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Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
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About
Maestro Andrew Sewell and the musicians of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra (WCO) bring national caliber music to more than 250,000 music lovers annually. No other arts organization in Wisconsin performs free for more people each year. Founded in 1960, the WCO is one of Madison’s gems, a national-caliber chamber orchestra behind the now four-decade summer tradition of Concerts on the Square.
The WCO also presents the classical Masterworks series at the Overture Center, the annually sold-old Messiah, and education concerts for families and children. In 2021, the WCO launched its first Composer in Residence program, bringing in acclaimed composer, author, musician, and professor Dr. Bill Banfield to write major works while in residence. While headquartered in Madison, the orchestra has played around the state. To learn more about the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra visit wcoconcerts.org. -
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Member Events
Friday Feb 27, 2026Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra explores renewal with works by Angel Lam, Dan Cavanagh, and Michael Bell, culminating in Kanopy Dance’s world premiere Renascence. ...read moreFriday Mar 27, 2026Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra presents Dueling Violins with Gilles Apap and Eric Silberger, featuring Sinding, Barber, Sarasate, Bach, and Haydn’s luminous Sympho ...read moreFriday Apr 17, 2026Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra closes the 25/26 Masterworks with Shaw’s Entracte, Salome Jordania in Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2, and Beethoven’s exuberant S ...read more -
Directions
Our Summer concert series is located at the King Street corner of the Capitol Square. Masterworks concerts take place at Overture Center for the Arts WCO Office is located at 321 E. Main Street
