Anthony McGill with UW–Madison Symphony Orchestra

202304apr7:30 pm8:30 pmAnthony McGill with UW–Madison Symphony Orchestra

Time

(Tuesday) 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall

740 University Avenue

Event Details

Purchase tickets
General admission: $15
Student: Free (ticket required)
Live stream: $7
Live stream (UW-Madison Student): $5

Oriol Sans, conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinet

Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Union Theater

Dr. James Zychowicz, president of the Mahler Society of Chicago, will present a pre-concert talk on Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 from 6:45 pm-7:15 pm in the Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall. Tickets are required to attend, and the purchase of a concert ticket includes access to the pre-concert talk.

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Clarinetist Anthony McGill is one of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. He serves as the principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, that orchestra’s first African-American principal player. Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” (The New York Times), as well as for his “exquisite combination of technical refinement and expressive radiance” (The Baltimore Sun), McGill also serves as an ardent advocate for helping music education reach underserved communities. McGill was honored to take part in the inauguration of President Obama, premiering a piece by John Williams alongside violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Gabriela Montero. 

McGill appears regularly as a soloist with top orchestras around North America including the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Baltimore Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Kansas City Symphony, and is a favorite collaborator of the Brentano, Daedalus, Guarneri, JACK, Miró, Pacifica, Shanghai, Takacs, and Tokyo Quartets, as well as Emanuel Ax, Inon Barnatan, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Midori, Mitsuko Uchida, and Lang Lang. 

A graduate of the Curtis Institute, McGill previously served as the principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera. He serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music, Bard College’s Conservatory of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music 

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Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall740 University Avenue