Category: Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2025 Milwaukee, WI – The Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) will honor the past, enlighten the present, and inspire the future by showcasing musical instruments from the Holocaust in the Violins of Hope-Wisconsin residency from September 2025 through January 2026. The Violins of Hope are instruments that Jewish musicians, and

Milwaukee, WI — The Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) has hired Joe Phillips as Chief Philanthropy Officer. Phillips steps into a newly created role, managing a philanthropy staff of three people, and joins the MYSO leadership team. Phillips loves music and youth development, two pillars upon which MYSO is built. He is a committed advocate

Milwaukee (January 4, 2017) — Milwaukee’s Festival City Symphony Orchestra has announced that Carter Simmons has been hired to replace retiring Monte Perkins as Music Director and Conductor for the organization’s Symphony Sunday concerts at the Pabst Theater. Simmons will remain the Artistic Director and one of the Music Directors of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony

Milwaukee, WI – National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects and partnerships in the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2016. Included in this announcement is an Art Works award of $12,000 to Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) for its Progressions

At a ceremony at the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama will present representatives from the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award—the nation’s highest honor for out-of-school arts and humanities programs. Only 12 awards are given each year out of a field of 350 nominations and 50