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BOLZ YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION/THE FINAL FORTE Wednesday, February 26, 6:45 p.m. Overture Hall Join the excitement as the four finalists of the 2020 Bolz Young Artist Competition compete for top honors in Wisconsin Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte with Kyle Knox and the MSO! The concert is free and open to the public, and will be broadcast live on PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio. Concert reservations can be made online at madisonsymphony.org/ finalforte or by calling the MSO office at (608) 257-3734. The two winners of The Final Forte will perform the following day for an audience of their peers at the MSO’s 2020 Spring Young People’s Concert. Wisconsin Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte concert and broadcasts are the result of a historic partnership among the Madison Symphony Orchestra, PBS Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Public Radio. Major funding provided by Diane Ballweg, Stephen Morton, W. Jerome Frautschi, A. Paul Jones Charitable Antonio Wu, second place winner of The Final Forte 2019, performs with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Trust, Julie and Larry Midtbo, Fred and Mary Mohs, and Elizabeth Olson, with additional funding from Bell Laboratories, James Dahlberg and Elsebet Lund, Kato Perlman, Cyrena and Lee Pondrom, Sentry Insurance Foundation, Darcy Kind and Marc Vitale, Dr. A. Beyer-Mears, Nick and Judith Topitzes, the Focus Fund for Young Performers, and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.
LINK UP: THE ORCHESTRA SINGS Thursday, May 21 Capitol Theater, Overture Center (These concerts are not open to the general public) Invited to become a Link Up partner by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute in 2013, the MSO is now one of over 100 orchestras world-wide to co-present this highly interactive education program. Link Up unites the classroom and the concert hall by giving students in grades 3 through 5 the opportunity to explore music through a yearlong curriculum of activities, during which they learn to play some of classical music’s most famous melodies on the soprano recorder. During the culminating concert, students will bring their recorders to Overture Center to play, sing, and move with the MSO during Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” “Simple Gifts,” and other works. During the 2019 – 2020 season, 1,500 students from 25 schools are participating in the MSO’s Link Up Program. Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/linkup. Major funding for Link Up provided by An Anonymous Friend. Additional funding provided by Madison Symphony Orchestra League, U.S. Bank, Heid Music & Heid Family Foundation, Carl M. Hudig, and the Wisconsin Arts Board, with additional funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Madison Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to providing outstanding educational and community engagement opportunities throughout south-central Wisconsin. Reaching over 25,000 children and adults each year, we engage music enthusiasts of all ages and abilities through our partnerships with schools, community centers, and assisted living facilities. Join us as we embark on a journey to enrich, engage and inspire! Discover more: madisonsymphony.org/ education
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