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Love the Symphony, Join the League The organization began as the Women’s Committee of the Madison Civic Music Association in June 7, 1956 when founders Mrs.
Helen Marling Supernaw and Mrs. Viola Ward gathered ladies in the home of Mrs. Adolph Bolz to form a group to support the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Based on an idea that they had gleaned while attending an American Symphony Orchestra League convention, the group was by invitation only and limited to 100 women. It wasn’t until twenty years later when president Marian Bolz opened the membership to
05/22/2024
We're transforming Burrows Park into “DeMain does Broadway” for Symphony at Sunset, a new fundraiser hosted by the Madison Symphony Orchestra League! Join members of the MSO on Monday, June 17, led by Maestro DeMain in the culmination of his 30th anniversary season. An elegant plated dinner and live auction will follow the concert. The program includes selections from A Little Night Music, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, and more. Discover more and RSVP by June 7 for this opportunity to support the MSO's Education and Community Engagement Programs!
Symphony at Sunset - The Madison Symphony Orchestra Join us on Monday, June 17 at Burrows Park for a newly reimagined summer benefit for the MSO's Education and Community Engagement Programs.
05/05/2024
Registration is open. The Madison Symphony Orchestra League’s “Symphony at Sunset” is a newly reimagined summer benefit for the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Education and Community Engagement Programs (previously known as Concert on the Green). Purchase your tickets now and join us on Monday, June 17, 2024, for this special event!
Symphony at Sunset - The Madison Symphony Orchestra Join us on Monday, June 17 at Burrows Park for a newly reimagined summer benefit for the MSO's Education and Community Engagement Programs.
05/02/2024
Parties of Note - Two tickets available to the Effigy Mounds party on May 25th. Register here:
Effigy Mounds at Mendota Mental Health Institute 2024 - The Madison Symphony Orchestra Sold out Click to join waitlist. Approximately 1,000 years ago, Indigenous Peoples built effigy mounds on the land that is now Dane County. Celebrate Wisconsin Archeology Month as we join George W. Christiansen III and Rob Nurre of the Wisconsin Archeological Society for a guided tour of the mounds....
04/29/2024
MSOL Volunteers! Madison Symphony Orchestra needs your help with the May 18th Family Concert!
*Help prepare craft projects in advance of the Family Concert
*Assist at the MSO Family Concert on Saturday, May 18. Help is needed beginning at 11:45 to set up and run family-focused activities and crafts and greet and direct guests before the concert. Our work will be done by the time of the concert at 1:00. (Overture Center)
Write "I'll help" in the comments; we will reach out via your email in the MSOL directory. Thanks for supporting MSO and the MSOL!
04/24/2024
Parties of Note - Tickets available to visit the studio of a wonderful local artist, Karen Watson-Newlin on May 14, 2024. More information and registration at the link below.
An Artistic Journey 2024 - The Madison Symphony Orchestra Join us for a personal visit to a local artist’s home. Karen Watson-Newlin will describe her personal journey as an artist that has led to her current career in acrylic painting. Her studio space will be open and a discussion of her artistic process and viewing of her works will be included. Karen...
04/24/2024
A rare opportunity awaits. Have you ever wanted to dine and be entertained on the stage at Overture Hall? Now you will have your chance when the Friends of the Overture Concert Organ hosts Voices of Spring on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Register now before it's sold out.
Step onto the Overture Hall stage and be transported to springtime in Paris. Enjoy a four-course dinner with entertainment of French classical and jazz compositions, with musical performances by Greg Zelek, Principal Organist and Alvaro Bermudez, Guitar.
Presented by: Madison Symphony Orchestra and Friends of the Overture Concert Organ
Voices of Spring 2024 - The Madison Symphony Orchestra Join us on the Overture Hall Stage on Saturday, May 18 for dinner and magnificent music to benefit the Organ Endowment Fund.
04/17/2024
The Madison Symphony Orchestra celebrates Mexican music and heritage at their next concert, a Fiesta Finale, May 3, 4, & 5, 2024. In our new Musicology Moment, musicologist Steve Kurr digs into the long and rich tradition of Música clásica composers from Mexico. Watch here:
Musicology Moment - Música clásica composers from Mexico The Madison Symphony Orchestra celebrates Mexican music and heritage at their May concert, a Fiesta Finale. In this Musicology Moment, musicologist Steve Kurr digs…
04/15/2024
Register online now for the Spring Luncheon and Annual Meeting! Join us on Thursday, May 9 at Maple Bluff Country Club: https://madisonsymphony.org/support-volunteer/madison-symphony-orchestra-league/msol-luncheon/
02/05/2024
MSOL Winter Luncheon
MSOL members and guests are invited to attend the Winter Luncheon on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at The Madison Club. Enjoy lunch and a presentation by Robert Reed, MSO Executive Director. The cost to attend is $40 per person. Guests are welcome. Please register by Thursday, March 7, 2024.
Click here to register. https://madisonsymphony.org/support-volunteer/madison-symphony-orchestra-league/msol-luncheon/
02/03/2024
Please vote to support our wonderful Madison Symphony Orchestra!
Nominations for Madison Magazine's Best of Madison 2024 are now open! You can write in your vote for the Madison Symphony Orchestra in the Classical Music Group and Performing Arts Group categories, every day through Feb. 29. Learn more and nominate: https://madisonmagazine.secondstreetapp.com/Best-of-Madison-2024/gallery?group=475706
02/03/2024
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01/30/2024
The Final Forte is March 6th! Join the MSO and these amazing young musicians! This is a Free Event!
The Final Forte returns with four of Wisconsin's brightest young musicians vying for top honors in the concluding round of the Bolz Young Artist Competition on Wednesday, March 6! Congratulations to all the musicians who entered in this year's competition, and especially to our four finalists:
Katarina Kenney, cello — Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, 4th mvmt
Elliot Lesperance, marimba — Abe’s Prism Rhapsody
Andre Peck, piano — Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, 1st mvmt
Jane Story, violin — Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, 1st mvmt
This free concert and competition is open to the public and also broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin. Discover more and reserve your free seats: https://madisonsymphony.org/event/the-final-forte-2024/
01/24/2024
Such an amazing concert!
Mozart Symphony No. 40 Excerpt The MSO performs Mozart's Symphony No. 40 conducted by Bernard Labadie Jan 26-27. Hear a excerpt of the work from rehearsal! ►Tickets at: bit.ly/MSO_LabadieM...
01/21/2024
What a wonderful concert!
01/18/2024
Mozart grew up in a musical family and composed 800 works from age four to his death at age 35. He enjoyed playing pranks on his family and friends and inserted this humor into his music. Watch this Musicology Moment to enjoy five of Mozart’s genius examples from throwing dice to dissonant humor in composition.
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Featured at the MSO concerts January 19, 20, 21, 2024, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 Tickets are available at the Overture Center for the Arts
01/01/2024
Happy New Year from the Madison Symphony Orchestra League. Looking for a New Year's Resolution? How about attending an MSO Concert or joining the MSOL this year!
12/20/2023
Share the MSO with Family and Friends in 2024!
Time is running out to complete your Holiday shopping and the MSO can help you provide a wonderful gift for the special people on your list. Tickets to four MSO concerts are up to 50% off through 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, December 23.
12/14/2023
MSOL members had a wonderful evening celebrating the holidays together at Maple Bluff Country Club hosted by Rosemarie Blancke and Pat Bernhardt. The food was amazing, the setting beautiful, and the conversations always engaging. If you love the Madison Symphony Orchestra, then join us by becoming a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra League.
11/14/2023
What is the connection between the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Clara Schumann? Find out when you watch this Musicology Moments video featuring Clara Weick Schumann, one of the most brilliant pianists of the 19th Century.
Clara premiered the solo part of the Robert Schumann Piano Concerto, which the MSO performs at the November concerts. November 17, 18, 19, 2023. Learn about Clara on this month's Musicology Moment. https://vimeo.com/881860768
11/10/2023
Wonderful performance! Glad to see so many schools participate in this memorable performance!
11/10/2023
If you missed the MSO on the Go concert at the Verona High School Fine Arts Center you can still catch them in the FREE CONCERT on Saturday at 1:00 pm at the Madison College Mitty Theater. Lorenz Franklin- Amnen, the 2023 Fall Youth Concerto Competition winner, performed the Lalo Symphony Espagnole in D Minor Op 21. Kyle Knox conducted the symphony and their performance was very well received by the Verona audience!!
11/04/2023
FREE Community Concert!
Join your Madison Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Associate Conductor Kyle Knox for a FREE community concert at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 11, Mitby Theater at Madison College, 3550 Anderson St., Madison. MSO On the Go is a new series that brings the musicians of the Madison Symphony to performing arts centers in your community. The program features music the whole family will enjoy, plus a special appearance by the winner of our 2023 Fall Youth Concerto Competition, Lorenz Fradkin-Annen, violin.
11/03/2023
FREE Community Concert!
Join your Madison Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Associate Conductor Kyle Knox for a FREE community concert at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 9, VAHS Performing Arts Center, 234 Wildcat Way, Verona. MSO On the Go is a new series that brings the musicians of the Madison Symphony to performing arts centers in your community. The program features music the whole family will enjoy, plus a special appearance by the winner of our 2023 Fall Youth Concerto Competition, Lorenz Fradkin-Annen, violin.
10/14/2023
Christopher Dozoryst, Principal Violist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and member of the Rhapsodie Quartet provided a selection of music and answered audience questions at the MSOL Fall Luncheon held at Blackhawk Country Club on Friday, October 13th. We learned all about his instrument, and his involvement with Heartstrings, the music thearpy-informed program that visits healthcare and residential facilities. Thanks to Jessica Morrison for hosting the event which was enjoyed by all.
10/12/2023
Symphony ROCKS Party of Note was held on October 3rd. Tucked away in the heart of Madison is a former quarry converted into a backyard oasis. Host Tim Metcalfe shared the history of the Du Rose quarry and his journey in transforming it into this lovely sanctuary. The attendees were treated to music from the Pecatonica String Quartet, including Chris Dozoryst (viola) and Maggie Townsend (cello) , both from Madison Symphony. A Big thank you goes to MSOL Member Carole Schaeffer, who was the party liaison and Tim Metcalfe for hosting. Don't miss your opportunity to attend one of these amazing events to support the Madison Symphony Orchestra.
09/22/2023
On Tuesday, September 12, WPR host Norman Gilliland gave a presentation as part of the Madison Symphony Orchestra League's “Behind the Music” event. This talk discussed the four pieces that the MSO will perform September 22-24 in Overture Hall. Watch the full video on the MSO's website, or watch one of the four clips to learn more about each piece individually!
Norman Gilliland: Behind the Music with American Rhapsody - The Madison Symphony Orchestra Norman Gilliland discusses the four pieces on the MSO's September 22-24 Symphony program, American Rhapsody.
Join musicologist Steve Kurr as he explains the purpose of program notes and their value in contributing to a truly fulfilling concert experience. Knowing the history of a musical work, understanding the composer’s intentions, and identifying those elements or passages of particular interest can greatly enrich the listener’s enjoyment of a performance. As you will learn from Steve, reading program notes is time well spent!
Musicology Moments are sponsored by MSOL. Discover more: https://madisonsymphony.org/support-volunteer/madison-symphony-orchestra-league/msol-connect/
08/29/2023
Today is the final day to RSVP for the Symphony Gala on Friday, September 8! Join fellow music lovers in celebration of John DeMain and his 30th anniversary as MSO Music Director. Special guests include violinist Julian Rhee, Leotha Stanley and the Musical-Lee Yours Quartet, Master of Ceremonies John Stofflet, and the 16-piece MSO Gala Orchestra under the direction of John DeMain. Learn more and register now: https://madisonsymphony.org/event/symphony-gala-2023/
08/25/2023
Join Us @ the MSOL GALA Honoring John DeMain's 30th Anniversary - https://mailchi.mp/madisonsymphony/msol-member-update-may-888578
08/25/2023
The registration deadline for the Madison Symphony Orchestra League's Symphony Gala has been extended through Tuesday, August 29! Join fellow music lovers for a fabulous evening of dinner and music in celebration of John DeMain's 30th anniversary as Music Director. Learn more and RSVP at https://madisonsymphony.org/event/symphony-gala-2023/
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Our Story
The organization began as the Women’s Committee of the Madison Civic Music Association in June 7, 1956 when founders Mrs. Helen Marling Supernaw and Mrs. Viola Ward gathered ladies in the home of Mrs. Adolph Bolz to form a group to support the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Based on an idea that they had gleaned while attending an American Symphony Orchestra League convention, the group was by invitation only and limited to 100 women. It wasn’t until twenty years later when president Marian Bolz opened the membership to “anyone desirous of” supporting the MSO. The name was changed to the Madison Symphony Orchestra League as it is known today.
In the early years concerts were free, held on Sundays at a local high school and comprised not of professional, paid musicians, but of people in the community who loved making music together. The Women’s Committee provided refreshments at intermission for the orchestra, delivered flowers to performing artists and acted as concert hostesses and greeters. Before the MSO had an Education Director on staff committed volunteers functioned as the education department and designed a docent program to prepare elementary students for attending Fall Youth Concerts.
Over the decades the MSOL has raised funds to support the Madison Symphony. Among the creative activities undertaken by the MSOL:
- Sharing members’ recipes in two cookbooks: Composition for Cooking and a sequel, Composition for Cooking Opus II;
- Turning the LaFollette home in Maple Bluff into the first Symphony Designer Showhouse; more than 14 other homes were decorated and opened to the public to benefit the Symphony;
- Modeling the latest fashions at the first Style Show; these Style Shows continued for more than 20 years;
- Transporting music lovers to a virtual Vienna at New Year’s Eve Viennese Balls;
- Creating Concert on the Green a golf tournament, concert and gourmet picnic now in its 23rd year;
- Introducing “Parties of Note,” a series of small, themed parties;
- Launching the John DeMain Award for Outstanding Commitment to Music awarded at the Symphony Gala.
Although the world has changed greatly since 1956, what hasn’t changed is the League’s commitment to the Symphony’s artistic, financial and educational mission. The connective thread that weaves through the decades is a passion for music, the joy of the friendships and the sense of community that has come from supporting our Symphony.
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