Rock Island County Health Department & QCSO to bring performances to Milan mass vaccination site
Taking inspiration from famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s recent impromptu performance during his COVID-19 vaccination observation period, the Rock Island County Health Department and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) are collaborating to bring live music to the mass...
QCSO Postpones Performances of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert To November 20, 2021.
The Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) is committed to the safety and peace of mind of all audiences, orchestra members, and theatre staff. In line with recommendations from the Scott County Health Department (SCHD), the QCSO has postponed both performances of Harry...
QCSO Partners with United Way’s African American Leadership Society for Upcoming Masterworks Performance
The Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) has partnered with United Way’s African American Leadership Society (AALS) for Masterworks VI: For America. In addition to celebrating the diversity of American Music, $1.00 from every ticket sold to the concert will be donated...QCSO Education Video Form
School Name*Teacher Name* First Last Teacher Email (Video Links Will Be Sent To This Address)* Number of students who will have access to this material:*I will be using the following in my classroom:* Masterworks V String Quartet Video Percussion Ensemble Video Select...Summer Chamber Music Program Registration Form
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QCSO joins the National Alliance for Audition Support
This month the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) Association officially joined the National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS), a national initiative to increased diversity in American Orchestras. The QCSO joins more than 100 partner orchestras representing every...
Youth Symphony Orchestra Musicians Compete in Annual Concerto Competition
On Sunday, January 10, 2021, the Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles (QCSYE) held its annual Concerto Competition. Eight confident Youth Symphony Orchestra (YSO) members auditioned to win one of two prizes. The YSO Prize winner is awarded the opportunity to play their...
Changes Announced to Spring 2021 Concerts
In line with recommendations from the Scott County Health Department (SCHD), the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) has made the following changes to its Spring 2021 Concerts scheduled for February 2021 through June 2021. CANCELED EVENTS The following events...
QCSO Awarded Arts Experience Grant from the Iowa Arts Council
The Quad City Symphony Orchestra has been awarded a $10,000 Virtual Arts Experience Grant from the Iowa Arts Council. The QCSO was one of only eight arts organizations and schools in the state to receive funding in this first round of this new grant opportunity that...
Five Incredible Deals Return for Cyber Monday
Today is your last chance to take advantage of these incredible deals on current and upcoming digital access tickets, in-person tickets, and QCSO merchandise. Discounts are valid for online purchases only. $10.00 DIGITAL ACCESS Masterworks II: Beethoven Violin...
Five Amazing Black Friday Deals!
Today Only find incredible savings on current and upcoming digital access tickets, in-person tickets, and QCSO merchandise. Deals are valid for online purchases only. $10.00 DIGITAL ACCESS Masterworks II: Beethoven Violin Concerto The program begins with...
Changes Announced to November & December 2020 Concerts
The Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) is committed to the health and safety of everyone who attends our performances, our musicians, staff and volunteers, and our entire community. Working directly with our presenting partners, we have been closely monitoring the...Symphony Day Registration Form (Virtual Concert 2021)
School Name*School City*School State*Principal Name* First Last Principal Email* Teacher Name* First Last This will be the Symphony Day contact person for your school.Teacher Email* Music Teacher Name First Last Only if different from teacher listed above.Music...QCSYE Seating Audition Submission Form
Please submit a seating audition video* (containing both video and audio) and complete the QCSYE Seating Audition Submission Form below. You can share your video via a Dropbox or unlisted YouTube link. Video Recording Guidelines Recordings can be made with basic...
QCSO Announces New Dates for First Two QCSO at the Movies Concerts
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) has rescheduled two of its three 2020-21 QCSO at the Movies to the end of the season. Jurassic Park™ in Concert will remain on its originally scheduled date of Saturday, June 5, 2021, at...
QCSO Announces Changes to 2020 Fall Masterworks Concerts
In line with recommendations from the Scott County Health Department (SCHD), the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) has made the following changes to its Fall Masterworks Programs Scheduled for October, November, and December 2020. UPDATED PROGRAMS & LOCATION...
Uncork the Season Returns to Wide River Winery
The QCSO is pleased to announce the annual Uncork the Season fundraiser will return to Wide River Winery in the Village of East Davenport on August 5, 2020, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Tickets include a light dinner and music from the QCSO Brass Quintet. Wine will be sold...
QCSO Announces Changes to 2020 Quad City Bank & Trust Riverfront Pops
In line with recommendations from the Scott County Health Department (SCHD), the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) Association plans to reschedule the Quad City Bank & Trust Riverfront Pops event to Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM. This year’s concert...
Signature Soirée Goes Virtual for 2020
Due to the global pandemic, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra’s (QCSO) annual Signature Soirée fundraising event has moved online for 2020. QCSO Music Director and Conductor Mark Russell Smith will host the livestreamed event, and attendees will enjoy a chamber music...
New Date for Postponed WVIK/QCSO Signature Series Performance
The 2019-20 Season’s final WVIK/QCSO Signature Series performance featuring Quad City Symphony (QCSO) Concertmaster Naha Greenholtz, and pianist Marian Lee has been rescheduled for Friday, August 7, 2020, at 7:30 pm at St. Ambrose University’s Allaert Auditorium in...
QCSO Awarded $6,485 Capacity Grant from the Quad Cities Community Foundation
The Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) has been awarded a $6,485 Capacity Grant from the Quad Cities Community Foundation (QCCF) for Teaching Musician training and development. This training will help the QCSO make a more meaningful impact on the students involved in...
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The QCSO would not exist without donors, subscribers, and concertgoers like you, and we truly value the commitment you make when you purchase a ticket to one of our events, especially during this challenging time. We would like to confirm our commitment that we are...
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UPDATED 06.03.20The Quad City Symphony Orchestra is committed to the health and safety of everyone who attends our performances, our musicians, staff and volunteers, and our entire community. Working directly with our presenting partners, we have been closely...
Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles Announce 2019-20 Scholarship Awards
The Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles (QCSYE) is pleased to announce the 2019-20 scholarship awards which help fulfill the QCSYE’s commitment to providing musical opportunities for students. Each year, funds are awarded to QCSYE members who make extraordinary...QCSYE Audition Submission Form
Thank you for registering for a QCSYE audition! Please submit an audition video (containing both video and audio) using the Audition Submission Form below by Wednesday, May 14. You can share your video via a public or unlisted YouTube link (preferred). Video Recording...
QCSO to Unleash Powerful, Highly Charged Performance in Masterworks V: Requiem
Mortality. Death. Judgment. These themes will all be explored as the QCSO takes on Verdi’s enormous and dramatic Messa da Requiem on Masterworks V: Requiem in performances on March 7 and 8 in partnership with Augustana College’s Oratorio Society and Choral Artists. A...
QCSO to Receive $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for Karkinos Opera
The Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) has been approved for a $15,000 Art Works grant to support a commissioned opera entitled Karkinos by Quad Cities composer and Augustana College Professor of Music Jacob Bancks. In collaboration with the Living Proof Exhibit,...
Jupiter Quartet to present Music of Beethoven, Mozart, and Kati Agócs on WVIK/QCSO Signature Series
On Saturday, February 15, 2020, at 7:30 pm, the Jupiter String Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois, is featured on the Quad City Symphony Orchestra’s WVIK/QCSO Signature Series. This season, the Jupiter Quartet celebrates Beethoven’s 250th...
Hamilton Star Renée Elise Goldsberry joins the QCSO for the 2020-21 Season
Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning actress and vocalist Renée Elise Goldsberry will join the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) on Saturday, May 15, 2021, for an evening of Broadway, pop, and soul favorites. Goldsberry is best known for originating the role of...
QCSO Embraces Bittersweet Reality of Love in Masterworks IV Performances
Love will be on full display in Masterworks IV, beginning first with an intimate piano recital featuring Pianists Michael and Kyung Kim on the rare Pleyel double grand piano on Friday, Jan. 24, and ending with a full symphonic exploration of love through the stories...
Youth Symphony Orchestra Musicians Compete in Annual Concerto Competition
On December 8, 2019, the Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles (QCSYE) held its annual Concerto Competition. Fifteen confident Youth Symphony Orchestra (YSO) members auditioned to win one of two Prizes. The YSO Prize winner is awarded the opportunity to play their...
QCSO Sends Yuletide Greetings and Rings in the Season with WVIK/QCSO Signature Series II: Holiday Brass
QCSO’s brass and percussion sections will get downright jolly as they play a variety of holiday favorites this weekend, December 14 and 15, partnering with students at both North Scott and Moline High Schools for WVIK/QCSO Signature Series II: Holiday Brass. Each...
Passion Ignites with North American Premiere of Peter Mumford’s Multimedia Production of Wagner’s Die Walküre on Masterworks III
Nothing quite captures passion like the throes of forbidden love. For Masterworks III: Passion, the QCSO will take on Peter Mumford’s multimedia production of Wagner’s Die Walküre, Act 1 on December 7 and 8, combining orchestra, vocalists, and captivating video...
QCSO to Transform River Center/Adler Theatre for Disney and Pixar’s Coco™ in Concert
On Saturday, January 18, 2020 the Quad City Symphony Orchestra will present two performances of the Academy-Award®-winning film, Disney and Pixar’s Coco™ in Concert at the Alder Theatre in Davenport, Iowa. This family-friendly event will feature the entire full-length...
QCSO Continues Its Tribute to Veteran’s Day with Powerful, Emotional Masterworks II Performances
War affects the individual human being in a multitude of complex ways. Yet it holds universal commonalities, the likes of which are explored this weekend in the Quad City Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks II: Conflict performances dealing with the emotional influence...
Honoring Veteran’s Day: WVIK/QCSO Signature Series Reflects on War and Conflict with Arsenal Performance
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Veteran’s Day, QCSO will perform WVIK/QCSO Signature Series I: War Reflections in the historic Heritage Hall at the Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m., covering two colorful and textural pieces inspired by the...
Soprano Carrie Shaw Steps in for Katherine Jolly
Due to sudden illness, soprano Katherine Jolly is unable to join the Quad City Symphony Orchestra for Masterworks I: Statement on October 5 & 6. The QCSO is pleased to announce that soprano Carrie Shaw will join the orchestra to perform the world premiere of the...
QCSO Welcomes New Season with Powerful, Dramatic Statements
To say that human beings have an affinity for drama is an understatement. The human experience is layered in drama, and QCSO will hone in on the individual experiences during each of this season’s Masterworks performances, beginning first with the power of a Statement...
Quad City Bank & Trust Riverfront Pops Moves to Rock Island Arsenal for 2019
On Saturday, August 17, 2019, at 7:30 pm Quad City Bank & Trust (QCB&T) Riverfront Pops will rock the Quad Cities with a killer setlist of Queen’s greatest hits! Due to the extensive damage sustained by LeClaire Park during this spring’s historic flood and...
QCSO Participates in Spring Forward’s 3rd Annual Step Up for Summer Learning Event
On July 11th nearly 1,000 Quad City area kids packed the Tax Slayer Center for Spring Forward’s 3rd Annual “Step Up for Summer Learning” event. QCSO 2nd Bassoonist, Matt Kowalczyk, demonstrated his instrument and participants were welcome to try a...
Elizabeth Lundine Hired as New Prelude Strings Conductor of the Youth Ensembles
The Quad City Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the hiring of Elizabeth Lundine as the new Prelude Strings Conductor for the Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles. Elizabeth is an orchestra director in the Davenport Community School District. She is currently the...
Bernstein Meets Brass Quintet in Gorgeous Geneseo Concert Hall
In continued celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial, the QCSO Brass Quintet will animate the recently completed Geneseo High School Concert Hall on Saturday, May 18 with two of the composer’s most enjoyable and colorful pieces. QCSO will also honor Joan Tower...
QCSO Celebrates the Quad Cities by Premiering Commissioned Piece on Masterworks VI
In a tribute to Quad Cities past and present, QCSO will premiere a multimedia tone poem titled CitySpeaks in its early April Masterworks VI performances, wowing the audience with a masterful combination of music, poetry, and visual elements. QCSO will also pay homage...