Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, considered to be one of the top twenty orchestras in the United States. The symphony performs at the Marcus Center.

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin - United States - Marcus Center

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"Under music director Andreas Delfs, the musicians of the MSO have risen to new levels of technical and interpretive excellence?In the 20 years I've been listening, the MSO has never played better,? noted Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Music Critic Tom Strini. A recent New York Times review stated, ?Mr. Delfs is managing well with his orchestra, which at Friday's performance seemed to rise above itself. He has command of the job and with it enough image and grace to be a successful maestro in the making.? And world-renown cellist and MSO guest soloist Yo-Yo Ma said, "The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is sounding phenomenal under Andreas Delfs. I have rarely heard such unbelievable unity of thought and concentration from any orchestra."

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Andreas Delfs - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - New York Times - Yo-Yo Ma

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Today, the MSO presents more than 150 Classics, Classical Connections, Pops, and Family concerts annually "making beautiful music" for more than 200,000 people during a season that starts in early September and goes through the end of June. The MSO also serves as the state orchestra through an extensive Wisconsin Tour program. In any given week, the orchestra can be found performing an astonishing variety of programs for diverse audiences ? from a Classics program under Music Director Andreas Delfs to a Youth Concert led by Assistant Conductor Gregory Vajda, to a Pops concert under Principal Pops Conductor Doc Severinsen. Its musicians are active as teachers, mentors and role models in 22 area schools through the Orchestra?s nationally acclaimed Arts in Community Education (ACE) program.

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Gregory Vajda - Doc Severinsen

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