About the MCO The Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra is Milwaukee's only professional chamber orchestra and one of only 65 in the nation. Since its founding in 1973, the MCO has earned a reputation as one of southeastern Wisconsin's finest professional performing arts groups. Critical review, audience response and other feedback reveal that the MCO performs with the highest of artistic integrity and fills a unique niche in satisfying a desire for audiences to hear, and for professional artists to perform, chamber music within the greater Milwaukee metropolitan area.
Richard Hynson, the MCO's second music director, took over in 2006 succeeding founding music director Stephen Colburn after 3 decades of leadership. Hynson envisions a chamber orchestra that can provide both the community and the musicians with outstanding opportunities to experience orchestral music through creative scheduling and programming, intimate venues, and a unique approach to music. Hynson believes that, in the right atmosphere, music can provide not only food for the soul, but an important component of wellness for the body and mind.
Through its continuing commitment to excellence, the MCO contributes to the depth of the city's nationally recognized and vibrant arts community, and further bolsters Milwaukee's reputation as a destination city for the performing arts. | 
