The Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra

2011-2012 - 35th Anniversary Season - "A Season of Favorites, Old and New"
SSO
The Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra is a non-profit community orchestra, providing education and entertainment for Harford County, Maryland.
- Photo courtesy of Stefan Antwarg

Our Next Concerts

1812 and The Dead Symphony
Album cover courtesy of Lee Johnson

1812 and The Dead Symphony

  • Saturday, May 19 2012
  • Preconcert Lecture: 6:30pm
  • Concert: 7:30pm
  • Guest Soloist: Emma Zyriek
  • Bel Air High School
  • 100 Heighe Street, Bel Air, MD 21014

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Humbert Band Shell
Humbert Band Shell

Free SSO Summer Concert

  • Sunday, June 3 2012
  • Concert: 7:00pm
  • Free concert; No ticket required.
  • Humbert Memorial Band Shell
  • 127 Lee Way, Bel Air, MD 21014
  • Sheldon Bair, conductor

Bring a chair and a picnic dinner and join us for the SSO’s concluding concert of the season. The SSO kicks off the Bel Air Parks and Rec Summer Concert Series with a free outdoor concert at the Humbert Memorial Band Shell in Shamrock Park behind the Bel Air Library. A crowd of over 500 enjoy a picnic on the grass while listing to this concert of popular and patriotic music. Recipient’s of the William A. Humbert Memorial Scholarship Fund are frequently featured. Rain location is the Bel Air High School Auditorium.

Recent News

Ghosts and Witches

Saturday March 17, 2012

Guest Conductor Ronald Royer opened the evening’s performance with Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, evoking both concerts themes of ghosts and witches and guests from Canada. Maestro Royer, a musician, composer, and currently Music Director of the Scarborough Philharmonic in Ontario, Canada, adeptly ... Read more >>

SSO Kicks Off the Holidays!

Saturday December 3, 2011

The SSO kicked off the Holidays with its annual Christmas and Holiday concert entitled Holiday Melodies and Peanuts. Opening the show was local composer and music icon Theldon Myers work Music for a Special Season. Myer’s holiday mood setting work was followed by the introduction of guest pianist ... Read more >>

We’re 35!!!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

The SSO opened its 35th concert season with a proclamation from Harford County Councilman “Capt’n Jim McMahan recognizing the vision and efforts of Maestro Sheldon Bair for his 35 years of dedicated leadership to the SSO. The proclamation briefly recounted the history and milestones the orchestra and Sheldon Bair had ... Read more >>

Upcoming Concerts & Events

May
19

The 1812 and The Grateful Dead

Harford County Youth join the SSO in a Side-by-Side concert. Read more >>

JUN
3

Free SSO Summer Concert

Bring a chair and a picnic dinner and join us for the SSO’s concluding concert of the season. Read more >>

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