99th season
Anticipate your life with music…
Embrace the emotion, energy, and spirit of a joyous adventure throughout our 99th season together. Explore the season below and buy single tickets!
Gershwin!
May 9, 10, 11, 2025
John DeMain, Conductor
Philippe Bianconi, Piano
Michelle Johnson, Soprano
Eric Greene, Baritone
Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director
George Gershwin, Cuban Overture
George Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F Major
George Gershwin/Robert Bennett, Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs
Please take note: We guarantee a refund for tickets to any concert that cannot be performed for any reason. Programs, dates, prices, and artists subject to change.
Past Performances
Reunion
September 20, 21, 22, 2024
John DeMain, Conductor
Tommy Mesa, Cello
Greg Zelek, Organ
Valerie Coleman, Umoja: Anthem of Unity*
Joseph Jongen, Symphonie Concertante, Op. 81
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Manuel de Falla, Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
*MSO Premiere
Visions
October 18, 19, 20, 2024
Nicholas Hersh, Guest Conductor
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Violin
Anna Clyne, This Midnight Hour*
Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending
Maurice Ravel, Tzigane
Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
*MSO Premiere
Momentum
November 15, 16, 17, 2024
Michael Stern, Guest Conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, Piano
Jonathan Leshnoff, Rush for Orchestra*
Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
*MSO Premiere
Disney and Pixar, Coco in Concert Live to Film
Saturday, November 23, 2024
24/25 Symphony season subscribers may purchase any number of tickets to this special presentation before single tickets go on sale August 24, 2024! Add to your order when you subscribe.
Kyle Knox, Conductor
A Madison Symphony Christmas
December 6, 7, 8, 2024
John DeMain, Conductor
Vanessa Becerra, Soprano
Craig Irvin, Baritone
Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director
Mount Zion Gospel Choir, Tamera and Leotha Stanley, Directors
Madison Youth Choirs, Michael Ross, Artistic Director
Beethoven x3
January 17, 18, 19, 2025
John DeMain, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
Orli Shaham, Piano
Sterling Elliott, Cello
Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56 (Triple Concerto)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Star Wars: A New Hope
February 22, 23, 2025
24/25 Symphony season subscribers may purchase any number of tickets to this special presentation before single tickets go on sale August 24, 2024! Add to your order when you subscribe.
Kyle Knox, Conductor
Legacy
March 14, 15, 16, 2025
John DeMain, Conductor
Amanda Majeski, Soprano
Kirsten Lippart, Mezzo-Soprano
Martin Luther Clark, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass
Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director
Richard Strauss, Don Juan, Op. 20
Richard Strauss, Four Last Songs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Yearnings
April 11, 12, 13, 2025
Joseph Young, Guest Conductor
Time For Three:
Nicolas Kendall, Violin
Charles Yang, Violin
Ranaan Meyer, Double Bass
Samuel Barber, Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17
Kevin Puts, Contact*
Sergei Prokofiev, Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
*MSO Premiere