This season will include music by Verdi, Ives, Shostakovitch, Mozart, Barber, and Mahler with current composers including Carlos Simon and Cindy McTee.  ..read more

Dear Friends and Family of the WSO, Our beloved, wonderful and long-time former principal clarinetist, Dianne Mahany, died on June 12, 2024. Dianne was with the WSO from 2001-2016, and on the Board of Directors from 2003-2018.    Dianne also managed our Michael H. Welles Young Soloist Competition from 2002-2019 and helped me enormously when I took that over.    Dianne's love of chamber music provided inspiration for many of the WSO musicians. She attended the Chamber Music Conference of the East for several decades, serving on their Board of Directors and as Treasurer ..read more

MassBay Community College and the Wellesley Symphony are proud to present a benefit concert to raise funds for both organizations on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 6:00 pm, at MassBay Community College, 50 Oakland Street, Wellesley. The Wellesley Symphony is a non-profit organization and has been a community orchestra since its founding in 1948. This past season we celebrated our 75th anniversary, and our 40th season as orchestra-in-residence at MassBay!   This concert, "Colors of Culture", features music from around the world and special guests, the Fireside Barbershop Quartet ..read more

Our May 5 season finale celebrates the WSO’s 75th anniversary, showcasing music inspired by woodprints and paintings. This concert features xylophone soloist Casey Voss and two blockbuster works. Alan Hovhaness' Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints was written for xylophone and orchestra. The Fantasy is varied and colorful, drawing upon techniques borrowed from Japanese music while incorporating the composer's Armenian influences. Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition depicts an exhibition of works by architect and painter Viktor Hartmann with each movement of the su ..read more

Please join internationally acclaimed double bassists Susan Hagen (you recently heard her perform with the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra) and David Heyes (UK) Thursday, 25 April at 7:30pm for an hour-long concert entitled "Koussevitzky Connections" - this concert is part of a 10-day long tour to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Serge Koussevitzky, the famous composer, double bassist, and conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924-1949. They will perform new commissions and old classics on Koussevitzky's bass in what is sure to be an entertaining and fun concert ..read more

The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra is proud to present our annual Family Concert as we celebrate and feature young musicians and entertain everyone in the family with the timeless musical story, "Peter and the Wolf". Our concert begins with Johann Strauss' masterpiece, the overture to Die Fledermaus. This operetta, known as “The Bat,” revolves around mistaken identity (including a man disguised as a bat) and practical jokes that spiral out of control. For Strauss, renowned as The Waltz King, this brought his melodic brilliance to the opera stage. Dancing in the aisles is encouraged! A group of e ..read more

We are excited to share that our Outreach Program is back after its pandemic hiatus. Our schedule is as follows: Public events: Feb. 4, Wellesley Free Library March 2, Weston Public Library April 13, Framingham Public Library Other events April 1, Wellesley Friendly Aid We look forward to seeing you ..read more

Six Outstanding Contestants from our 2023 Michael H. Welles Young Soloist Competition  The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra Presents A Special Concert on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 8:00 pm at MassBay Community College Our annual competition for young soloists is always a highlight of the year for the judges, and 2023 was no exception. We auditioned 28 incredibly talented young musicians and had a difficult time picking a winner. We did decide on a winner, Adalia Wen, a 16-year-old pianist who will enchant you with her performance of the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in ..read more

I've been a member of the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra since 2007 and it has been a wonderful experience. A wonderful part of it has been the orchestra's warm and productive partnership with MassBay Community College. MassBay (which serves about 6,000 students) has been the home of the Wellesley Symphony since 1984. As part of our responsibilities as the Orchestra-in-Residence, we are part of Mass Bay's commencement ceremonies. We play a short concert prior to the start of the ceremonies, the well-known processional, Elgar's Pomp & Circumstance, March #1, and recessional music at the close ..read more

It's almost spring - there are little daffodil shoots and I have even seen some teeny flowers blooming along my favorite path by Morse Pond. It's fitting that our annual Family Concert on Sunday, March 26 celebrates young people in particular - but we perform for everyone in your family and ours because we truly believe that live music brings all people together! If you attend our performance (and I hope that you do!), you will be able to read the wonderful program notes written by bassist James Heazlewood-Dale. James is completing his Ph.D. in musicology at Brandeis and knows a lot about mus ..read more