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.
Four of Wisconsin's brightest young musicians compete for top honors in Overture Hall, in a performance broadcast live on WPT and WPR on March 13.
The Madison Symphony Orchestra celebrates three of its own artists — Concertmaster Naha Greenholtz, Clarinetist JJ Koh, and Tubist Joshua Biere — March 8–10, 2019.
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.
One performance on Sun. Jan. 20 features a multimedia experience with APT actors and music, and the Symphony in its entirety after intermission.
The Semi-Final Round of the 2019 Bolz Young Artist Competition will be held on Sunday, January 13 in the Promenade Hall of the Overture Center.
For the first time, “A Madison Symphony Christmas” will be aired on Wisconsin Public Television, 12/17/18 at 8:00 p.m., and 12/25/18 at 9:30 p.m.
For the first time, “A Madison Symphony Christmas” will be aired on Wisconsin Public Television, 12/17/18 at 8:00 p.m., and 12/25/18 at 9:30 p.m.
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.
Nov. 9-11, celebrate 25 years with John DeMain and Leonard Bernstein's 100th year as a composer, and the last work Lenny conducted, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.