Anticipate Your Life with Music: Subscriptions available now for our 99th Season Embrace the emotion, energy, and spirit of a joyous adventure throughout our 99th season together, beginning this September. Experience iconic classical music favorites including Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, Ravel’s Tzigane, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. Plus, we welcome world-renowned guest artists including Sterling Elliott, Gil Shaham, Garrick Ohlsson, and more! Renewing Subscribers: The deadline to renew your subscription is this Friday, June 14. To those who have alre ..read more

Associate Conductor Kyle Knox will lead the Madison Symphony in a brand new family-friendly concert this Saturday, May 18 at 1:00 p.m.! Admission is pay-what-you-wish ($10 minimum) and lap seats are available for children under 2 on the day of the show. This hour-long program features beloved favorites including the William Tell Overture and Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter, plus Gavin Lawrence as narrator for Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. Plus, join us beginning at noon for pre-concert activities including an instrument petting zoo, paper puppet col ..read more

The Madison Symphony Orchestra finished the season with a Fiesta Finale, featuring pianist Jorge Federico Osorio and Mariachi Los Camperos. Check out reviews, photos, and more below!   Music of Mexico takes the spotlight in MSO’s ‘Fiesta Finale’ Matt Ambrosio, Special to the Cap Times The Madison Symphony Orchestra celebrates Mexican music and musicians with its season-closing concert, “Fiesta Finale,” perfectly timed for Cinco de Mayo weekend. This concert marks the first time the MSO has put on an all-Mexican concert, with Mexican performers joining the orchestra on stage and Mexican ..read more

Our final Overture Concert Organ Series concert of the 2023-24 season featured Greg Zelek performing with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wind Ensemble. The concert featured solo works from Greg like Louis Vierne’s Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54, No. 6 and Dudley Buck’s Concert Variations on “The Star-Spangled Banner. Collaborative works for organ and wind ensemble were also featured with Wagner’s Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral, Michael Daugherty’s Bells for Stokowski, and more! We were also lucky to have soprano saxophone soloist Andrew MacRossie join Greg on Ennio Morr ..read more

The Madison Symphony Orchestra was joined by the MSO Chorus for an impactful performance of Verdi’s Requiem. Read reviews, see photos below, and more!   Madison Symphony Orchestra performs Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ on a grand scale Matt Ambrosio, Special to the Cap Times This weekend, the MSO continues to pull out all the stops in celebration of Maestro John DeMain’s 30th anniversary year with a piece on the grandest scale: Giuseppe Verdi’s “Requiem.” Beyond its religious origins, the work makes a powerful humanist statement of endurance through troubled times, a message as appropriate now as i ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2024    Madison Symphony Orchestra Wraps up its 98th Season with “Fiesta Finale” Featuring all-Mexican Music and Special Guest Artists — Jorge Federico Osorio, Piano, and Mariachi Los Camperos  May 3, 4, and 5, in Overture Hall    Madison, Wis. – The Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO) celebrates the final concert of John DeMain’s 30th anniversary season with “Fiesta Finale” at Overture Hall on May 3, 4 and 5, 2024. The concerts features works by Mexican composers, a Mexican-born pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, and world-renowned ..read more

The Madison Symphony Orchestra rang in the new year with a concert weekend featuring pianist Joyce Yang and two giants of the orchestral composition world: Mozart and Mahler. Read reviews from the concert weekend, hear what the audience had to say, and view pictures below!   Madison Symphony’s ‘A Perfect Pair’ balances Mahler and Mozart Matt Ambrosio, Special to the Cap Times Maestro John DeMain programmed two mammoth works of the Western classical canon — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 24 featuring Joyce Yang, and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony no. 5 — for this weekend’s M ..read more

Our final concert of the 2023/2024 season, Fiesta Finale, is a celebration of Mexican music and heritage. We are proud to support the 10th Annual Latino Art Fair on Saturday, May 4 in the Overture Lobby as an extension of this celebration! Learn more about this event that is free and open to the public below. Please note: Due to the Latino Art Fair, there will not be a Prelude Discussion for our Fiesta Finale ticketholders on Saturday. However, Michael Allsen has recorded his lecture and shared it online! Tune up for our Fiesta Finale concerts by watching the full recording of the lectu ..read more

Our final concert of the 2023/2024 season, Fiesta Finale, is quickly approaching! Watch our MSO Marketing Associate Sebastian Jimenez discuss some of the soloists and repertoire you may hear for the final performance of the 2023/2024 MSO season. Videos below available in English and Spanish. Sebastian Jimenez on the MSO’s “Fiesta Finale” Sebastian Jimenez habla del último concierto de la temporada de la sinfónica de Madison Watch on Vimeo Sebastian Jimenez talks about our final concert of the season Watch on Vimeo The post Fiesta Finale Video Interviews appeared first on The ..read more

Learn more about our April 12-14 concert weekend, Boundless Beauty! Hear from members of the Madison Symphony Chorus, who will be featured on this concert weekend, as they describe Verdi’s “Requiem” and what it means to them to be able to perform this piece with the Madison Symphony Orchestra.   The Madison Symphony Chorus Describes Verdi’s “Requiem” Members of the MSO Chorus briefly describe the Requiem Watch on Vimeo Chorus Members answer the question “What does Verdi’s “Requiem” mean to you?”, discuss the rehearsal process, and what they love about the piece Watch on Vim ..read more