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Press Release: Modesto Symphony Orchestra Brings New Energy To 2024-2025 Season
MODESTO, CA – The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents their 94th season led by MSO Music Director Nicholas Hersh. The MSO’s season will kick off with Picnic at the Pops! Dancing in the Street: The Music of Motown, featuring the music of Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross.
Press Release: Modesto Symphony Orchestra Performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto This April
MODESTO, CA – The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto on April 12 & 13, 2024 led by Music Director Nicholas Hersh. The weekend’s concerts will feature the MSO’s debut of the works of Argentinian-composer Astor Piazzolla’s Tangazo (Variations on Buenos Aires), and French-composer Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 in G minor. The program also includes an arrangement by Hersh of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue in G minor, also known as the “Little Fugue.” The concert will conclude with Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, featuring world-renowned violinist, Tai Murray as the soloist.
Press Release: Modesto Symphony Orchestra presents a Brand New Format With Symphonic Soundtrack Concerts
MODESTO, CA – The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents Symphonic Soundtrack on March 15 & 16, 2024 led by Music Director Nicholas Hersh. The weekend’s concerts will be presented in a new format for the MSO. It will have no intermission and includes a program curated by Hersh and the MSO orchestra musicians that features their favorite, shorter pieces of symphonic repertoire. Another new addition is after the concert, all audience members are invited to join Hersh and the MSO orchestra musicians for a party in the Gallo Center for the Arts lobby featuring refreshments, appetizers, and the opportunity to mingle and celebrate the love of music.
Press Release: Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra Member Named Concertmaster of Mariposa Yosemite Symphony Orchestra
MODESTO, CA – The Modesto Symphony Orchestra Association (MSOA) is proud to announce that Rylan Post , concertmaster of the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra (MSYO), has been appointed concertmaster for the Mariposa Yosemite Symphony Orchestra, located in Mariposa, California. He will be the fourth concertmaster in the organization’s 21-year history and the youngest at the age of 15. Conductor and Mariposa Yosemite Symphony Orchestra Founder, Les Marsden announced the appointment in early December 2024, emphasizing Post’s artistic maturity, technique, and tone quality.
Press Release: Modesto Symphony Orchestra performs Gershwin’s An American in Paris and Youth Orchestra performs Spring Concert in February
MODESTO, CA – The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will perform Gershwin’s An American in Paris on February 9 & 10, 2024 led by Music Director Nicholas Hersh. The weekend’s program includes MSO’s premiere of William L. Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, as well as Lili Boulanger’s D’un Matin de Printemps (Of a Spring Morning) which will feature a video presentation created in collaboration with Visit Modesto. The program will end with Gershwin’s An American in Paris.