Springfield Symphony Orchestra

The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) was founded in 1943.  Music Director Peter Stafford Wilson conducts 72 of the area’s finest professional musicians in a six concert subscription series, a concert for the Springfield Arts Council Summer Arts Festival, an educational Young People’s Concert, and special outreach concerts for under-served parts of the community. An active education program includes three Youth Orchestras, a Children’s Chorus, youth chamber ensembles, and a Students at the Symphony program that brings inner-city children to subscription concerts.

The SSO’s attractive programming, professional quality and superb guest artists have gained the enthusiasm of audiences throughout each season. Most performances are held in the world-class Clark State Performing Arts Center, which features easy access and free parking.

PASSPORT PERFORMANCES LOCATIONS:

To purchase Buy One – Get One FREE tickets for Passport-eligible performances at the Clark State Performing Arts Center, call the box office at 937-328-3874, or stop by in person.  Show your current Passport Card when picking up your tickets at the box office.

To purchase Buy One – Get One FREE tickets to the SSO Jazz Orchestra performances at the John Legend Theater,  stop by in person at the Career ConnectEd Desk at the Dome (8am-4pm, M-F), or call 937-505-2945.

Limited to one discounted ticket per concert per Passport Member for all shows.

PASSPORT ELIGIBLE PERFORMANCES 2024-2025:

• Emerging Brilliance: Miriam K. Smith and Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony
  Clark State Performing Arts Center
  September 28, 2024 at 7:30pm
• To Be or Not to Bop: The Music of Dizzy and Bird
  John Legend Theatre
  November 2, 2024 at 7:30pm
• Heritage and Harmony: Celebrating Women Composers
  Clark State Performing Arts Center
  November 9, 2024 at 7:30pm
  
• Symphonic Fusion: Springfield Youth Symphony meets The Hip Hopera Singer
  Clark State Performing Arts Center
  January 25, 2025 at 7:30pm
  
• Beyond the Screen: Pirates of the Caribbean in Concert
  Clark State Performing Arts Center
  March 8, 2025 at 7:30pm
• Hammer Time: A Swingin’ Retrospective with Jeff Hamilton
  John Legend Theatre
  March 22, 2025 at 7:30pm
• Mahler’s Symphony No. 5: A Monumental Masterpiece
  Clark State Performing Arts Center
  April 5, 2025 at 7:30pm
• Nationalistic Harmonies: Rutter, Stravinsky, Elgar, and Rimsky-Korsakov (with the SSO Chorale)
  Clark State Performing Arts Center
  May 17, 2025 at 7:30pm

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