The Well-Tempered Ear

Classical music: The Madison Symphony Orchestra’s three FREE monthly organ concerts on Farmers’ Market Saturdays this summer start TOMORROW.

By Jacob Stockinger

The Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will host the first of three FREE summer organ concerts during the Dane County Farmers’ Market tomorrow, Saturday, June 18, at 11 a.m. in Overture Hall, 201 State Street. (Below is the organ keyboard in a photo by Zane Williams.)

No tickets or reservations are needed for this 45-minute concert featuring guest organist Adrian Binkley.

Adrian Binkley, a young organist from Madison, Wisconsin and a student of MSO Principal Organist Samuel Hutchison (below) recently won first place in the national Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition, being one of only three finalists chosen from high school organists across the United States.

Binkley also recently won a full scholarship to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and has previously studied at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan.

His program includes the music of Renzo Bossi, Marcel Dupré, Charles-Marie Widor and others.

The MSO and Overture Center for the Arts present the Farmers’ Market Concert Series in partnership with the Wisconsin State Journal/Madison.com. Support for all Overture Concert Organ programs is provided by the Diane Endres Ballweg Fund. With a gift from Pleasant T. Rowland, the Madison Symphony Orchestra commissioned the Overture Concert Organ (below), which is the stunning backdrop of all MSO concerts.

Learn more about this program and the other Farmers’ Market Organ Concerts at: http://madisonsymphony.org/farmers

Learn more about the Overture Concert Organ Season 2016-17 and a savings of 25% on subscriptions at: http://madisonsymphony.org/organseason16-17