March 22, 2023 Trailblazing Canadian Maestro conducts this weekend at the WSO Windsor, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra is elated to host Canadian Conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser this weekend, as the WSO brings Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, inspired by the colours and atmosphere of Italy into the grey storms of Windsor! This concert marks the Windsor...
March 15, 2023 The Toldo Foundation makes $100,000 Gift to the WSO’s Endowment and Encourages Community to Join Windsor, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) has received a $100,000 gift from the Toldo Foundation toward its endowment fund. The fund, called the Future Fund, provides financial security in good times and bad, year after year, to...
March 8, 2023 WSO Brings Broadway to the Stage! Windsor, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra performs Broadway Hits with rising Canadian soprano Charlotte Knight and shines the limelight on St. Clair College Music Theatre Students! This weekend, Windsor Essex can experience 3 performances of Charlotte Knight Sings Broadway! With music performed from Disney’s Frozen,...
February 1, 2023 Celebrating Black Voices! Windsor, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra celebrates Black History Month in and around Windsor Essex. Maestro Robert Franz and the WSO perform music by Black composers Joseph Bologne, and exciting new composer Jessie Montgomery. Hear beautiful vocals from local rising star Florine Ndimubandi as she sings Amazing Grace...
January 24, 2023 WSO and GEDCSB use music to teach life skills! Windsor, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is thrilled to partner with the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) on Education Concerts, a music and instruction program for students. Through performance, students learn active listening skills, and they are entertained as...
December 15, 2022 WSO teams up with Windsor Spitfires to launch WSO’s NEW Holiday CD! Windsor, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra is elated to announce the release of a new holiday CD! Christmas, eh? has a Canadian twist and a hockey connection. This CD combines well-loved holiday tunes, with a Canadian twist and a...
December 7, 2022 Music for Health returns with 4 performances! Windsor, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is happy to announce that Music for Health is back at an assisted living or retirement home near you! It has been over 2 years since the WSO String Quartet has performed and been able to take...
December 1, 2022 Thank you to everyone who supported the WSO Giving Tuesday campaign, including our very own Board Chair Deborah Severs, Maestro Robert Franz, and our Executive Director Sheila Wisdom, who pledged to match the first $4,000 donated to the WSO in support of Giving Tuesday. We’re so excited to announce that not only...
November 29, 2022 A WSO Holiday Tradition is Back! Windsor, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is excited to announce Handel’s Messiah concerts are back! Join the WSO for its’ annual holiday tradition! Maestro Robert Franz leads the WSO in a program of highlights from Handel’s Messiah. The return of this festive tradition is...
November 24, 2022 Windsor, ON – This Sunday the new Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) Assistant Conductor Francisco Hernández Bolaños will conduct his first concert with the Windsor Symphony Youth Orchestras at their Fall Concert. Both the WSO Junior and Youth Orchestras will perform a selection that includes Boccherini, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Leonard Bernstein, and more,...