Ep 8 - A Trip Down Memory Lane

Did you know that the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is 68 years old?! Join us this episode as we take a trip down memory lane to learn more about the early days of the ESO by speaking to musicians that were there from the beginning.  

Featuring the voices of ESO Cellist Ronda Metszies and her mother Hope Metszies, First Violinist Broddy Olson and Musicologist David Gramit!

Ronda Metszies

Bio

https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-eso/meet-the-musicians/strings/ronda-metszies/

ESO 101

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_11aTGQWM

Happy 90th Birthday to Hope Metszies Concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fNg1thNTdg

Edmonton Journal article feat. Hope Mestszies

https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/local-arts/edmonton-symphony-marks-100-years-since-first-eso-concert

Broddy Olson

Bio

https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-eso/meet-the-musicians/strings/broderyck-broddy-olson/

David Gramit

Bio

https://www.ualberta.ca/wirth-institute/people/wirth-institute-academic-advisory-board/david-gramit.html

Winspear Centre

ESO history

https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-eso/history/

Procol Harum Info and CD

https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-eso/eso-recordings/procol-harum/

Tommy Banks

https://www.winspearcentre.com/more/about/about-winspear/history/tommy-banks/

The Canadian Encyclopedia 

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/edmonton-symphony-orchestra-emc

Music in Edmonton

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/edmonton-alta-emc

Edmonton Historical Board

The Capitol Theatre

https://www.edmontonsarchitecturalheritage.ca/index.cfm/structures/capitol-theatre/

The New Yorker

Jane Little video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNBRl8taaQM

Rusty Musician Summer Camp

https://www.winspearcentre.com/tommy-banks-centre/rusty-musicians/