Festival City Symphony invites Girl Scouts, family members, and friends to “American Mosaic,” a concert on Saturday, March 6, 2027, at Milwaukee’s beautiful Bradley Symphony Center. Girl Scouts are encouraged to arrive early for the 1:30 pm on-stage Meet the Musicians presentation, featuring instrument demonstrations… Read More »Girl Scout Day at the Symphony 2027
Principal Cellist Stefan Kartman will perform David Diamond’s Kaddish for Cello and Orchestra in Festival City Symphony’s season-opening Saturday Classics concert, “Hope, Resilience, and Copland’s American Symphony,” on Saturday, October 18, 2025. The concert begins at 2:00pm at the Bradley Symphony Center and will be… Read More »FCS Principal Cellist, Stefan Kartman, to perform Diamond’s Kaddish
Violinist Jonah Kartman will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s thrilling E Minor Violin Concerto with Festival City Symphony on Saturday, January 25 at 2pm at the Bradley Symphony Center. The Saturday Classics concert will also feature Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Beethoven’s beloved Eighth Symphony. … Read More »FCS Features Violinist Jonah Kartman
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
Sub List Audition Information Festival City Symphony holds sub list auditions in early September each year. Please check the website in August 2027 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