Founder’s
Hall – Sauder Village
Thursday, March 13, 2025
6:45 p.m. doors open
7:30 p.m. performance
The Black Swamp Arts Council and Sauder Village welcome the Toledo Symphony to Founder’s Hall for the 35th year. We are pleased to be part of TSO’s Neighborhood Concert Series in 2025, helping bring the symphony to our rural neighbors. The Symphony offers a unique program each year, specially chosen for our audience creating a “lasting musical moment."
The conductor for this evening is Alain Trudel. See his bio further down on this webpage.
Intermission with beverages provided and free will donation appreciated.
General Admission - $18 – Available until March 12, or $20 at the door
General Admission attendees do not have assigned seating. Please arrive early to find an available seat in the auditorium. General Admission attendees may not sit in the reserved or patron sections at the front of the theater. General Admission is $20 at the door.
Reserved Seating - $25 – Available until February 14
Reserved Seating attendees will preselect their seats in a special section behind the patrons. Please pay for your tickets using this form and then call, email, or stop by the Welcome Center to pick out your seats and pick up your tickets.
Patron Seating - $60 – Available until February 14
Patrons receive roomy premiere seating at the front of the auditorium, a coupon for $5 off the buffet at the Barn Restaurant during the week of the performance, and recognition in the program. Your ticket price covers the generous donation of two tickets to our Youth Sponsorship program, enabling two local youths to attend for free. Please call or stop by the Welcome Center to pick out your seats and pick up your tickets.
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About Toledo Symphony Orchestra
The Toledo Symphony Orchestra is a community-supported
organization of professional musicians and teachers who deliver quality
performance and music education for all. Formed in 1943 as The Friends of
Music and incorporated in 1951 as the Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc., the
Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has grown from a core group of twenty-two
part-time musicians to a regional orchestra that employs sixty-nine
professional musicians who consider the Toledo Symphony their primary employer,
as well as numerous extra players annually as repertoire demands.
The Toledo Symphony reaches
more than 260,000 individuals annually through performances and education
programs. The series concerts (Masterworks, Pops, Chamber, and Family Series)
are the critical underpinning of the orchestra’s artistic mission and regularly
draw people from 135 postal zip codes. Education programs, student
performances, and community concerts are held in schools, neighborhood
churches, performing arts centers, and community facilities throughout the
region; many are offered at no charge or provided at a reduced fee to help
expand participation.
For more info about the Symphony go to: www.toledosymphony.com
Alain Trudel Bio
Eight-time Juno nominated and Emmy nominated, Music Director of the Toledo Symphony (USA) and of l’Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières (Qué) Alain Trudel was knighted by the government of Québec and received a Jubilee medal from the Queen of England.
Trudel was also music director of l’Orchestre symphonique de Laval (2006-2020) “Every so often a perfect listening trance can befall one" (Fanfare Magazine), the CBC radio orchestra from 2006-2009 “probably the best thing that's ever happened to the orchestra” (Vancouver Sun).
He has collaborated with many renowned artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Herbie Hancock, Midori, Pinchas Zukermann, and Bradford Marsalis.
Trudel has been a regular guest with the Opéra de Montréal as well as leading operas in Cincinnati, Québec and Toronto
Trudel is also an accomplished composer and the recipient of numerous awards and honours, among them the Choc de l’année du monde de la musique, Grand prix de l’académie Charles Cros, the Virginia Parker Prize
Hailed as “the Jascha Heifetz of the trombone” (Le monde de la musique) Alain Trudel is also one of the world’s most respected and renowned trombonists. in 2018 he was awarded the prestigious International Trombone Association Award for his outstanding contribution. A Yamaha artist for the last three decades the company has internationally distributed the Alain Trudel mouthpiece designed with his specifications and distributed around the world.
