Nov. 30, Dec. 1&2, begin your holiday season together with the MSO, Mt. Zion Gospel Choir, Madison Youth Choirs, and singers Cecilia Violetta López and Kyle Ketelsen.
One performance on Sun. Jan. 20 features a multimedia experience with APT actors and music, and the Symphony in its entirety after intermission.
Violinist James Ehnes joins the MSO February 15–17, 2019 for an extraordinary program, featuring Madison-resident Harbison’s The Most Often Used Chords, Brahms’ Violin Concerto, and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Chelsea Chen’s Overture Hall debut on February 19, 2019, features her original Taiwanese Suite, plus works by Grieg, Holst’s The Planets, and more.
The Madison Symphony Orchestra celebrates three of its own artists — Concertmaster Naha Greenholtz, Clarinetist JJ Koh, and Tubist Joshua Biere — March 8–10, 2019.
Marc-André Hamelin debuts with the MSO April 12–14, 2019, performing Strauss’ Burleske and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. Mozart's Symphony No. 38 and Debussy’s La Mer complete the poetic program.
Cellist Thomas Mesa and Principal Organist Greg Zelek present a unique collaboration to close MSO’s Overture Concert Organ season April 16, 2019, featuring selections from Debussy, Bach, Tchaikovsky, and more.
To close our 2018–2019 season, John DeMain and the MSO partner with three choirs and eight opera singers May 3–5, 2019, to present one of the greatest musical feats in the classical repertoire, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.
Conducted by Stephen Layton, the Trinity College Choir of Cambridge accompanied by the organ opens our 2019–2020 Overture Concert Organ series on Wednesday, September 11.
Our all-orchestral 2019-2020 season-opening concerts, Sept. 27–29, feature Principal Organist Greg Zelek and pieces by Wagner, Barber, Debussy, and Dvořak.
