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Welcome to the 2024 Firefly Music Festival!

The Missouri Symphony welcomes you to the Firefly Music Festival, a reimagined summer festival experience led by MOSY Music Director, Wilbur Lin.

Featuring Columbia Chorale and four of the most exciting young solo voices from across the country. 

Featured vocalists: 

Columbia Chorale, Emily Edgington Andrews - Artistic Director
Tiffany Townsend, soprano
Katie Trigg, mezzo-soprano
Daniel McGrew, tenor
Morgan-Andrew King, Bass

First & Final: 200 Years of Joy

Saturday, June 22 | 7:00P | Missouri Theatre
$29-$49 

(+ Approximately $6 per ticket in processing and facility fees)
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.

PROGRAM
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9

ARTISTS
Tiffany Townsend, soprano
Katie Trigg, mezzo-soprano
Daniel McGrew, tenor
Morgan-Andrew King, bass
Columbia Chorale – Emily Edgington Andrews, artistic director
Wilbur Lin, conductor

Daniel McGrew appears by arrangement with Young Concert Artists, Inc
Tiffany Townsend, Katie Trigg, and Morgan-Andrew King appear by special arrangement with the Curtis Institute of Music.

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Featuring David Oistrakh First Prize winner violinist SooBeen Lee. The MSO will also continue its engagement with the music of one-time Missouri resident Carl Busch, presenting his piece, Minnehaha’s Vision.

Finnish Fantasy + Missourian Mythology

Friday, June 28 | 7:00P | Missouri Theatre
$29-$49

(+ Approximately $6 per ticket in processing and facility fees)
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. The MSO will also continue its engagement with the music of one-time Missouri resident Carl Busch, presenting his piece, Minnehaha’s Vision.

PROGRAM
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha Overture
Alice Mary SMITH: The Masque of Pandora Overture
Jean SIBELIUS: Finlandia
Carl BUSCH: Minnehaha’s Vision
Jean SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto

ARTISTS
SooBeen Lee, violin
Wilbur Lin, conductor

SooBeen Lee appears by arrangement with Young Concert Artists, Inc.
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An immersive concert experience in the beautiful rotunda of Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri, Columbia campus.

Orchestra-A-Round

Sunday, June 30 | 2:00P | Jesse Hall Rotunda
$39 - General Admission

(+ Approximately $6 per ticket in processing and facility fees)
Continuing our goal to present unique concert experiences, this concert, featuring more well-known pieces, will take place in the rotunda of Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus. Audience members will be able to move between the three levels of the rotunda, partaking in a different and more immersive listening/viewing experience on each level.
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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.

Stars, Stripes, and Scores

July 3 | 7:00P | Missouri Theatre
$29-$49

(+ Approximately $6 per ticket in processing and facility fees)
Our annual summer pops concert will honor our country’s musical legacy with an interesting mixture of patriotic and film music. Featuring the crowd-pleasing music of legendary film composer John Williams, the MSO will present selections from both Star Wars and Harry Potter. With a nod to resident Columbia composer John William “Blind” Boone and our annual honoring of military veterans and active duty, this concert will get you in the mood for the holiday the next day.
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Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, praised as a superb young soloist.

Nicholas Canellakis Plays Elgar

Saturday, July 13 | 7:00P | Missouri Theatre
$39-$59

(+ Approximately $6 per ticket in processing and facility fees)
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.

PROGRAM
Edward ELGAR: Cello Concerto
Edward ELGAR: Enigma Variations

ARTISTS
Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Wilbur Lin, conductor
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We are excited to bring back Chamber Concerts as part of our summer music festival. Join us for these intimate musical experiences.

MSO Chamber Concerts

Tuesdays, June 25 & July 9 | 7:00P | Historic Senior Hall - Stephens College 
$29 - General Admission

(+ Approximately $6 per ticket in processing and facility fees)
Chamber concerts feature the musicians of the Missouri Symphony performing in a more intimate setting. Chamber works performed in these concerts offer excellent opportunities to hear the musicians play up-close and experience a diverse repertoire different from the masterworks/pops orchestral concerts. The thrill of experiencing small chamber ensembles breathing together and interacting with each other through simple eye-contact and body movements fully allows every music lover to be immersed in the magic of chamber music making!
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New this year... Festival Passes! 

Get the most out of MOSY's Firefly Music Festival with one of our new Festival Passes. There are three options to choose from: Premier, Plus, and Basic
Festival Passes will be on sale for a limited time, while supplies last. Pass sales will end June 01, 2024. 
MORE INFO ABOUT PASSES

So, why Firefly?

“You know you’re in Missouri when fireflies light up the evening sky!”
Since the founding of our Hot Summer Nights Music Festival in 2004, MOSY has welcomed musicians and guest artists from all around the world to perform with the MSO each summer. Following our Summer of Conductors in 2022, we entered a new phase and asked our musicians what helps them feel at home when visiting Missouri. The answer was unanimous: fireflies! After that, MOSY had no doubt what the next iteration of our summer festival would be called. 

We are excited to be sharing the second year of this new look with you and can’t wait to have you join us for the Missouri Symphony Orchestra's summer festival experience!

Ticket Refunds and Exchanges

All tickets are non-refundable. All sales are final. Performances, schedules, programs, and artists are subject to change. You may exchange your tickets for another performance within the current season (subject to availability). Ticket exchange requests must be made at least 48 hours before the performance. We cannot handle exchanges involving tickets for past concerts or on concert evenings.

There is no charge for ticket exchanges to MOSY Serenade-level donors and above. There will be a $5.00 exchange fee for all others, including single-ticket buyers. You will be charged the price difference if any exchange results in a seat of greater value. Refunds are not available for exchanges to seats of lesser value.

Can’t use or exchange your ticket? Donate the ticket before the performance! Your seats will be released, and a tax donation receipt will be mailed when donated tickets are received before a concert. Donation requests may be submitted up to 3 hours before the ticketed performance. Once you donate a ticket, your donation is final, and the ticket is immediately made available for resale.

There are no refunds for unused tickets.

If a concert is canceled, postponed, or rescheduled, MOSY staff will contact ticket holders as soon as possible with the options available.

Please note that ticket service fees cover the cost of selling a ticket and are non-refundable in any situation.

Processing and Facility Fees

The fees associated with ticket sales are a fixed $4 per ticket facility fee due to the University of Missouri for use of the Missouri Theatre, a $1 per ticket fee to our ticket sales platform, and a variable 3.2% credit card processing fee. 
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