Winona Symphony Orchestra

Elmaro Vineyards presents Violins & Vineyards
2026-08-23 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Elmaro Vineyard
Join us on August 23rd from 1-4 pm to experience amazing music against the idyllic backdrop of Elmaro Vineyard in Trempealeau. Whether you come for the music, the wine, the company, or the view, you are sure to experience an afternoon of tranquil, bucolic delight. Relax with a complimentary glass of wine and personal cheese board while you enjoy performances by the region’s favorite classical artists and help us “Fund a Need” to support WSO musicians and upcoming season.
Tickets $40, available at the door or at exploretock.com/elmarovineyard
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Water Music: Chamber Concerts at the MMAM - Alan Dunbar, baritone
2026-04-16 16:30 - 19:00 | Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Description“The Coast and the Sea”
NEW! 4:30 and 7:00pm Concerts

Reception hosted in the atrium in between concerts

ProgramProgram to include new chamber works written for Alan Dunbar, baritone
featuring Alan Dunbar and guest musicians
TicketsAdults – $30
Military – $25
Student w/ Student ID – $10
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Symphony Spring 2026 Concert
2026-03-21 19:30 | Wesley United Methodist, 114 W Broadway, Winona, MN, 55987
DescriptionSpring 2026 Symphony Concert

ProgramFuchs – Serenade for Strings No. 1
Schoenberg – Notturno
Martines – Dixit Dominus
featuring the WSU Concert Choir
Colleen Chester, conductor

TicketsAdults – $25
Military – $20
Student w/ Student ID – $10
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Symphony on Wheels~ A Fundraiser to Benefit Music Education
2026-03-21 17:00 - 20:30
DescriptionSymphony on Wheels~ A Fundraiser Supporting the Education outreach of WSO.
Remlinger Collector Car Museum

ProgramBuffet Dinner by Chef’s Table
Cash bar
Silent Auction
Live Music
Museum Tours
TicketsTickets~ Dinner & drink ticket ~ $85
Table of 6~ $500
Ticket Deadline is 3/12

Water Music: Chamber Concerts at the MMAM - "Quince Ensemble"
2026-03-05 16:30 - 19:00 | Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Description“Quince Ensemble” featuring Erik Rohde, violin
Paired with “Fluid: What is Marine Art, and What Can it Be?”
NEW! 4:30 and 7:00pm Concerts
Reception hosted in the atrium in between concerts
ProgramZohn-Muldoon: Destierros
Zohn-Muldoon: Night
McKinley: Ten Medieval Songs
Featuring guest artists Quince Ensemble and Erik Rohde, violin
TicketsAdults – $30
MMAM Members – $25
Students w/ Student ID – $10
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Cafe Congo~ WSO's Concert for the Kids
2026-02-22 14:00 - 15:00 | First Congregational Church of Winona
DescriptionWSO’s Concert
for the Kids

ProgramNicholas (Pianist), Valeria (Soprano), and McKenzie (Tenor) join Rachel Ryan (Cello)
in present a varied classical music program.
Featuring works of: Bernstein, Sondheim, Wagner, Puccini and Massenet.
Your Free will Donation will help the Winona Symphony Orchestra fund it’s annual Free Concert given to local school children.
A Reception will follow the program.
DOORS WILL OPEN AT 1:45.
The Church is ADA Accessible at the canopied entrance on Broadway.

TicketsFree Will Offering to Benefit WSO’s Children’s Concert

Jazz Jam to Benefit WSO Children's Concert
2026-02-15 14:00 - 17:30 | Two Fathoms Brewing

Water Music: Chamber Concerts at the MMAM - Christmas Concertos
2025-12-11 16:30 - 19:00 | Minnesota Marine Art Museum
DescriptionThere will be two concerts offered on November 13, at 4:30pm and 7:30pm, with a reception hosted in atrium of MMAM in between the two concerts.
ProgramChristmas Concertos
Paired with Rockman: Oceanus
Torelli – Christmas Concerto
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’
Corelli – Christmas Concerto
Featuring musicians from the WSO
TicketsAdults – $30
Military – $25
Student w/ Student ID – $5
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Water Music: Chamber Concerts at the MMAM - Epic Journeys
2025-11-13 16:30 - 19:00 | Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Description“Epic Journeys”
“Water Music” Chamber Series
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
NEW! 4:30 and 7:00pm Concerts

New for the 2025-26 season, two concerts will be presented each evening, at 4:30pm and at 7:00pm. Between the two concerts will be a reception in the MMAM atrium featuring an edible treat prepared by MMAM’s new Waterbar Cafe + Provisions inspired by the night’s performance. Food is included in your ticket price and a cash bar will be available. So stay late, or come early, and enjoy some food, drink and conversation!

Program

Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Octet
Mendelssohn – Octet for Strings
featuring guest violin soloist Nash Ryder and musicians from the WSO and Apollo Chamber Music

TicketsAdults – $30
Military – $25
Student w/ Student ID – $10
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Water Music: Chamber Concerts at the MMAM - 'Water Music' Gala
2025-04-10 19:00 | Minnesota Marine Art Museum
DescriptionOur season closes with another interactive event, featuring a festive performance of the work that inspired the entire series, Handel’s Water Music. The wonderful Winona Symphony Orchestra musicians masterfully embrace this momentous work that encapsulates the close connection between music and nature. Handel’s timeless music speaks to all audiences and will bring to life a season of sun, warmth, and delight.
Program
SELECTIONS FROM HANDEL: Water Music
Musicians of the Winona Symphony Orchestra

SELECTIONS FROM HANDEL: Water Music
Musicians of the Winona Symphony Orchestra
TicketsAdults – $25
MMAM Members – $20
Students w/ Student ID – $5
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Water Music: Chamber Concerts at the MMAM - Deanne Mohr & Eric Brisson
2025-02-20 19:00 | Minnesota Marine Art Museum
DescriptionWinona’s famous piano duo brings us ‘en bateau’ (French for ‘in a boat’) through a romantic program exploring water, boat rides, and beautiful melodies. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum’s new rotating exhibit Fluid: What is Marine Art and What Can it Be?, offers a companion to the music that invokes images of Venetian gondoliers and rocking, swaying vessels in which audiences can envision themselves sailing on majestic waters.
ProgramDEBUSSY: Petite Suite
FAURÉ: Barcarolle, Op. 26
RACHMANINOFF: Barcarolle, Op. 11
CHOPIN: Barcarolle, Op. 60
SCHUBERT: Fantasie in f minor, Op. 11
TicketsAdults – $25
MMAM Members – $20
Students w/ Student ID – $5
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Children's Concert
2025-02-18 10:30, 2025-02-18 09:00 | Winona Middle School, 1570 Homer Road, Winona, MN, 55987
DescriptionBringing to life the classic story of Peter and the Wolf, the Winona Symphony Orchestra is excited to offer area students an engaging performance that demonstrates music’s power of storytelling. Experienced by over 1,000 students, our increasingly popular Children’s Concert is a wonderful opportunity for area school children to discover the excellence of classical music through meaningful engagement and fun performances.
**SNOW DATE: February 20, 2025**
Program & ResourcesTicketsThe Symphony’s Children’s Concert is offered FREE through generous donations and support. This concert is recommended for students in grades 2 – 5. Teachers can reserve tickets online.
Reserve Tickets – 9:00 a.m.Reserve Tickets – 10:30 a.m.

Water Music: Chamber Concerts at the MMAM - A Classical Christmas
2024-12-05 19:00 | Minnesota Marine Art Museum
DescriptionCome celebrate a one-day exhibit featuring Christmas and Winter-themed artwork from the Minnesota Marine Art Museum collection. This concert will be a classical Christmas celebration featuring the famous Corelli Christmas Concerto and an Advent Cantata by J.S. Bach with the Winona State University Vocal Chamber Ensemble. It is sure to be a joyous celebration of the holiday season that will draw listeners into the exhilaration and magic of Christmas.
ProgramBACH: CANTATA 62: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
CORELLI: Christmas Concerto
BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part III: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen
WSU Vocal Chamber Ensemble
Colleen Chester, Alan Dunbar, and David Walton, soloists
TicketsAdults – $25
MMAM Members – $20
Students w/ student ID – $5
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Water Music: Chamber Concerts at the MMAM - Barber's Adagio for Strings
2024-11-21 19:00 | Minnesota Marine Art Museum
DescriptionThe opening collaboration with the Minnesota Marine Art Museum will be a moving performance featuring Barber’s famous Adagio for Strings in its original form for string quartet. Paired with a new museum exhibition titled A Nation Takes Place, musicians from the Apollo Music Festival in Houston, MN will join WSO musicians to present a program that takes the audience through a complex and nuanced history of the United States. Barber’s music, arriving with the genesis of World War II and the eve of the Great Depression, coupled with an exhibit that explores the role of water and race in the rise of the country, invites the audience to examine a larger frame to experience the connection between art and history.
ProgramBARBER: String Quartet
BARBER: Dover Beach (Featuring Alan Dunbar, baritone)
GEORGE WALKER: String Quartet
Hillary Kingsley and Erik Rohde, violins, Valerie Little, viola, Ruth Marshall, cello
TicketsAdults – $25
MMAM Members – $20
Students w/ Student ID – $5
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Symphony Fall Concert - Autumnal Reverie
2024-10-26 19:30 | First Congregational Church of Winona
DescriptionPre-concert Talk 7:00 p.m.
Fall in Winona can bring gentle breezes, multicolored foliage, beautiful bluffs, and a gradual transition into cooler weather. Autumn can also engender deep cold, dramatic frost, and even snow. These many manifestations of the season are all captured in the emotions of this concert. Gwyneth Walker’s “About Leaves” breathes movement and energy into three Robert Frost poems, followed by the featured work for the evening, the vivacious Mozart Clarinet Concert, performed by WSO’s own Dan Sheridan. The concert closes with the romantic spirit and emotional depth found in Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3.
Program
GWYNETH WALKER: About Leaves (R. Frost)
W.A. MOZART: Clarinet Concerto
Dan Sheridan, clarinet
LOUISE FARRENC: Symphony No. 3

GWYNETH WALKER: About Leaves (R. Frost)
W.A. MOZART: Clarinet Concerto
Dan Sheridan, clarinet
LOUISE FARRENC: Symphony No. 3

GWYNETH WALKER: About Leaves (R. Frost)
W.A. MOZART: Clarinet Concerto
Dan Sheridan, clarinet
LOUISE FARRENC: Symphony No. 3
TicketsAdults – $25
Senior & Military – $20
Student w/ Student ID – $5
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Symphony Summer Social
2024-08-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Elmaro Vineyard
Our 2024-2025 season commences with our ever-popular fundraising event at Elmaro Vineyard! Whether you come for the music, the wine, the company, or the view, you’re sure to experience an afternoon of tranquil, bucolic delight. Relax with a complimentary glass of wine and personal cheese board while enjoying performances by the region’s favorite classical artists. Come with your oldest friends and meet some kindred spirits!
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