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Festival City Symphony
Announcing the
2022-2023 Season!

The Bradley Symphony Center
on Select Saturdays

The Marcus Performing Arts Center
on Select Wednesdays

Holiday Pajama Jamboree
Wed., Dec. 1, 2021 • 7-8 p.m.

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Announcing the
2022-2023 Season!

The Bradley Symphony Center
on Select Saturdays

The Marcus Performing Arts Center
on Select Wednesdays

Announcing the
2022-2023 Season!

The Bradley Symphony Center
on Select Saturdays

The Marcus Performing Arts Center
on Select Wednesdays

Festival City Symphony

Milwaukee’s Oldest Performing Symphony Orchestra

Festival City Symphony

Milwaukee’s Oldest Performing Symphony Orchestra

Classical Symphony Orchestra Concerts

The SATURDAY CLASSICS concert series makes classical music accessible to everyone.  Admission is free with suggested donation!  Join us at the magnificent Bradley Symphony Center:

NOV 12, 2022

Price, Strauss, and Brahms: Listen to the Spirit

FCS opens its classical season with music by Florence Price, the first prominent African American woman composer, Richard Strauss’ ravishing tone poem, Death and Transfiguration, and Johannes Brahms’ landmark First Symphony.

JAN 28, 2023

Beethoven’s Debut: with Pianist Jeannie Yu

Pianist Jeannie Yu returns to perform Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, the piece he used to introduce himself to Vienna.  The orchestra will also perform the powerful Coriolan Overture and the beloved Seventh Symphony in an all-Beethoven program.

Mar 4, 2023

Grand Passions and Tales: The Music of Italy and France

FCS takes a trip through Italy and France with music by masters Guiseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, and Ottorino Respighi’s Fountains of Rome.  Georges Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suite caps off the afternoon.

Apr 15, 2023

His Greatest Symphony: Music of the Ballet and Antonin Dvořák

FCS concludes its season with ballet music from Aram Khachaturian’s Spartacus Suite and Francis Poulenc, closing with the greatest of Antonin Dvořák’s symphonies, the Seventh.

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Free Pops Concerts for Families

The PAJAMA JAMBOREE series of one-hour, classical pops concerts is geared towards children and their families. Admission is free, and no reservations are required!  Join us at the Marcus Performing Arts Center:

Sept 21, 2022

Fiesta de Orquesta Para Niños: A Pajama Jamboree for National Hispanic Heritage Month

Festival City Symphony celebrates the beautiful and diverse Latin culture with music inspired by Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America.  

NOV 30, 2022

A Shining Star: Holiday Pajama Jamboree

Celebrate the season with  holiday favorites including Joy to the World, Frosty the Snowman, music from The Nutcracker, Sleigh Ride, and more!

May 3, 2023

A Springtime Galop: Spring Pajama Jamboree

FCS closes its season with John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever featuring young audience members conducting the orchestra!

Sept 21, 2022

Fiesta de Orquesta Para Niños: A Pajama Jamboree for National Hispanic Heritage Month

Festival City Symphony celebrates the beautiful and diverse Latin culture with music inspired by Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America.

NOV 30, 2022

A Shining Star: Holiday Pajama Jamboree

Celebrate the season with  holiday favorites including Joy to the WorldFrosty the Snowman, music from The NutcrackerSleigh Ride, and more!

May 3, 2023

A Springtime Galop: Spring Pajama Jamboree

FCS closes its season with John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever featuring young audience members conducting the orchestra!