Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Name: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Start: 2025-09-21T15:15:00-05:00
Location: Ripon College

Schedule

Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 03:15 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ripon College | Ripon, WI

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra returns for its 51st performance at Ripon College. The free performance will take place Sunday, Sept. 21, at 3:15 p.m. in the field house of Willmore Center. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend and no tickets are required.
Associate Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Ryan Tani will conduct, with Ken-David Masur serving as music director. The following selections are scheduled to be performed:Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (Italian edition) [The Barber of Seville]” by Gioachino Rossini, “Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 186a [201]” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and “Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Opus 70 [old No. 2]” by Antonín Dvořák.
The yearly performances have been offered as a thank-you to the greater Ripon community for its ongoing support of the College’s musical programming. These performances are made possible through the support of Honorary Life Trustee Thomas E. Caestecker, as part of the Caestecker Fine Arts Series Endowment, and the first family of Ripon College, President Victoria N. Folse and Dick Folse.
The Caestecker Fine Arts Series Endowment was established to build and improve a reputation for excellence in the fine arts by organizing events accessible to both the campus community and the general public. Upon their arrival in 2022, President Folse and her husband took on the role of co-sponsors for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance.
“Dick and I are thrilled to welcome the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra back to Ripon College for their 51st annual performance,” President Folse said. “We are honored to support the fine arts at Ripon College and provide opportunities for the entire region to experience this remarkable professional orchestra.”
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is Wisconsin’s largest performing arts institution and is among the finest orchestras in the nation.Since its inception in 1959, the orchestra has found innovative ways to give music a home in the region and develop music appreciation and talent among area youth. The full-time professional musicians perform more than 135 classics, pops, family, educational and community concerts each season in venues throughout the state.