Holiday Cheer Reservations
A festive gathering catered by the Courthouse Pub.
We toast our 75th year by starting a new nine-year cycle of Beethoven’s influential and superb symphonies. Native son, violinist Andrew Dunlap, returns to the Lakeshore to perform the daring, dazzling, uber-emotive Bruch violin concerto in g minor. The g stands for grandiose.
Pianist Kelleen Strutz returns to play Gershwin’s heartfelt and innovative piano concerto and LHS alums Cassie Glaeser and Zachary Glaeser stir our Valentine’s Day passion with arias from Carmen and Turandot.
Former Music Director Maestro Wayne Wildman returns for a joyous performance of Bach and Handel concertos, perfectly suited to the season. The Capitol Civic Centre Community Chorale joins in the festive joy, and all are invited to a gathering after the concert.
The Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is kicking off its 75th Season spotlighting the incredible talent nurtured on the lakeshore. Celebrating the musicians, mentors, and dreamers who shaped the Symphony throughout the years with unforgettable music that honors the MSO’s roots and embraces what is next.
Sibelius’ radiant second symphony launches the season and pianists DIANA SHAPIRO and STANISLAVA VARSHAVSKI perform a Mozart double piano concerto.
Bourbon & Bites II A Night to Sip, Savor, & Support THE MSO An extraordinary evening celebrating bourbon, food, and...
Tickets $100 — win the grand prize of $2000 or one of the 4 other cash prizes! Drawing on Dec 22.
Let MSO transport you to dance halls across the world. Delight in the richness of music designed to inspire us to whirl, sway, bound, pirouette, even cut a rug. Revel in sonorous dance music from Germany, Cuba, Spain, England, and the American West with two world premiere films by local artist Don Krumpos set to music.
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