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Welcome! 
This site contains important news and information pertaining to the Glenbrook Symphony Orchestra and to the orchestras of Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South High Schools. The Glenbrook Symphony Orchestra is the co-curricular district orchestra.  The GSO is comprised of sophomore - senior string students and select freshmen from each school, as well as auditioned wind and percussionists from both GBN and GBS. GSO rehearses on Wednesday evenings during the school year. Visit us on Instagram!                                                                                                                                 

Fall 2018 Repertoire                            Announcements             Rehearsal Schedule

Music of Opera and Music Theatre
Bizet - Suite from Carmen
Weber - Overture to Oberon
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Rodgers/Bennett - Selections from The Sound of Music
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​Click "Repertoire" to see great reference recordings of these pieces!

GSO Student Board
If interested sign-up at this link!
Job Descriptions: 
President
  • Responsible for delegating tasks to board members and following through
  • Must attend all meetings 
  • Must be available for all members and their suggestions
  • Call special meetings if deemed necessary
  • Prepare an agenda for all club meetings
 
Vice President
  • Support the President in their vision and in the delegation of tasks
  • Must attend all meetings
  • Keep record of meeting attendance
  • Organize Spirit Wear
 
Public Relations Coordinator
  • Creates Instagram, Twitter and other social media messages and sends them to Directors to post
  • Coordinates putting up concert posters – decides location and delegates assignments
  • Organizes posters for incoming freshman night and activity nights
  • Communicates with other school-sponsored activity groups
 
Outreach Coordinator
  • Coordinates bringing posters to each of the junior high feeder schools into both GBN and GBS
  • Works with public relations coordinator to decide which businesses to hang up posters
  • Organizes posters for incoming freshman night and activity nights
  • Writes announcements before each concert at gives them to Student Activities offices at both schools to be read on the morning announcements
 
String/Wind/Percussion Representatives
  • Carries out responsibilities given by the President
  • Is present for school-specific incoming freshman night and activity nights
  • Listens to and reports back feedback from students to the executive board
 
Organizational Chair
  • Works with directors to coordinate logistics such as orchestra setup for rehearsals and concerts
  • Works with directors to organize logistics of annual banquet 

​Fundraising 2018-19
BoosterShot Checkbooks are ready - download the sell sheet HERE
Yankee Candles are ready - click HERE
Private Lessons - please click the tab above to learn more information
No Rehearsal on Wed, Sept. 19 (no school)

Practice and be ready for Sept. 26th!

Friends of the GSO

Please join the “Friends of the GSO” - Encore Society Annual Fund

Your donations provide resources to create extraordinary opportunities for our students!
The following special benefits are intended to thank and recognize those generous individuals who join the “Friends of the GSO” for $25.00
  • Your family will be listed as a member of the “Friends of the GSO” in the GSO Fall & Spring Concert program and the GSO Banquet booklet.
  • All “Friends of the GSO” will be entered in a raffle at the GSO Banquet to receive free CD recordings from the GSO concert season.