Mead Witter School of Music

Lleyton Thompson - Senior Recital
2026-04-18 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Lleyton Thompson Senior Classical Guitar Recital

C8dence Vocal Ensemble
2026-04-18 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Dr. Sarah Brailey, director
R. Louis Vajda, conductor
C8dence: Gillian Hollis, Anya Smith, Mylana Lunde, Shuhan Xu, Rach Misner, Jacob Zehr, Ryan Rowe, Benjamin Hanson, Andrew Dirkse
Madison Chamber Players: Louis Vajda, Alice Alford, Stephen Dubetz, Trista Schepp, Jocelyn Edgar, Tanner Day, Hyeyeon Seok, Bethany Olson, Simon Teckam, Killian Knapp , Anton Wachmann
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Program

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C8dence is a vocal chamber ensemble, directed by Dr. Sarah Brailey, committed to the performance of contemporary repertoire, with a particular focus on exploring the vast expressive and technical capabilities of the human voice. The ensemble offers students the opportunity to arrange or compose works for performance, to gain pedagogical experience through leading rehearsals, and to collaborate directly with professional composers as well as student composers from the School of Music.

Eireann Murphy - DMA Recital
2026-04-19 11:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Eireann Murphy DMA Tuba Recital

University Bands - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-19 14:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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$10 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
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Herb Payung, R. Louis Vajda, and Ben Grochowsky, conductors
Tyler Schuster, guest conductor
Joshua Baker, guest conductor & soloist
Eloise Berkley, soloist
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Program

Anna Desfor - DMA Recital
2026-04-19 14:00 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Morphy Recital Hall
Anna Desfor DMA Percussion Recital
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Program
Mourning Dove Sonnet Christopher Deane (1957-2021)
Marimba d’amore Keiko Abe (b. 1937)
Variations on Lost Love David Maslanka (1943-2017)
In Venus Davis Carr (b. 2020)
An Extraordinary Correspondence Nathan Daughtrey (b. 1975)
Arabesque No. 1 Claude Debussy (1862-1918)/arr. José Riojas

Janet Lyu, Heejo Yang, Jun Lee & Kwanho Song - DMA Chamber Recital
2026-04-19 14:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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DMA Chamber Recital
Janet Lyu, violin
Heejo Yang, viola
Jun Lee, cello
Kwanho Song, piano
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Program
Piano Quartet in A major, op. 30 Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Intermission
Piano Quartet no. 1 in g minor, op. 25 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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This recital is a joint effort of four doctoral students at the Mead Witter School of Music. Janet, Heejo, Jun, and Kwanho are all of Korean descent and became friends through that common thread.
As a joint recital between the four students where each will fulfill a degree-required recital credit in the same afternoon, the instrumentation required them to find two contrasting piano quartets. Ernest Chausson’s breathtaking opus 30 was written only two years before his untimely death and arguably has one of the best second movements to exist in piano quartet repertoire. Johannes Brahms’ opus 25 was premiered in Hamburg by none other than his most important interpreter and the object of his unrequited love, Clara Schumann.
This ambitious yet auspicious program aims to showcase the Korean talent at the Mead Witter School of Music and present a most wonderful labor of love for piano chamber music.

Scott Lonzaga - Senior Recital
2026-04-19 17:00 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Scott Lonzaga Senior Drumset Recital

Low Brass Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-19 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Tom Curry and Mark Hetzler, directors
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Program

Haley Street - Senior Recital
2026-04-19 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Haley Street Senior Voice Recital
Haley Street, voice
Sarah Williams, piano
Abby Grittinger, guitar
Mylana Lunde, voice
Lydia Jewell, voice
Emmit Thom, voice
Sheel Gupta, voice
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Program
Ariettes oubliées Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Chevaux de bois
Green
Spleen
Sarah Williams, piano
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Why do they shut me out of Heaven?
Heart, we will forget him
Sleep is supposed to be
Sarah Williams, piano
Notre Dame Paris Paloma (b. 1999)
Abby Grittinger, guitar
Mylana Lunde, voice
Lydia Jewell, voice
Emmit Thom, voice
Sheel Gupta, voice
Intermission
Mädchenblumen Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Wasserrose
Kornblumen
Ständchen Richard Strauss
Sarah Williams, piano
Moonfall – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Als Luise die Briefe Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ach, ich fühl’s Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sarah Williams, piano
No One Else Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Sarah Williams, piano

Meghan Boelkow - DMA Recital
2026-04-19 19:30 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Meghan Boelkow DMA Bassoon Chamber Recital
Meghan Boelkow
Emily Torkelson
Alex Ferkey
Presley Hansen
Anders Larson
Morgan Musil
Fiona Hunt
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Bassoonist Meghan Boelkow will be giving her first DMA Chamber Recital at UW–Madison. Originally from Wisconsin, Meghan received her Bachelor’s Degree at UW-Platteville and her Master of Music Degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Meghan is excited to present a program that consists of a variety of instruments and music. This program will be giving the spotlight to instruments that don’t normally get to play together; including the bassoon with the cello, tuba, upright bass, and harp. Join us on this fun adventure with “Voices Unheard.”

Earth Signals: Wisconsin Weather
2026-04-20 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and the Mead Witter School of Music present Earth Signals, a collaboration focusing on the theme of Wisconsin weather and making use of different forms of weather and climate data to compose music.
Earth Signals brings oceanographic and atmospheric science concepts to life through music and sound. Earth Signals is a science-music project from the UW-Madison Oceans and Climate Group led by Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Elizabeth Maroon and Professor of Music Johannes Wallmann.
Earth Signals: Wisconsin Weather—the second in our series of science-inspired musical experiences—will feature a new work for Piano Quintet with Live Electronics by Christopher Cobley, DMA student in Music Composition. In addition, weather data from the new Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet (Wisconet) will be transformed into sound and presented by Molly McKellar, a senior in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Alongside the performances, attendees will learn about the science behind the weather and why new observational platforms like the Wisconet matter for Wisconsin.

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Program

Jazz Composers' Group - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-21 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Aruṇ Lūthrā, director
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Program

Riley Smith - DMA Lecture Recital
2026-04-21 19:30 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Morphy Recital Hall
Riley Smith DMA Classical Guitar Lecture Recital
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Program
Opening Philip Glass
Oración Alan Mearns
Metanoia Adam Rook
Bloom Suite Elliot Cole
Koyunbaba Carlo Domeniconi
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Riley Smith is a classical guitarist and educator from Michigan. He developed an early passion for the instrument under the guidance of Dr. Brad DeRoche. Riley holds two degrees in classical guitar performance: a Bachelor of Fine Arts (2020) from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where he studied with René Izquierdo, and a Master of Music (2022) from Columbus State University under Dr. Andrew Zohn. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in guitar performance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, studying with Javier Calderon.
Riley maintains an active teaching career through both private instruction and work at professional institutions.

Jazz Standards Ensemble & Creative Music Collective - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-22 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Aruṇ Lūthrā and Anders Svanoe, directors
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Program

$2 Broom
2026-04-22 19:30 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Mills Concert Hall
The Electro-Acoustic Improv Ensemble, known as $2 Broom, plays an all-improvised concert.

Wind Ensemble & Concert Band - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-23 19:30 | 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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Corey Pompey, Scott Teeple, Herb Payung, conductors
Captain Kenneth Collins, guest conductor
Featuring Jesse Wolf, winner of the 2025 Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition
Louis Vajda, graduate student conductor
Alicia Lee, clarinet soloist
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Program

Collegium Musicum - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-23 19:30 | Morphy Recital Hall, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Taya König-Tarasevich and llana Schroeder, directors
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Program

Piano department recital
2026-04-23 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Featuring performances by piano department students

Ryan Valdivia - Master's Recital
2026-04-24 16:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Ryan Valdivia Master’s Trumpet Recital
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Program
Concerto for Trumpet (1955/1978) Aleksandra Pakhmutova (b. 1929)
Suite for Flugelhorn (2009) Betsy Schramm (b. 1964)
I. Prisms
II. Reflections (Like motes of light)
III. Mirrors
IV. Dance
Nothing Less (2021) Caleb Hudson (b. 1988)
I. Still Small Voice
II. Prophets of Baal
III. That They Will Know
IV. Covenant
Concerto (2026) Kirsten Townander (b. 2001)
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II
III
World premiere
Amazing Grace (1986) Traditional/arr. Luther Henderson (1919-2003)

Marvin Rabin String Quartet - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-24 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Ben Campbell, violin
McKenna Taylor, violin
Heejo Yang, viola
Jun Lee, cello
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The Marvin Rabin String Quartet is the graduate string quartet at the Mead Witter School of Music. Its members are working towards master’s and doctoral degrees and serve as teaching assistants, leading orchestral sectionals, teaching string fundamentals to music education students, and performing as representatives of UW–Madison.
The group is funded by generous donors and named in honor of Dr. Marvin Rabin. Dr. Rabin was an internationally acclaimed music educator and Professor Emeritus at UW–Madison who inspired thousands of string educators nationwide. As the father of the youth orchestra movement in the US, his work continues to positively impact countless young musicians to this day.

SoundWaves
2026-04-24 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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The popular lecture-and-music series final event of the season, exploring the theme Astronomical Scale, with fascinating lectures and special musical guest Twisted Metal (the UW horn Choir).

Harp studio recital
2026-04-24 19:30 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Morphy Recital Hall
Ellison Xu
Fiona Hunt
Scarlett Felando
Caitlin Leung
Sadie Smith
Sophia Speece

Margaret Cremers - Master's Recital
2026-04-25 11:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Margaret Cremers Master’s Trombone Recital
Maragret Cremers, trombone
Vincent Fuh, piano
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Program
Blue: A Broken Glass Bottle Ryan Middagh
Birds of Paradise Jay Chaplin
Intermission
Variations in F# Leon Stekke
Three Latin Jazz Miniatures Bob Washut
I. Prelude and Mambo
II. Bolero
III. Guaguanco
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Originally from Iowa City, Maggie Cremers holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa and is currently completing her Master’s in Trombone Performance. During her time at the University of Wisconsin, she has participated in a wide range of student ensembles, showcasing her versatility and passion for performing in both the classical and jazz traditions.
Maggie regularly performs with the Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra and is a founding member of The Wayward Ensemble, where she continues to explore story telling through creative music making.
Outside of her musical pursuits, Maggie works as a baker at Bloom Bake Shop and enjoys spending time outdoors with her partner and their puppy.

Katie Eggers - Master's Recital
2026-04-25 14:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Katie Eggers Master’s Voice Recital
Katie Grace Eggers, soprano
Eunsu Kim, piano
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Program
Glitter and be gay (Candide) Leonard Bernstein
Mandoline Claude Debussy
Nuit d’étoiles Claude Debussy
At the Ball Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte Jean Sibelius
Selections from A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Steven Lutvak
Poor Monty
I’ve Decided to Marry You
Trio with Zoë Miller and Nathan Le
That Horrible Woman
Duet with Zoë Miller
Intermission
Sinipiika Toivo Kuula
Lorelei Clara Schumann
Die Lorelei Franz Liszt
Ich hab’ in Penna Hugo Wolf
Ich weiss nicht zu wem ich gehöre Friedrich Hollaender
The Jewel Song (“Ah! Je ris”) (Faust) Charles Gounod

String Ensemble Departmental Recital
2026-04-25 16:30 | Lee/Kaufman Rehearsal Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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All-University String Orchestra #1 - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-25 17:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$10 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
All-University Strings #1 is at 5 pm
All-University Strings #2 is at 6:30 pm
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Program

Megan Angriawan - DMA Recital
2026-04-25 17:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Megan Angriawan DMA Piano Recital
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Program
Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958 Franz Schubert
I. Allegro
II Adagio
III. Menuetto: Allegro – Trio
IV. Allegro
Intermission
Hermit Thrush at Eve for Piano, Op. 92, No. 1 Amy Beach
Miroirs, M. 43 Maurice Ravel
II. Oiseaux tristes (Sad Birds)
IV. Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
Nuansa Selat Sunda (Nuances of the Sunda Straight) Trisutji Kamal
Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 Alexander Scriabin
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Winner of the 2018 Barry Manilow Competition, pianist and pedagogue Megan Angriawan has performed at music festivals and competitions across the United States, Europe, and Asia. She has received numerous honors, including the Pauline Favin Memorial Prize and the Lillian Gutman Memorial Prize. In 2019, she earned top honors at the Brevard Music Center Zimmerli Piano Competition. Most recently, her orchestral work Entrancing Whirlwind won the 2025 UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra Composition Competition and was premiered at the season’s final concert.
As a pedagogue, Megan is committed to expanding the impact of Western classical music while fostering cross-cultural dialogue through the integration of Indonesian musical language and traditions. She is passionate about sharing classical music with a broader audience and future generations, and remains a devoted performer and educator in both piano and music theory. An active presenter and researcher, she has presented at conferences including the 2026 MTNA Collegiate Symposium, 2025 CMS National Conference, The Piano Conference: NCKP, and Wisconsin Music Teachers Association (WMTA) State Conference. Her current research explores the integration of theoretical concepts into piano pedagogy, alongside the incorporation and sharing of Indonesian musical language and culture through her original compositions and piano arrangements.
Megan is a DMA candidate in piano performance and pedagogy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she also pursues a doctoral minor in music theory. She received her Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory. Megan has served as a Teaching Assistant in the Music Theory Department at both UW-Madison and Peabody Conservatory.

Kendal Schreiber and Marley Van Domelen - Elective Recital
2026-04-25 17:00 | Morphy Recital Hall, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Morphy Recital Hall
Kendal Schreiber and Marley Van Domelen Elective Percussion Recital
Kendal Schreiber
Marley Van Domelen
Aaron Dieter
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Program
Canned Heat Eckhard Kopetzki (b. 1956)
Hall of Mirrors Benjamin Homes (b. 1991)
Perenniality Austin Keck (b. 1997)
Odessa Matthew Lorrick (b. 1989)
Pure Imagination Leslie Bricusse (1931-2021) & Anthony Newley (1931-1999)/arr. Alex Stopa
Leap Cody Holmes (b. 1995)
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Marley and Kendal are ecstatic to present this duo percussion recital! The program includes range of different solos and duets, all energetic, lyrical, and groovy. Kendal (junior) and Marley (sophomore) are both pursing a BM in Percussion Performance, and love to collaborate with each other and their peers.

All-University String Orchestra #2 - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-25 18:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States

Joshua Baker - DMA Recital
2026-04-25 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Joshua Baker DMA Saxophone Recital
Joshua Baker, saxophone
Dr. Elizabeth Vaughan, piano
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Program
Pièces Françaises Fernande Decruck (1896-1954)
I. Tambourin
II. Vieux calvaire
III. Villageoise
IV. Forlane
V. L’horloge
VI. Rondel
VII. Rigaudon
VIII. Toccata
Exorcisme Pierre Capdevielle (1906-1969)
Intermission
Légende, Op. 66 Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Églogue et Danse Pastorale René Corniot (1901-1972)
