Come join us for our exciting Summer Concert at Epworth on August 5 at 7:30.

Led by James Anderson (who is also Director of Orchestral Studies at University of Delaware), SODELO will perform crowd pleasers from the world of classical music and the Great American Songbook of classics!

OUR PROGRAM:

Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont Overture

Gioacino Rossini, Sonata 1

Cole Porter, NIght and Day

Stephen Sondheim, Send in the Clowns

George Gershwin, Summertime

George Gershwin, Lullaby

Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean a Thing

Duke Ellington, Don't Get Around Much Any More

BACKGROUND ON SODELO:

In February, Steve Greifer started reaching out on local social media to see if he could find some musicians to play chamber music with when he moved to Milton in April. 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(v)(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 capacity audiences in the holiday season at Camp Arrowhead and in the spring at the Rehoboth Convention Center (featuring cellist Bob Cafaro from the Philadelphia Orchestra).

Today, we have over 40 musicians who have played with us, 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 no-audition orchestra with members ranging from retirees to active professional musicians to talented teens to join us as we prepare for our August 5 concert.

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.

THANK YOU DELAWARE!!

SODELO is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts (https://arts.delaware.gov) a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The division promotes arts events on www.DelawareScene.com

AUGUST 5 SODELO SUMMER CONCERT