Upcoming MOSY Events
“The Elixir of Love”: Donizetti
The Missouri Symphony, in collaboration with Landlocked Opera, presents Donizetti’s beloved opera, “The Elixir of Love” (L’elisir d’amore). Featuring singers from around the country and under the baton of music director Wilbur Lin, this production will leave a lasting impression.
2024 Piano Student Showcase - Auditions
Auditions for the 2024 Piano Student Showcase will be held on Oct. 5, 2024.
2024 Piano Student Showcase
Showcasing talented youth pianists from all throughout Mid-Missouri. Join us for a delightful performance of the best local youth pianists.
General Admission - $15
Children & Students - Free
Mozart in Prague: A musical and culinary experience
This concert experience takes the attendees on a unique and immersive culinary and musical journey. Curated by MOSY music director Wilbur Lin, Mozart in Prague brings music and food together in a holistic sensory experience inspired by the great works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Get to know your Missouri Symphony Orchestra musicians more fully in an intimate chamber ensemble.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 | Cocktail hour begins at 6:00 p.m. | Kimball Ballroom
Holiday Market - A Missouri Christmas presented by Shelter Insurance®
Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with your Missouri Symphony Orchestra! Featuring holiday favorites from around the world, Broadway, and Hollywood, this concert will get you into the holiday spirit faster than you can sing “Jingle Bells.”
Sunday, December 15, 2024 | 2:00 p.m. | Missouri Theatre
Tell Our Story: A Black History Month Concert
This annual concert celebrates and honors the lived black experience in our community and beyond. Featuring a panel discussion and an intimate chamber concert, this concert will allow you to learn more about Columbia’s past and leave you ready to invest in its future.
Performances:
Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. | Douglass High School
Friday, February 28, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. | Douglass High School
The Music of Studio Ghibli
This new spring pops concert will close our regular season and feature the works of Joe Hisaishi. Hisaishi is recognized as one of the greatest composers of his time. With genius filmmakers such as Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahashi from Studio Ghibli, the Japanese composer has explored all music genres to demonstrate the magnificence of his orchestral sensitivity. This concert will be a wonderful exploration of this genius of Japanese music, allowing the audience to experience the great pieces from the Studio Ghibli films.
Friday, May 9, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. | Missouri Theatre
Firefly Wrap Party!
That's a wrap! Celebrate another successful Firefly Music Festival with the MSO musicians.
Immediately following the final concert of the festival.
Saturday, July 13, 2024 | approximately 9:00 p.m. | The Industry at The Tiger Hotel
Firefly Music Festival: Nicholas Canellakis Plays Elgar
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.
Firefly Music Festival: MSO Chamber Concert
We are excited to bring back Chamber Concerts as part of our summer music festival. Join us for these intimate musical experiences.
MOSY at The Lake
Come hear a fun concert full of patriotic pieces as well as pop and film favorites from the incomparable John Williams on Sunday, July 7th, 2:00p.m. at the R.C. Worthan Auditorium, Camdenton High School.
MOSY in Moberly
The performance will include patriotic selections as well as selections from popular movies such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, and 1941. This will be the culmination of the City of Moberly 4th of July activities.
Firefly Music Festival: Stars, Stripes. and Scores
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.
Firefly Music Festival: Orchestra-A-Round
An immersive concert experience in the beautiful rotunda of Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri, Columbia campus.
Firefly Music Festival: Finnish Fantasy + Missourian Mythology
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.
Firefly Music Festival: MSO Chamber Concert
We are excited to bring back Chamber Concerts as part of our summer music festival. Join us for these intimate musical experiences.
Firefly Music Festival: First & Final: 200 Years of Joy
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.
Preludes at the Pubs: Logboat Brewing Co.
Join us for an evening of live music performed by an ensemble of MOSY musicians at some of your favorite local pubs!
Missouri Symphony Conservatory: 2024 Spring Concert
Join us for a performance showcasing the musical talents of our Spring 2024 Conservatory students!
Preludes at the Pubs: Broadway Brewery
Join us for an evening of live music performed by an ensemble of MOSY musicians at some of your favorite local pubs!