Like the rest of the world, faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music are adjusting to new routines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Associate Professor of Horn […]
UW-Madison alumni form 3/4 of new quartet in Door County Executive director also an alumna By Katherine Esposito The first time UW-Madison’s Hunt Quartet played in Door County for Midsummer’s […]
August 25, 2018 By Jay Rath Michael Leckrone, longtime director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Marching Band, announced today that he will step down at the end of the […]
News release March 13, 2018 Contact: Katherine Esposito 608.263.5615 Celebrating a milestone with students, faculty and special guest, trumpeter Marquis Hill This April, UW-Madison’s annual Jazz Week will […]
During his graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, alumnus J. Griffith Rollefson embarked on several international research trips while writing his dissertation, “European Hip Hop and the Politics of […]
September 27, 2017 Contact: Katherine Esposito 263-5615 David Ronis University Opera turns to music and theater of the mid-20th century with A KURT WEILL CABARET This fall, University Opera takes […]
Contact: Jay Rath (608) 438-0127 In Memoriam: “Band Mom” Phyllis Leckrone Phyllis Bechtold Leckrone, 81, wife of longtime UW Marching Band director Mike Leckrone, passed away early this morning following […]
The Carillon returns! May 26, 2017 For more information: kesposito@wisc.edu We are happy to report that the UW-Madison Memorial Carillon concerts will resume on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at 3 […]
January 31, 2017 Contacts: David Ronis ronis@wisc.edu Katherine Esposito kesposito@wisc.edu Fresh from winning two major awards in the 2015-16 National Opera Association Competition, University Opera will present Benjamin Britten’s […]
January 26, 2017 CONTACT: Beth Larson, beth.larson@wisc.edu Katherine Esposito kesposito@wisc.edu UW-Madison Musicians to present “Thank You” concert to Mead Witter Foundation The University of Wisconsin Mead Witter School of Music […]
University Opera scores again with national recognition Awards for two shows in 2015-2016 UW-Madison’s University Opera is on a roll. Both shows from last year, Transformations and Mozart’s Le nozze […]
ALSO IN JANUARY: Violinist Soh-Hyun Altino and pianist Christopher Taylor team up for an afternoon of exquisite sonatas from Fauré and Corigliano. Sunday, January 22, 4 PM. Learn more here. […]
Two violinists, one pianist, one trumpeter, and one vocalist will solo with UW Symphony Orchestra with conductor James Smith. In addition, the music of composition student Nathan Froebe will be […]
New opera sheds light on Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the Baroque’s most respected female painters By Michael Muckian Artemisia, the recently completed opera by the University of Wisconsin’s Laura Elise […]
Wisconsin Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society Presents “Wisconsin Day of Percussion” January 21, 2017 at the Mead Witter School of Music Hosted by Anthony Di Sanza, professor of percussion, […]
As part of the worldwide commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, University Opera will present Verdi’s final masterpiece, Falstaff. Based on material from The Merry Wives of Windsor, […]
