjoy the music! PLEASE PRINT YOUR TICKET TO PRESENT AT THE DOOR or be prepared to show it on your phone. Plenty of free parking.

THE SODELO STORY

In February 2022, Steve Greifer started reaching out on local social media to see if he could find some musicians to play chamber music with him when he moved to Milton. He hoped to play some duets or, better yet, play in a string quartet.

Eva DelGallo, a Lewes violinist and retired school orchestra director, responded to Steve’s first postings with a much bigger vision than a quartet. Seeing the enthusiastic response from the string-playing community, Eva saw the opportunity to bring her long time dream of an orchestra in Southern Delaware to life, and jumped in with both feet.

Our third co-founder is our music director, James Allen Anderson, head of Orchestral Studies at University of Delaware. We reached out to Jim in our search for a musical leader, hoping he would refer some of his conducting students. Instead, Jim volunteered to lead us!

By May 3, an unnamed orchestra of 30 string musicians held its first rehearsal, and on July 16, a newly named/formed/incorporated/501(c)(3) Southern Delaware Orchestra played its inaugural concert at Bethel United Methodist Church in Lewes to a standing ovation from a capacity audience! We have since played to enthusiastic sold out houses from The Grand Opera House in Wilmington to the Rehoboth Convention Center and Epworth UMC.

Today, we have over 40 string musicians, and many friends in the southern Delaware community who support our efforts. We practice every Tuesday night and have a roster of upcoming concerts ahead of us. We are a welcoming community orchestra with members ranging from retirees to active professional musicians to talented teens! Last fall and winter we added winds, brass and percussion and, after this concert, we will conduct auditions and permanently become a full orchestra.

We are all about creating a wonderful musical experience for both our members and our community, and we plan to be a long term member of the cultural scene in Southern Delaware!! We hope to see you soon.

SODELO Spring Concert 2024