Mead Witter School of Music

Concert Band - Student Ensemble Series
2025-10-09 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Corey Pompey, conductor
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Pascal Le Boeuf - Changemaker Series
2025-10-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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The Mead Witter School of Music Changemaker Series presents:
Pascal Le Boeuf
The Mead Witter School of Music Changemaker Series is a celebration of individuals who help society challenge and expand the boundaries of music.
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Described as “sleek, new,” “hyper-fluent” and “a composer that rocks” by the New York Times, Pascal Le Boeuf is a GRAMMY-award winning composer, jazz pianist, and producer whose works range from improvised music to hybridizing notation-based chamber music with production-based technology.
Recent compositions include “Are We Dreaming the Same Dream?” commissioned by Akropolis Reed Quintet with drummer Christian Euman; “Imprints” for Alarm Will Sound; “Playground” commissioned by Orchestra of St. Lukes; “Triple Concerto” for violin, percussion duo and orchestra featuring Barbora Kolářová and Arx Duo; “I Am Not A Number” commissioned by New World Symphony; and “Out of the Gate” commissioned and premiered by Nu Deco Ensemble.
Recent commercial recordings and videos include collaborations with Akropolis Reed Quintet & Christian Euman, Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar, Friction Quartet, JACK Quartet, Hub New Music, Todd Reynolds, Sara Caswell, Jessica Meyer, Nick Photinos, Four/Ten Media, Bec Plexus featuring Ian Chang (of Son Lux), Dayna Stephens, Linda May Han Oh, Justin Brown, and the Le Boeuf Brothers Quintet (co-led by Remy Le Boeuf) praised by the New Yorker for “clearing their own path, mixing the solid swing of the jazz tradition with hip-hop, indie rock, and the complex techniques of classical modernism”.
As a keyboardist, Pascal has played as support for D’Angelo’s Black Messiah tour and Clean Bandit’s Rather Be tour with Australian pop artist Meg Mac. He actively performs with Le Boeuf Brothers, Jessie Montgomery’s Everything Band, vocalist/technologist Jamie Lidell, saxophonist Jeff Coffin, jazz vocalist Allan Harris, and his piano trio “Pascal’s Triangle”.
Pascal’s most recent awards include 2025 GRAMMY for “Best Instrumental Composition”, a 2024 Barlow Commission, a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2020 Copland House Residency Award, and various Independent Music Awards in “Jazz”, “Eclectic”, “Electronica” and “Music Video” categories. Pascal has received commissions and grants from NEA, New World Symphony, Nu Deco Ensemble, the Barlow Endowment, the Lake George Music Festival, Lincoln Center Stage, Chamber Music America, New Music USA, and ASCAP. He composed music for the 2008 Emmy Award-winning movie King Lines, and won first place in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition.
Pascal is an Assistant Professor of Music at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he teaches music composition. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music and Technology at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. He is a Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at Princeton University.
Pascal lives in Boston, MA with his wife, composer Molly Herron and their two kids Baxter and Io.

Hsiaopei Lee - Guest Artist Series
2025-10-10 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
Hsiaopei Lee, viola
Michael Bunchman, piano
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A graduate of Columbia University and University of Cincinnati, violist Hsiaopei Lee has performed in numerous venues as a soloist, recitalist and orchestra player throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Lee is Professor of Viola at the University of Southern Mississippi, where her excellence in teaching has been recognized by several awards.
She is also a recipient of Artist Fellowship awarded by Mississippi Arts Commission in 2011 and 2017. A passionate chamber musician, Hsiaopei collaborates extensively in various chamber music settings. Her album, ODYSSEY: Viola Music Written by American Female Composers, is available on the Centaur label.

Live from the Mead Witter School of Music - Pure Decadence
2025-10-12 12:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Live from the Mead Witter School of Music presents:
Pure Decadence
Late Romantic Chamber Music for Strings and Piano
Maynie Bradley, violin
Mary Deck, viola
Hannah Kasun, cello
Kris Saebo, bass
Sarah Williams, piano
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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.

Sarah C. Jamieson Memorial Recital
2025-10-12 14:00 | Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI, United States
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Sarah C. Jamieson Memorial Recital: Celebrating a Life of Music
On May 25, 1951, Sarah Cameron Jamieson, a student of artist in residence Gunnar Johansen, performed a recital featuring the works of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Weber, and Debussy. In this special tribute event, students of Professor Christopher Taylor will perform Sarah Jamieson’s recital program in Music Hall, where the 1951 program took place.
Matthew Driver
Megan Angriawan
Dominik Cambeis
Payam Pahlevanian
Hyeyeon Seok
Minha Jeon and Eunsu Kim
Related story: A Recital 75 Years in the Making

Memorial Carillon
2025-10-12 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
“Schilling” Prelude (Leen ’t Hart, 1957)
Mysterium Coniunctionis (Cindy Cox, 2015)
II. American Folksongs I (Gary White, 1986)
Sweet William
Sally Brown
Little dove
Captain Sargent’s Quick March
(colonial American, arranged for carillon by Beverly Buchanan, 1976)
III. Andante, from Sonata no. 2, for solo violin, BWV 1003
(Johann Sebastian Bach, c. 1720; arr. Albert Gerken, 1985)
A Song for the Bells (Daniel Pinkham, 1961)
IV. Two marches from the War of Spanish Succession, 1702-1713 (arr. Leen ’t Hart)
Mars van Oxenstierna
Mars van Prins Eugenius
Passacaglia and Fugue (W. Lawrence Curry, 1961)
Varsity

Treble Choir & University Chorus - Student Ensemble Series
2025-10-17 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Monica Bertrand, Benjamin Hanson, and Alessio Tranchell, conductors
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University Bands - Student Ensemble Series
2025-10-19 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 Ben Grochowsky, conductors
Tyler Schuster, guest conductor
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Blue Note Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2025-10-21 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Johannes Wallmann and Mitchell Shiner, directors
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University Symphony Orchestra - Student Ensemble Series
2025-10-21 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Oriol Sans, conductor
Jared Sierra, Joseph Mahin, and Katie Crim, graduate student conductors
Featuring Stephen Dubetz, clarinet
Winner of the 2024 University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition
Pre-concert talk begins at 7 pm
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Julia Rottmayer Studio Recital
2025-10-22 15:15 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Featuring performances by Voice students in Dr. Julia Rottmayer’s studio

Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra - Student Ensemble Series
2025-10-22 19:30 - 21:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Nick Moran, Johannes Wallmann, and Mitchell Shiner, directors
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Thomas Wieland - Master's Recital
2025-10-23 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Thomas Wieland Master’s Saxophone Recital
Thomas Wieland, tenor saxophone
Austin Cebulske, tenor saxophone
Dan VanZeeland, piano
Aden Stier, bass
Noah Brooks, drums
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Program
Encounter Porter/LeDonne
Wave A.C. Jobim (1927-1994)
I’ll Remember April Gene de Paul (1919-1988)
Ow! Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
Embraceable You George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Limehouse Blues Philip Braham (1881-1934)
Bags’ Groove Milt Jackson (1923-1999)

Career Chat - Scott Ordway
2025-10-24 15:30 - 16:30 | 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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

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Daniel Grabois, horn
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