Mead Witter School of Music

Celebrating the life and legacy of legendary jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon in words and music, this Wisconsin Book Festival event features jazz historian Maxine Gordon reading from her new book about Dexter and includes an on-stage interview by UW Afro-American Studies Professor Ethelene Whitmire as well as music from Dexter’s repertoire performed by the UW Blue Note Ensemble, which has been studying […]

Program: Night Music (2014) - Emma O'Halloran R.A.M.* (2019) - Kelley Sheehan Kenopsia (2016/2019) - Finola Merivale Saxophonquartett (2014) - Georg Friedrich Haas Dwalm* (2018) - Gemma Peacocke Thirteen Changes (1986) - Pauline Oliveros * denotes a work written for ~Nois ~Nois is a Chicago-based saxophone quartet that defies categorization by working between the boundary […]

This concert is postponed and will be rescheduled for a future date, to be announced. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Alicia Lee, clarinet with Christopher Taylor, piano and Soh-Hyun Park Altino, violin Program: Drei Romanzen Op. 94 (1849) - Robert Schumann  Nicht schnell  Einfach, innig  Nicht schnell   Monolog für Bassklarinette (1983) - Isang Yun   Bucolique (1949) - Eugène Bozza   Intermission   For an Actor: Monologue for Clarinet (1978) - Shulamit Ran   […]

Taylor Irelan, flute John Scoville, piano Timothy Hagen, flute Click here for a PDF of the program.  Program: Walter Gieseking: Sonatine for Flute and Piano Robert Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94 Franz Doppler: Andante et Rondo Carl Reinecke: Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 168 ("Undine") Free admission; no tickets required.

Tom Curry and Mark Hetzler, co-directors Click here for a PDF of the program.  Program: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia (arr. by John Stevens; conducted by Tom Curry) Franz Schubert: The Erlking (arr. by Chris Van Hof; conducted by Mark Hetzler) Haley Dieter: Through All Comes Change (conducted by Mark Hetzler) Claude Debussy: Berceuse heroique (arr. by […]

Timothy Hagen, flute Ben Corbin, piano Program: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano Georg Philipp Telemann: Capriccio in G major Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22 Valerie Coleman: Fanmi Imèn Timothy Hagen: Nocturne-Lullaby Alexander Rosenblatt: Carmen Fantasy Free admission; no tickets required.

Program to come. Free concert; no tickets required.

Featuring solo euphonium repertoire as well as new arrangements for brass chamber ensembles. With John Scoville, piano, Michnari Robinson, euphonium, Nick Hill, trumpet, Kaitlyn Rian, trumpet, Declan Mulkerian, horn, Bryson Bauer, trombone, Jordan DeWester, tuba, and Patrick Francis, tuba.   W.A. Mozart. Il Mio Tesoro Intano Donald White. Lyric Suite Ralph Vaughan Williams. Six Studies […]

Jordan Bak, Viola Martha Fischer, Piano Program:  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Lachrymae: Reflections on a song of Dowland, Op. 48 Roxanna Panufnik (1968- ):  Canto, for solo viola (2019) Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):  Sonata for Solo Viola (1937)                   I. Lebhafte Halbe Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):  Sonata in E-Flat Major […]

The Wisconsin Youth Symphony and the Mead Witter School of Music present a special clarinet master class with Michael Rusinek, the principal clarinetist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Rusinek is on the faculties of the Curtis Institute and Carnegie Mellon University. https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/biography/michael-rusinek  

Jason Xue, piano Program: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata no. 5 in G major, K. 283, first movement Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Op. 67, no. 2 in f-sharp minor, "Lost Illusions" Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, No. 3 in D-flat major, "Clair de […]