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2023-24 Season: Hear What’s Next!

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May 10 & 11 / Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Nicholas Hersh, conductor
MSO Chorus
Daniel R. Afonso Jr., chorus director

Fri. May 10, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Sat. May 11, 2024 at 7:30 pm

May 11 / MSYO Season Finale Concert

Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra

Sat., May 11, 2024 at 2 pm

May 31 & June 1 / Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert!

Ryan Murray, conductor

Fri. May 31, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Sat. June 1, 2024 at 2:00 pm

2024-2025 Season: Enrich. Engage. Energize.

Tickets are on sale June 3, 2024.
Subscription renewal begins April 25, 2024.

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September 7 / Picnic at the Pops! Dancing in the Street: The Music of Motown

Ryan Murray, conductor
Sat. Sept. 7, 2024 at 7:30pm
GALLO grounds

October 5 / Branford Marsalis with the Modesto Symphony Orchestra

Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Branford Marsalis, saxophone

Sat. Oct. 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm

November 1 & 2 / The Four Seasons Mixtape

Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Audrey Wright, violin

Fri. Nov. 1, 2024 at 7:30pm
Sat. Nov. 2, 2024 at 7:30pm

December 6 & 7 / Holiday Pops!

Ryan Murray, conductor
MSO Chorus, Daniel R. Afonso Jr., chorus director
Fri. Dec 6, 2024 at 7:30pm
Sat. Dec 7, 2024 at 2:00pm

December 17 / Holiday Candlelight Concert

Daniel R. Afonso Jr., conductor
December 17, 2024 at 8 pm

February 7 & 8 / Fantasia in Concert

Ryan Murray, conductor
Fri. Feb. 7, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Sat. Feb. 8, 2025 at 7:30 pm

March 14 / Aretha: A Tribute

Ryan Murray, conductor
Capathia Jenkins, guest vocalist
Fri. Mar 14, 2025 at 7:30pm

April 11 & 12 / Carnival of the Animals

Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra, side-by-side
Fri. April 11, 2025 at 7:30pm
Sat. April 12, 2025 at 7:30pm

May 9 & 10 / Verdi's Requiem

Nicholas Hersh, conductor
MSO Chorus, Daniel R. Afonso Jr., chorus director
Fri. May 9, 2025 at 7:30pm
Sat. May 10, 2025 at 7:30pm

May 30 & 31 / Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark™ Live in Concert

Ryan Murray, conductor
Fri. May 30, 2025 at 7:30pm
Sat. May 31, 2025 at 2:00pm

Our Latest Posts

MSO Offstage Blog

Sound Bite / Celebrating Brotherhood & Joy: Beethoven's 9

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Sound Bite / Reinventing Baroque: How These 3 Composers Were Inspired by Bach

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Meet the MSO: Rob Patterson, clarinet

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Sound Bite / Curating a Concert with MSO Musicans

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Meet the MSO: Don Grishaw, violin

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Discovering Dawson's Masterpiece: The Negro Folk Symphony

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Read / Growing Together with Music

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Sound Bite / Discovering the Artistic Voices of Dawson, Boulanger, & Gershwin

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The Future in Action: Interview with MSYO’s Rylan Post

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Digital Program Book & Notes

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

April 12 & 13, 2024 at 7:30 pm

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Program Notes: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

Notes about:
Piazzolla’s Tangazo (Variations on Buenos Aires)
Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Bach’s Fugue in G minor BWV 578 “Little Fugue”
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

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Symphonic Soundtrack

March 15 & 16, 2024 at 7:30 pm

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Program Notes: Symphonic Soundtrack

Notes about:
Rossini’s Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Gabrieli’s Sonata pian’e forte
Montgomery’s Starburst
Copland’s Clarinet Concerto
Faure’s Sicilienne from Pelleas and Melisande Suite
Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird
William’s Princess Leia’s Theme from Star Wars

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