Letter from the Music Director –

The Kettle Moraine Symphony is dedicated to bringing great orchestral music to
Washington County. The members of the orchestra and I invite you to join us in what
will be an extraordinary season of masterworks!

Our first concert celebrates the 250th birthday of America with music that defines the
spirit of our great country. From Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man to works by
living composers Ron Nelson and Jonathan Peters to Antonin Dvorak’s “New World
Symphony,” we will perform music that exemplifies the American spirit.
December’s concert will showcase something for everyone, including beloved carols
and Christmas songs as well as featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve Suite. We
might also welcome a special visitor from the North Pole!

In January, we will present a fully-staged production of GianCarlo Menotti’s Amahl and
the Night Visitors. Amahl was the first opera to be composed specifically for television.
It premiered in 1951 to more than 5 million viewers, and quickly became an annual
offering on the NBC network. The tender story of the crippled shepherd boy Amahl and
his impoverished mother being visited by the Three Kings on their journey to Bethlehem
will surely touch your heart.

We will return in April with music of two mighty Russians—Dmitri Shostakovich and
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Shostakovich’s exuberant Festival Overture will set the stage for
Rachmaninoff’s profoundly romantic Symphony No. 2.

This season offers a smorgasbord of delights!

Sincerely,
Richard Hynson
KMS Music Director