It performs at Symphony Hall, a part of the Springfield Municipal Group.

[2] Its first performance was given great reviews and even recorded by the Office of War Information for rebroadcast overseas.

The SSO has throughout its history support musical education programs in the Greater Springfield area.

Today, the SSO is the largest symphony in Massachusetts outside of Boston, and was described by D. Antoinette Handy, a former music director of the National Endowment for the Arts, as "one of the nation's premiere regional orchestras".

[3] It consists of 80 musicians from New England and Canada and usually holds as many as 150 performances as either the full orchestra or in ensemble formats.