Mead Witter School of Music

John Wagner - DMA Lecture Recital
2026-02-09 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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John Wagner DMA Trumpet Lecture Recital
John Wagner, trumpet
Vincent Fuh, piano
Holly Wagner, violin
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Program
And the Mountain Moved Aaron DuBois (b. 1999)
Reflection Aaron DuBois
Be Still Aaron DuBois
Runningwater Aaron DuBois
Adirondack Concerto Aaron DuBois
I. Dawn on the Lake
II. Star-Dusted Eventide
III. Carousel Fugue

Spencer Hart - DMA Recital
2026-02-10 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Spencer Hart DMA Tuba Recital
Spencer Hart, tuba
Wade Matthew Troyer, piano
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Program
Suite No. 5 Alec Wilder
I: Lively
II: Slowly and Sustained
III: Leisurely
IV: Steadily
Sonatine Jennifer Glass
I: Allegro non troppo
II: Lento
III: Tempo di valse
IV: Presto
Abiaka Joy Zickau (Consortium Premiere)
I: With Vigor
II: Adagio
III: Sprightly
Intermission
Sweet Dances Raum
Blew Tango
Dot Polka
Waltzin’ Matuba
A Hard Knight’s Day
Three Romances for Susie Barbara York
I: Adagio
II: Joyfully
III: Tenderly
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Join Spencer as he completes his first DMA degree recital! Silly, Serious, Sharp, and Sweet: Spencer’s Shades of Tuba will feature a variety of styles, sonorities, and sentiments that showcase the musical scope of solo tuba.

Joyce DiDonato and Time for Three - Performance Class
2026-02-11 16:30 - 18:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Open to the public
Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Union Theater
Joyce DiDonato and Time For Three host a performance class with School of Music students.
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Multi-Grammy Award winner and 2018 Olivier Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, Kansas-born Joyce DiDonato entrances audiences across the globe, and has been proclaimed “perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation” by The New Yorker. With a voice “nothing less than 24-carat gold” according to The Times, Joyce has towered at the top of the industry both as a performer, a producer, and a fierce advocate for the arts. With a repertoire spanning over four centuries, a varied and highly acclaimed discography, and industry-leading projects, her artistry has defined what it is to be a singer in the 21st century.
Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble Time For Three (TF3) defies convention, merging classical, Americana, and singer-songwriter traditions into a singular, remarkable sound that captivates audiences worldwide. Consisting of Ranaan Meyer (double bass, vocals), Nicolas “Nick” Kendall (violin, vocals) and Charles Yang (violin, vocals), TF3’s collaborations with top composers and artists, appearances with major orchestras and conductors, commitment to encouraging the next generation of musicians, and relentless pursuit of creative boundary pushing has solidified them as one of the most exceptional groups on the scene today.

Daniel Grabois - Faculty Artist Series
2026-02-11 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Daniel Grabois, horn, melodica, Continuum Fingerboard
Christopher Taylor, piano
Meg Lamm, violin
Michael Bell, guitar
Eleni Katz, bassoon
Tom Curry, tuba
Matthew Onstad, trumpet
Todd Hammes, percussion
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Program

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Daniel Grabois is Professor of Horn at the Mead Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he performs in the Wisconsin Brass Quintet and serves as the Curator of SoundWaves, a series he created that combines science lectures with music performances. The former Chair of Contemporary Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, Grabois now serves as Director of the Electro-Acoustic Research Space (EARS), a facility which he founded with funding from a UW2020 large-equipment grant. Grabois is also the hornist in the Meridian Arts Ensemble, a New York City based brass quintet founded in 1987. With Meridian, he has performed over seventy world premieres, released twelve CDs, received two ASCAP/CMA Adventuresome Programming Awards, and toured worldwide, in addition to recording or performing with rock legends Duran Duran and Natalie Merchant and performing the music of Frank Zappa for the composer himself. Grabois has also created numerous arrangements and compositions for Meridian.
A freelance musician from 1989 to 2011, Grabois performed with most of the classical music ensembles in New York City, including the Metropolitan Opera, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City Opera, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra. He appeared on numerous recordings of classical music, rock, and jazz, and played in Broadway pits (some 36 shows, in thousands of performances).
In 2022, Grabois released his second solo album, Fire Names, for horn and tape. He composed the music for that CD as well as for his previous CD, Air Names. The next recording in the series, Earth Names, will be released in 2025, and Water Names will be released in 2026. Grabois’ compositions, including four etude books and numerous chamber and solo works, are published by Wave Front Music.
In addition to his work as a horn player, composer, arranger, and electronic musician, Grabois is also an avid woodworker and practitioner of martial arts.
Daniel Grabois is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

University Symphony Orchestra - Student Ensemble Series
2026-02-13 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Pre-concert talk begins at 7 pm
Oriol Sans, conductor
Joseph Mahin, graduate student conductor
Featuring Timothy Sachtleben, cello
Winner of the 2025 Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition
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Program
A journey through lights and shadows, this program brings together four striking orchestral voices. The radiant exploration of motion and brightness of Jennifer Higdon’s Light will turn inward with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Second Cello Concerto, a work of haunting intensity that offers a stark, searching meditation marked by irony and grit. Timothy Sachtleben, 2025 Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition winner, will be the soloist.
In Elysium, Samy Moussa creates a luminous sound world suspended between stillness and awe; it is orchestral music that seems to breathe in slow, glowing arcs, just like the space where is was premiered, La Sagrada Família in Barcelona. The concert will conclude with Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, where jazz, Latin rhythms, and symphonic sweep collide in a thrilling celebration of love, passion, and drama, all with an unmistakable Broadway flair.

Anna Desfor - DMA Recital
2026-02-15 11:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Anna Desfor DMA Percussion Recital
Anna Desfor
Kendal Schreiber
Tanner Day
Jaime Cárdenas
Trevor Maliborski
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Program
Elyl and Tap Emmanuel Séjourné (b. 1961)
Estrellita Manuel Ponce (1882-1948)
Relative Riffs Alejandro Viñao (b. 1951)
Vibe Suite Mark Glentworth (b. 1960)
1. Broken Silence
2. Ilmo
3. Sunbell
Musical Pictures Csaba Marjan (b. 1983)

Wisconsin Gagok Ensemble
2026-02-15 14:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Jessica Schwefel, mezzo soprano
Youngjoo Hong, soprano
Susan Gaeddert, piano
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Program

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Since our founding in 2023, the Wisconsin Gagok Ensemble has been dedicated to the promotion and performance of Korean Art Song in Wisconsin and beyond. Soprano Youngjoo Hong, Mezzo Soprano Jessica Schwefel, and Pianist Susan Gaeddert curate programs of music by 20th and 21st century Korean Art Song composers. We strive to make this art form more accessible for western audiences. We collaborate with other artists and performers to cultivate other aspects Korean and Korean American culture in our state. Please visit www.wigagokensemble.weebly.com for more information.
Performers
Youngjoo Hong, soprano, is a dynamic musician in both the concert and teaching fields. Along with her interpretation of standard repertoire, Youngjoo is a passionate performer and advocate of contemporary and early music. She holds a Music Education degree (BM) and a Master of Music (MM) in Voice Performance from the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Her recent performance of a Korean Art Song Recital at Grace Episcopal Church in Madison was impressively received. In 2023, Youngjoo performed her solo voice recital in Seoul and Pusan, South Korea. Also, Youngjoo’s Master’s Recital at UW–Madison at the Hamel Music center in February 2020 was a huge success. Prior to entering the master’s program in UW– Madison, Youngjoo taught General Music and Choral Music in the Middleton Cross plains Area School District. As a church choir director, Youngjoo has served in the Korean Catholic Community mass for many years at the St. Paul University Center. Youngjoo maintains a private voice studio and is a member of the voice and piano faculty at Harmony Conservatory of Music in Waunakee. She is currently the Vocal Music Teacher at St. Maria Goretti Catholic School.
Youngjoo currently resides in Madison, WI with her husband, researcher in UW-Waisman Center, Jinkuk Hong.
Dr. Susan Gaeddert is a seasoned collaborative pianist who has spent more than two decades as a professional accompanist, coach and teacher working with students of all ages as well as professionals to prepare repertoire for recitals and auditions. She has toured with Opera For The Young, taught at Edgewood College, and performed with a number of local musicians at festivals and recitals in the Madison area.
Susan holds masters degrees in Piano Performance, Pedagogy, and Collaborative Piano from UW-Madison, where she earned a doctorate in 2007 and was a winner of the Shain Competition for piano and woodwind duos. Susan recently obtained a degree in Urban/Regional Planning, and she now works for Transportation Services at UW-Madison.
Mezzo soprano, Dr. Jessica Schwefel, is currently a Lecturer of Voice at the Mead-Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has performed in over 35 operatic productions with Madison Opera, Opera for the Young, Fresco Opera Theatre, UW Opera, Music By The Lake, among others. Jessica was also a member of the Florentine Opera Chorus for over a decade, where she had been involved in a number of productions and outreach performances. Her involvement with the Florentine Opera resulted in a GRAMMY award nomination in 2020, and three GRAMMY awards in 2012 and 2013.
An accomplished solo singer, Jessica has held recent engagements with the Madison Choral Project, LunART Festival, Four Seasons Theatre, the Civic Symphony of Green Bay, Madison Bach Musicians, Present Music, Oshkosh Chamber Singers, and many more.
Jessica’s articles have been published in the VOICEPrints Journal of the NYSTA, the NATS Journal of Singing, as well as the Wisconsin School Musician (WSMA). She resides in McFarland, WI where she maintains her private voice studio, the Timman Music Studio. Jessica has taught studio voice previously at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Madison College, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jessica’s students have been recipients of numerous music scholarships and awards and also perform in a variety of venues around the country. Jessica received a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently the Corresponding Secretary for the Wisconsin NATS Board (National Association of Teachers of Singing) and Treasurer for the Madison Youth Arts (MYArts) Board.

Wind Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2026-02-17 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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With Rolling Meadows High School Symphonic Band
Scott Teeple, conductor
Elliott Hile, conductor
Otto Hommons, soprano saxophone
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Program

Concert Band - Student Ensemble Series
2026-02-19 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Corey Pompey, conductor
Tyler Schuster, guest conductor
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Program

Global Impact Musician x UW-Madison
2026-02-19 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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You are invited to a special fundraising event in support of the Global Impact Musician (GIM) Program.
GIM is a cross-cultural collaboration with the Mead Witter School Music that brings together artists from East Africa and UW–Madison to create innovative projects exploring how music intersects across sectors.
The event includes live performances by Dan Cavanagh, piano, and Sarah Brailey, soprano, and a panel discussion with Dr. Wanjiku Mwotia, former UN translator, and Harry Kiiru, UW–Madison PhD candidate in African Cultural Studies.

Laura Schwendinger - Faculty Artist Series
2026-02-20 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Works by Laura Schwendinger with
Christopher Taylor and Eric Tran, piano
Sarah Brailey, soprano
Sally Chisholm, viola
Dawn Dongeun Wohn, violin
Trace Johnson, cello
Timothy Mullins, flute
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Laura Schwendinger, composer of Artemisia, winner of the 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters Opera award, was the first composer to win the Berlin Prize. A Professor of music composition at UW–Madison, her works have been championed by Dawn Upshaw, Jennifer Koh, Janine Jansen, Matt Haimovitz, the Arditti, JACK and Spektral Quartets, International Contemporary Ensemble, Eighth-Blackbird, Juilliard, American Composers Orchestra, and Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Hungary.
Her music has been performed at the Kennedy & Lincoln Centers, Berlin Philharmonic, Wigmore & Carnegie Halls, Miller Theater & Théâtre Châtelet, Tanglewood, Aspen, Ojai, Talis, & Bennington Music Festivals. She has received further fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Radcliffe Institute at Harvard, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, First Prize of the 1995 ALEA III International Competition, as well as multiple fellowships from the American Academy Arts Letters, Copland House, Fromm, Koussevitzky and Bogliasco Foundations, MacDowell and Yaddo Colonies.
Her music has been called “captivating, artful and moving”, “music of infinite beauty” in the New York Times, as well as “the genuine article..onto the ’season’s best list “ in the Boston Globe. Recent premieres include her second opera, Cabaret of Shadows, a Fromm Commission produced by Musiqa in Houston, Nightingales for Eleanor Bartsch and Ariana Kim, a consortium commission with the Dubuque & UW Symphony Orchestras, and a harp concerto, Second Sight for Atlanta Symphony Principal Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson, commissioned for the 100th anniversary of the Emory University Orchestra program, a solo cello work, commissioned as part of Matt Haimovitz’s Primavera Project and Silent Springs for Cantori’s 40th anniversary concert. A San Francisco Classical Voice review of her opera read “Artemisia is sumptuous on every level” and Colin Clarke wrote of her JACK CD QUARTETS, “the sheer intensity of the music is spellbinding…the passion shines through like..light.”

Kelby Schnepel - DMA Lecture Recital
2026-02-21 17:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Kelby Schnepel DMA Conducting Lecture Recital
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Program
El Condor Pasa Daniel Alomía Robles, arr. Buchanan
Suite peruana Celso Garrido-Lecca
I. Juego de terceras
II. Negrito de Malambo
III. Sicuri
IV. Quena y antara
V. Torito de Pucará
VI. Tondero
Danzas populares Andinas Celso Garrido-Lecca
I. Alegre
II. Lento
III. Rítmico
IV. Andante
V. Alegre

Keegan Kainz - Elective Recital
2026-02-21 19:30 | Morphy Recital Hall, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Keegan Kainz Elective Violin Recital
Keegan Kainz, violin
Eric Tran, piano
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Program
Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
I. Allemande – Double
II. Courante – Double
III. Sarabande – Double
IV. Tempo di Bourrée – Double
Memory for Solo Violin Chen Yi (b. 1953)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
I. Allegro molto appassionato
II. Andante
III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

Memorial Carillon
2026-02-22 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
Fanfare, from Pages of American History (Leen ’t Hart, 1976)
Prelude for Carillon (Myron J. Roberts, 1964)
The President’s March (anonymous, American, c. 1790;
arranged for carillon by Milford Myhre, 1976)
II. Lament, from Three Designs (Milford Myhre, 1960)
Four spirituals, arr. Leen ’t Hart, 1966
It’s me, o Lord
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Swing low, sweet chariot
Steal away
III. Pastel in Bronze (Albert Gerken, 1975)
Chester (hymntune by William Billings, c. 1778; arr. Milford Myhre, 1976)
Washington’s March no. 1 and no. 2 (anonymous, American, c. 1784;
arr. Milford Myhre, 1976)
IV. Solnedgangen [“sunsets”] (Brooke M. Becker, c. 2005)
Toccata for 42 Bells (Robert Moore, 1956)
Varsity

Chamber Percussion Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2026-02-23 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Program

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The Chamber Percussion Ensemble is a chamber group dedicated to the performance of significant and interesting works from diverse compositional trends of the 20th and 21st centuries. While an emphasis is placed on unconducted works, the group also regularly performs conducted pieces for up to 15 percussionists. Professors Anthony Di Sanza, Todd Hammes and Tom Ross coache the ensemble with assistance from graduate students in the percussion program. Guest artists regularly perform with the ensemble and guest composers are often featured.

Carmen J. Lemos Gonzalez - Master's Recital
2026-02-23 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Carmen J. Lemos Gonzalez Master’s Piano Recital
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Program
The Well-Tempered Clavier Vol. II, Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885, No. 16 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato – Adagio espressivo
II. Prestissimo
III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Ballade Op. 6 Amy Marcy Beach (1867-1944)
Etude No. 1 in G minor Harrison Leslie Adams (1932-2024)
En la Sierra Op. 32 Alberto Williams (1862-1952)
I En la colina sombreada
Levante Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)
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Carmen J. Lemos Gonzalez is a pianist from Córdoba, Argentina. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Piano Performance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she studies under the guidance of Dr. Jessica Johnson. She is also completing a Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning.
Carmen earned her Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance at the University of Memphis, studying with Dr. Artina McCain, and completed the Trayecto Artístico Profesional in Piano at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Félix T. Garzón, where her principal teachers were Prof. Victoria Asurmendi and Prof. Gustavo Zaka.
In addition to her formal studies, she has participated in masterclasses with esteemed artists including Anton Nel (University of Texas), Mirian Conti (Juilliard School), Inna Faliks (UCLA), Luis Ascot (Conservatory of Geneva), Gabriel Kwok (Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts), and José Ramos Santana (NYU).
Passionate about both solo and collaborative performance, Carmen has appeared on the television program Banca el Arte at the Theatre of Río Cuarto, at the Museum Manuel de Falla, in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competition, and as a soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica Alberto Ginastera.
She currently teaches group piano classes at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has previously taught private piano and music theory to students of all ages and levels. Most recently, she was awarded the Gold Award at the 2025 Brahms International Online Competition.

Kwanho Song - DMA Recital
2026-02-24 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Kwanho Song DMA Piano Recital
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Program
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor in Book 2, BWV889 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Piano Sonata Op.78 No.24 in F# Major Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Préludes / Book 1, L.117: 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

SoundWaves
2026-02-27 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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This academic year, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this second edition, we will be zooming out to the macro scale!
SoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of music. The program concludes with a live performance of music related to the evening’s theme.
The science lectures are delivered using language that the curious layman can understand, with a minimum of jargon and formulas. The music lectures, while demanding careful listening, are likewise designed for the layman and not the specialist.
Every SoundWaves event brings UW–Madison scientists from several departments together with Mead Witter School of Music faculty performers to explore a topic that is relevant to our world and our lives.

Braedon Krisko and Laura Perry - Junior Recital
2026-02-28 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Braedon Krisko and Laura Perry Junior Double Bass Recital
Braedon Krisko, double bass
Laura Perry, double bass
Colette Mouton, piano
Thomas Holten, piano
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Program
Adagio and Allegro George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
Concerto for Double Bass Sergei Koussevitzky (1874-1951)
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Sonata in E Minor Vilmos Montag (1908-1991)
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Andante
III. Allegro
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Braedon Krisko is a junior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison studying Double Bass Performance and Molecular and Cellular Biology. He currently performs with the UW Symphony Orchestra and the Madison Gamer Symphony Orchestra and has previously played with the UW Wind Ensemble. Originally from the Twin Cities area, he enjoys cross country skiing every winter. He would like to thank his teachers Val Buchmeir and Peter J. Dominguez as well as all of the Badger Basses for their support and guidance. Braedon hopes to continue playing bass as he pursues a career in research.
Laura Perry is a junior studying Double Bass Performance & Political Science. She frequently plays principal bass with the UW Symphony Orchestra, and enjoys singing in the UW-Madison Concert Choir and Chorale. Her chamber music credits include performances with Midsummer’s Music Festival and Samtala: Musicians in Dialogue. Laura is grateful for Will Preston for being the most wonderful pianist, as well as for her teachers Dave School and Peter Dominguez and all of his guidance. Huge thanks to Braedon, Colette, Tommy, and all the Badger Basses for being so awesome!

University Bands - Student Ensemble Series
2026-03-01 14:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Herb Payung, R. Louis Vajda, and Tyler Schuster, conductorsBen Grochowsky, guest conductor
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Program

Vivian Steinke - Senior Recital
2026-03-01 14:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Vivian Steinke Senior Trumpet Recital
Vivian Steinke
Frankie Bones
Sage Kirkpatrick
Carter Ollmann
Jesse Wolf
Reilly Wagner
Evan Pittam
Erin Steege
Milo Ascher
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Program
Fanfare for Four Trumpets Aaron Dubois
Trumpet Concerto in F minor, Opus 18 Oskar Böhme (1867-1938)
1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio religioso — Allegretto
Close to you Carpenters/arr. Vivian Steinke
Intermission
Kaddish Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Brass Quintet No. 1 Malcolm Arnold
1. Allegro vivace
2. Chaconne
3. Con Brio
Puttin’ on the Ritz Irving Berlin/arr. Stephen Roberts

Collin Runnoe - Elective Recital
2026-03-02 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Collin Runnoe Elective Cello Recital
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Program
Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 Robert Schumann
Cello Suite No. 4 Johann Sebastian Bach

Shinae Lee - DMA Recital
2026-03-03 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Shinae Lee DMA Piano Recital
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Program
Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1 Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19 Sergei Rachmaninoff

Lawrence Brownlee & Erin Morley - Performance Class
2026-03-04 15:15 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Interdisciplinary Arts Community Session
Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Union Theater
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor, and Erin Morley, soprano, lead a performance class with School of Music voice students Katie Eggers, Matthew Jordan, Danielle Bullock, and Gillian Hollis.
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Lawrence Brownlee is a leading figure in opera, both as a singer who has graced the world’s leading stages, and as a voice for activism and diversity in the industry. Captivating audiences and critics around the globe, he has been hailed as “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (The New York Times), “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars” (The Guardian), and “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR).
In the 2024-2025 season, Mr. Brownlee makes his highly anticipated role debut in the title role of Mozart’sMitridate, re di ponto with Boston Lyric Opera. He also returns to The Metropolitan Opera as Count Amaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (broadcast Live in HD in theaters worldwide), and joins Opéra national de Paris as Tonio in La fille du régiment and Arturo in I puritani, as well as The New National Theatre in Tokyo as Count Almaviva, and Bayerische Staatsoper as Tonio. On the concert stage, Mr. Brownlee will join Levy Sekgapane in a duo concert with the Latvian National Orchestra, L’Auditori in the closing concert, and will embark on a recital tour featuring songs from his acclaimed Rising program across North America and Europe.
Highlights of Mr. Brownlee’s recent seasons include his return as Ernesto in Don Pasquale at Teatro alla Scala Milan and as Tonio in La fille du régiment at Lyric Opera Chicago, as well as his role debuts as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at The Metropolitan Opera, as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at The New National Theatre Tokyo and Fernand in a new production of Donizetti’s La Favorite with Houston Grand Opera. In spring 2021, Brownlee joined The Juilliard School as a Distinguished Visiting Faculty Member. He serves as artistic advisor for Opera Philadelphia and is an Ambassador for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited as well as Opera for Peace.
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Erin Morley is one of today’s most in-demand coloratura sopranos. Her performances have garnered huge critical acclaim as she regularly appears on the great opera stages of the world.
Erin Morley has been praised as “the personification of bel canto” (Opera News), and is “in a class of her own among coloratura sopranos, singing even the most dazzlingly difficult material with beauty and musical sense” (New York Classical Review). A recipient of the Beverly Sills Award, Morley’s performances have garnered huge critical acclaim worldwide as she regularly appears on the greatest opera stages, including the Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bavarian State Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Staatsoper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro La Fenice, Arena di Verona, Glyndebourne Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera and Metropolitan Opera, where she has now sung more than 140 performances and has been featured in eight “Live in HD” broadcasts.
For the 2025-26 season, Morley makes her long-awaited role debut as Marie in La Fille du Régiment at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as returning to Pamina in The Magic Flute. She also returns to the Wiener Staatsoper as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, and makes a company and role debut as Zdenka in Arabella at Opernhaus Zürich. A highlight of the season will be Pentatone’s release of Morley’s duet album “Golden Age” with superstar tenor Lawrence Brownlee and the Münchner Rundfunkorchester led by Ivan Repušić. Brownlee and Morley will tour this program at Vocal Arts DC, University of Wisconsin, Berlin’s Konzerthaus with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Opera Carolina, and New York City’s 92nd St Y. Elsewhere on the concert platform, Morley will solo with the Met Orchestra at Carnegie’s Weill Hall, delivers a solo recital at Dallas Opera, and returns to the Chicago Symphony for Poulenc’s Gloria.
Recent operatic highlights include: Pamina in a new production of Die Zauberflöte, the title role in Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier and Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, all at the Metropolitan Opera; her Teatro alla Scala debut as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos; Gilda in a new production of Rigoletto, Tytania in a new production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Zerbinetta, and Sophie, all at the Wiener Staatsoper; Norina in Don Pasqualeand Zerbinetta both at Glyndebourne Festival; a critically acclaimed debut in one of the most iconic coloratura title roles in Lakmé with Washington Concert Opera; Gilda at Staatsoper Berlin; Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Sophie at Opéra de Paris; Fiakermilli in Arabella and Gilda at Bayerische Staatsoper; the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor in Nancy; Tytania, Roxana in Krol Roger, Mme Silberklang in Der Schauspieldirektor and the title role in Stravinsky’s The Nightingale, all at Santa Fe Opera. Cunegonde in Candide is another role that Morley has made her own and has performed in stellar company at LA Opera with James Conlon, Kelsey Grammer and Christine Ebersole; with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Philadelphia Orchestra with Alek Shrader, Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan; at the Carnegie Hall Centenary with John Lithgow; and at the Semperoper Dresden with David Butt Philip and Jan Josef Liefers.
Equally at home on the concert platform, Morley has performed with leading orchestras such as Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Recent successes include Beethoven Missa Solemnis with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Riccardo Muti; Carmina Burana with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood Festival conducted by Andris Nelsons; Mozart’s Mass in C Minor for the Mostly Mozart Festival at the Lincoln Center, conducted by Louis Langrée, a tour with Harry Bicket and The English Concert, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Met Chamber Ensemble in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall; and Poulenc Gloria with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorenzo Viotti at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Vienna’s Musikverein. Morley also appeared in the famous televised New Year’s Eve concerts with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann. She has collaborated with the Staatskapelle Dresden on tour as well, again with Maestro Thielemann, in a program of Strauss Orchesterlieder, including a world premiere of Thomas Hennig’s “Nacht.” A dedicated recitalist, Morley’s appearances include collaborations with pianists Vlad Iftinca, Ken Noda, Gerald Martin Moore, and Malcolm Martineau.
Morley spent her early years studying violin and piano, and frequently collaborated with her mother, violinist Elizabeth Palmer. An undergraduate of the Eastman School of Music, she went on to earn her Master of Music voice degree from The Juilliard School and her Artist Diploma from the Juilliard Opera Center in 2007, where she received the Florence & Paul DeRosa Prize. Morley also trained at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis as a Gerdine Young Artist, the Ravinia Festival Steans Institute, the Wolf Trap Opera Company as a Filene Young Artist, and the Metropolitan Opera as a Lindemann Young Artist. She won 1st Prize in the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition in 2002, and 1st Place in the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition in 2006. She also received the Richard Tucker Career Grant in 2013, the Beverly Sills Award in 2021, the Opera News Award in 2023, the Eastman School of Music Centennial Award in 2023, and the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government in 2024.

Blue Note Ensemble & Contemporary Jazz Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2026-03-04 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Dan VanZeeland and Mitchell Shiner, directors
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Noël Wan - Performance Class
2026-03-05 18:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Noël Wan, harp, leads a performance class with School of Music harp students Sadie Smith, Caitlin Leung, Fiona Hunt, Scarlett Felando, Sophia Speece, and Ellison Xu.
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Program
Sadie Smith
Impromptu pour Harpe, Op. 86 Gabriel Fauré
Caitlin Leung
La Source Alphonse Hasselmans
Fiona Hunt
Légende Henriette Renié
Scarlett Felando
El Viejo Castillo Moro Eduardo Chavarri/arr. Marcel Grandjany
Sophia Speece
Absidioles Bernard Andrès
Ellison Xu
Around the Clock Suite Pearl Chertok
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Lauded as “a huge talent with hidden power and amazing maturity” (Bart van Oort) and “not [a harpist] to be slept on” (The Globe and Mail), Taiwanese-Canadian-American Noël Wan 萬依慈 commands a remarkably fresh creative voice, bridging charismatic artistry and intellect in her work as an international prize-winning solo harpist and interdisciplinary scholar.
Unparalleled in her musical versatility and technical virtuosity, Noël has garnered top prizes at major competitions, including the Astral Artists National Competition, USA International Harp Competition, Prix Orford Musique, and World Harp Competition. Her solo work spans classical repertoire to jazz transcriptions to experimental improvisation and has been supported by the Chimei Arts Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and Florida State University.
Recent seasons include debut solo recitals in Chicago, Auckland, Hong Kong, China (Fuzhou, Wuxi), and Atlantic Canada; performances of Pull No More, Liliya Ugay’s award-winning solo electroacoustic harp work, at the Chicago Electro-Acoustic Festival, Seoul International Computer Music Festival, and CAMPGround Festival; and the premiere of “The Angel of Death,” an electroacoustic harp-sculpture designed by installation artist Tra Bouscaren. In July 2026, she will give the world premiere of Jovian and Telluric, op. 54, Caroline Lizotte’s new work for flute and electroacoustic harp at One Harp World in Toronto.
An alumna of the University of Illinois (BM, DMA) and the Yale School of Music (MM), Noël is currently the Assistant Professor of Harp and Entrepreneurship at Florida State University and harp faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2026-03-05 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Nick Moran, director
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Treble Choir, University Chorus, & Chorale - Student Ensemble Series
2026-03-06 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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Monica Bertrand, Benjamin Hanson, Alessio Tranchell, and Bert Pinsonneault, conductors
Sérgio Fontão, guest conductor
Mariana Farah, faculty advisor
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Interwoven - Guest Artist Series
2026-03-06 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series
Interwoven
Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto/shamisen/voice
Keiko Tokunaga, violin
Hikaru Tamaki, cello
Andy Lin, erhu/viola
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Pioneers of intercultural music that interlaces historic sonorities of Eastern Asia and Western Europe, INTERWOVEN is currently in its fourth season as a chamber ensemble. Taking inspiration from its birthplace, New York City, where countless cultures coexist and thrive, INTERWOVEN celebrates and integrates traditions, aesthetics and communities from various heritages through performing, commissioning, and recording contemporary music.
The ensemble made its debut in October 2021 at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York City, with the funding from the City Artist Corps Grant. The group has since appeared in venues such as Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum in New York City, Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn and Vancouver Civic Centre Annex, among others.
INTERWOVEN’s artistic goal is to see evidence of traditional Asian instruments or their sonority included in classical contemporary compositions and an increase in commissioning and performance of multicultural works written by diverse composers. The ensemble promotes the creation of new intercultural music by educating the young composers in universities and by commissioning from established composers who resonate with our beliefs. INTERWOVEN served as a guest artist-in-residence at the University of California Los Angeles, Toronto University, Longy School of Music in Massachusetts, University of Kansas and Colby College in Maine, working closely with composition and instrumental departments of the school.
The group is committed to introducing the sonority of traditional Asian music, instruments, history and culture to various American communities of non-Asian heritages. The ensemble received two major fundings for its original community project, FantAsia!, from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in New York City and Canada Council for the Arts in 2023; FantAsia! is a musical event of an Asian folklore-inspired program that takes place in neighborhoods with the smallest Asian population in all boroughs of New York City and Vancouver, BC.
Founder and GRAMMY Award winning violinist, Keiko Tokunaga, brings together seasoned musicians who have been heard in major halls, such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Radio City Music Hall, and their equivalents in Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia. Members of INTERWOVEN are passionate advocates for the importance of music in social, personal, and political developments, and devote much of their time to teaching and educational outreach. The ensemble collaborates with educational institutions to promote the creations of multicultural musical compositions, and to encourage active dialogues between students, faculty and the community on socially crucial topics such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the music field and beyond.

Sofia Stutesman - Senior Recital
2026-03-07 14:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Sofia Stutesman Senior Trombone Recital
Sofia Stutesman
Olivia Flood
Isaiah Dobbins
Heidi Lillegard
Jules Koch
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Caricias/Esta montaña d’enfrente Rita Payés & Elisabeth Roma (b. 1999)
In This Moment Sofia Stutesman (b. 2004)
Trombone Concerto Chick Corea (1941-2021)
I. The Stroll
Discourse of Goatherds Vivian Fine (1913-2000)
Haruki Sofia Stutesman
Of Clowns & Dreams Sofia Stutesman
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Sofia Stutesman is a trombonist, composer, and arranger under the mentorship of Mark Hetzler at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Sofia has collaborated with groups like the Isthmus Brass and the UW-Madison Wind Ensemble, and is a founding member of the Slippin’ Slides trombone quartet. Beyond her instrumental skills, Sofia has developed a repertoire of pieces ranging from classical to jazz, with her original compositions having been performed by groups including Mr. Chair.
