Somerville Symphony Orkestar

Defend Youself, Joel!

admin — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:44:28 +0000

Read this article. Our Saxophonist and premium tracksuit model Joel Edinberg defends himself against the Weekly Dig! http://digboston.com/listen/2012/09/def-yo-joel-edinberg/

Our album is finally available online

admin — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:02:36 +0000

Today is the day! Our album is finally available online and you can get it at most retailers, though we do prefer bandcamp if you can make the choice. Check everything out at http://somervillesymphonyorkestar.bandcamp.com.

Richey’s former band’s reunion show, August 24

admin — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:39:11 +0000

Richey, our most premium bass player, is playing a reunion show with his old band at TT the Bear’s Place on Friday, August 24th. Definitely worth checking out some good tunes. For more info, go to http://www.facebook.com/events/270573123048042/

SSO’s Album Drops online on September 5

admin — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:37:38 +0000

It’s now official, SSO is going global.. and by that we mean our album will be available online at most major online retailers. In fact, SoundRoots.org has even put our album as one of the top 10 world music albums this month. Read about it at http://www.soundroots.org/2012/06/top-10-global-albums-june-2012.html.

Help Support Gabriel’s kickstarter campaign, to fund the recording of his movie score

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:25:50 +0000

This project also includes hiring Richey, Pete, and Joel to perform and work on production for the film score. The film is almost finished and the music is fantastic, so please help support the musicians that played and worked on the recording. You can donate at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1278664273/saints-of-the-old-city-orchestral-score-recording

Check out Joel’s Sexy Sax soloing on MTV After Hours With Josh Horowitz

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:18:21 +0000

Joel’s alter ego, Sexy Sax Joel, just had his song licensed to MTV After Hours With Josh Horowitz. Check it out at the beginning and end at:

Movie Trailers – Movies Blog

Introducing Matt Ellis (who’s already been playing with us a bunch)

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:08:18 +0000

We’re excited to introduce SSO’s newest full time member, drummer Matt Ellis. He also just recently got sponsored by Soultone Cymbals and Silverfox Drumsticks. Not too shabby. Read more about Matt and his life story at http://www.somervillesymphonyorkestar.com/about/matt-ellis.

Free Show on April 10

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:39:03 +0000

Come see the SSO play an extended set at Church of Boston as part of their free Tuesday nights sponsored by www.mysecretboston.com with special guests, The Highway. Check out our Tour page for more info.

Musicians like food too!

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:05:48 +0000

Along with his passion for music, SSO founder Joel Edinberg is now writing restaurant reviews in a he said/she said format for the new website www.2dineforboston.com. It just launched to check it out to find good restaurants in the Boston area. I know, as musicians we typically don’t get to eat much food, so this is a very special treat!

Pairing SSO with Wine

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:28:28 +0000

Joel will be joining the Wine Bottega in the North End on Friday, January 27 between 5-8pm to help pair different wines with our album. Lots of red wine to be drunk and even maybe some Russian wine (i.e. vodka… jk). http://thewinebottega.com/spin-the-bottle-somerville-symphony-orkestar/