THE CONCERT:

COME JOIN US FOR OUR SUMMER CONCERT ON AUGUST 10 IN OCEAN VIEW AS WE EXPAND TO A FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA!

We have an Out of This World concert for you this summer, and look forward to seeing you there.

We will be performing a crowd pleasing mix of classical and popular Celestial selections, including:

Strauss' Fanfare from Thus Spoke Zarathustra (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Holst's The Planets (Mars and Jupiter movements)
Hanson's Second Symphony (Second Movement)
Music from celestial movie favorites including:
- ET
- Apollo 13
- Superman
- Star Trek
- Star Wars

We will be appearing at:

Mariner's Global Methodist Church
81 Central Ave, Ocean View, DE

Saturday, August 10, 2024

3:00pm

We are no longer a string ensemble, but have become a FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. We conducted extensive auditions across our region to find our new Wind, Brass and Percussion members, and you will love our new sound!

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 and Music Director of the Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey. 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!

So on 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.

Following our Spring Concert, we launched a market-wide search for the best area musicians for Winds, Brass and Percussion musicians to reach our Mission to evolve from a String ensemble to a full Symphony Orchestra. Our summer concerts mark our first performances with our new musicians!

Today, we have over 70 musicians, and many friends in the Southern Delaware community who support our efforts. We practice every Monday night and have a full 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!

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.

OUT OF THIS WORLD: SODELO'S SUMMER CONCERTS

AUGUST 10