Season Archive 2018-2019
2018-2019… A Season of Stargazing
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View a list of Symphony players for the 2018-2019 Season
Jazz on the Lake
Oct. 6, 2018
Our second annual Jazz on the Lake event at the Manitowoc Yacht Club. It was truly a wonderful evening of music and friends with auctions, raffles, and dancing to the Erin Krebs Combo. Thank you to everyone who attended and especially to Karen Steingraber and John Durbrow for graciously sponsoring the event.
Legends, Spirits & Stars
Oct. 13, 2018
Our season opens with a program in celebration of the completion of the Spirit of the Rivers project. Lawrence University trumpet professor John Daniel is featured in Trumpeting the Stone, a musical portrait of the Oneida, “the Standing Stone People,” and their resilient culture. Including a pulse-pounding evocation of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, John Harmon’s Crazy Horse Symphony is colorful, moving and uplifting; a masterpiece of formal clarity, brilliant orchestration and deeply felt emotion.
Rock Star!
Nov. 17, 2018
Daryl Stuermer of Genesis Symphony Project. A truly unforgettable evening with this virtuoso guitarist and the MSO. Tickets sold separately— this program was not included in our season ticket package.
Holiday Tour of Homes
Dec. 1, 2018
For 30 years, the MSO has been fortunate to have members of the community open their homes for the symphony. It is a time to spend a day with friends, enjoy homes decorated for the season, consider possible ideas for decorating and know that you are helping the symphony continue to provide classical music to the lakeshore. Volunteers at the homes provide historical information about the homes, which are beautifully decorated by professional florists and decorators. And of course there is entertainment by area vocal groups, guest musicians and members of our Symphony Orchestra.
Under Northern Skies
Feb. 9, 2019
Glinka, Goedicke, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Shostakovich
with Soloist: William D. Hampton, trumpet
A buoyant overture, a scintillating trumpet feature and a melodious and colorful suite are the complements to the brooding, dramatic and heroic Fifth Symphony of Shostakovich, an outstanding masterpiece of 20th century music and a triumph of the human spirit over political and artistic oppression.
Stars on Broadway
April 13, 2019
Manitowoc’s Own Garth Neustadter returns as we bid farewell to Maestro Wayne Wildman
From Gershwin to Hamilton, with Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and so much more in between, Manitowoc’s master musician Garth Neustadter www.garthneustadter.com displays his many talents in a guided tour of the best of Broadway. The greatest tunes from the greatest shows, backed by a full symphony orchestra, will make this an unforgettable musical memory. And so much cheaper than going to New York! Maestro Wayne Wildman’s final appearance with MSO.
Maestro Wayne Wildman’s Farewell Season after 29 years as Music Director
And They’re Off!
May 4, 2019
A Kentucky Derby Themed Fundraiser for Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra at CNC Links in Manitowoc
Come dressed in your finest and enjoy an evening of Derby-themed fun with games, an auction, contests and raffles and fabulous hors d’oeuvres!
Thank you to the sponsors of our 2018-2019 season
Avalon Waterways
David’s House of Travel
Nash Family Foundation
Tom & Virginia Bare Charitable Fund
Nancy and Rudolph Baumann
Fricke Printing
Mark & Michelle Klaiber
Mark Barkley Miller
Karen Steingraber & John S. Durbrow
John & Laurale Stern
Dr. Joseph E. & Rhonda Trader
and thank you to our advertisers, partners in the Arts, and all of the wonderful businesses and people in this community who make our special events so very special.