Diversity Archives - The Madison Symphony Orchestra

A Conversation with John DeMain and Kelly Hall-Tompkins

Jan 17, 2022 | 21-22 Symphony Season, Composers, Diversity, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Video

Tags: Classical Music, debut, John DeMain, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Madison Symphony Orchestra, premiere, Premiere Debut, Violin Concerto in D, Wynton Marsalis

Experience a remarkable 50 minute journey with MSO’s Music Director John DeMain and Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins. You’ll learn how Maestro DeMain discovered Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto in D, and the ways he and Kelly are approaching the...

Women in Music

Jan 12, 2022 | 21-22 Symphony Season, Artist Stories, Diversity, Guest Artists

Tags: Claire Gibault, Education, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, La Maestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Missa Solemnis, Naha Greenholtz, New York Philharmonic, Olga Kern, Premiere Debut, Ravishing Rhapsody, Taki Alsop Fellowship, Women conductors

The Madison Symphony Orchestra welcomes three incredible female guest artists to the stage during our 21/22 Symphony Season. Learn more about their accomplishments and other exciting competitions and events hosted by and for women in music! Artists Kelly...

Composer Spotlight: Wynton Marsalis

Jan 12, 2022 | 21-22 Symphony Season, Composers, Diversity, Madison Symphony Orchestra

Tags: Black History, Classical Music, Composers, Diversity, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Premiere Debut, Violin Concerto in D, Wynton Marsalis

Our January 21-23 concerts, Premiere Debut, feature the Madison premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto in D. Learn more about this incredible composer and what makes Violin Concerto in D such a compelling piece! Buy tickets to Premiere Debut We are...

Discover More: The Sphinx Organization

Nov 5, 2021 | Diversity, Education

Tags: 21-22 season, Diversity, Education, Grand Panorama, Guest Artist, League of American Orchestras, Sphinx, Sphinx Competition, The Sphinx Organization, Thomas Mesa

The Sphinx Organization is a Detroit-based national organization dedicated to promoting diversity in the arts. The organization was founded in 1997 by Aaron P. Dworkin, who believed that the name “Sphinx” was representative of the power, wisdom and persistence of the...

Composer Spotlight: George Walker

Oct 28, 2021 | 21-22 Symphony Season, Composers, Diversity, Madison Symphony Orchestra

Tags: Black History, Classical Music, Composers, Diversity, George Walker, Grand Panorama, Lyric for Strings, Madison Symphony Orchestra

Our November 12-14 concerts, Grand Panorama, features the Madison premiere of George Walker’s Lyric for Strings. Learn more about this incredible composer and what makes Lyric for Strings such a compelling piece! Buy tickets to Grand Panorama Composer and...

Youth Education Initiatives Highlight

Mar 5, 2021 | Diversity, Education

Tags: Bolz Young Artist Competition, Capitol Theater, Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative, Fall Youth Concerto Competition, Fall Youth Concerts, Inc., Link Up, Overture Center, Sphinx Competition, Spring Young People's Concert, Symphony Soup, The Final Forte, The Links, Up Close and Musical, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras, WYSO

Organizations in the Madison area and around the midwest are taking steps to introduce a new generation of music lovers to classical music. Here are five programs we think you should know about in the interest of music education: Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Education...