Events

Join us for an evening of community celebration and musical performance at the 2023 Art of Note Celebration – “A New Beginning.”

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.

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.

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.

Join us on Sunday, May 18th at 3:00pm for the Music Makers Spring Concert! Hosted at the Madison Youth Arts Center (MYArts), students will perform with ensemble groups in violin, percussion, guitar, and more!

WYSO’s annual Percussion Extravaganza takes place April 12 at 1 p.m. at the Middleton Performing Arts Center. Featuring world-renowned steelpan virtuoso Liam Teague and his son, Jaden Teague-Nuñez, along with the Fremder/DeMartinis Duo, the concert showcases top percussion ensembles. Tickets: $15 adults, $5 youth.

Kick-off the King Holiday weekend with fellowship and the annual MLK Free Community Dinner. Dinner served buffet style will include fried and baked chicken, mac n’ cheese, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables, sweet potato pie, and more. Join us and share a wonderful meal with friends, old and new, in Dr. King’s spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood. WYSO Music Makers will take the stage at approximately 6:15pm for a special performance in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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.

Join us for an evening of WYSO Music Makers Recitals! This event will occur at the WYSO Center for Music on April 27th from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

Join us for an evening of WYSO Music Makers Recitals at the Memorial United Church of Christ in Fitchburg! This event takes place on November 11th from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

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.

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.