On Saturday, April 27, 2024, Festival City Symphony will present “Classical Echoes of American Life,” a Saturday Classics concert featuring diverse selections by composers Roberto Sierra, Aaron Copland, Florence Price, and Leonard Bernstein. Enjoy program notes for all four pieces written by Milwaukee’s own Roger… Read More »“Classical Echoes of American Life” Program Notes – Sat, Apr 27, 2024
Festival City Symphony’s May 1, 2024 “Spring Barn Dance” Pajama Jamboree concert will feature a performance by students of the Cream City Suzuki Strings studio, directed by FCS violist Julie Bamberger Roubik. Cream City Suzuki Strings is a violin & viola program that offers Suzuki… Read More »Cream City Suzuki Strings Featured at May 1 PJ
On Saturday, March 9, 2024, Festival City Symphony will present “Suite Dreams of France,” a Saturday Classics concert featuring suites by French composers Emmanuel Chabrier and Darius Milhaud, as well as Igor Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird. Enjoy program notes for all three pieces written… Read More »“Suite Dreams of France” Program Notes – Sat, Mar 9, 2024
On Saturday, January 27, 2024, Festival City Symphony will feature horn players Brandon Yahn, Nancy Cline, Kathryn Krubsack, and Sue Walker in a performance of Robert Schumann’s Konzertstuck, op. 86, a concerto for four horns and orchestra. The concert begins at 2:00pm and admission is free… Read More »FCS Horns Perform Schumann’s Konzertstück
“We are making classical music accessible for everyone. The core of this is entertainment and service to the community” – Carter Simmons, Festival City Symphony’s Music Director Watch Carter Simmons’ October 24, 2023 appearance on TMJ4’s The Morning Blend discussing Festival City Symphony’s upcoming 2023-2024… Read More »Maestro Simmons Promotes 2023-2024 Concert Season on TMJ4’s The Morning Blend
Festival City Symphony invites Girl Scouts, family members, and friends to “Suite Dreams of France,” a concert on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 2:00pm at the beautiful Bradley Symphony Center at 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. Girl Scouts are encouraged to arrive early for the 1:30pm… Read More »Girl Scout Day at the Symphony 2024
Pianist Jeannie Yu will perform Beethoven’s extraordinary Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 19 in Bb with Festival City Symphony on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 2pm at the Bradley Symphony Center. The Saturday Classics concert, “Beethoven’s Debut,” will also feature Beethoven’s powerful Coriolan Overture and his beloved… Read More »Pianist Jeannie Yu to perform Beethoven
Festival City Symphony invites Girl Scouts, family members, and friends to “Grand Passions and Tales: The Music of Italy and France,” a concert on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 2:00pm at the beautiful Bradley Symphony Center at 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. Girl Scouts are encouraged… Read More »Girl Scout Day at the Symphony 2023
Music Director Carter Simmons and Assistant Concertmaster Pamela Simmons in front of the Bradley Symphony Center The musicians of the Festival City Symphony are excited to welcome you and your family to our season! A special welcome to those of you who are just getting… Read More »A Welcome to the 2022-2023 Season from Music Director Carter Simmons
Sub List Audition Information Festival City Symphony holds sub list auditions in early September each year. Please check the website in August 2024 for more details and to sign up for an audition. The Festival City Symphony audition committee listens to sub list applicants unscreened.… Read More »Musician Auditions