Join us for an evening of community celebration and musical performance at the 2023 Art of Note Celebration – “A New Beginning.”
Events
Honors Chamber Music Recital – Pondrom Quartet and Lalita Quintet
You are invited to attend the 2023 Honors Chamber Music Recital at MYArts on April 26, 7:00 pm, and featuring the Pondrom Honors String Quartet and Lalita Honors Woodwind Quintet.
Masterclass with Andrew Balio
The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra is hosting a masterclass with renowned trumpet player and WYSO alum, Andrew Balio, for current WYSO brass students in Youth and Philharmonia orchestras. The masterclass will take place on Saturday, February 25 at 4:15pm at Madison Country Day School. This event is free and open to the public.
Music Makers Spring Concert
Join us for the Spring Music Makers Concert on Saturday, May 21, at 3:00 pm. at McFarland Performing Arts Center. You won’t want to miss the Music Makers group classes in their last concert of the year! Free and open to the public. The audience is required to wear masks. No vaccination cards or tests required.
Percussion Extravaganza!
The WYSO PERCUSSION EXTRAVAGANZA is an exciting and high energy musical event featuring amazing student and professional percussionists from the Madison area and beyond! Performers will include the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras Percussion Ensemble, the WYSO Percussion Pilots, the UW-Madison Graduate and World Music Percussion Ensembles, and the Packers Tundra Line, the official drumline of the Green Bay Packers.
Covid protocols will be in place. Click the title to learn more and to purchase tickets online.
Diane Ballweg Winterfest Concerts:
Percussion Ensemble & Concert Orchestra
You are invited to attend the 2022 Diane Ballweg Winterfest Concert Series—Percussion Ensemble and Concert Orchestra Concert. The event is open to the public and tickets will go on sale here two weeks before the event. COVID protocols will be in place. Click the title to learn more and to purchase tickets for this concert.
Diane Ballweg Winterfest Concerts:
Youth Orchestra
You are invited to the Diane Ballweg Winterfest Concerts—Youth Orchestra concert. The event is open to the public and tickets will go on sale here two weeks before the event. COVID protocols will be in place. Click the title to learn more and to purchase tickets for this concert.
Brass Choirs Concert
The WYSO Brass Choirs Concert will take place on Saturday, January 22 at 3:00 pm at McFarland High School. COVID-19 Protocols will be in place, including showing Vaccination Records and Photo IDs at the door. Click the concert title to read more.
Brass Choirs Concert
The WYSO Brass Choirs Concert will present “An Afternoon of Brass” on Saturday, May 7 at 3:00 pm at McFarland High School.
The concert will feature all WYSO brass musicians in an exciting program of trumpets, horns, trombones, and tubas. Free and open to the public.
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CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL
The WYSO Chamber Music Recital will take place on Sunday, January 16 at 3:00 pm at Madison Country Day School. COVID-19 Protocols will be in place, including showing Vaccination Records and Photo IDs at the door. Click the concert title to read more.
WYSO Teacher Forum
Calling all instrumental music teachers to join us on Saturday, May 6th at 11:00am – 12:00 pm at Madison Country Day School for a one hour meeting (approximate) facilitated by the great cellist and teacher, Uri Vardi. The forum will create a space for instrumental music teachers to meet, tell stories, swap strategies and ideas, and provide mutual support.
Sonora Slocum Virtual Masterclass
Click the event name to read details about the Sonora Slocum Flute Masterclass and for registration link. Sonora Slocum was appointed Principal Flute of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at the age of 22, and has performed with orchestras around the country.