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, […]
From the Mead Witter School of Music University of Wisconsin-Madison September 13, 2016 In a marriage of the Baroque and the modern, celebrated UW-Madison pianist Christopher Taylor will debut his […]
BRASS, BRASS AND MORE BRASS – With No. 3, UW-Madison cements a tradition as a Brass Hub of the Midwest On September 30 and October 1, 2016, the newly renamed […]
The UW-Madison School of Music is pleased to announce that David Ronis, interim University Opera director since 2014, has been selected as the program’s permanent director following a nationally competitive […]
February 12, 2016 This spring, University Opera will present Transformations, Conrad Susa’s daring 1973 chamber opera with texts by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton. Transformations will be directed by Interim […]
by Katherine Esposito Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin It was the path he’d chosen, the […]
A percussionist, a violinist, two pianists and a composer will take the stage on Feb. 14 at the UW-Madison School of Music, when the school offers its annual “Symphony Showcase,” […]
In homage to a beloved composer, the UW-Madison School of Music will present its third annual Schubertiade, an evening of songs, piano duets and chamber music by Franz Schubert, one […]
By John Allen, University Communications December 3, 2015 The Witter and Mead families have been connected to the State of Wisconsin and to the University of Wisconsin since before […]
By Katherine Esposito It all started with an idea for summer fun, in the midst of a verdant paradise, at a family home he’d visited every year since he was […]
In early November, the UW-Madison School of Music will welcome back five graduates of the composition studio who have developed creative, multi-dimensional careers in a range of fields: acoustic and […]
University Opera presents The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart and da Ponte’s masterpiece of comedy and intrigue After the unprecedented success of last spring’s sold-out run of The Magic Flute, this […]
From October 9 to 11, the UW-Madison School of Music will present its second brass music festival, following a spirited event last year that was enthusiastically received by students and […]
In September, the UW-Madison School of Music will welcome violinist Soh-Hyun Park-Altino to its roster of full-time faculty. Prof. Altino hails most recently from Memphis, where she served on the […]
Brenda Rae, a School of Music voice alumna whose 2013 U.S. operatic debut in the Santa Fe Opera’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” received high praise from the New […]
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The 2015 fall semester at the School of Music will be marked by the addition of a new tenure-track professor of violin, Soh-Hyun Park Altino, and adjunct professor of clarinet, […]
Cancer claims Karen Bishop, but husband carries out her wishes by Katherine Esposito It takes a big heart to pour oneself into a operatic solo, in front of a live […]
Fifty years is not a long time in the world of classical music, but it’s a very long time in the world of formal percussion studies. In the 1960s and […]
From March 13 to 17, University Opera will present Mozart’s beloved masterpiece of fantasy, The Magic Flute, in a family-friendly, exotic East-West staging. In a departure, the opera will run […]
