Sylvania Community Orchestra
Our next concert will be Sunday May 11th at the Franciscan Center-Lourdes University at 4 pm-this is a free community event ! This concert will feature a theme of “Western Roundup!”
On Sunday, May 11, 2025 the Sylvania Community Orchestra is excited to present a free community concert at 4:00 p.m. at Lourdes University’s Franciscan Center. The concert program “Western Roundup” will feature the big sound of composer Aaron Copland, the big sky of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! and the big heart of John Williams’ “The Cowboys Overture”.This concert is brought to you through the generous support of our friends and sponsors: the friends and family of Dorothy Marie O’Connor, Better Business Bureau of Toledo, Peace, Love, and Pottery Studio, Lourdes University, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo.
This is a FREE event. Donations are welcomed at the door to support the Sylvania Community Orchestra’s work in our community.
This concert is in memory of Dorothy O’Connor, a long time violin player and supporter of the arts.
If you wish to become a playing member of our community orchestra (we audition players at all levels of skill), email your interest to Sylvania Arts
The Sylvania Community Orchestra engages hundreds of community members with four FREE concerts each year, in addition to small ensemble performances throughout Sylvania. The Orchestra is made up of over 65 volunteer musicians who practice once a week, and concerts are 1-1.5 hrs long and feature well known works of the world’s best composers including Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Strauss.
Round 1 of the Young Artists Solo Competition closed on 9/24/24. Thank you to everyone who submitted an application. You will receive an update from our team on or before October 11, 2024. Thank you!
