Season Listing | Program | Biography | Pre-concert Talk
Francesco Lecce-Chong, associate conductor, will present a pre-concert chat about the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra May 9 program at 6:30 p.m. in the Lars Thune Center, just off the lobby. We hope to see you there.
Season Listing | Program | Biography | Pre-concert Talk
Francesco Lecce-Chong, currently associate conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, has worked with orchestras around the world. Equally at ease in the opera house, Mr. Lecce-Chong has earned a growing reputation and critical acclaim for dynamic, forceful performances that have garnered national distinction.
In his role with the MSO, Mr. Lecce-Chong works closely with renowned Music Director Edo de Waart and is directly responsible for leading over forty concert performances annually. As a trained pianist and composer, Mr. Lecce-Chong embraces innovative programming, champions the work of new composers, supports arts education, and brings the excitement of new music embodying diverse program repertoire and the use of unconventional performances spaces. Mr. Lecce-Chong also provides artistic leadership for the MSO’s nationally lauded Arts in Community Education (ACE) and hosts Meet the Music, the MSO’s pre-concert lecture series.
Mr. Lecce-Chong began conducting at the age of sixteen. He is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music with honors in piano and orchestral conducting and also holds a diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music. He currently resides in Milwaukee. Follow his blog, Finding Exhilaration, at www.lecce-chong.com.
Matthew Annin is Principal, Krause Family French Horn Chair, of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Matthew was previously a member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, where he performed on several tours with the CSO, including tours to Japan and Carnegie Hall, in addition to performing on several orchestral recordings. Matthew has been a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Louisville Orchestra. He has also performed with many other orchestras. Matthew was a fellow at the New World Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center, and Music Academy of the West where he appeared as soloist with the Music Academy Festival Orchestra.
Matthew received a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. An avid runner, Matthew attempts to run over 1,000 miles each year. Matthew enjoys spending time with his wife, Christine, and spoiling their cat, Zoe.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, May 9, 2015 • 7:30 p.m.
Spring tradition! We enthusiastically welcome back the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, who for the eighth consecutive spring will close our season. As one of the nation’s leading orchestras and a Wisconsin cultural treasure, the MSO, under the leadership of Music Director Edo de Waart, is a Brown County Civic Music Association audience favorite.
This year MSO will entertain and enthrall us with works by Liszt, Mozart and Brahms under the direction of associate conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong and featuring Matthew Annin, horn.
Maestro de Waart has led sold-out concerts, elicited critical acclaim, and conducted a celebrated performance at Carnegie Hall. The MSO’s full-time professional musicians perform over 135 concerts each season. The MSO has found innovative ways to give music a home in the region, develop music appreciation and talent among area youth, and raise the national reputation of Milwaukee.
The MSO’s standard of excellence extends beyond the concert hall and into the community, reaching more than 40,000 children and their families, and the nationally recognized ACE program integrates arts education into state-required curricula. This season, more than 7,600 students and 500 teachers and faculty in 25 Southeastern Wisconsin schools will participate in Arts in Community Education (ACE).
Season Listing | Program | Biography | Pre-concert Talk
A magnificent finale! For the eighth consecutive spring, we close our season with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, one of the nation’s leading orchestras and a Wisconsin cultural treasure. The MSO is earning bravos this year for the exceptional quality of its Ravel, Handel, Beethoven and pops concerts. When the disappearance and subsequent recovery of the concertmaster’s missing 300-year-old Stradivarius violin made worldwide headlines last winter, the instrument’s return was literally music to the ears of MSO fans. Maestro Edo de Waart and his 80 full-time professional musicians make world-class music.
New memberships for 2015-16 include a free bonus concert, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 9, 2015. Memberships must be paid prior to the MSO concert.
Brown County Civic Music Association was represented again this year at Artstreet. Les Heckman and his volunteers did a great job. Art Street attendees were invited to enter a drawing for two tickets to the concert of their choice.
The following ten people won:
If you see them at a concert this season be sure to say “Hi” and invite them to become members next season.
This year we again offered early membership incentives for membership made by June 1, 2015. Winners of the four restaurant gift certificates are:
After the St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble concert on Sunday, October 18, you’re invited to meet your concert-going friends at a reception at Titletown Brewing Company and nibble on complimentary snacks after the concert. A big thanks to the Titletown Brewing Company for supplying the space and the snacks.
Location: Titletown Brewing Company, 200 Dousman St, Green Bay, WI
Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on WPNE, 89.3, WPR Host Ruthanne Bessman plays listener’s classical requests on Classics by Request.
Listeners can submit their requests online at www.wpr.org/classics-request or call in toll free during the show at 800-442-7106. This is a great chance to get the word out about Brown County Civic Music Association and hear the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Ensemble. Be sure to mention that they will be performing in Green Bay at the Ralph Holter Auditorium, West High School, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18.
Perkins Restaurants will donate 10% of all sales between 5 and 8 pm to Brown County Civic Music Association on the evenings of Wednesday, Oct. 21 and Nov. 18, at Perkins on the corner of Military and Shawano. All diners (not just BCCMA members) are included in the donation! Tell your family and friends and invite them to participate in this easy, delicious fundraiser.
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