PRESS RELEASE: Cellist Thomas Mesa Joins MSO 
Principal Organist Greg Zelek for 18-19 Season Finale

Mar 1, 2019 | 18-19 Organ Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians, Organ, Press Releases

Tags: Bach, Beethoven, cello, Debussy, Greg Zelek, Haydn, Madison Symphony, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Mozart, Organ, Overture Concert Organ, Overture Hall, Schubert, Thomas Messa, Widor

March 1, 2019Cellist Thomas Mesa Joins Madison Symphony Orchestra Principal Organist Greg Zelek for the 2018-2019 Overture Concert Organ Season FinaleTuesday, April 16 in Overture Hall at 7:30 p.m.Madison, Wis. – Principal Organist and Curator of the Overture Concert...

Congratulations James Ehnes: Grammy Winner

Feb 13, 2019 | 18-19 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Partner Stories

Tags: Brahms, Grammy, James Ehnes, Kernis, Seattle Symphony

Congratulations to James Ehnes for his Grammy win at the 61st annual Grammy Awards this Sunday, February 10! Mr. Ehnes won Best Classical Instrument Solo for his recording of Kernis’s Violin Concerto with the Seattle Symphony. This is Mr. Ehnes’s second...

PRESS RELEASE: Chelsea Chen, Feb. 19, Overture Concert Organ Peformance

Jan 11, 2019 | 18-19 Organ Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Organ, Press Releases

Tags: Chelsea Chen, Grieg, Holst, Madison Symphony, Ola Gjeilo, Overture Concert Organ, Overture Hall, Peer Gynt Suite, Saint-Saens, The Planets

January 11, 2019Organist Chelsea Chen Presents Major Classical Works and an Original Composition in her Overture Hall DebutPerformance on Tuesday, February 19th at 7:30 p.m.Madison, Wis. – Chelsea Chen brings to her Overture Hall premiere an array of widely-known...

PRESS RELEASE: Violinist James Ehnes, Brahms, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Harbison

Jan 7, 2019 | 18-19 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians, Press Releases

Tags: Brahms, Concerto, John DeMain, John Harbison, Madison Symphony, Mussorgsky, Overture Hall, Pictures at an Exhibition, The Most Often Used Chords, Violin

January 7, 2019Concerts Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 15 – 17Madison, Wis. – Internationally-recognized violinist James Ehnes returns to Overture Hall to perform the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO). The program opens with a...

PRESS RELEASE: Beyond the Score® Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4

Dec 20, 2018 | 18-19 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians, Press Releases

Tags: American Players Theatre, Beyond the Score, CSO, Italian Symphony, John DeMain, Jonathan Smoots, Madison Symphony, Mendelssohn, Multimedia, Nate Burger, Overture Hall, Sarah Day

December 20, 2018A single performance of Beyond the Score®: Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4: Why Italy? on January 20th uses multimedia and actors to explore the story behind the music.Madison, Wis. – Join the Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO) and Music Director John DeMain...

PRESS RELEASE: A Madison Symphony Christmas and Free Community Carol Sing Celebrate the Holiday Season — with the Christmas Concerts to air on Wisconsin Public Television

Nov 21, 2018 | 18-19 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians, Organ, Press Releases

Tags: Cecilia Violetta López, Greg Zelek, John DeMain, Kyle Ketelsen, Madison Symphony Chorus, Madison Youth Choirs, Mt. Zion Gospel Choir, WPT

November 21, 2018Principal Organist and Curator of the Overture Concert Organ, Greg Zelek leads the Carol Sing on November 26, and John DeMain continues a Madison tradition with the Orchestra, guest singers and three choruses at three concerts on November 30th,...