November 22, 2024 Your gift will be matched for 2x the impact. WSO Board Chair Deborah Severs and the WSO Board of Directors have teamed up to match the first $5,000 donated to the WSO for Giving Tuesday! Every gift will help deliver live music to children and seniors in our community. Donate today to...
November 19, 2024 Maestro Larson at the helm this week Windsor, ON – Maestro Geoffrey Larson raises his baton to conduct the Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) for the first time since joining the organization in July. This week, Maestro Larson conducts 3 concerts titled Flavours of Vienna, performed at the Capitol Theatre. The program features Viennese composer Robert...
November 14, 2024 WSO celebrates music and dance of Southeast Asia WINDSOR, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) embraces the power of music, rhythm, and dance, with Indian-inspired music. Bhangra and Beyond is a concert that celebrates the unique ways Indian culture has fused music and dance together. Join the WSO as we see how composers, influenced by...
November 7, 2024 WSO brings in Pipa Player and Canadian composer Jared Miller Windsor, ON – This weekend the Windsor Symphony Orchestra performs three diverse works, each showcasing a different musical style, offering the audience a rich, varied experience. Maestro Robert Franz says, “This concert is diverse, rhythmic and loads of fun. Beethoven’s 7th Symphony is one of...
November 5, 2024 WSYO perform Mozart’s newly found music Windsor, ON – This weekend a trio from the Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestra (WSYO) perform the newly discovered Mozart piece Ganz Klein Nachtmusik before concert. This is believed to be the first youth trio in North America to perform this work in public. The piece, comprised of seven...
September 16, 2024 Maestro Franz continues to stand at WSO podium Windsor, ON – Robert Franz will share his passion for music with the Windsor and Essex County community for at least the next five years. The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is delighted to announce the extension of Maestro Franz’s contract for an additional five...
July 16, 2024 FREE SUMMER CONCERTS Windsor, ON Bring a lawn chair, picnic basket, sunscreen and enjoy great music from the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. The WSO’s Summer Concert Series begins this weekend. Summer concerts are held outdoors and are FREE to the Public. Summer concerts entertain and create lasting memories, uniting the community through the...
June 11, 2024 WSO Receives Funding from Community Benefits Plan The WSO is honoured to be one of thirteen recipients of the 2024 Community Organization Investment initiative for organizations serving Sandwich/west Windsor and Delray/Southwest Detroit. We are proud to contribute to the success and well-being of the residents here in Windsor West by connecting people...
May 30, 2024 WSO Welcomes New Assistant Conductor WINDSOR, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is delighted to announce the appointment of Geoffrey Larson as the new Assistant Conductor, joining the esteemed orchestra family for the 2024-2026 seasons. “We are excited to have Geoffrey joining the WSO family,” says Music Director and Maestro Robert...
May 29, 2024 WSO Chorus Shines on Stage with Glimmers WINDSOR, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra Chorus performs their season closing concert on Friday. “The pieces selected for our spring concert invoke peace, joy, happiness, and a sense of well-being,” says chorus member, Pamela Cole. “In my world when music influences me, I call...