Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra breaks ground on new $33 million facility
Construction teams broke ground Monday morning on a new building for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra.
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Construction teams broke ground Monday morning on a new building for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Pianist Christopher Taylor simply rocked the Madison Symphony Orchestra concert Friday evening; had he been willing, the audience would have kept him at the piano until the stagehands shut off the lights.
The Madison Symphony Orchestra's weekend concert features an all-Scandinavian program, one that might be expected to be both somewhat tense and somewhat dour.
We all have our activities that symbolize the beginning of autumn. For some, it is the changing color of maple leaves, for others the first Badger football game.
The Madison Symphony Orchestra kicks off a new season with a celebration of Overture Hall, the Overture Center Organ and its own musicians
The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra survived plenty of lean times in its 100-year history, but the current economic downturn has proven too difficult to overcome.
To be sure, the measure of a symphony concert is 85 to 90 percent music, but there's always a place for showmanship as well.
Yefim Bronfman crosses the stage of the Overture Center to participate in the March all Beethoven concert of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. He sits down on a cushioned piano bench. Then magic starts to happen.
Melody Moore, the soprano who sang the title role of Tosca in this fall's Madison Opera production returned to the city to sing Christmas songs.
The Madison Symphony Orchestra completed its 87th annual subscription season over the weekend and you can make a strong case for the proposition that Music Director John DeMain saved the best for last.
This is the time of year that we can appreciate Beethoven, whose music is not slushy, whose direction is clear and whose tunes are familiar.
Those of us who regularly attend Madison Symphony Orchestra concerts affect appreciation for Berlioz and Brahms – but if you really want to bring us to our feet, belt out a little honky tonk.
It comes down to whether you like Bartok or you don't.
It comes down to whether you like Bartok or you don't.
A couple of years ago violinist Augustin Hadelich made his first performance with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and left the audience on its feet cheering.