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Make a splash in support of the Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestra! Hosted by the WSO Guild, join the WSO Youth Orchestra on Sunday, August 8 for stand-up paddle boarding, kayaking, canoeing, and more on the water in Belle River. Come out any time between 10:00am and 2:00pm to SUP AND SUN (193 West River Rd., Belle River) and enjoy...
Windsor, Ontario – July 28th, 2021 Congratulations to WSO bassoonist, Samuel Fraser, who is featured on this year’s CBC’s annual “30 under 30” list for rising Canadian musicians of the classical music scene! From CBC: “The 2021 edition includes musicians who’ve grabbed our attention over the past 12 months by winning competitions and awards, graduating from...
June 2021 Several members of the Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestra performed via Zoom for a special friend of the WSO, William Van Wyck. William is an educator and a lifetime supporter of the arts, and our WSYO musicians were so happy to be able to connect with him and several other residents at the Devonshire...
Blake Nourse, flutist of the Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestra, has been awarded the Eric Varner Memorial Scholarship. A full tuition scholarship, the award was created and is funded by the Players’ Association of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in the memory of past principal bassoonist Eric Varner. The Varner scholarship is awarded each year to a...
Congratulations to Rylee Livingston, who has won the Windsor Symphony Orchestra Award for Outstanding performance on an Orchestral Instrument at this year’s Kiwanis Festival! This award has been sponsored by the WSO since 1991, and we are always delighted to highlight young talented musicians like Rylee in our community. Thank you to the Kiwanis Festival...
May 14, 2021 Special thanks to Lisa Williams for having WSO Executive Director Sheila Wisdom on AM800 to chat about Cocktails Anyone?, coming up on Saturday, May 29th! Lisa will also be hosting this event along side Maestro Robert Franz. For more information on Cocktails Anyone? click here.
May 11, 2021 Gary Archibald of CTV News Windsor highlights the WSO’s upcoming event, Cocktails Anyone? Check out the segment featuring WSO Executive Director, Sheila Wisdom, just before the weather segment (timestamp of 43:30).
May 3, 2021 Cocktails Anyone? The Windsor Symphony Orchestra invites you to Cocktails Anyone?, a virtual cocktail hour with hosts Lisa Williams of AM800 and Maestro Robert Franz, WSO Music Director. Wolfhead Distillery’s Master Mixologist, Nick Connoy, will share his secrets to making great cocktails. The program includes music by the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. Each...
Windsor, Ontario – March 29th, 2021 On Monday, March 29th, 2021, Percy Hatfield, MPP, Windsor-Tecumseh, spoke in the Provincial Legislature about the WSO’s education programs. Hear what he had to say: “While other symphonies had to lay off their musicians and close their doors during COVID, Windsor seized an opportunity to introduce young people to...
The WSO has been awarded TWEPI’s 2021 Best of Windsor Essex Best Virtual Performance Group or Show award for our Fall Digital Concert Series and our Kids’ Series! Thank you to everyone who voted for us and to TWEPI for their wonderful support of the community. Congrats to all businesses and groups – nominees & winners!...
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