Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, praised as a superb young soloist.

The final concert of the 2024 Firefly Music Festival will send us off with a program dedicated to composer Edward Elgar. The MSO will present his Cello Concerto, featuring Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society’s cellist Nicholas Canellakis, and close the summer with Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

We are excited to bring back Chamber Concerts as part of our summer music festival. Join us for these intimate musical experiences.

Kick off your Independence Day celebration with this fun concert full of patriotic pieces as well as pop and film favorites from the incomparable, John Williams.

An immersive concert experience in the beautiful rotunda of Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri, Columbia campus.

This concert will explore music influenced by Finland and our state of Missouri. Some highlights include Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha Overture and Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, featuring David Oistrakh First Prize winner violinist SooBeen Lee.

We are excited to bring back Chamber Concerts as part of our summer music festival. Join us for these intimate musical experiences.

The opening concert of our annual Firefly Music Festival celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The Missouri Symphony Orchestra will kick off the concert with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1. After intermission, they will be joined by the Columbia Choral and four of the most exciting young solo voices from across the country to present the 9th Symphony, which was first performed just over 200 years from this date. With its well-known final movement, commonly known as “Ode to Joy,” the audience will leave excited for what is to come the rest of the festival.