Sep 17, 2018 | 18-19 Organ Season, Guest Artists, Organ, Partner Stories
Sandy Tabachnick of the Isthmus recently wrote a feature article about the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-2019 Overture Concert Organ Season, which opens Tuesday, September 18 with a performance from our Principal Organist Greg Zelek. The article features a...
Aug 29, 2018 | Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians, Partner Stories
High Plains, the duo of Madison-based cellist Mark Bridges and Canadian electronic musician Scott Morgan (best known for his solo project Loscil), released its debut album, Cinderland, in 2017. Bridges, also a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Willy...
Aug 28, 2018 | 18-19 Organ Season, Organ, Partner Stories, Video
Our Principal Organist and Curator of the Overture Concert Organ, Greg Zelek, was recently featured in a segment for Wisconsin Public Television’s Wisconsin Life. The episode airs Thursday, September 20 at 7 p.m. In the video, Greg explains how he started...
Aug 27, 2018 | 18-19 Symphony Season, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Partner Stories
Our Music Director John DeMain met Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood Music Festival in 1971 – a meeting that would forever shape and influence his conducting career. In the centennial year of Lenny’s birth, John remembers his encounters with Bernstein in a...