TUES MAY 17 AT 10 AM IN OVERTURE HALL

Our 2011 Symphony Soup! concert features Vivaldi's Four Seasons/Spring, Haydn's Surprise Symphony and Bizet's Carmen among other works. These concerts are open to all K-3 students. Please see "Reserve Your Seats" below.

Symphony Soup! is the capstone performance of our Up Close & Musical® program. It is designed to get kindergarten through third grade students excited about the symphony orchestra and classical music. Short excerpts are selected from classical music's most popular favorites and the students "cheer with excitement when they see their Hunt Quartet friends on the stage, giggle when the music is funny, listen intently when it's quiet and cover their ears and smile when it's loud," according to one program participant.

Symphony Soup concerts take young students out of the classroom and into the concert hall for a chance to hear classical music the way it was meant to be heard...live! The four members of the Hunt Quartet are the stars of this concert, and the repertoire comes from the Up Close & Musical curriculum...music the students have been hearing all year.

Just complete our Registration Form to bring your students or children. If you have questions, please contact MSO Director of Education and Community Engagement Michelle Kaebisch at 257.3734 or mkaebisch@madisonsymphony.org. Seats are $4, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Teachers, parents and chaperones are free with groups of 10 or more, and a small number of adult tickets are available by calling 257.3734. Ticket subsidies are available upon request and are based on your school's participation in the free/reduced lunch program.

For 10 years, Symphony Soup was presented as part of the Onstage Series, first by the Madison Civic Center and then by Overture Center for the Arts. In 2010, for the first time, the MSO independently produced the concert, and the Madison Community Foundation s stepped in with a significant grant to preserve this important performance.

The Madison Community Foundation encourages, facilitates and manages long-term philanthropy. Since 1942, the foundation has helped people realize their philanthropic goals, allowing them to support charitable interests anywhere in the world. The community foundation also awards grants throughout Dane County to strengthen and enhance community assets. The Madison Symphony Orchestra has benefited from the work of the foundation in many ways.

Symphony Soup is one of three core youth concerts the MSO presents each season, and it is the culmination of our nationally recognized Up Close & Musical Program. We can’t thank the Madison Community Foundation enough. More information about the Madison Community Foundation can be found at their website: