Sep 19, 2022 | 22-23 Organ Season, Organ, Program Stories
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22-23 Organ Season,
Calude Debussy,
Cesar Franck,
Florence Price,
Greg Zelek,
J.S. Bach,
John Weaver,
Organ,
Overture Concert Organ,
Paul Fey,
Sullivan,
Weaver We invite you to read through Michael Allsen’s program notes for our September 27 Overture Concert Organ Performance with Greg Zelek. Visit Mike Allsen’s website to download a printable PDF of these program notes and more. Learn more about these concerts...
Feb 4, 2022 | 21-22 Organ Season, Organ, Program Stories
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Florence Price,
Franz Liszt,
George Gershwin,
Greg Zelek,
Handel,
Henry Purcell,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Michael Allsen,
Organ,
Reginald Mobley,
Thomas A. Dorsey,
Wallace Willis We invite you to read through Michael Allsen’s program notes for our February 15 Overture Concert Organ Performance, Reginald Mobley & Greg Zelek. Visit Mike Allsen’s website to download a printable PDF of these program notes and more. Learn more about...
Jan 18, 2021 | Composers, Diversity, Madison Symphony Orchestra
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African-American,
Augustin Hadelich,
Black History,
Classical Music,
Composers,
Diversity,
Florence Price,
George Walker,
Hiawatha Overture,
John DeMain,
Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges,
LA Phil,
Lyric for Strings,
Madison Symphony Orchestra,
Martin Luther King Day,
music,
Nicola Benedetti,
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor,
story,
Ulysses Kay,
William Dawson,
William Grant Still,
Wynton Marsalis,
YouTube Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a spotlight on Black and African-American composers of classical music. Madison Symphony Orchestra Music Director John DeMain shares reflections and discoveries. Diversity — Black and African-American classical...
Dec 23, 2020 | Artist Stories, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians
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Christopher Dozoryst,
concerts,
Dorothy Rudd Moore,
Florence Price,
Foundation for Black Women's Wellness,
Jessie Montgomery,
Karl Lavine,
Leanne League,
Lisa Peyton-Caire,
Madison Symphony Orchestra,
Mary Theodore,
music,
pandemic,
performance,
quartet,
social justice,
story,
Wisconsin Ensemble Project Several of our Madison Symphony Orchestra musicians have formed a group to explore chamber music more deeply, and find ways to support social justice. Mary Theodore shared this story with us about the WE Project origins, and the first project that takes place this...