Nobuko Imai with En-Chi Cheng, Wei-Ting Kuo, and the UW-Madison Viola Studio

Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

A program of Handel, Bach, Coletti, Bartok, and Bridge with guest artists Nobuko Imai, Wei-Ting Kuo, and En-Chi Cheng joining the Viola Studio of the Mead Witter School of Music   Nobuko Imai With her exceptional talent, musical integrity, and charisma, Nobuko Imai is considered to be one of the most outstanding violists of our time. […]

An Evening with Jazz Author Maxine Gordon & the UW Blue Note Ensemble

Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

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 […]

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~Nois Saxophone Quartet

Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

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 […]

Madrigal Singers (POSTPONED)

Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

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

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UW Wind Ensemble

Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

Scott Teeple, conductor. Ross Wolf, guest conductor Program: W.A. Mozart: Divertimento in B-flat Major Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments Chen Yi: Ba Yin (Wisconsin premiere, featuring Chicago-based saxophone quartet ~Nois) Joel Puckett: Avelynn’s Lullaby Omar Thomas: Of Our New Day Begun (Wisconsin premiere, co-commissioned by UW–Madison Bands)

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UW Chorale

Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

Program: "How to Spice Up Your Life" Selections include works about music, dance, chat, sports, love, outings, and cooking. The concert includes a performance of PDQ Bach's The Seasonings, an hysterical parody of baroque oratorios, featuring faculty soloists Julia Rottmayer and Paul Rowe with student soloists Angela Peterson and Charles Hancin. Free event; no tickets […]

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Guest Artist: Taylor Irelan, Flute

Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

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.

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UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra

Hamel Music Center 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

Oriol Sans, conductor. Ji Hyun Yim, guest conductor. Click here for a PDF of the program.  Program: Milhaud: Creation du monde Ravel: Mother Goose Suite Haydn: Symphony No. 101 "The clock" Free admission; no tickets required.

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Low Brass Ensemble

Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

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 […]

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