May 20, 2020 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Giving, Madison Symphony Orchestra
When Neenah residents Howard Kidd and Margaret Murphy bought a home in Madison’s Parkwood Hills neighborhood for Margaret’s daughter, Mary, to live in while she pursued graduate studies at UW-Madison, they did not anticipate how quickly they themselves would begin to...
Sep 21, 2018 | Giving, Madison Symphony Orchestra
The Madison Symphony Orchestra has received a major bequest of $400,000 from the estate of William Wartmann, an Edgerton resident and philanthropist who passed away in June of this year. In appreciation of his bequest, and in fulfillment of his wish, the Symphony is...
Sep 20, 2018 | 17-18 Symphony Season, Giving, Madison Symphony Orchestra
Our annual gratitude report, “A Symphony of Gratitude,” is released each year in the fall, and was enclosed in the season’s first issue of our Score Newsletter. With your support, the MSO shares live, classical music with thousands of children and adults each...
May 1, 2018 | Giving, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians
With a generous donation from Myrna Larson, the Madison Symphony Orchestra has purchased a brand-new set of Adams timpani! Principal Timpanist John Jutsum introduced Myrna to the new drums shortly after they arrived, and then she saw and heard them on stage for the...
Apr 16, 2018 | Giving, Photos
On April 13th, the MSO honored members of its planned giving circle, the Stradivarius Society, at a luncheon at Fresco Rooftop Restaurant. About 50 individuals, all of whom have set up future gifts to the Symphony in their estate plans, gathered over a delicious meal...
