The Latest from MSO

MSO Players to Perform at Framingham State University’s Graduate School Commencement

On May 22, beginning at 5:30 p.m., students in the various graduate schools of FSU will receive their degrees. At the school’s request, a quintet of MSO players will provide live music to begin and end the ceremony. This will be the first of many opportunities to build synergy between orchestra and university.

Music Director and Conductor Max Hobart Profiled in Fifty Plus Advocate

Fifty Plus Advocate is a community newspaper focusing on, well, people who are age fifty plus. If you see it in your local drugstore, library, town hall, or other location where community publications are offered, pick up the February 2025 edition to see an article about Max Hobart. Or go to the paper’s website and read the article there: https://www.fiftyplusadvocate.com/2025/01/31/fifty-plus-advocate-february-2025/ and learn about Max’s early years and why the violin was his second choice of instrument to learn. 🙂

World Première MSO Commission to Be Heard at March 16, 2025, Concert

In honor of the collaboration of the Metrowest Symphony Orchestra with Framingham State University, a new piece by Boston-area composer Richard St. Clair will be performed. The piece is titled Hello! for Orchestra and the MSO is excited to be presenting its première in Dwight Performing Arts Center at FSU with the composer in attendance. For details of the concert, click on the Concerts heading in the main menu.

Richard St. Clair, composer of Hello! for Orchestra

Players from MSO to Perform at the Franklin Library This Winter

Come by the Franklin Public Library on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 2 p.m. for string music selections played by MSO members. This free series is open to all. For details, see the library’s website at https://www.franklinma.gov/franklin-public-library and click on “Calendar of Events” in the left-hand column.

Framingham State Faculty and Students Engaging with MSO