Events

Music Makers Fall Recital – Saturday

Join us for the Music Makers Fall Recital! You won’t want to miss the Music Makers group classes in their first recital of the season! The concert will be held at the beautiful WYSO Center for Music on Saturday, November 9th, from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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