The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra offers a unique musical teaching experience through the annual Symphony for Youth concert program. Each year, over 1,000 students from around the area have the opportunity to attend this concert and experience a professional performance of a musical masterpiece. While listening to the music, the students are also learning about […]

Goldfinger, Lawrence of Arabia, Gone With the Wind — imagine some of the greatest scores of The Golden Age of Hollywood, paired with contemporary favorites like Harry Potter and Mission Impossible — and you have the perfect Movie Night at the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra! Once again, Dustin and Dominique Luecke are your hosts. To top it all […]

Once again the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra will finish out our season with another “over-the-top” orchestral journey. The young Russian phenomenon Andrey Gugnin — who, last season, entered our hearts with a magisterial rendition of the Grieg Piano Concerto, done miraculously with the LSO without rehearsal! — returns for what will no doubt be an […]

Guest Artists: Alex Chambers-Ozasky, cello and Jonathan Borja, flute – S. Bach – Suite No. 2 in B minor for solo flute, continuo and string orchestra with Jonathan Borja C.P.E. Bach – Cello Concerto in A Major with Alex Chambers-Ozasky — INTERMISSION — Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite

Guest Artist: Mariam Adam, clarinet – Copland:  Proclamation for Orchestra (orchestrated by Phillip Ramey) Russell Platt:  Clarinet Concerto with soloist Mariam Adam — INTERMISSION — Mahler:  Symphony No. 1, “Titan” (original five-movement version)

Performance to include spoken commentary and storytelling about the fascinating lives and journeys of these trailblazing artists. – Nora Holt: Negro Dance Op. 25, No. 1 [2’] Betty Jackson King: Four Seasonal Sketches [10’] Florence Price: Fantasie nègre No. 2 [8’] Florence Price: Fantasie nègre No. 1 [9’] -INTERMISSION- Irene Britton Smith: Variations on a […]

Guest artist: Michelle Cann, piano – Armed Forces Salute Samuel Barber:  Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber:  Symphony No. 1, in One Movement, Op. 9 — INTERMISSION — Gershwin:  Piano Concerto in F Major, Michelle Cann

Guest Artists: 2026 Symphony Chorus – “A Christmas Festival” by Leroy Anderson “O Little Town of Bethlehem” by Leroy Robertson “Stille Nacht” by Chip Davis “Hanukkah Festival Overture” by Lucas Richman ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’, a Santa Claus Symphony for Narrator and Orchestra,  arrangement by William Henry Fry and Clement Clarke Moore “Sleigh Ride” […]

Paul Hindemith:  “Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber” Second Place Concerto “Rising Stars” winner First Place Concerto “Rising Stars” winner — INTERMISSION — Stravinsky:  “The Firebird Suite (1919 version)”

Hosted by Dustin and Dominique Luecke – Gershwin, arr. Chase: Fascinatin’ Rhythm Vernon Duke, arr. Sayre: April in Paris Ellington, arr. Ployhar: Caravan Ellington, arr. Custer: Ellington! Various, arr. Deane Kincaide: Big Band Fantasy — INTERMISSION — Porter, arr. Warrington: On Stage with Cole Porter Gershwin, arr. Schoen: Clap Yo’ Hands Rodgers, arr. Bennett: Music […]

Guest Artist: James Thompson – The 2027 Conductor Wannabe Winners Walton:  Violin Concerto with James Thompson INTERMISSION Sibelius:  Symphony No. 2