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,...
Another first for the Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO), a world premiere of an Iranian piece and over 90 singers performing in Farsi this weekend at the Capitol Theatre! The WSO performs Iranian composer Farhad Poupel’s ancient love story, The Legend of Bijan and Manijeh. This story, hundreds of years old, is set to music and...
November 8, 2022 Windsor, ON – The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) performs this weekend with drag queen and female impersonator Randy Roberts in Cabaret Night with Randy Roberts! This will be a first for the WSO, sharing the stage with actor, singer, director, and world-renowned gender illusionist Randy Roberts. Roberts has been entertaining audiences for...
October 10, 2022 The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is currently seeking applications from those interested in serving on our volunteer Board of Directors. Now in its 75th season, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra continues their mission of connecting the people of Windsor and Essex County through the power and passion of music. The WSO prides itself...