Make It Live!

Throughout your 2026 MLC Study Guide, pieces with a “Make It Live!” tag will be performed by a professional orchestra or ensemble near you during the 2026 season! Here are all of those pieces and performances in one place.

November 1, 6, 8, & 9 / Cosi fan tutte / Mozart / Minnesota Opera

November 7-8 / Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” / Tchaikovsky / Utah Symphony

November 8-9 / Lyric for Strings / Walker / Orchestra Iowa

November 21-23 / Pictures at an Exhibition / Mussorgsky / Madison Symphony Orchestra

November 23 / Danish String Quartet / Sorensen / Schubert Club

January 8-9 / Symphony No. 1 / Nielsen / Minnesota Orchestra

January 8-10 / Piano Concerto No. 23 / Mozart / Utah Symphony

January 30-31 / The Sorcerer’s Apprentice / Dukas / Minnesota Orchestra

January 31-February 1 / Symphony No. 38 “Prague” / Mozart / Milwaukee Symphony

February 20-22 / Selections from Water Music / Handel / St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

March 3 / Cello Concerto / Elgar / Minnesota Orchestra

March 3 / Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes / Britten / Minnesota Orchestra

March 14-15 / Symphony No. 38 “Prague” / Mozart / Des Moines Symphony

April 10-11 / Lyric Pieces arr. for Chamber Orchestra / Grieg / St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

April 18-19 / Appalachian Spring / Copland / Des Moines Symphony