Young People’s
Concerts
Fall Youth Concerts
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Associate Conductor, Kyle Knox
Overture Hall, Overture Center for the Arts
9:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m., or 1:00 p.m.
Run time: 55 minutes
Program:
Devil’s Dance from Witches of Eastwick, Williams
Night on Bald Mountain, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov
Carnival of the Animals: XII. Fossils, Saint-Saëns
Danse Macabre, Saint-Saëns
Symphonie Fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath, Berlioz
What’s that? A bump in the night? Join the Madison Symphony Orchestra for a program of seasonal favorites evoking the spookiest time of year to find out!
This program will also include a performance by the winner of the 2025 Fall Youth Concerto Competition.
Register by Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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Would you like to attend?
The Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Fall Youth Concerts are attended by thousands of students in grades 4 – 8 from around the state and beyond. Concert prep materials will be made available to all teachers no later than 6 weeks before the concert. Seats for the MSO’s youth concerts are $5 per student. Chaperones are free of charge for groups of 10 or more. Subsidized tickets are available for schools with a qualifying free/reduced lunch rate. Qualifying Madison Metropolitan School District middle schools and high schools may also be eligible for bus subsidies.
Are you interested in our Docent Program?
Our Docent Program allows schools to request visits by MSO musicians and docent to prepare students for the concert experience. This program introduces the music and composers in fun and engaging ways and is offered at no additional charge to schools registered for the concert.
With any questions, please contact Education and Community Engagement Manager Katelyn Hanvey at khanvey@madisonsymphony.org.
Thank you to our generous sponsors
Major funding provided by
Barbara and Norman Berven
James and Jessica Yehle
Additional funding provided by
Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears
Patricia Brady and Robert Smith
Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Foundation, Inc.
The John and Barbara DeMain Fund for Education and Community Engagement
William J. and Joyce F. Wartmann Fund
An Anonymous Friend
This project is supported by Dane County Arts with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, The Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.
Wisconsin Arts Board support comes with additional funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.