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Music by Black Composers from the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation

Feb 18, 2021 | Diversity, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra

Tags: Black musicians, Bolz Young Artist Competition, Hannah White, Music By Black Composers, Rachel Barton Pine, Rachel Barton Pine Foundation, Violin

Rachel Barton Pine is a critically-acclaimed violinist and internationally-recognized artist who performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in 2019. Read reviews and view photos from her performance here. That same year, Ms. Pine was awarded named the recipient of...

Symphony E-News & Stories, January 2021

Jan 18, 2021 | E-News & Stories, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Photos

Tags: A Madison Symphony Christmas, Concert on the Green, Greg Zelek, John DeMain, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, MSOL Connect, Organ, Overture Center

Our first E-News of 2021 honors Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a story by John DeMain featuring eight Black and African-American composers. Another highlight is Madison Symphony Orchestra League’s next MSOL Connect event that takes place on January 28th. This...

Black and African-American Classical Music Composers, by John DeMain

Jan 18, 2021 | Composers, Diversity, Madison Symphony Orchestra

Tags: African-American, Augustin Hadelich, Black History, Classical Music, Composers, Diversity, Florence Price, George Walker, Hiawatha Overture, John DeMain, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, LA Phil, Lyric for Strings, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Martin Luther King Day, music, Nicola Benedetti, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, story, Ulysses Kay, William Dawson, William Grant Still, Wynton Marsalis, YouTube

Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a spotlight on Black and African-American composers of classical music. Madison Symphony Orchestra Music Director John DeMain shares reflections and discoveries. Diversity — Black and African-American classical...

Wisconsin Ensemble Project’s First Project Benefits Black Women’s Wellness, Dec. 25 – Jan. 3

Dec 23, 2020 | Artist Stories, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians

Tags: Christopher Dozoryst, concerts, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Florence Price, Foundation for Black Women's Wellness, Jessie Montgomery, Karl Lavine, Leanne League, Lisa Peyton-Caire, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Mary Theodore, music, pandemic, performance, quartet, social justice, story, Wisconsin Ensemble Project

Several of our Madison Symphony Orchestra musicians have formed a group to explore chamber music more deeply, and find ways to support social justice. Mary Theodore shared this story with us about the WE Project origins, and the first project that takes place this...

Symphony E-News & Stories, December 2020

Dec 15, 2020 | E-News & Stories, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Photos

Tags: A Madison Symphony Christmas, Emily Hauer, Emily Secor, Holly Venkitaswaran, Kyle Ketelsen, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, Overture Center, PBS Wisconsin

A Virtual Madison Symphony Christmas Premieres December 16 at 7:30 p.m. CST! Come celebrate the season with vocalists Kyle Ketelsen and Emily Secor; The Madison Symphony Chorus, Madison Youth Choirs, and Mt. Zion Gospel Ensemble, with performances and accompaniment by...

PRESS RELEASE: Madison Symphony Orchestra 20-21 Season, February – May 2021 Update

Nov 30, 2020 | 20-21 Symphony Season, Education, Giving, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, MSO Musicians, Press Releases

Tags: 20-21 season, concerts, coronavirus, COVID-19, Education, events, Madison Symphony, musicians, Musicians Relief Fund, orchestra, Richard Mackie, symphony

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 30, 2020 Madison Symphony Orchestra Concerts and Events, 20/21 Season — February through May 2021 Update Madison, Wis. – In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has cancelled concerts and...

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