In preparing programs, DeMain does something others in classical music sometimes scorn: Listen. DeMain is retiring at the end of the orchestra’s next season.
A tiny gold piano sits on a table in DeMain’s Madison home. To familiarize himself with a symphony, DeMain first sits down at his piano and works through the orchestral score.
When John DeMain arrived in Madison as one of three candidates vying to lead the Madison Symphony Orchestra in 1993, he exhorted the musicians not to forget him. After more than three decades, DeMain enters his final season as music director as perhaps the MSO‘s most memorable figure.
More than 50 performers passed through the Overture Center throughout the weekend, accompanied by offerings like yoga, music-themed glitter ta…
When John DeMain arrived in Madison as one of three candidates vying to lead the Madison Symphony Orchestra in 1993, he exhorted the musicians not to forget him. After more than three decades, DeMain enters his final season as music director as perhaps the MSO‘s most memorable figure.
A tiny gold piano sits on a table in DeMain’s Madison home. To familiarize himself with a symphony, DeMain first sits down at his piano and works through the orchestral score.
In preparing programs, DeMain does something others in classical music sometimes scorn: Listen. DeMain is retiring at the end of the orchestra’s next season.
