News
Friday, October 21, 2022
The Board of the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra Association is pleased to announce that the 2023 Louise DeFeo Parillo Piano Competition will be held in Schenectady in April of 2023. This competition was created in 1995 for young pianists in the Capital District to honor the memory of Louise DeFeo... Read more » ... Read More
Friday, July 29, 2022
The Schenectady Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is proud to join Proctors Collaborative. SSO will maintain its board of directors and Glen Cortese remains its artistic director. Proctors will provide administrative services like marketing and accounting. Read the full article from The Daily Gazette here! ... Read More
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Hello Schenectady Symphony Friends and Family – our next concert broadcast will be this Sunday, June 26th, on WMHT Live at 6 PM. Join Artistic Director Glen Cortese as he hosts this concert recorded at Proctors Theater in April of 2010. The program features Schubert’s Symphony #8 “Unfinished”, Ginastera’s “Variaciones... Read more » ... Read More
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
First place winner is David Fu, a 7th grader from Delmar attending Bethlehem Middle School and the Juilliard Pre-College. He studies with Dr. Julian Martin. He performed the Mozart Sonata in D Major K311 and Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody 15 Rakoczi March. Second place winner is Samantha Baker, an 11th grader... Read more » ... Read More
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Travel Through The Years As We Celebrate Our 89th Season! The Great Classicists (1700-1840) Sunday, January 29, 2023, 3:00 PM Proctors Theater Mainstage, Schenectady, NY Join the SSO and guest soloist Philp Fisher for Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466”, along with Rossini’s Overture to the... Read more » ... Read More
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Join Artistic Director Glen Cortese on Sunday, April 24th at 6:00 pm Join Artistic Director Glen Cortese for America the Beautiful, a program of all American composers. We’ll feature local pianist and educator Young Kim with Gershwin’s “Piano Concerto in F Major” and local composer, musician, and educator Brett Wery’s... Read more » ... Read More
Monday, April 11, 2022
Join us on the mainstage at Proctors Theater Sunday, May 1, 2022, at 3:00 PM. The program features the lovely Scheherazade by Maurice Ravel and our guest soloist is Jennifer Forni. Jennifer has sung on the Metropolitan Opera Stage and is renowned for her lush and lyrical voice. We’ll also... Read more » ... Read More
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Join Artistic Director Glen Cortese on Sunday, March 27th at 6:00 pm Join us Sunday for a broadcast of a 2015 SSO concert featuring two Greig works – the Peer Gynt Suite, and the Piano Concerto in A Minor. Our featured soloist is former Parillo Piano Competition Winner Christopher Reynolds.... Read more » ... Read More