Season Stories Archives | The Madison Symphony Orchestra

Guest Conductor Kenneth Woods, interview

Mar 2, 2020 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Artist Stories, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Season Stories

Tags: A Hero's Life, Blake Pouliot, David Becker, Ein Heldenleben, English Symphony Orchestra, Guest Artist, guest conductor, Haydn, Jim Smith, John DeMain, Kenneth Woods, Madison Symphony, Mendelssohn, orchestra, Strauss, Violin, violinist, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras, WYSO

Kenneth Woods and the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Photo above taken in the Capitol Theater in Overture Center for the Arts, at the first rehearsal for “The Miracle” concerts that take place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 6-8. Kenneth Woods, our...

Artist Story: Blake Pouliot, Violinist and Actor

Feb 28, 2020 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Artist Stories, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Season Stories

Tags: actor, Blake Pouliot, Guest Artist, Madison Symphony, Mendelssohn, Violin, violinist

While it may seem as though Blake Pouliot has been solely committed to his instrument from a young age, there was a moment where the violinist nearly changed his onset career to acting. Throughout childhood, Pouliot decided to explore all artistic forms and added...

Artist Story: Zukerman and Forsyth Find Inspiration in their Childhoods

Feb 11, 2020 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Artist Stories, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Season Stories

Tags: Amanda Forsyth, Brahms, cello, Pinchas Zukerman, Violin

Pinchas Zukerman began playing the violin when he was given one by his dad, a musician, at the age of seven. After being taught by him for a few months, Zukerman discovered that he had a good ear. “We went to a teacher just south of Tel Aviv and she said that she...

Program Story: Joyce Yang Plays Prokofiev

Oct 28, 2019 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Program Stories, Season Stories

Tags: Joyce Yang, Kernis, piano, Prokofiev, Schumann

Behind the Program: Joyce Yang Plays Prokofiev, November 8–10 Learn more & buy tickets This program opens with a work by American composer Aaron Jay Kernis. Five years ago, the Madison Symphony Orchestra played his exuberant Too Hot Toccata. Kernis’s Newly Drawn...

Artist Story: Joyce Yang Finds Early Success in America

Oct 25, 2019 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Artist Stories, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Season Stories

Tags: Joyce Yang, piano, Prokofiev

Learn more and buy tickets It was never in Joyce Yang’s plans to stay in the United States. In an exclusive interview for the Chopin Society of Atlanta, Yang tells of her experience: “At the age of nine my mom brought me to New York for the first time. I was...

Tune Up for the Weekend! Rachel Barton Pine Plays Khachaturian Oct 18–20

Oct 18, 2019 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Program Stories, Season Stories

Tags: Khachaturian, NBC15, Prokofiev, Rachel Barton Pine, Shoshtakovich, Violin

Buy a CD and get it signed – not yet available to the general public! Rachel Barton Pine’s latest album will be released November 1 and features the Khachaturian Violin Concerto (picture above is from the recording session) – and you have the opportunity to...