ABOUT US
Located inside Midwest Conservatory of Music, MPO offers orchestral training to beginning, intermediate, and advanced musicians in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago.
Midwest String Orchestra
Preparatory orchestra for beginners and intermediate-level string musicians.
Midwest Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony orchestra for advanced strings, winds, and percussion students.
Repertoire is selected from a wide range of mature, high-level pieces that require personal preparation and self-discipline in each musician.
Core Members of the MPO
Chamber orchestra that includes the most advanced players that are already part of MPO. Performing pieces for symphonies of smaller scale, "Core" focuses on individual preparedness and the ensembles clarity as a whole in order to produce the top quality of music-making possible as students.
Announced September, 2020, Midwest Philharmonic Orchestra is the 3rd Place Winner of the 2019 American Prize in Orchestral Performance - Community Orchestra Division! We are so proud of all of our students and musicians! Congratulations to all MPO musicians!
MPO Music Director, Taka Matsunaga is also the 3rd Place Winner of the 2019 American Prize in Conducting - Community Orchestra Division! The MPO is privileged to have such an acclaimed conductor instructing our orchestras. Congratulations, Maestro!
Since 2007, the MPO has been striving to provide high quality music education to the students of the suburbs of Chicago. We have recently committed in expanding our educational outreach to more students in the suburbs of Chicago, in order to bring awareness to music education and the importance of youth performing arts organizations like us.
Our Motto:
COLLABORATE - We want students of all ages and levels to collaborate together in not only making great music but also making memories that last a lifetime.
INSPIRE - We want our students to take those memories and experiences from music making and inspire future generations to continuing the legacy of youth music programs, which are vital to the development of children and the communities in which they reside.
ACHIEVE - Like any youth music program, we want our students to achieve great things in life. Through collaborating together and building a musical community based on inclusion, we will be able to achieve in making a better future for everyone.
