MSO Retiree Spotlight: Glenn Asch and Mary Terranova

MSO RETIREE SPOTLIGHT: GLENN ASCH AND MARY TERRANOVA

PUBLISHED 2025-06-09

Two retirees from the Milwaukee Symphony’s second violin section this year have new musical adventures awaiting them. Read more about how Glenn Asch and Mary Terranova are preparing for their retirement — and their reflections on a career in music.

Violinist Tai Murray on Telling Musical Stories

VIOLINIST TAI MURRAY ON TELLING MUSICAL STORIES

PUBLISHED 2025-05-12

Talk to Tai Murray about playing the violin, and more than once she will mention the importance of telling a story. But how do you tell a story about philosophy? Read about Murray's approach to performing Leonard Bernstein's Serenade.

Yaniv Dinur Returns

YANIV DINUR RETURNS FOR TCHAIKOVSKY'S FOURTH

PUBLISHED 2025-04-19

For eight years, Yaniv Dinur was the popular resident conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Later this month, he will return as a full-fledged guest conductor, leading the orchestra in a subscription program of music by Barber, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky.

Musician Profile: Dietrich Hemann

MUSICIAN PROFILE: DIETRICH HEMANN ON A LIFE IN MUSIC

PUBLISHED 2025-05-01

“Being a good second horn player is a state of mind,” said Hemann, who has held that position in the Milwaukee Symphony since 2008. “It’s an attitude of collaboration and deference to what the first horn is doing and helping the first horn and section sound better.”

Ji Su Jung

MARIMBA SUPERSTAR JI SU JUNG CHAMPIONS PUTS CONCERTO

PUBLISHED 2025-03-19

“If you play violin or piano, you know as a child that you can grow up to be a soloist,” Jung said recently, before visiting Milwaukee to perform Kevin Puts’s Marimba Concerto. “I wish that I had known it was possible. But if I can be the one that helps future generations have more freedom to choose repertoire, that’s beautiful.”

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