Sylvania Community Orchestra
Our next concert will be March 8th at the Franciscan Center-this is a free community event !
Through partnerships with youth orchestras, our young artists solo competition, multi-generational rehearsals, and collaborations with other community ensembles, the SCO strives to enrich the cultural life of our community and foster a lifetime of musical creativity for instrumentalists of all ages and levels of expertise.
Young Artist Solo Competition Concert
Sylvania Community Orchestra Concert – 4:00 p.m. – March 8, 2026
Join the Sylvania Community Orchestra at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2026, live from Lourdes University’s Franciscan Center for a free community concert. The Sylvania Community Orchestra (SCO) and Sylvania Arts are excited to introduce the winner of their second annual Young Artists Solo Competition. After receiving many excellent audition recordings the solo competition jury had the formidable task of selecting just one soloist to perform on stage with the SCO. The SCO and Sylvania Arts are pleased to announce that the 2026 winner is Eddie Kruse who will be performing movement 1 of Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major. The program will also include Grieg’s Symphonic Dances, Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, Delibes’ Valse from Coppelia and Chance’s Variations on a Korean Folk Song.
This concert is brought to you through the generous support of our friends and sponsors: Jane Zbinden, Lane Montz and the Better Business Bureau Foundation, Lourdes University, the Ohio Arts Council, the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, the City of Toledo, Lucas County, and Lock It Up Storage.
THE ORCHESTRA IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR ..
STRING PLAYERS
PERCUSSION PLAYERS
BASSOON PLAYER (SECOND CHAIR)
ALL OTHER POSITIONS ARE FULL AT THIS TIME!
We wish we could expand our orchestra size, but we are limited in space for performances and rehearsal.
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.
The application deadline is closed. Musicians who applied will be contacted via email on round II directions. Thank you!
