Wayzata Symphony Orchestra

10/12/2026

What a wonderful turnout at yesterday’s concert, The American Spirit. Thank you to everyone who filled the room at Hopkins High School, and a special thank-you to our guest violinist Erin Keefe and Music Director Keehun Nam.

We’re also grateful for your generous donations. Our concerts are free and open to the public, and your support is what keeps the music going all season.

Next up: Dreams and Songs on Sunday, November 8 at 3:00 pm at Wayzata Community Church, featuring tenor Darius Gillard. Free admission, free parking. We hope to see you there!

10/09/2026

This Sunday 3:00pm, the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra brings The American Spirit to the stage — and the final touches are coming together right now.

📅 Sunday, October 11 · 3:00PM
📍 Hopkins High School
🎟️ Free admission · Free parking · Donations gratefully accepted (Venmo, cash, or check)

Copland · Fanfare for the Common Man
Stravinsky · Firebird Suite (1919)
Barber · Violin Concerto - Erin Keefe, Violin
Free concert just show up and listen.

www.thewso.org

10/06/2026

Now Auditioning: Principal Oboe

Join the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra beginning in January 2027. Five rehearsals per concert cycle, mostly Sunday afternoons, with no rehearsals in December or June–August.

Details and interest form 👉 https://www.thewso.org/join-the-wso/2026-principal-oboe-audition/

Know an oboist? Please share!

09/29/2026

Please join the WSO on Sunday, October 11 at 3:00 at Hopkins High School for our season opener featuring Minnesota Orchestra's concertmaster, Erin Keefe. Keehun Nam, music director. Free, no ticket required. Donations gratefully accepted at the door. Join us for a reception following the concert to meet Erin, Keehun and the WSO musicians. See you there!

09/21/2026

The WSO opens season 18 celebrating the American spirit as one that constantly moves forward, creating a better future — inspired by Robert Pinsky's poem “The Figured Wheel.” Erin Keefe, Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra, returns to WSO for Barber's soaring Violin Concerto.

https://www.thewso.org/event/the-american-spirit-2026/

07/07/2026

Drumroll, please 🥁 — the WSO is hiring! Check out the link below to see how you can join a team bringing professional-caliber orchestral music to the Twin Cities.

https://www.thewso.org/about-us/work-with-us/

06/17/2026

Last week we were at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Gala in the Gardens. Live music has a way of energizing a room — and we're bringing that to our 18th season opener!

Erin Keefe, Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra, joins us on stage October 11, 2026 at 3 pm at Hopkins High School.

Admission is free. Donate what you can.

Tag a friend who loves the energy of live, local, orchestral music ⬇

05/20/2026

Don't miss this fantastic concert! Complimentary tickets are still available through today!

🎟 Our final complimentary ticket release! (No purchase required)

Use code NACHITO60 for up to 4 complimentary tickets.

Take the afternoon off and bring your favorite people.

Hear internationally acclaimed Steinway Artist Nachito Herrera perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with conductor Yaniv Segal leading more than 50 professional Twin Cities musicians.

Also on the program:
Elgar’s Salut d’Amour and Brahms’s Symphony No. 3.
(And yes — there’s a clarinet solo so beautiful you might need your Kleenex.)

Whether you know every note of Rachmaninoff or are just looking for a great afternoon out, this is big, emotional music — and live is the way to hear it.

Saturday, May 30 • 2 PM
Benson Great Hall — Bethel University - Arden Hills, MN

Code expires Friday at 11:59 PM.
Ticket link in first comment.

05/18/2026

Please join the WSO on Sunday, May 24 at 12:30 pm at the Hopkins High School Little Theatre for the WSO Concerto Competition Auditions! This exciting event featuring some of our talented musicians as soloists is free and open to the public.

Auditioning this year are Paul Humiston (Bassoon) and Anita Rieder (Flute). The winner will be featured in a concert next season. We'd love to see you there!

05/08/2026

Join the WSO tonight, May 8 at 7:00 pm at Hopkins High School for its final concert of the season! See you there!