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Hooray For Hollywood
Symphony at Sunset 2025
Venue: Burrows Park
June 17, 2025
5:00 p.m.
Ticket price: $225
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Join us for an exciting summer benefit for the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Education and Community Engagement Programs.
Burrows Park is nestled on the beautiful western shore of Lake Mendota near Maple Bluff.
SIP AND SOCIALIZE – A reception starting at 5:00 p.m. with passed hors d’oeuvres and cash bar.
LISTEN AND DINE – A 50-minute “Hooray For Hollywood” concert at 6:00 p.m. by members of the Madison Symphony Orchestra led by Maestro John DeMain. The program features selections from beloved Hollywood music and a youth guest artist. An elegant plated dinner will follow the concert.
STAY AND SUPPORT – Participate in a live auction and end the evening with a cocktail in hand as you enjoy a lovely sunset over the lake!
Sponsorship packages available below.
Contact the registrar if you have questions at msolevents@madisonsymphony.org.
Free parking will be available at the Hartmeyer Ice Arena lot, with complimentary shuttle service provided to and from Burrows Park.
Symphony At Sunset Menu
Hors D’oeuvres
Lime Margaritas
Assorted Artisan Dinner Rolls & Butter
Step Above Salad
Bacon Wrapped Filet of Beef Tenderloin with Wild Mushroom Demi-Glaze, Garlic Roasted Baby Red Potatoes, Roasted Spring Vegetable Medley
or
Grilled Vegetable Kebob, Wild Rice Pilaf, Roasted Spring Vegetable Medley
Strawberry Shortcake
Program
John DeMain, Music Director and Conductor
Indre Raghavan, Bolz Competition Winner and Violin
Henry Mancini, Hooray for Hollywood
John Williams, The Raiders March from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 1st Movement
John Berry, Theme from Out of Africa
Stephen Schwartz/arr. Ted Rickets, Highlights from Wicked
Bernard Herrmann, Scène d’amour from Vertigo
John Williams, Throne Room and Finale from Star Wars
Featuring
John DeMain, Conductor
Indre Raghavan, Violin
Live Auction and Fund-the-Music Paddle Raise
Symphony at Sunset attendees may participate in our exciting live auction, hosted by the fabulous and entertaining Geoffrey Sandler of Celebrations Entertainment! We’ll have four fabulous prizes available for bidding. Bid independently or devise a plan with your friends! You and your guests will also be invited to participate in our Fund-the-Music Paddle Raise.
Attend A Priceless Coldplay Concert
Experience Coldplay’s latest album Moon Music on their world tour with two premium tickets to their Madison concert at Camp Randall Stadium on July 19th, 2025. This concert sold out online within minutes due to popularity and these premium seats gifted by the band themselves are located in the section reserved for their special guests. Also included in this package will also be a rare event specific poster signed by all the members of the band and Notebook Edition Moon Music LP.
Be Wined and Dined by Maestro John DeMain
MSO Music Director John DeMain invites your party of eight to his beautiful home, where he will cook a multi-course Italian dinner served with fine wines and regale you with stories from his career. Executive Director, Robert Reed, and members of the Symphony staff will be your servers! A mutually convenient date for this unforgettable experience will be arranged between you and the Maestro.
Getaway To Beautiful San Miguel de Allende
Stay 6 nights in a beautiful house is located in the 480-year-old town San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico. The house is a residence within Rosewood San Miguel, a five-star hotel that has received many accolades. It sleeps 10 with five bedrooms each with an en-suite bathroom and also includes a private garage, elevator, full kitchen, indoor garden patios with fountains and a rooftop terrace with jacuzzi, firepit, grill and view of the city. There is also an airport nearby, making this an easy location to travel to for a wonderful relaxing trip away!
Unleash Your Inner Conductor!
Step onto the podium and conduct the Madison Symphony Orchestra at the Centennial Festival Concert in Overture Hall on Sunday, June 14, 2026. In consultation with Music Director John DeMain, you will choose one short work to conduct on that program. Maestro DeMain will provide one-on-one conducting lessons in addition to coaching during the orchestra rehearsal. A once-in-a-lifetime experience!
Symphony at Sunset 2024 Photos
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Contact Casey Oelkers, Director of Development, at coelkers@madisonsymphony.org or (608) 257-3734 with any questions.
Indre began her violin studies at age seven with Janse Vincent, and currently studies with Prof. Eugene Purdue. Indre has been a member of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO) for eight years, where she has held concertmaster and principal roles. Indre is the winner of the 2025 Middleton Community Orchestra Young Artist Competition. She was a semifinalist of the 2024 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Stars of Tomorrow Competition, and performed as concertmaster at MSO Stars of Tomorrow Side by Side concert. Indre also was a semifinalist in the 2023 Bolz Young Artist Competition and received honorable mentions in the 2024 Bolz Young Artist Competition, 2024 Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Young Artist Concerto Competition, 2023 and 2024 Middleton Community Orchestra Young Artist Competitions. She was the winner of the 2024 Middleton High School Concerto and Aria Competition.
She spent the summers of 2023 and 2024 at the Meadowmount School of Music, studying with Prof. Gerardo Ribeiro and Prof. I-Hao Lee. Additionally, in 2024, she attended Sounding Point Academy at The Colburn School. Indre has played in masterclasses for James Ehnes, Paul Kantor, David Halen, Danielle Belen, I-Hao Lee, Blair Milton, Dawn Dongeun Wohn, Julian Rhee, and others. Beyond music, Indre is a member of the National Honor Society and 11th grade representative of the Middleton High School (MHS) Student Senate. She also serves as a volunteer teen teacher for the WYSO Music Makers program, treasurer of the MHS Letters of Love Club, communications lead of the MHS Girl Up Club, and president-elect of the UNICEF MHS Club. Additionally, she trains at CrossFit Madtown. Lastly, Indre would like to thank Mr. Purdue, her violin teacher, for all his guidance and support.
Coldplay formed in London in late 1997. The band have gone on to become one of the most popular acts in the world, selling more than 100 million albums and releasing a long line of hits such as Yellow, Clocks, Fix You, Paradise, Viva La Vida, A Sky Full Of Stars, Hymn For The Weekend, Something Just Like This and Higher Power.
The band’s acclaimed Music Of The Spheres World Tour, which began in 2022, is taking them to stadiums around the globe, with more than 12 million tickets already sold.
The tour is accompanied by a comprehensive set of sustainability initiatives which include a show powered by 100% renewable energy in almost all locations; the world’s first tourable battery system; kinetic dancefloors allowing fans to help power the show; solar panels and wind turbines at every venue; incentives to encourage fans to travel by green transport; and one tree planted for every ticket sold.
The band recently gave an update on the sustainability initiatives, revealing that their current tour has so far produced 59% less CO2e emissions than their previous stadium tour in 2016/17, and that 7 million trees have already been planted (one for each concert goer).
Their tenth album, Moon Music, was released on October 4, 2024, and landed at Number 1 on album charts around the world, including the UK and the US. The album has so far spawned three singles: feelslikeimfallinginlove; WE PRAY (ft Burna Boy, Little Simz, TINI and Elyanna); and All My Love.
Moon Music is Coldplay’s first album since 2021’s Music Of The Spheres, which featured the US Number One single with BTS, My Universe, and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards. Music Of The Spheres has already accumulated more than four billion streams.