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A Memo from the Maestro: Come home for the Holidays with the LSO, as our wonderful Symphony is united with another cherished arts organization in our community! In our La Crosse Symphony tradition, the Orchestra will be joined by the full corps de ballet from Misty Lown's Ballet La Crosse, enjoy the splendor of a fully-choreographed performance of the greatest moments from Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER! A rare event and the ultimate Holiday program!

Join us at the Symphony on January 18th to watch top musicians in the Midwest area compete at the Richard Record Rising Stars Concerto Competition! The two finalists will perform their winning concerto on the mainstage performance at the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra’s March 1st concert.

A Memo from the Maestro: Two brilliant young "Rising Stars" Competition winners, in movements from famous solo concertos; and a brilliant and dramatic First Symphony - the thrilling, late-romantic breakout symphony of Denmark’s greatest composer. The perfect "on-ramp" to introduce our magnificent Orchestra to family and friends!

A Memo from the Maestro: Leonard Bernstein, Dave Brubeck, and The Beatles -- geniuses of 20th-century popular music, who truly bridged the gap between Jazz, Classical, and Pop. Come celebrate their artistry with Dave's son, trombonist and composer Chris Brubeck -- a great classical/jazz musician in his own right -- as he makes his LSO debut in his own Concerto, along with suave symphonic renderings of his father's greatest hits. We then feature a rare and classy symphonic tribute to The Beatles by that a legend of American pop music, the elegant Henry Mancini. We'll wrap things up with - fresh off the controversial Bradley Cooper film Maestro - the LSO's performance of Bernstein's magnificent "Symphonic Dances" and “Mambo” from his immortal "popular opera,” WEST SIDE STORY, which will move and amaze you.

What better way to wrap up our mainstage season than with a visit back to Paris in springtime, courtesy of a 150th birthday celebration of Maurice Ravel! Ravel's Bolero was an LSO performance many folks still talk about, when we performed all of that composer's "Spanish" works for orchestra in one night. And now, our Maestro has put together another gorgeous symphonic journey, here celebrating Ravel's love of the Viennese waltz. Culminating in La Valse -- his blockbuster homage to the ultimate midnight ball -- the LSO will be sure to once again "raise the roof" with another thrilling performance! Rachel Barton Pine -- one of the world's great violinists, and Chicago's own -- makes a welcome return to the LSO in Brahms' magnificent and beloved Concerto. In another great La Crosse tradition, we start with our two winning Conductor Wannabes, trying out their podium skills!