This morning we hosted more than 1,400 4th graders from across Sheboygan County to learn about the musical instrument families, play along with the orchestra on their recorders, and sing and dance to classical pieces like Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz and Bizet’s Toreador from Carmen. Thank you to the music educators who prepared students for the experience. What an enthusiastic and appreciative audience! #carnegiehall #linkup #partnership
A big thank you to Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi and all of the musicians who shared their extraordinary talents last night. The audience’s standing ovation at the conclusion of Symphonie Fantastique’s climatic finale said it all! #classicalmasterpiece #symphoniefantastique #symphoniefantastiqueberlioz
Photos courtesy of Jeff Kernen Photography
Tickets still available tomorrow at the door for our March 7 performance at the Weill Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30pm! Student tickets are $10 and regular seats start at $20.
Hear the Hansel and Gretel Overture by Engelbert Humperdinck and Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz, featuring a unique recurring theme called an idée fixe. The composer uses it to symbolize his romantic obsession with actress Harriet Smithson and was arguably the first composer to pioneer this artistic technique that is still used today in film, television, and video game music. #classicalmusic #SymphonieFantastique
Meet one of Western music’s oldest motifs, an eerie chant-like melody called the Dies Irae.
It began as a 13th‑century Gregorian chant used in the Requiem Mass, a musical depiction of Judgment Day. For centuries, composers use it to evoke the supernatural, macabre, or mysterious.
In Symphonie Fantastique, Hector Berlioz takes it to another level—twisting the ancient chant into something wild, vivid, and unforgettable as his hero spirals into a fever dream of witches, visions, and dark imagination. It’s one of the most iconic musical moments in all Romantic music.
If you haven’t secured your seats, don't miss out. Hear this legendary motif—and the entire Symphonie Fantastique—come alive in Sheboygan's historic Stefanie H. Weill Center on Saturday, March 7.
🎟️ For tickets, go to /events/sso-storytellers/
We are proud and humbled to be the longest continually active orchestra in the state of Wisconsin — and still very much thriving, growing, and creating. 🎶
Swipe through for a glimpse behind the curtain: candid rehearsal moments, onstage performances, and the musicians who make it all possible: from the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, to the Youth Orchestra and Symphony Chorus.
Storytelling, without single word spoken.
From the fairytale world of Hansel and Gretel to the fevered imagination of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, this program is not one to miss.
📅 Saturday March 7, 2026 | 7:30 PM
📍 @weillcenter for the Performing Arts
🎟️ Link in bio or 📞 920-208-3243
🚨 Please note a correction to our previously shared information:
Tonight’s Youth Orchestra rehearsal will take place at @sheboygan_north_high . (NOT South High)
📍👉 2926 N 10th Street, Sheboygan, WI 53083
Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to seeing our talented young musicians this evening.
Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique is one of the earliest works to treat the orchestra as a vehicle for storytelling — an obsession traced across five movements, from initial longing spiraling deep into hallucination and despair.
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Experience this landmark of classical music live, alongside the overture to Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel.
📅 Saturday, March 7, 2026 | 7:30 PM
📍 Weill Center for the Performing Arts
🎟 Purchase now through the link in bio!
Thank you to everyone who braved the negative temperatures to join us for our final Chamber Music at The Loft of the season, featuring the Sheboygan Symphony Brass Quintet. ❄️🎶
We escaped the cold with island-inspired cocktails and small bites and iconic brass quintet arrangements.
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✨ Next up: Storytellers on March 7 at the @weillcenter
The program includes Hansel and Gretel (Overture) by Engelbert Humperdinck and Hector Berlioz’s unmistakable Symphonie Fantastique.
🎟️ Get your tickets now at the link in our bio!
The Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra is proud to share and congratulate Levi as our 2026 Young Artist Competition winner. Selected from a competitive pool of talented young musicians, Levi will perform as a soloist at the April 26th Youth Orchestra season finale concert. 📯
Levi is a senior at Cedar Grove - Belgium High School and has spent six years growing as a French hornist within the SSYO. He plans to continue his studies in Music Education and Computer Science upon graduation.
For more than 40 years, the Sheboygan Symphony Youth Orchestra has provided accessible, high-quality music education to students across the Sheboygan area.
🎼 Click the link in our bio to how you or your student can be part of this tradition 🔗 or email: 📩 [email protected]
‼️ Only 2️⃣ days left to grab your tickets for our final & tropically-inspired SSO Chamber Music at The Loft: Island Vibes and you won’t want to miss it.
While you’re waiting, we invite you take a moment to explore what’s ahead for the rest of our season — including our next full concert, Storytellers, in March. Now is the perfect time to start planning your next night out with the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra.
🔗 View upcoming events & get your tickets by clicking the link in our bio.
Join us and escape the winter cold as we close out our Chamber Music Series! ❄️
Experience an intimate evening featuring the Sheboygan Symphony Brass Quintet at The Loft at @blackpigsheboygan , accompanied by tropical-inspired cocktails and small bites. 🏝️
📅 Thursday, January 22 | 5:30 PM
🎟️ Reserve your seats by clicking the link in bio!
