Join Us for our Annual Student-Led Fundraiser Beginning Monday, September 28, 2026, our Play Your Part student-led fundraiser will run for six weeks, culminating in an open-house concert for the community at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts on November 7. This special event features performances by all of MYSO’s ensembles and is our gift to the community—completely FREE as a token of our appreciation for the community’s incredible support. While your family contributes a portion of your involvement in MYSO, our donors make up the difference. But to sustain this vital support, we need your help. By participating in Play Your Part, you participate in this vital part philanthropy plays in our mission. You ensure that the MYSO experience continues to thrive—not just for you, but for your fellow musicians and for generations to come.

“An Old World Christmas” Sunday, December 13, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Oconomowoc Arts Center Guests: The choirs of Brookfield Academy, Catholic Memorial and Oconomowoc High Schools Celebrate the Holidays in the charm of the Old World style, with a new trio of Waukesha County high school choirs and a garland of European season classics. This concert is always a sellout - don't miss it! The Waltzes and Polkas of the Johann Strauss family: Thunder and Lightning, Dragonfly Polka, Morning Papers Waltzes, On the Beautiful Blue Danube Lucas Richman: Hanukkah Festival Overture Humperdinck: Evening Prayer and Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel John Finnegan: A Christmas Sing-Along Beethoven: "Hallelujah" Chorus Haydn: The Heavens are Telling from The Creation Franck: Panis Angelicus; Psalm 150 ("Hallelujah") Handel: “Hallelujah” Chorus, from Messiah

“A Winter Menagerie" JanBoree Concert Sunday, January 31, 2027 at 2:00 p.m. Instrument Petting Zoo and Children’s Activities at 1:00 p.m. FREE Admission for Children! St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Waukesha One of the Philharmonic’s great traditions, the annual Waukesha JanBoree concert is the perfect way to introduce young people to the delights of classical music! This year, we take a musical journey, accompanied by lions, elephants, turtles and more friends from the Animal Kingdom. Camille Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals, featuring Brendan Fox, piano $15 General Admission for adults Children are Free

“Beethoven - Of Course!" Sunday, March 7, 2027 at 3:00 p.m. Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Soloist: Brian Woods, piano The bicentennial of the passing of Ludwig van Beethoven - widely regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived - will be celebrated the world over in 2027, and the Wisconsin Philharmonic adds it voice with this elegant and inventive program. St. Louis-based soloist Brian Woods has emerged as one of America's most dazzling young pianists. He'll make his Philharmonic debut with a recently-discovered version of Beethoven's angelic Fourth Piano Concerto. For the concert's second half, our Maestro revives a forgotten gesture of the immortal conductor Arturo Toscanini, leading an orchestral version of Beethoven's first smash hit. Beethoven, arr. anonymous: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, for piano and string orchestra Beethoven, arr. Toscanini: Septet is E-flat Major, Op.20 (Symphony No.0)

“Intrigue and Grandeur” Sunday, April 25, 2027 at 3:00 p.m. Oconomowoc Arts Center Soloist: Anthony Ratinov, piano We bring our season to a rousing close with the world premiere of the Concerto for Orchestra by American Composer Russell Platt. We surround this arresting new concerto with two other concertos, featuring two young American pianists. To begin, the dramatic first movement of Mendelssohn's sparkling G-Minor Piano Concerto with this year's winner of our Chapman Memorial Competition; and to finish, the grandeur of Rachmaninov's lush and romantic Second Piano Concerto, with a soloist who can truly make it sing - the young Russian-American Anthony Ratinov. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto in G Minor Russell Platt: Concerto for Orchestra Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2