Festival City Symphony is excited to announce the first concert of the 2020-2021 season. The free Holiday Pajama Jamboree will take place Wednesday, December 2, 2020 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. Featuring FCS Music Director Carter Simmons and… Read More »Holiday Pajama Jamboree Concert Dec. 2, 2020
I will be bringing to a close 35 wonderful years (1982 – 2017) spent with the orchestra on this stage today, twelve years under its former name, Milwaukee Civic Symphony Orchestra, and 23 years under its current name, Festival City Symphony (FCS). I was first… Read More »A Personal Note from Retiring Executive Director Linda Jones
Did you receive your new 2017-2018 Festival City Symphony season brochure in the mail? You can download it by clicking here. Don’t forget that early bird pricing for season ticket packs expires soon! Order by October 1, 2017 for incredible deals on all four Symphony… Read More »2017-2018 Season Brochure
“Pioneers and Prodigies” on Sunday, May 7 will be the final Symphony Sundays concert with longtime conductor Monte Perkins, who has shared his exceptional talents with FCS since 1963. From the Vagabond Ski & Social Club, Audience Members and Fans of Monte for… Read More »Messages for Monte Perkins on His Retirement
To top off our 2016-2017 Symphony Sundays season, the extraordinary Milwaukee-based violin virtuoso Frank Almond will return to perform the well-known “Violin Concerto in D minor” by Henri Wieniawski. Violinist Frank Almond holds the Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster Chair at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Now… Read More »Frank Almond to Perform in May 7 Season Finale
This interview with Julio Pabon of De La Buena originally appeared in the March 20, 2016 Footlights program. Executive Director Linda Jones interviewed the award-winning percussionist, singer, educator, and music administrator when he joined the Festival City Symphony Board of Directors. His musical talents will… Read More »Interview with De La Buena’s Julio Pabon
The Milwaukee area always has a great selection of performances to choose from, but we were particularly excited to see that the Venice Baroque Orchestra (VBO) is coming to town on February 17 at 8pm. The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield… Read More »Venice Baroque Orchestra (VBO) – Feb. 17, 8pm at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield
Good afternoon and welcome to our first concert for the new year. Today we will play pieces by well known composers whose works are seldom heard in the concert hall of the modern symphony orchestra. And, frankly, we will be presenting them in a way… Read More »Conductor’s Notes: Going For Baroque
Milwaukee’s Festival City Symphony Orchestra has announced that Carter Simmons has been hired to replace retiring Monte Perkins as Music Director and Conductor for the organization’s Symphony Sunday concerts at the Pabst Theater. Simmons will remain the Artistic and Music Director of the Milwaukee Youth… Read More »Carter Simmons To Be New Festival City Symphony Music Director
Thank you to the Pajama Jamboree audience of November 30, 2016, for making it possible for Festival City Symphony to donate food to Milwaukee’s Hunger Task Force! “Please accept my gratitude for your organization’s (FCS) recent gift to Hunger Task Force of 89 pounds of… Read More »Holiday Pajama Jamboree Benefits Hunger Task Force