Guelph Symphony Orchestra

The GSO is “Guelph’s Orchestra” and has been a supporter of the Guelph Youth Music Centre orchestras from early on. All of the youth orchestras have had annual opportunites to perform side-by-side with the GSO at the River Run Centre.

Last season, the GSO gave some of the most advanced violinists in the GYMC Youth Symphony opportunites to rehearse and perform as guest members of the GSO. They got a chance to play large symphonic works and concertos, and work with different conductors who were auditioning to be the artistic director of the GSO beginning in the 2011-2012 season.

The GSO’s support of youth orchestras in Guelph has reached a new level as it becomes an official partner with the GYMC in the sponsorship and development of the new Guelph Youth Symphony Orchestra. GSO members will coach members of the GYSO. Side-by-side concerts and opportunities for advanced members of the GYSO to perform in GSO concerts will continue enthusiastically. The GSO will help promote the GYSO in the community. And the GSO will give not only its musical savy but financial backing as well.

In a particularly happy relationship, the GYSO’s new conductor Chris Cigolea is also the principal trumpet of the GSO.

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GSO Mandate

The Guelph Symphony Orchestra’s mandate is to give excellent performances of orchestral classics and new music to audiences in the City of Guelph. Comprised of musicians from the city and region, the orchestra performs regularly in the superb concert hall in the River Run Centre in downtown Guelph. Performances include the annual New Year’s Day concert and each summer’s Music in the Park. The orchestra also performs for other groups, which have included the Liberation Choir of Southern Ontario, the University of Guelph Choir, and the Guelph Chamber Choir. The core of over forty professional and talented amateur players can be expanded to over fifty musicians, as called for in the music to be performed.