Sudbury Symphony Orchestra holds a welcoming event for its new artistic and executive director, William (Bill) Rowson, at 4 p.m. April 18 at Place des Arts.
City of Greater Sudbury Mayor Paul Lefebvre, Ward 9 Coun. Deb McIntosh and other local dignitaries will be in attendance.
Rowson, his wife and two daughters will make Sudbury their home in the 2024-25 season and beyond. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of Toronto, Rowson is hailed as one of Canada’s most compelling and versatile young artists for his work with orchestras across Canada.
Rowson will continue to serve as music director of the Stratford Symphony Orchestra, where he was part of a team that brought the orchestra through COVID and built this orchestra back to capacity audiences and balanced books.
The highlights of Rowson's career so far are numerous and include composing and recording the orchestral soundtrack to the feature length film “Brotherhood” in 2020.
An active composer, Rowson's original works and orchestral arrangements can be found on the programs of several orchestras and ensembles throughout Canada, the US and Europe with works broadcast in over 20 countries.
Then, on April 20, enjoy the Sudbury Symphony concert “Lights, Camera, Symphony!” Join Rowson as he makes his SSO director debut for a concert featuring Hollywood’s greatest adventures and the world premiere of Rowson’s Suite from the 2020 Film Brotherhood.
On April 24 at 7 p.m., enjoy a screening of “Brotherhood” at Sudbury Indie Cinema. Rowson will be in attendance for this special event, where he and director Richard Bell will talk about the process of composing the score and making the music for the movie, followed by a screening.
