Music Directors, Concertmasters, and Current Artistic Leadership
The conductors of the SSO, a position that includes artistic direction, have been:
- Arthur Collingwood, (1931–1947)
- Professor J.R. Macrae (1947–1950)
- Victor Kviesis (1950–1956)
- Professor Murray Adaskin (1957–1960)
- Alexander Reisman (1960–1963)
- Professor David Kaplan (1963–1969, 1970–1971)
- Franz Zeidler (1969–1970)
- Dwaine Nelson (1971–1976)
- Ruben Gurevich (1976–82)
- David Gray (1982–1984)
- Professor Daniel Swift (1984–1991)
- Dennis Simons (1993–1997)
- Earl Stafford (1997–2002)
- Douglas Sanford (2002–2008)
- Earl Stafford (2008–2010)-Interim Artistic Director
- Victor Sawa (2010–present)
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