Student Rush Tickets

As a student, we understand that you may be on a budget. The MSO is proud to offer you the opportunity to purchase discounted tickets using only your student ID. Students can choose from the best available seating beginning on the Friday of each concert weekend – or on the day of the concert you would like to attend.

Sign up to receive student rush offers via email.

Symphony Student Rush: All seats $15
All Symphony student rush tickets are just $15. (Tickets for Symphony concerts are normally priced between $15-$104 for subscription concerts, and $15-$90 for MSO at the Movies).

Organ Student Rush: $10
All student rush tickets to organ performances are just $10. (Tickets for organ performances are normally $25-$40.)

How to purchase Student Rush tickets
Beginning the Friday of a three-day Symphony weekend OR on the day of a concert, students may purchase up to two student rush tickets in person at the Overture Center Ticket Office, 201 State Street. Students must present a valid student ID or claim student status for younger students to redeem student rush tickets. The ticket office is open from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m Monday through Thursday, 11:00 a.m. until concert time on Fridays and Saturdays, and from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on MSO concert Sundays. Please note that box office hours may vary depending on the show schedule at the Overture Center.

Questions about Student Rush?
Call the Overture Center Ticket Office at (608) 258-4141.

Student Pricing

Students also have the option of purchasing advance discounted seats in most seating areas in Overture Hall. Discover more here.

Become a Student Ambassador

Current high school and college students are welcome to become student ambassadors for the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Serve as a campus and community representative of classical music in Madison! Learn more about the student ambassador program below and fill out the form to sign up.

Responsibilities would include utilizing social media to help promote our upcoming concerts and special events! For every concert you opt to be an ambassador for, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Comment on two recent posts on the Madison Symphony social media accounts (including Instagram, TikTok, and/or Facebook).
• Share/tag Madison Symphony social media posts to your story and/or social media accounts (including Instagram, TikTok, and/or Facebook) two times. Examples include sharing our posts to your Instagram story and tagging our account or creating a Facebook post sharing your anticipation for an upcoming concert and tagging our page

You are also welcome to create your own posts to help promote the symphony! Ideas include doing a “Get Ready With Me” video leading up to a concert, posting concert photos and tagging us, we welcome your ideas on this! Be as creative and silly as your heart desires.

In exchange, the Madison Symphony is happy to offer our ambassadors:

• Two free tickets (so you can bring a friend!) to any regular season orchestra performance. This excludes our MSO: At the Movies concerts
• A discount code to register for our special events like Out at the Symphony and MSO: After Dark
• A discount code to purchase MSO merchandise online
• Opportunity to provide feedback to help further develop the program and suggest ideas for future social media/digital promotions and to further engage in arts marketing

Don’t have social media? Email our Digital Marketing and Engagement Specialist Chris Fiol (cfiol@madisonsymphony.org) and we’ll discuss other ways you can still get involved in the ambassador program!