Ep 8 - A Trip Down Memory Lane ESO OFFSTAGE

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/