About Us
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn
The SOB was formed in the Summer of 2007 with the idea of providing a musical commnunity for the many talented and beautiful non-professional classical musicians living in and around Brooklyn, NY. Members of the SOB are students, professors, architects, lawyers, executives, editors, designers, and artists. While specializing in the diverse string orchestra repertoire, the SOB is also able, through collaboration, to tackle works from many genres and periods. We are particularly interested in working with contemporary composers, and presented a concert in the Spring of 2008 dedicated to the work of young American composers working in the United States.
Auditions
The SOB holds auditions for entrance into the orchestra on a rolling basis. If you are interested in playing with us, please send an email to Eli Spindel including a short paragraph about your playing history, repertoire studied, and sight-reading ability.
Repertoire
Click here to download a list of works performed by the SOB.
Eli Spindel is a violinist and conductor, and the founder of the String Orchestra of Brooklyn. He studied violin with Betty-Jean Hagen and Liz Chang, and conducting with Eduardo Navega and Harold Farbermann. An alumni of Vassar College, he also studied at the Bard Conducting Institute, the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, and the preparatory divisions of the Longy School and the New England Conservatory. In New York he has played with Brooklyn Repertory Opera, Empire State Opera, the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, and the contemporary music ensemble at the CUNY Graduate Center. He works as an editor in Manhattan and lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
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