Concerts

MYSO Jazz and Steel Pan Bands will perform as the headlining act for the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center Starry Nights concert series. Performance is outdoors, weather pending. Free admission.

MYSO Jazz and Steel Pan Bands will be the featured performance for the Starry Nights series.

MYSO Steel Pans will perform at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center Café Colonnade series. Free admission.

MYSO's acclaimed Chamber Orchestra will perform the first concert of the 2022-23 season. Schwan Concert Hall, Center for Arts and Performance, Wisconsin Lutheran College Program: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus for Strings and Harp Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 / Chanson de Matin, Op. 15, […]

As our gift to the community, no tickets are required to attend this full day of free concerts on two different stages (seating is general admission). Click below for a full performance schedule. Performance Schedule: Harris Theater: Flute Chorale and Chamber Flute Ensemble: 10:30 - 11:05 am Sinfonia: 11:15 - 11:45 am Senior Symphony: 12:00 […]

Performance Time TBD

Shattuck Music Center Auditorium, Carroll University This concert showcases our flagship orchestra, the Senior Symphony. Program: Dme. Ethel Smyth, Overture to The Wreckers Ralph Vaughan Williams, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op. 35

Featuring MYSO Steel Pan Bands and Rumba Latin Jazz Combo.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Featuring MYSO’s Prelude Wind Ensemble Program.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Bradley Symphony Center This concert showcases our flagship orchestra, the Senior Symphony, and soprano soloist Cecilia Davis. Program: John Downey, Ode to Freedom Maurice Ravel, “Air du feu, arrière je réchauffe les bons” from L’Enfant et les Sortilèges Hector Berlioz, Zaïde Léo Delibes, “Où va la jeune hindoue” (“Air des Clochettes”) from Lakmé Margaret Bonds, […]

Schwan Concert Hall, Center for Arts and PerformanceWisconsin Lutheran CollegeFeaturing Flute Chorale and Chamber Flute Ensemble.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Shattuck Music Center AuditoriumCarroll UniversityFeaturing Prelude Orchestra, String Orchestra North/Central, and Philharmonia.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Shattuck Music Center AuditoriumCarroll UniversityFeaturing Percussion Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Shattuck Music Center AuditoriumCarroll UniversityFeaturing String Orchestra South/West, Sinfonia, and Chamber Orchestra.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Performances by MYSO Jazz Studies combos Perception and Latin Rumba, plus MYSO Jazz Faculty.

Featuring MYSO’s Progressions program. Concert end time is approximate. All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

1:30-2:30 pm: Clinic with Grammy-nominated trombonist, composer, & songwriter Steve Wiest 2:30-5:00 pm: Performances by MYSO Jazz combos Bronzeville Jazz Ensemble, Apex, Summit, Template, Outlook, and Cornerstone, and guest artist Steve Wiest with MYSO Jazz Faculty.

This recital includes performances by the Runner-Up and Honorable Mentions of the 2023 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition. Featuring: Runner-Up: Sofia Castanho-Bollinger, Violin Honorable Mentions: Maydine Bellot, Harp Zackary Muñoz, Flute Noor Salameh, Cello Admission is Pay-What-You-Can.

Performance time(s) TBD.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Auditions for the 2023-24 MYSO Season will take place via live or video auditions, depending on a student’s instrument and age group. For more details and to sign up for an audition, please follow this link: https://myso.org/join-myso/spring-auditions/.Video auditions are required for: * all woodwind, brass, and percussion players, * current MYSO string players in Sinfonia, […]

Details TBD.

Bradley Symphony Center, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202Featuring Brass Choir, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and Senior Symphony.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Featuring MYSO’s Steel Pan Bands and Jazz Studies Combos.1:00-3:00 pm – Jazz Studies Combos3:00-5:00 pm – Steel Pan BandsAll dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Schwan Concert Hall, Center for Arts and PerformanceWisconsin Lutheran CollegeFeaturing Flute Chorale and Chamber Flute Ensemble.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

NOTE: Updated performance date.Featuring Prelude Wind Ensemble Program.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Shattuck Music Center AuditoriumCarroll UniversityFeaturing Sinfonia Philharmonic and Wind Ensemble.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Shattuck Music Center AuditoriumCarroll UniversityFeaturing Percussion Ensemble, String Orchestra South/West, and PhilharmoniaConcert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Shattuck Music Center AuditoriumCarroll UniversityFeaturing Prelude Orchestra, String Orchestra North/Central, and Chamber OrchestraConcert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

Featuring MYSO’s Progressions Program.Concert end time is approximate.All dates, times, and venues are subject to change.

featuring the Chamber OrchestraProgram: * J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 (mvt. I) * W.A. Mozart, Concerto for Flute, No. 1 in G major, K. 313 (mvt. I) * W.A. Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K.551, “Jupiter”Tickets: https://myso.org/online-tickets/

What a fantastic fundraising effort by all! Together we raised $106,665 through Play Your Part! Thank you to all MYSO musicians and their families! Play Your Part, our student-led fundraiser, runs October 2 - November 5, 2023. If you'd like to donate to a specific student's fundraising page, please reach out to Emma Kunz, Philanthropy […]

Angels & Cathedrals: The Music of Hisaishi, Humperdinck, Higdon, and Saint-Saëns features MYSO’s acclaimed Senior Symphony.Program: * Joe Hisaishi, Water Traveller * Engelbert Humperdinck, Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime * Jennifer Higdon, Blue Cathedral * Camille Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”) op. 78Tickets: https://myso.org/online-tickets/.

featuring the Calypso and Soca steel pan bands and select combos from the Jazz Studies Program

featuring Flute Chorale and Chamber Flute Ensemble

featuring the Prelude Orchestra, String Orchestra North & Central, and Philharmonia

featuring String Orchestra West & South, Sinfonia, and Chamber Orchestra

featuring Percussion Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and Metropolitan Symphony

featuring students of the Prelude Wind Ensemble Program

featuring students of the Progressions program

featuring the Senior Symphony

featuring performances by all Jazz Studies program combos as well as clinics with professional jazz musicians.Performance Schedule:Wednesday, Feb. 28, 6:30 pmCornerstoneOutlookTemplateJazz FacultyThursday, Feb. 29, 6:30 pmConnectionPerceptionRumbaJazz FacultySaturday, March 2, 1:00-5:00 pm1:00 pm – Clinic with David Bixler and Jazz Studies Musicians3:00 pm – Concert in Youth Arts Hall featuring Apex, Summit, BJE, and MYSO Jazz […]

featuring performances by all Jazz Studies program combos as well as clinics with professional jazz musicians.Performance Schedule:Wednesday, Feb. 28, 6:30 pmCornerstoneOutlookTemplateJazz FacultyThursday, Feb. 29, 6:30 pmConnectionPerceptionRumbaJazz FacultySaturday, March 2, 1:00-5:00 pm1:00 pm – Clinic with David Bixler and Jazz Studies Musicians3:00 pm – Concert in Youth Arts Hall featuring Apex, Summit, BJE, and MYSO Jazz […]

featuring solo performances by the finalists from the 2024 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition

featuring performances by small chamber ensembles and Bach Ensemble from the Chamber Ensembles Program

Featuring performances from the Chamber Ensemble Program, including MYSO’s Bach Ensemble.

featuring the Calypso and Soca steel bands and Jazz Studies Program combos in their final performance of the season

featuring the Flute Chorale and Chamber Flute Ensemble

featuring Senior Symphony, Metropolitan Symphony, and Senior Brass Choir

featuring Prelude Orchestra, String Orchestra North & Central, and Chamber Orchestra

featuring String Orchestra South & West and Philharmonia

featuring Percussion Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and Sinfonia Philharmonic

featuring students of the Progressions program

featuring performances by the Prelude Wind Ensemble Program musicians

Recital time TBA.

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) pays tribute at its annual Founders Concert featuring the acclaimed Senior Symphony performing “Italian Maestros and an American Queen,” with works by Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, and Ottorino Respighi, including his Fountains of Rome, and the beautiful Symphony No. 3 by Florence Price (1887-1953), the first African American woman to […]

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