The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is an orchestra based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, considered to be one of the top twenty orchestras in the United States. They are one of two symphonies in Milwaukee, alopng with the Festival City Symphony. The symphony performs at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Under current music director Andreas Delfs, the MSO presents more than 150 Classics, Classical Connections, Pops, and family concerts annually for more than 200,000 people during a season that starts in early September and continues through the end of June. Doc Severinsen, former Tonight Show bandleader, is the MSO's principal Pops conductor. Nickname: Cream City, Mil Town, Brew City, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett Area    - City 251. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42°30N to 47°3N  - Longitude 86°49W to 92°54W Population  Ranked... Marcus Center for the Performing Arts The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Andreas Delfs (b. ... Carl Hilding Doc Severinsen (born July 7, 1927 in Arlington, Oregon) is an American pop and jazz trumpeter, most known for leading the Tonight Show Band in the Johnny Carson era. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra serves as the orchestra for Florentine Opera productions. The MSO also serves as the state orchestra through an extensive Wisconsin Tour program. Outside Wisconsin, the Orchestra has made 13 appearances at Carnegie Hall and toured Cuba, Japan, Europe, and the Dominican Republic. Florentine Opera is Wisconsins oldest performing arts organization and the fifth-oldest opera company in the United States. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 7th Avenue, occupying the east stretch of 7th Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

The MSO has presented more than 100 world and American premieres of works by composers such as Philip Glass, Daniel Schnyder, Roberto Sierra, Gunther Schuller, William Schuman, Lukas Foss, Roy Harris, Gian Carlo Menotti, Richard Rodgers, Ottorino Respighi, Jean Sibelius, Erich Korngold and others. Over 22 compositions have been by MSO musicians. Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer. ... Gunther Schuller Gunther Schuller (born November 22, 1925) studied at the St. ... William Schuman William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910–February 15, 1992) was an American composer and music administrator. ... Lukas Foss (born Lukas Fuchs, August 15, 1922 in Berlin, Germany) is an American composer and conductor. ... Roy Ellsworth Harris (February 12, 1898 – October 1, 1979) was an American classical composer who wrote much music on American subjects and is perhaps best known for his . ... Gian Carlo Menotti, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Gian Carlo Menotti (born July 7, 1911, Cadegliano-Viconago, Italy) is an Italian-born American composer and librettist. ... For more on his work with his two partners, see Rodgers and Hart and Rodgers and Hammerstein. ... Ottorino Respighi (Bologna, July 9, 1879 - Rome, April 18, 1936) was an Italian composer, musicologist and violinist. ... Sibelius redirects to this article. ... Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 - November 29, 1957) was a composer. ...

Concert series

From September through June, Classics Series concerts are performed Friday through Sunday in Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Center. Delfs conducts a number of the programs, and guest conductors have included Lu Jia and artist-in-residence Nicholas McGegan. The series includes performances of works by Mendelssohn, Stravinsky, Brahms, Dvořák and Beethoven. MSO Commissions include Glass’ Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra and Wuorinen’s Symphony Seven. Frequent appearances by the acclaimed Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, under Director Lee Erickson, include Handel’s Messiah and the Britten War Requiem. Nicholas McGegan (born January 14, 1950 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England) is a harpsichordist, flutist, conductor and early music expert. ...

Acclaimed Pops concerts also are performed between September and June, taking place Friday through Sunday nights in Uihlein Hall. The Pops series features Principal Pops Conductor Doc Severinsen, and guest stars have included Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Regina Carter, The Chieftains and many others. Carl Hilding Doc Severinsen (born July 7, 1927 in Arlington, Oregon) is an American pop and jazz trumpeter, most known for leading the Tonight Show Band in the Johnny Carson era. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Regina Carter Regina Carter (born in Detroit, Michigan in 1966) is an American jazz violinist. ... The Chieftains are an Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. ...

In 2004, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra premiered Classical Connections, a series offering a new format to meet the diverse interests of symphony patrons and Milwaukee’s cultural attendees. This new subscription series takes place on Thursday evenings and has a relaxed format, with a host providing informational commentary from the stage; technical effects like videos and supra-titles; pre-concert social activities; and a shorter, 75-minute performance without intermission.

The Kinderkonzert Series, formerly Sunday for Families, introduces children ages 3-10 to classical music. These performances combine themes to which young listeners can easily relate with music, multi-media guest artists, scenery, and animation. A month before each concert, "Learn and Play" materials are mailed to subscribers. These packets offer playful and educational activities for families to do together in preparation for the concert. The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra League sponsors activities before the concert, where children can visit the Musical Instrument Petting Zoo, learn to conduct the beat using brightly colored scarves, and create their own dances.

Touring

In an era when many major orchestras have curtailed their state touring programs, the MSO remains committed to its role as Wisconsin's state orchestra. For over 37 years, the MSO's State Tour travels to communities throughout Wisconsin, offering many adult and youth audiences unique opportunities to hear live classical music. Among other destinations, the Orchestra has traveled to Fish Creek, Fond du Lac, Marinette, Ripon, Rhinelander, Three Lakes, West Bend, Whitewater, Wisconsin, and Naperville, Illinois. Fish Creek is an unincorporated community located in Door County, Wisconsin, United States, within the town of Gibraltar and is located on Highway 42 along the Bay of Green Bay. ... Location of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Lakeside Park entrance Agnesian HealthCare Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. ... Marinette is a city located in Marinette County, Wisconsin. ... Ripon is a city located in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. ... Rhinelander is a city in Oneida County, Wisconsin, USA. The population was 7,735 at the 2000 census. ... Three Lakes is a town located in Oneida County, Wisconsin. ... West Bend is a city in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. ... Whitewater is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located mostly in Walworth County and partly in Jefferson County. ... Incorporated City in 1890. ...

Through the annual Hometown Holiday Tour, the MSO brings free concerts to Milwaukee area residents. Designed to bring music to those who might not be able to attend a concert in the Marcus Center, the tour has played at hospitals and community centers.

Education programs

The MSO offers a number of educational opportunities including the Arts in Community Education (ACE) program. ACE is designed to develop and build critical and creative thinking skills in children through an integration of the arts within their daily curriculum. Supporting Wisconsin's Academic Content and Performance Standards, ACE uses the arts to emphasize lessons learned in other academic subjects, including math, science, social studies, and language arts. ACE embraces diverse artistic heritages in the community by collaborating with partner groups comprised of local artists from cultural organizations including the Skylight Opera Theatre, American Indian Center and Milwaukee Ballet. The Milwaukee Ballet is the professional ballet company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ...

The MSO also offers concerts for youth and high school students. The MSO's education programs served over 40,000 children from Milwaukee, southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Schools attending youth concerts received free in-school presentations by MSO League docents and MSO musicians to prepare and help them understand the performances. Students attending high school concerts were invited to participate in talk-backs with the conductor, guest artists and MSO musicians. The MSO and MPS continued a partnership that provided Milwaukee Public School students the opportunity to attend MSO youth or high school concerts for substantially reduced ticket prices. Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 0 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is the largest school district in the state of Wisconsin. ...

The MSO offers several opportunities for Milwaukee area students to develop their performance abilities. The Private Lesson Scholarship Program provides area music students with financial need the unique opportunity to study one-on-one with professional orchestra players from the MSO for free. Furthermore, young violin students are invited to audition for the annual Bach Double Violin Concerto Competition, the winners of which perform at a spring ACE concert. Gifted Wisconsin high school instrumental musicians who win the MSO's annual Young Artist Competition receive the honor of performing as soloists or as stand partners in an evening concert with the MSO.

Recordings and broadcasts

In 2004, the MSO released the first modern recording in English of Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel. It was recorded on the Avie label and was released internationally to rave reviews. In 2002, the MSO released a CD featuring Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. The Cuba Concerts CD features a live recording made during the MSO's 1999 Cuba Millennium Tour. 1999 also saw the release of an a cappella CD featuring the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus. Engelbert Humperdinck (September 1, 1854 – September 27, 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel (1893). ... Hänsel und Gretel is an opera by Engelbert Humperdinck (Humperdinck himself described it as a fairy opera. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokof’ev; 15/April 271, 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. ... Young Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1874) Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский, Pjotr Il’ič ÄŒajkovskij;   (7 May 1840 [O.S. 25 April] – 6 November 1893 [O.S. 25 October]), also transliterated Piotr Ilitsch Tschaikowski, Petr Ilich Tschaikowsky, Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, as well as many other versions, was a Russian composer... Original 1892 cast members of The Nutcracker at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg The Nutcracker (Russian: , English: ), Op. ...

The MSO has also released 14 recordings on the Koss Classics and Telarc labels. These include such projects as the complete symphonies of Antonín Dvořák; an all-Kodaly disc; an acclaimed recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9; Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique; Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky; and Smetana's Ma Vlast. Koss can refer to: Koss Corporation, a United States company that designs and manufactures headphones Johann Olav Koss, the Norwegian Olympic speed-skater and official Koss (album), an album by Paul Kossoff This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Telarc International Corporation is a Cleveland, Ohio based independent record label, founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods. ... Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk-music of his native Bohemia in symphonic and chamber music. ... Zoltán Kodály (IPA: ) (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist and philosopher. ... Beethoven redirects here. ... German composer Ludwig van Beethoven The Symphony No. ... Hector Louis Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie fantastique, first performed in 1830, and for his Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) of 1837, with its tremendous resources that include four antiphonal brass choirs. ... Symphonie Fantastique (Fantastic Symphony) is a symphony written by Hector Berlioz in 1830. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokof’ev; 15/April 271, 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... Statue in Pereslavl, just in front of the cathedral Alexander was baptised in. ... Portrait of BedÅ™ich Smetana BedÅ™ich Smetana (pronounced ; 2 March 1824 - 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer. ... Má vlast (My Country) is a set of six symphonic poems by the Czech composer BedÅ™ich Smetana. ...

Through the WFMT Radio Network, recordings of MSO concerts reach 2.6 million people across the U.S. and are taped for international radio syndication and statewide television broadcast. In 2004, radio programs were syndicated by WFMT to 241 cities across the United States including Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Dallas. The Milwaukee flagship affiliate is Classical 106.9 WFMR. MSO performances have been carried to the UK and Europe over the BBC. Also each season, MSO concerts are carried statewide on commercial and public television. WFMT is an FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. ... WFMR (106. ...

External links

• Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra official site
• Art of the States: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra