Career Chat - Scott Ordway
2025-10-24 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The School of Music Career Chat Series presents:
Scott Ordway, Head of Composition at Rutgers University
Humanities Building
Room 1321
Scott Ordway is a critically acclaimed composer and multimedia artist whose work fuses music, text, and image to explore landscape, memory, and our relationship to the natural world.
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The School of Music Career Chat Series introduces students to professionals who have taken multifaceted routes to success in the music industry. Each session features a candid conversation with a guest artist, where students will get the chance to ask questions directly, hear behind-the-scenes stories, and gain insight into the many ways a music career can unfold.
All students are invited to attend.

Oboe Studio Recital
2025-10-24 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
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Featuring performances by students in the Oboe Studio

Klez Fest - David Krakauer Lecture
2025-10-25 16:00 | Lee/Kaufman Rehearsal Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Klez Fest guest artist David Krakauer presents musical and personal journey through klezmer.
Lern more about Klez Fest Midwest at music.wisc.edu/klezfest

Klez Fest - Soundwaves
2025-10-25 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Scales: Atomic and Klezmer
Gaze into the world of the unimaginably small with an evening exploring the atomic scale. What is quantum computing and how does it work? How do atoms in metals organize themselves into hierarchies? As part of Klez Fest Midwest, this special SoundWaves event will feature more live music than ever, with the duo of Krakauer & Tagg, featuring brilliant klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer and pianist Kathleen Tagg, performing and explaining what gives klezmer music its characteristic style and sound (it’s all in the scales!).
Swamit Tannu, computer sciences
Danny Fredrickson, chemistry
Daniel Grabois, music
With special musical guests David Krakauer (clarinet) and Kathleen Tagg (piano)
Lern more about Klez Fest Midwest at music.wisc.edu/klezfest

Klez Fest - Children's Concert
2025-10-26 11:00 | Lee/Kaufman Rehearsal Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Father-daughter duet Elm Duo has been performing together for over a decade. Elm Duo is the award-winning vocalist and fiddle champion Eleanor Mayerfeld (the EL in Elm Duo) and the guitarist and prize-winning composer Mike Bell (the M in Elm Duo). They like to call their style folk cabaret, an eclectic blend of acoustic music from bluegrass to jazz to klezmer and more.
Lern more about Klez Fest Midwest at music.wisc.edu/klezfest

Klez Fest - David Krakauer’s Lower East Side Legacy
2025-10-26 14:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Lern more about Klez Fest Midwest at music.wisc.edu/klezfest

Memorial Carillon
2025-10-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Carillon Tower, 1160 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Lyle Anderson, University Carillonneur Emeritus
I. UW school songs
The University Hymn
On Wisconsin
Songs to Thee, Wisconsin
The Blue Ridge Nocturne (Johan Franco, 1958)
Requiem for the Refugees (Dick Le Mair, 2001)
II. Elegy (Johan Franco, 1965)
The Bells of Hell (American Salvationist hymn;
arranged for carillon by Theophil Rusterholz, 1956)
“The bells of Hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling for you and not for me.”
Haunted Nursery (Midnight Syndicate, 1998; arr. Brooke M. Becker)
III. Black Water (David Drexler, 1997)
“Come, sweet death” BWV 478 (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1736; arr. Leen ’t Hart, 1985)
“Hear the tolling of the bells,” from Second Suite, the Bells, after Poe
(Robert B. Kleinschmidt, 1934)
IV. From the carillon books of Johan Berghuys, city carillonneur of Delft, 1741-1801,
edited by Leen ’t Hart, 1972
Menuet – Air – Menuet – Langzaam – “Mijn hert verzeijd is” – Mars
Varsity

Trevor Healy - DMA Recital
2025-10-26 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Trevor Healy DMA Horn Recital
Trevor Healy, horn
Benjamin Davies-Hudson, violin
Fiona Hunt, harp
Wade Troyer, piano
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Program
Horn Trio in Eb Major, Op. 40 (1865) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Benjamin Davies-Hudson, violin
Wade Troyer, piano
Intermission
In Blackwater Woods (2021, rev. 2024) Ila V. Sharma (b. 2001)
Chants D’Arrière-Saison (1995) Bernard Andrès (b. 1941)
Fiona Hunt, harp
Song of a New World (2013) Richard Bissill (b. 1959)
Wade Troyer, piano
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Trevor Healy is a graduate student pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts (DMA) in horn performance at University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying with Daniel Grabois. Trevor previously attended UW for his Master’s of Music in horn performance, graduating in 2024. Both degrees have been accompanied by a Project Assistantship with the Wingra Wind Quintet, one of the Mead Witter School of Music’s faculty ensembles in residence. Trevor is also a Graduate Teaching Assistant for a music production course.
Born and raised just south of Rochester, NY, Trevor earned a Certificate of Advanced Achievement in Performance from Eastman Community Music School in 2018. This program included wind quintet and brass ensemble memberships, as well as private studies with Byron Johns, Lauren Becker, and Maura McCune-Corvington. Trevor was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra from 2014 to 2018, winning their concerto competition in 2018.
Trevor attended Ohio State University, graduating with a Bachelor’s in Music Education in 2022 while studying with Bruce Henniss. At OSU, he performed in the Wind Symphony, Symphony Orchestra, and multiple chamber groups. While living in Columbus, Trevor was 2nd horn of the New Albany Symphony Orchestra and 4th horn of the Camarata Chamber Orchestra. He was also a performer in a wind quintet for the 2021 International Double Reed Symposium. In 2024, Trevor attended the Pacific Region International Summer Music Association (PRISMA) festival, and in 2025, the National Orchestral Institute (NOI). Currently, Trevor is 2nd horn of the Fox Valley Symphony and Principal horn of the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, as well a teacher and freelancer in various settings around Madison.

Contemporary Jazz Ensemble & Creative Music Collective - Student Ensemble Series
2025-10-29 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
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School of Music Alumni Reception
2025-10-30 17:00 - 19:00 | WI
A reception for all School of Music alumni, friends, faculty, and staff
Monona Terrace Convention Center
Main Floor (Salon G)
1 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI
Parking in the ramp at Monona Terrace
Enjoy networking, food, and beverages with Dan Cavanagh, Director of the School of Music, and Garry Owens, President of the School of Music Alumni Association, plus renew connections with School of Music alumni, faculty, and friends, and staff.
Registration to the Wisconsin State Music Conference is not required to attend the reception.

Jazz Standards Ensemble & Jazz Composers' Group - Student Ensemble Series
2025-10-30 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States

Chayse Hoefler - Senior Recital
2025-11-01 17:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Chayse Hoefler Senior Voice Recital
Chayse Hoefler, voice
Sarah Williams, piano
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Program
Girl in 14G Jeanine Tesori (b.1961), Lyrics by Dick Scanlan (b.1960)
from Myrthen, Op. 25 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
No. 1 Widmung
No. 3 Der Nussbaum
No. 9 Lied der Suleika
No. 11 Lieder der Braut
No. 25 Aus den östlichen Rosen
Aurore Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Intermission
Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gengangen from Der Freischutz Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Poème d’un jour, Op. 21 Gabriel Faure
I. Rencontre
II. Toujours
III. Adieu
Quando men vo from La Boheme Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Laurie’s Song Aaron Copeland, Lyrics by Richard Wilbur
from the Tenderland

Michael Kelley - Elective Recital
2025-11-01 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Michael Kelley Elective Voice Recital
Michael Kelley, voice
Thomas Kasdorf, piano
Michael Kelley performs Robert Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” in collaboration with Dr. Thomas Kasdorf. In 2020, Michael’s senior recital with Dr. Kasdorf was cancelled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. After five years, Michael returns to the material he fell in love with so long ago to tie up some loose ends, and to begin a new chapter in his musical journey, this time under the guidance of Dr. Julia Rottmayer.
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Program
“Dichterliebe”
1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
2. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
3. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
4. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’
5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
7. Ich grolle nicht
8. Und wüßten’s die Blumen, die kleinen
9. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
10. Hör’ ich das Liedchen klingen
11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen
12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
13. Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet
14. Allnächtlich im Traume seh’ ich dich
15. Aus alten Märchen
16. Die alten, bösen Lieder
Composer: Robert Schumann
Poet: Heinrich Heine

Parry Karp & Eli Kalman - Faculty Artist Series
2025-11-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
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Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Parry Karp, violoncello
Eli Kalman, piano
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Cellist Parry Karp is Artist-in Residence, and the Robert and Linda Graebner Professor of Chamber Music and Cello, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is director of the string chamber music program. He has been cellist of the Pro Arte Quartet for the past 49 years, the longest tenure of any member in the quartet’s over 100 year history.
Parry Karp is an active solo artist, performing numerous recitals annually in the United States with pianists Howard and Frances Karp, and Eli Kalman. Mr. Karp has played concerti throughout the United States and gave the first performance in Romania of Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo with the National Radio Orchestra in Bucharest in 2002. He is active as a performer of new music and has performed in the premieres of dozens of works, many of which were written for him, including concerti, sonatas and chamber music. As a solo recording artist, he has recorded the solo cello works of Ernest Bloch, and works of Frank Bridge, Nils Bultmann, Rebecca Clarke, Ernest Chausson, Edward Collins, Georges Enesco, Joel Hoffman, John Ireland, Alberic Magnard, Eric Nathan, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Miklos Rosza, and Richard Strauss. Unearthing and performing unjustly neglected repertoire for cello is a passion of Mr. Karp’s. In recent years he has transcribed for cello many masterpieces written for other instruments. This project has included performances of all of the Duo Sonatas of Brahms, all but one of the Duo Sonatas of Beethoven, as well as compositions of Bach, Dvorak, Hindemith, Schumann, Strauss, Stravinsky and Szymanowski. In July of 2024 he recorded a Concerto CD with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) which included both Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo and his Suite for Viola and Orchestra of 1919. It will be released by Signum Records in 2025. Parry Karp performs annually in summer music festivals throughout the United States.
As cellist of the Pro Arte Quartet he has performed over 1,000 concerts throughout North, Central and South America, Europe, and Japan. His discography with the group has been extensive and includes the complete string quartets of Ernest Bloch, Miklos Rosza, and Karol Szymanowski . Many of these recordings received awards from Fanfare and High Fidelity Magazines. Other composers whose string quartets or string quintets the Pro Arte Quartet has recorded during his tenure include: Beethoven, William Bolcom, Luís de Freitas Branco, Martin Boykan, Tamar Diesendruck, Dvorak, Brian Fennelly, John Harbison, Andrew Imbrie, Pierre Jalbert, Fred Lerdahl, Walter Mays, Benoit Mernier, Mendelssohn, Karol Rathaus, Samuel Rhodes, Roger Sessions, and Ralph Shapey. As a member of the Pro Arte Quartet he has recorded the Piano Quintets of Ernest Bloch, Johannes Brahms and Armando José Fernandes with pianist Howard Karp. Guest artists with the Pro Arte during his years have included: the Emerson Quartet, Denes Koromzay, Leon Fleischer, Sidney Harth, Nobuko Imai, Gunnar Johansen, Gilbert Kalish, Jerome Lowenthal, Robert Mann, Paul Schoenfield, Samuel Rhodes, Robert Silverman, Christopher Taylor, Laszlo Varga and Tamas Vasary. Gunther Schuller conducted the group in the premiere of his String Quartet Concerto which he wrote for the Pro Arte Quartet. The Pro Arte Quartet was one of five finalists (the others were the Juilliard, Tokyo, and Emerson Quartets, and the Beaux Arts Trio) for the First Annual Arturo Toscanini Award in the Chamber Music Category
Parry Karp’s chamber music discography outside of the Pro Arte Quartet includes the three piano trios of Joel Hoffman, as well as works of Britten, Fauré, Martinu, Mozart and Pierné. Mr. Karp had a visiting professorship at the University of British Columbia, and has been a visiting fellow at Princeton University. Former students of Mr. Karp’s are members of professional string quartets, major orchestras, and teachers in the United States. In 2012 he was a recipient of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the spring of 2016, Parry Karp was named a fellow of the Wisconsin Academy.
Mr. Karp received early training in Vienna, Austria and studied cello with Lee Duckles, David Kadarauch, Peter Farrell, Gabriel Magyar and Gabor Rejto. Inspirational chamber music teachers included Gabriel Magyar, Howard Karp, Lorand Fenyves, and Zoltan Szekely.
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Pianist Eli Kalman has captivated audiences with his exceptional performances. His musical journey has taken him through Romania, Israel, Germany, Hungary, Japan, the United States, and Canada. With an unwavering devotion to chamber music, his artistry has been presented on prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, and renowned series like “San Francisco Performances,” the “Tuesday Evening Concert Series” in Virginia, the Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital Series at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, the Emmanuel Music-Schumann Chamber Series in Boston, and the Connoisseur Series at Wichita State University, among others.
Eli Kalman’s presence extended within his repertoire, as he has also shone as a soloist with the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra, Water City Chamber Orchestra and in numerous live broadcast recitals, including “Sunday Afternoon Live from the Chazen” on WPR and WFMT Chicago. As a recording artist, he has contributed to the world of classical music with notable albums. These include collaborations such as “Erwin Junger: Works for Solo Piano and Cello” (2001), Schumann’s expressive “Sonatas for Violin and Piano” with violinist Rose Mary Harbison (2006), and the evocative “The Jewish Soul” alongside cellist Amit Peled from the Peabody Institute (Centaur 2009). His solo endeavors feature “Homo Ludens” (Centaur 2016), which celebrates the contemporary piano compositions of Russian-American composer-pianist Lera Auerbach. Moreover, his exploration of Italian chamber music culminated in the resonant “Nebbie” album (Centaur 2018) alongside violinist Jameson Cooper, showcasing his profound insights.
In 2020, Eli embarked on a visionary project centered around new music for horn, violin, and piano. This creative endeavor reached its zenith with the release of the album “Advenio” (Centaur 2020), featuring the Advenio Trio—a collaboration with hornist Bruce Atwell and violinist Yuliya Smead. The trio served as the resident ensemble at UW Oshkosh.
Beyond his performances, Dr. Kalman stands as a scholar with an enduring commitment to uncovering hidden treasures within the musical realm. His scholarly pursuits encompass a fascination with overlooked compositions for strings and piano, the works of Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti, the compositions of Romanian-Israeli composer Erwin Junger, and previously unpublished chamber pieces by Ottorino Respighi. His groundbreaking research resulted in the world premiere publication of Respighi’s inaugural Sonata for violin and piano (1897), made available through AR Editions/Special Publications in 2011. In recognition of his contributions to Respighi’s chamber music’s research, recording, and performance, Dr. Kalman was honored with an invitation to perform in Bologna, Italy, by the International Museum and Library of Music.
Prior to his tenure at UW-Oshkosh, which began in 2006, he had imparted his musical wisdom as a member of the piano faculty at the Center of Arts, Mizra in Israel, and the Lyceum of Arts, Baia Mare in Romania. Through his profound artistry, scholarship, and pedagogical endeavors, Eli Kalman continues to shape his corner in the world of classical music and inspire audiences and musicians alike.

Ben Campbell - Master's Recital
2025-11-02 17:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Ben Campbell Master’s Violin Recital
Ben Campbell, violin
Fiona Hunt, harp
Isla Coronado, flute
Frankie Bones, piano
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Program
O Wast Wind Sarah Rimkus (b. 1990)
Fantasy for Violin and Harp Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Fiona Hunt, harp
Intermission
Light Sky Ben Campbell (b. 2002)
Stir Crazy Carlos Simon (b. 1986)
Isla Coronado, flute
Polish Caprice Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Suite for Violin and Piano Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Frankie Bones, piano
Introduction
I. March
II. Moto Perpetuo
III. Lullaby
IV. Waltz
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Born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Ben Campbell is a violinist, teacher, and composer whose work spans Wisconsin and northern Michigan. Ben is in his final year of a master’s degree in violin performance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he holds the position of Graduate Teaching Assistant as well as violinist in the Rabin String Quartet. Ben holds a bachelor’s degree in violin as well as a minor in music theory from the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, in Appleton WI. Ben can often be found performing with the Marquette Symphony Orchestra and Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra in Michigan, the Fox Valley Symphony in Wisconsin, and the Superior String Alliance Chamber Players. He also is a teacher of violin, viola, and chamber music at Superior String Alliance summer camps, held annually in the Upper Peninsula.

Noah Brooks - DMA Recital
2025-11-04 19:30 | Morphy Recital Hall, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Noah Brooks DMA Drum Recital
Noah Brooks, drums & compositions
Thomas Wieland, saxophone
Dan VanZeeland, piano
Jeff Weiss, bass
Featuring all original compositions

Wind Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2025-11-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
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Scott Teeple, conductor
With special guests
Mariana Farah, guest conductor
Director of Choral Activities

and
Daniel Grabois, horn
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Mimmi Fulmer Studio Recital
2025-11-05 17:00 | Morphy Recital Hall, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Featuring performances by students in Prof. Mimmi Fulmer’s Voice Studio
Katie Eggers, Hannah Ray, Eric Luebke, Chayse Hoefler, Lily Garbelman, Benjamin Hanson, Lana Fabish, Austin Demerath, Amelia Eichmeier, Ruby Montgomery, Aleannah Hancock-Jammeh, Isabella Krynicka, Frankie Bones, Eunsu Kim, Sarah Williams, Joe Kaiser, Vincent Fuh, Jackson Vangoethem, Max Letellier, and Ryan Logan

Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition
2025-11-05 18:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
The biennial Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition features School of Music students competing in a single round competition recital. One winner is selected to perform a concerto with the Wind Ensemble in the spring.
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Program

Dan Cavanagh - Faculty Artist Series
2025-11-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
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Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series
“An Evening of Jazz Standards”
Dan Cavanagh, piano
with
Peter Dominguez, bass
Dave Bayles, drums
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Dan Cavanagh is a composer and pianist who has garnered numerous awards in both areas. In 2023 he was awarded the Social Justice Prize in Wind Ensemble Composition as well as 2nd Prize in the American Prize for Composition in the Wind Symphony/Band Category. He received a 2009 gold medal prize from the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition, and in 2017 he was awarded a Special Judges’ Citation in the American Prize for Chamber Music Composition. As a composer Cavanagh has been commissioned to write for Latin Grammy-winning AfroBop Alliance, the legendary Patti LaBelle, and a wide range of classical and jazz performers across North America and Europe. He has released five jazz recordings as a leader, including Pulse and Heart of the Geyser on Seattle’s OA2 Records, and two recordings with Minnesota-based vibraphonist Dave Hagedorn, Horizon and 20 Years. His most recent recording with James Miley and John Hollenbeck was released on Japan’s S/N Alliance Records in November 2022 to critical acclaim. His music can be heard on many other recordings both classical and jazz. His film scoring work can be heard in the documentary The Beat Hotel, a film exploring the hotel in Paris in the late 1950s and early 1960s where the beat poets, led by Allen Ginsberg, lived and created much of their famous work.
Cavanagh continues to be commissioned and programmed around the world. His compositions for wind symphony and saxophone/piano are published by Murphy Music Press, and his works for jazz big band are published by UNC Jazz Press, Sierra Music Publications, and E-Jazz Lines.
Cavanagh has performed extensively in North America and Europe as a pianist, and he has also performed in Asia and Central America. He has appeared in concert with Grammy-winners Irma Thomas, Adonis Rose, and Joe McCarthy and a wide number of jazz artists across the world. He has been a finalist in the EuropaFest Jazz Contest in Bucharest, Romania, and in the Jacksonville Jazz Festival Piano Competition. Cavanagh is the Pamela O. Hamel/Board of Advisors Director of the Mead Witter School of Music and Professor of Composition and Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to his time at UW-Madison he held numerous appointments at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he served for eighteen years. From 2015-2020, he served as the Co-Chair of Region VI for the Society of Composers, Inc., an international organization dedicated to new and contemporary music and composers. In Texas, Cavanagh served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Dallas Winds, a five-time Grammy nominated professional Wind Symphony, and now serves on the boards of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Cavanagh received his Ph.D. in Creative Arts from the University of Tasmania (Australia), where he studied with composer Maria Grenfell and gospel pianist Andrew Legg, and additional studies with jazz composer and guitarist Glen Hodges. He received a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon (studies with Steve Owen, Randy Porter, Toby Koenigsberg, and Robert Kyr) and a Bachelor of Music from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, (primary studies with Dave Hagedorn, Peter Hamlin, Timothy Mahr, and Mary Ellen Childs).

Hank Dutt Performance Class
2025-11-07 14:30 - 16:30 | Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Open to the public
Guest artist Hank Dutt leads a performance class with School of Music students.
Hank Dutt, viola, longtime violist of the Kronos Quartet, has been a major figure in expanding the role of chamber music of the 20th and 21st centuries. With Kronos, he was part of a major commissioning project, with many works written to showcase Dutt in particular.

Benjamin Davies Hudson - Senior Recital
2025-11-07 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Benjamin Davies Hudson Senior Recital
Benjamin Davies Hudson, violin
Sung-Eun Ryu, piano
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Program
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 121 Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Tzigane Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Rhapsody for Solo Violin No. 2 Jesse Montgomery (b. 1981)

Sebastian Jimenez - DMA Recital
2025-11-08 14:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Sebastian Jimenez DMA Conducting Recital
Sebastián Jiménez is a Colombian conductor from Bogotá and a third-year Doctoral student in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He previously served as Associate Conductor of the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra and held positions as Assistant and Principal Conductor of the FSU Philharmonia.
Jiménez collaborates closely with renowned conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, having assisted him in rehearsals with leading ensembles, including the Houston Symphony, Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, National Symphony of Colombia, and Chicago Symphony.
As a guest conductor, he has led orchestras across Europe, the United States, and Colombia, among them the National Symphony of Colombia, Cali Philharmonic, Dubrovnik Symphony, Cyprus Symphony, and Vratsa Symphony. A prizewinner at the First National Conducting Competition with the National Symphony of Colombia in 2023, he was appointed Conducting Fellow with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra in 2024. In addition, he has served as an Italian Language Instructor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 2024.

U.S. Navy Band Commodores - CANCELED
2025-11-08 17:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
October 28, 2025 update: This event has been canceled, and will not be rescheduled at this time.

Hank Dutt - Guest Artist Series
2025-11-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series
Hank Dutt, viola
Kate Campbell, piano
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The longtime violist of the Kronos Quartet, Hank Dutt has been a major figure in expanding the role of chamber music of the 20th and 21st centuries. With Kronos, he was part of a major commissioning project, with many works written to showcase Dutt in particular.
Dutt graduated from Indiana University, where he studied with violists David Dawson, and Georges Janzer, earning his BM and MM degrees. Mentors at the university included János Starker and Josef Gingold, and among his collaborators at school was future Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud.
In 1977, Dutt joined the Kronos Quartet. With over 40 albums to its credit and having performed worldwide, the Kronos Quartet has been called “probably the most famous ‘new music’ group in the world” and been praised in philosophical studies of music for the inclusiveness of its repertoire.
Kronos has performed live with the poet Allen Ginsberg, Astor Piazzolla, The National, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Paul McCartney and Björk, and has recorded with Nelly Furtado, Rokia Traoré, Joan Armatrading, Brazilian electronica artist Amon Tobin, Texas yodeler Don Walser, Faith No More, Tiger Lillies. It has worked with many minimalist composers, including John Adams, Arvo Pärt, George Crumb, Henryk Górecki, Steve Reich, John Luther Adams, Roberto Paci Dalò, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Peter Sculthorpe and Kevin Volans; collaborators hail from a diversity of countries—Kaija Saariaho from Finland, Pēteris Vasks from Latvia, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh from Azerbaijan, Homayun Sakhi from Afghanistan, Hamza El Din from Egypt, Victoria Vita Polevá from Ukraine and Fernando Otero, Astor Piazzolla, and Osvaldo Golijov from Argentina. Many of Kronos’s string-quartet arrangements were published in 2007.
The 2023-2024 season marked the 50th anniversary of the Kronos Quartet, which featured celebratory concerts, premieres, and events at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium. Culminating this season was the Kronos Quartet “50 for the Future” project of a free library of 50 new works for string quartet.
In July 2024, Dutt retired from the Kronos Quartet and was succeeded by Ayane Kozasa. In October 2024, Hank was one of four featured violists performing and coaching for the Nobuko Imai Celebration in Cincinnati.

Live from the Mead Witter School of Music - Aspen String Trio
2025-11-09 12:30 - 14:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
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Live from the Mead Witter School of Music presents:
Aspen String Trio
David Perry, violin
Victoria Chiang, viola
Michael Mermagen, cello
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Program

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The Aspen String Trio is one of the rare professional string trios performing and touring today. Celebrated for visionary programming and virtuoso performances offered with humor and insight, AST performs the complete trios of Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert, as well as lesser known blockbuster works by Dohnanyi, Hindemith, Martinů, Rozsa, Klein, Veress, Villa-Lobos and Ysaÿe, among others. Their many “themed” concert programs are in high demand, including a Goldberg Variations lecture recital, Recovering “Degenerate” Music, offering works of heartstopping beauty by composers tragically suppressed by the Nazi regime, and a new program that imaginatively explores John Harbison’s brilliant new trio, “a major addition to the tiny string trio repertory,” paired with the work that inspired it, Mozart’s K563 “Divertimento,” an extraordinary masterpiece that hides under its title. During his recent centennial year, AST introduced MieczysławWeinberg’s ravishing String Trio, only recently re-discovered.
Consistently praised for their masterful sensitivity and nuance, their ultra-refined musicianship, tight ensemble work and musical intelligence, AST formed as summer artist teaching colleagues at Aspen Music Festival and School more than twenty years ago. Violinist David Perry, formerly a member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, now leads the Pro Arte Quartet, in residence at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he holds a Collins Endowed Professorship; he is also concertmaster of the Chicago Philharmonic. Violist Victoria Chiang is a member of the artist faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, was formerly on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Hartt School of Music, and previously served on the board of the American Viola Society. Cellist Michael Mermagen is Associate Professor of Cello at UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance; formerly Associate Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at The Catholic University of America, and he has served as Chamber Symphony Principal Cellist of the Aspen Music Festival and School for more than 25 years.
Returning to live performance after the pandemic, the Trio’s engagements this season include performances and outreach for the Omaha Chamber Music Society, the Omaha Conservatory of Music, University of Nebraska-Omaha, the National Music Museum, the Bach Festival Society, Rollins College, and the Rutenberg Series (USF, Tampa). Recent engagements have included performances paired with educational engagement at the Chamber Music Society of Logan, Lousiana State University in Baton Rouge, and on series the Artists’ Series (Tallahassee), Beaux Arts Chamber Music Series (Naples), Ashville Chamber Music Series, Chamber Music Kelowna (BC), Los Angeles Music Guild, Barge Music (New York), and the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC). The trio has held residencies in Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas, Iowa, Alabama, Delaware, Washington, and Colorado. For six seasons AST was Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Baltimore.
The trio offers extensive outreach as an integral part of all residencies. As teaching faculty at distinguished universities and conservatories, trio members are all master teachers, offering inspiring classes, lessons and chamber music coachings for all ages, children through adult, and all experience levels. While on the road they perform in community centers, senior residences, and in health care facilities. They also offer a variety of professional development workshops focusing on career-oriented topics such as: The business of music, The successful chamber ensemble, Teamwork and leadership, Effective rehearsal strategies, and Teaching as a profession.
The Aspen String Trio has recorded music of Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss, and is currently preparing the complete string trios and other music of Martinů for release on the Naxos label.
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“Live from the Mead Witter School of Music” is a chamber music series held the second Sunday of each month at the Hamel Music Center during the academic year.
The series is made available by the generosity of donors to the David and Kato Perlman Live from the Mead Witter School of Music Fund.

Memorial Carillon
2025-11-09 15:00 | Carillon Tower, 1160 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Lyle Anderson, University Carillonneur Emeritus
I. UW school songs
The University Hymn
On Wisconsin
Songs to Thee, Wisconsin
Preludio II – Homage to M.v.d.G. (Neil Thornock, 2018)
“Lascia ch’io pianga,” from the opera Rinaldo
(George Frideric Handel, 1711; arranged for carillon by Leen ’t Hart)
II. Theme and variations (Jos. Lerinckx, 1984)
Variations on “Let all mortal flesh keep silence” (John W. Harvey, 1976)
III. “Soleil couchant,” from Suite d’Ukraine pour le monde (Stéfano Colletti, 1996)
Lullaby (Leen ’t Hart, 1971)
It’s dark on Observatory Hill (Harold Spina, 1934; arr. Lyle Anderson, 1986)
IV. Candle in the Darkness (Frances Newell, 2009)
An evening hymn on a ground, “Now that the sun hath veil’d his light,” Z.193
(Henry Purcell, 1688; arr. Ronald Barnes, 1972)
Varsity

Composition Studio Recital
2025-11-09 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Also streaming live
The Composition Studio presents the works of composers who are students of award winning composer Professor Laura Elise Schwendinger.

Daria Tennikova - DMA Recital
2025-11-10 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Also streaming live
Daria Tennikova DMA Composition Lecture Recital
Daria Tennikova
Boris Krivoshein
Stephen Dubetz
Timothy Mullen
Trevor Maliborski
Ilana Schroeder
Kayla Patrick
Sage Eckard-Lee
Zachary Preucil
Laura Perry
Thomas Holten
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Program
Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (2025) Daria Tennikova (b. 1989)

Trevor Maliborski - Senior Recital
2025-11-11 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Trevor Maliborski Senior Percussion Recital
Dylan Chapman
Anna Desfor
Josh Dieter
Ravlin Frantz
Ellis Goeden
Trygve Lebakken
Cooper Martinson
Van Maxwell
Camden Powell
Adina Shaikh
Dan VanZeeland
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Program
Bongo-0 Roberto Sierra (b. 1953)
Corporel Vinko Globokar (b. 1934)
I Ching Per Nørgård (1932-2025]
IV. Towards Completion: Fire Over Water
Intermission
Hurricane’s Eye Leander Kaiser (b. 1961))
Two South Indian-American Rudimental Solos: II Malcolm Lim
Used Car Salesman Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
Tombo in 7/4 Airto Moreira & Hugo Fattoruso
