Alexandra Flint - DMA Recital
2025-12-13 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Alexandra Flint DMA Piano Recital
Alexandra Flint, piano
Michael Kelley, voice
Elizabeth Vaughan, piano
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Program
Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Robert Schumann
Petite Suite Claude Debussy

Live from the Mead Witter School of Music - Jean Laurenz and Deirdre Brenner
2025-12-14 12:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
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Live from the Mead Witter School of Music presents:
Jean Laurenz, trumpet
Deirdre Brenner, piano
With guests
David Perry, violin
Suzanne Beia, violin
Sally Chisholm, viola
Parry Karp, cello
Peter Dominguez, double bass
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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.

Memorial Carillon
2025-12-14 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
Adagio for glass harmonica, K 617a (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1791;
arranged for carillon by John Courter, 2000)
Profil canadien no. 2 (Émilien Allard, December 10, 1946)
II. Hanukkah songs (arranged by Gilbert DeBenedetti)
Sevivon, sov, sov, sov
Ner li
Oh Hanukkah
I have a little dreidel
Simple gifts (Joseph Brackett, 1848; arr. Milford Myhre, 1976)
Jewels (George F. Root, c. 1839; arr. Max Gould, 1976)
Let me call you sweetheart (Leo Friedman, 1910; arr. Robert Lodine, 1976)
III. Prelude for lute, BWV 998.1 (Johann Sebastian Bach, c. 1740; arr. Frank Deleu, 1994)
Passing Thought #3 (Anthony Skilbeck, 2007)
Questa dolce Sirena (Jacob van Eyck, published 1646; arr. Chris Bos, 1971)
IV. Christmas songs
Joy to the world
Carol of the bells
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Silent night
Varsity

Joshua Baker - DMA Recital
2025-12-14 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
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Joshua Baker DMA Saxophone Recital
Featuring the Driftless Reeds
Josh Baker, saxophone
Tom Lacy, oboe
Brian Jaap, clarinet
Stephen Dubetz, bass clarinet
Sarah Ellenbecker, bassoon
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Program
Sonata Op. 5, Nr. 12: La Folia Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)/arr. Hekkema
Aftershock Aaryn Ricucci-Hill (b. 1992)
Variations on Reverse Entropy Roger Zare (b. 1985)
Intermission
Kairos David Biedenbender (b. 1984)
Children’s Corner Claude Debussy (1862-1918)/arr. Hekkema

Ryan Rowe - Master's Recital
2025-12-15 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Ryan Rowe Master’s Voice Recital
Ryan Rowe, voice
Dr. Aubrie Jacobson, piano
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Program
Vanne, o rosa fortunata Vicenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Dolente immagine di Fille mia
La ricordanza
Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Ganymed, D. 544
Im Abendrot, D. 799
L’âme évaporée, CD 65 Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Les cloches, CD 66
Beau soir, CD 84
Doberdói dal arr. Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Feljött már az esthajnali csillag arr. László Lajtha (1892-1963)
Arról alul arr. Kodály
Mikor Csíkból elindultam arr. Lajtha
Sally in our alley arr. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
The foggy, foggy dew
The Ploughboy
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Ryan Rowe is a master’s candidate in Historical Musicology and pursuing a secondary emphasis in Voice at UW–Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music. He received a master’s degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and bachelor’s degrees in Slavic Languages and Music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
As a passionate proponent of art song repertoire from Central and Eastern Europe, Ryan has conducted research with support from the Kosciuszko Foundation, U.S. State Department Title VIII fellowship, Foreign Language Area Studies fellowships, the University of Minnesota, Honors Carolina, and the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Hungary, Poland, Belarus, and Russia.
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A native of Marquette, Michigan, Aubrie Jacobson is a Madison-based collaborative musician with a passion for making arts communities welcoming, engaging, and nourishing places for all people.
Aubrie currently works as an active collaborative pianist in Wisconsin, as Music Assistant for Madison Opera, and as a house pianist with Suzuki Strings of Madison, performing frequently with Sonora Strings. She has been a church musician since 2011 and currently serves as a pianist and music minister for Glenwood Moravian Community Church. Aubrie has also worked extensively with music students and choirs at Viterbo University, Carroll University, and in the Madison community.
Aubrie was recently featured as a performing artist in UW-Madison’s Schubertiade performance of Die Schöne Müllerin with tenor, Ryan Nash, in the 2025 Greenfield Summer Institute performance “When We Remembered Zion: Jewish Songs of Love, Loss, and Life,” in Fermat’s Last Theater Company performances of “Edith Piaf and the French Resistance,” in various concerts with the 2025 Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival in Fairhope, Alabama, and in a Spring 2025 recital series entitled “Voices of Women” along with soprano, Dr. Amanda Lauricella.
Aubrie earned a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Viterbo University in 2019 under the instruction of Dr. Mark Tollefsen and Dr. Mary Ellen Haupert and completed a master’s degree in collaborative piano performance in 2021 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music, studying with Professor Martha Fischer. In May 2024, she earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in collaborative piano from UW-Madison and a doctoral minor in arts administration from the Bolz Center at the Wisconsin School of Business.

Memorial Carillon
2025-12-28 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
Preludio 1, in G-Major (Matthias Vanden Gheyn, c. 1755; edited by Albert Gerken, 1997)
Gnossienne no. 3 (Erik Satie, c. 1890; guitar arrangement by José de Azpiazu, 1980)
II. Suite in d-minor, BuxWV 233
(Dietrich Buxtehude; arranged for carillon by David Hunsberger, 2017)
Allemande d’Amour – Courante – Sarabande d’Amour
A Whimsy, from Serenade for Carillon (Ronald Barnes, 1978, revised 1984)
III. Music for the Christmas season
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Greensleeves
Once in Royal David’s city
A la nanita nana
Estudio V, from 24 Progressive Lessons [for guitar], Op. 31
(Fernando Sor, 1828; arr. Carlo van Ulft, 2007)
IV. Gnossienne no. 2 (Erik Satie, 1893; arr. José de Azpiazu, 1980)
Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (often attributed to J. S. Bach; arr. Ronald Barnes, 1984)
Toccata for 42 bells (Robert Moore, 1956)
Varsity

Live from the Mead Witter School of Music - Avanti Piano Trio
2026-01-11 12:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
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Live from the Mead Witter School of Music presents:
Avanti Piano Trio
Alissa Freeman, piano
Hillary Hempel, violin
Hannah Wolkstein, cello
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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.

Memorial Carillon
2026-01-11 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
Petite Introduction (Lyle Anderson, 1974)
Preludium no. 9 (Matthias Vanden Gheyn, c. 1755; edited by Leen ’t Hart, 1965)
II. Allemande, from Cello Suite no. 3, BWV 1009 (Johann Sebastian Bach, c. 1720)
Passing Thought No. 2 (Anthony Skilbeck, 2007)
Allegretto (Vernon Studt, published 1984)
III. Intermezzo I, voor Amersfoort (Leen ’t Hart, 1968)
Ciacona en Fuga (Albert de Klerk, 1965)
IV. Smiles (Lee S. Roberts, 1917; arranged for carillon by Robert Lodine, 1976)
“Adagio in d-minor” (Prelude no. 22, Well-Tempered Clavier I, BWV 867.1)
(Johann Sebastian Bach c. 1722; arr. Leen ’t Hart)
It’s dark on Observatory Hill (Harold Spina, 1934; arr. Lyle Anderson, 1986)
Varsity

Sole Nero - Faculty Artist Series
2026-01-20 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
Also streaming live
Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Sole Nero
Jess Johnson, piano
Anthony Di Sanza, percussion
With guest artists
Alissa Freeman, piano
Anthony DeMartinis, percussion
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Based in Madison, Sole Nero is committed to exploring and programming new and existing works for piano and percussion duo. In an effort to contribute to the repertoire of this diverse medium, the duo has engaged in an extensive commissioning/premiering project resulting in many new works since 2002. Sole Nero has performed extensively in the United States and has appeared in Shenyang and Beijing, China. In addition, the duo has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Society of Composers National Conference, and the MTNA National Conference.
Sole Nero’s repertoire has explored works involving multi-media, including Across a Distance, a theatre production for soprano, deaf actor, and video images with piano and percussion duo. The music for this production was composed for Sole Nero by Scott Gendel. In 2004 the duo released its first compact disc recording on the Equilibrium label titled Music per Due.

The Bridge Project
2026-01-21 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
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The Bridge Project
Ben Ferris
Thomas Weiland
Dan Van ZeeLand
Noah Brooks
Heejo Yang
Chantel Davis
Jun Lee
Ben Campbell
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The Bridge Project started in 2021 and brought together a School of Music jazz quartet and string quartet. The ensemble works with high school and junior high school students to share performances and show the “bridging” of improvised music with written music to demonstrate that there’s room for expansion in the curriculum.

Verità Baroque - Madison Early Music Festival
2026-01-23 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$35 GA; $30 senior
Students free (ticket required)
Also streaming live
Weekend Pass
$90 GA; $75 senior
Students free (ticket required)
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Hailed by the BBC as “fearless in expression and musically irresistible,” VERITÀ Baroque launches its first American tour with The Storm of Emotions—a journey through the unleashed forces of nature and the human soul. Each work explores emotion in its rawest form: impetuous, mysterious, uncontrollable.
Antonio Vivaldi, master of musical theatricality, leads us into a world where storms are not merely meteorological but metaphors for passion. His language enters into dialogue with contemporary composers SJ Hanke and Alessio Barcellini, who give voice to new forms of rebellion—emotional, internal, and imaginative. Historical instruments meet modern compositional voices, creating experimental textures, inventive harmonies, and unexpected sonic landscapes.
Adding a rare dimension, Nicola Canzano will perform his own works live with VERITÀ Baroque, giving audiences the chance to witness music’s creation in real time. This collaboration bridges centuries, offering an immersive artistic experience.
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The 2026 Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF) celebrates over 20 years of excellence in early music while inaugurating a new chapter. Since its founding in 2000, MEMF has been a cornerstone of Wisconsin’s musical landscape, bringing international artists, scholars, and students together to explore historical repertoire through concerts, masterclasses, and community engagement. The 2026 revival honors this legacy while expanding the festival into an immersive, interdisciplinary experience—uniting Baroque music, dance, visual art, and innovation.

Immersive Art Experience - Madison Early Music Festival
2026-01-24 11:00 | WI
Free | No ticket required
Chazen Art Museum
750 University Avenue
Madison, WI
For the first time, VERITÀ Baroque transforms the galleries of the Chazen Museum of Art into a living stage, creating a multisensory encounter with visual art. Musicians are placed throughout the museum, filling each room with live Baroque sound as visitors move from gallery to gallery.
Guided tours become journeys where audiences experience art not only with their eyes but also through sound, rhythm, and spatial awareness. This integration of music, dance, and visual art invites visitors to step inside the artworks themselves, reimagining the museum as a complete sensory landscape: unforgettable and transformative.
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The 2026 Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF) celebrates over 20 years of excellence in early music while inaugurating a new chapter. Since its founding in 2000, MEMF has been a cornerstone of Wisconsin’s musical landscape, bringing international artists, scholars, and students together to explore historical repertoire through concerts, masterclasses, and community engagement. The 2026 revival honors this legacy while expanding the festival into an immersive, interdisciplinary experience—uniting Baroque music, dance, visual art, and innovation.

Quantz & Physics Lecture Recital - Madison Early Music Festival
2026-01-24 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$35 GA; $30 senior
Students free (ticket required)
Also streaming live
Weekend Pass
$90 GA; $75 senior
Students free (ticket required)
This program combines a physics lecture with a concert, exploring the incommensurability of acoustic waves, Baroque-era tunings, and reflections on quantum mechanical wave theory. Presented in honor of the centenary of Schrödinger’s equation, the evening bridges history, science, and innovation in a unique celebration of art and discovery.
The performance unfolds through Baroque music interwoven with whimsical cat-themed works dedicated to Schrödinger, ultimately transforming into an immersive electronic experience where sound and dance enter a contemporary dialogue with history. At its center is Johann Joachim Quantz, a leading figure at the court of Frederick II of Prussia.
Quantz’s music becomes a meeting ground for past and present, resonating alongside explorations of physics, quantum theory, and electronic sound—a testament to the enduring power of creativity across time and disciplines.
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The 2026 Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF) celebrates over 20 years of excellence in early music while inaugurating a new chapter. Since its founding in 2000, MEMF has been a cornerstone of Wisconsin’s musical landscape, bringing international artists, scholars, and students together to explore historical repertoire through concerts, masterclasses, and community engagement. The 2026 revival honors this legacy while expanding the festival into an immersive, interdisciplinary experience—uniting Baroque music, dance, visual art, and innovation.

Winter Wings in Wisconsin, A Family Concert Experience - Madison Early Music Festival
2026-01-25 10:00 | Lee/Kaufman Rehearsal Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | Ticket required
Winter Wings in Wisconsin: A Family Concert Experience
Take flight on a joyful winter journey as Taya the Goldfinch searches for her lost friend, the Cuckoo Bird. This interactive family concert features live Baroque music performed by the internationally acclaimed ensemble VERITÀ, led and directed by celebrated educator Dr. Zeynep Alpan. Through music, movement, and sound-making inspired by the birds of Wisconsin, audiences of all ages become part of the story.
Pre-concert activities begin at 10 am and include a wing-making station, an instrument petting zoo, and a visit from the Bird Alliance, where families can learn more about Wisconsin’s birds. Coffee and tea will be provided.
The concert begins at 11 am and brings Taya’s story to life through music and audience participation, inviting listeners to listen closely, move freely, and follow musical clues as the adventure unfolds.
Families can also join a community bird scavenger hunt leading up to the concert. Starting January 18, we’ll send out one new clue each day; follow the clues to visit local Madison businesses and collect bird-themed stickers, then bring your completed collection to the concert to claim a special prize (and help reunite Taya and the Cuckoo Bird!).
Free and open to all ages, this playful winter concert is the perfect way to gather, explore, and celebrate music, nature, and community together.
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The 2026 Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF) celebrates over 20 years of excellence in early music while inaugurating a new chapter. Since its founding in 2000, MEMF has been a cornerstone of Wisconsin’s musical landscape, bringing international artists, scholars, and students together to explore historical repertoire through concerts, masterclasses, and community engagement. The 2026 revival honors this legacy while expanding the festival into an immersive, interdisciplinary experience—uniting Baroque music, dance, visual art, and innovation.

Memorial Carillon
2026-01-25 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
Preludium IV (Matthias Vanden Gheyn, c. 1755; edited by Leen ’t Hart, 1968)
Study, for carillon (Jenke Kaldenberg)
II. Lake Music (Terry Vaughan, 1970, revised 1986)
Mysterium Coniunctionis (Cindy Cox, 2015)
Estudio V, from 24 Progressive Lessons, Op. 31
(Fernando Sor, 1828; arranged for carillon by Carlo van Ulft, 2007)
III. Prelude, from Cello Suite no. 1, BWV 1007
(Johann Sebastian Bach, c. 1720; arr. Albert Gerken, 1985)
Passing Thought No. 6 (Anthony Skilbeck, 2007)
Study for Carillon (Theophil Rusterholz, c. 1960)
IV. Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (often attributed to J. S. Bach; arr. Ronald Barnes, 1984)
Carillon (Jan Wagenaar, Utrecht city carillonneur, 1937-1954)
Varsity

Pro Arte Quartet - Faculty Ensemble Series
2026-01-25 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
Also streaming live
Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Ensemble Series
David Perry, violin
Suzanne Beia, violin
Sally Chisholm, viola
Parry Karp, violoncello
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Program

Student Showcase Concert & Dance Performance - Madison Early Music Festival
2026-01-25 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$35 GA; $30 senior
Students free (ticket required)
Also streaming live
Weekend Pass
$90 GA; $75 senior
Students free (ticket required)
The Madison Early Music Festival concludes with a celebratory Student Showcase Concert, highlighting the creativity, growth, and collaboration of participants throughout the festival. Students from UW–Madison and beyond will share the results of their intensive work in masterclasses, workshops, and rehearsals with international artists of Verità Baroque.
The program features ensembles and solo performances that explore the expressive beauty of the Baroque, enriched by new skills in improvisation, ornamentation, and historical performance practice. Dance students and community participants will join the musicians on stage, presenting choreographies developed during the festival that bring Baroque music to life through movement.
This culminating event embodies MEMF’s spirit of tradition and innovation, offering audiences a glimpse into the dynamic exchange between students, faculty, and guest artists. More than a concert, it is a joyful celebration of learning, discovery, and the transformative power of historical performance.
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The 2026 Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF) celebrates over 20 years of excellence in early music while inaugurating a new chapter. Since its founding in 2000, MEMF has been a cornerstone of Wisconsin’s musical landscape, bringing international artists, scholars, and students together to explore historical repertoire through concerts, masterclasses, and community engagement. The 2026 revival honors this legacy while expanding the festival into an immersive, interdisciplinary experience—uniting Baroque music, dance, visual art, and innovation.

Career Chat - Laura Strickling
2026-01-27 16:30 - 18:00 | Morphy Recital Hall, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The School of Music Career Chat Series presents:
Laura Strickling
Two-time GRAMMY award nominee for Best Classical Vocal Solo Album, soprano Laura Strickling was recognized by The New York Times for her, “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence.”
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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.

Guest artist conducting class with Vasily Petrenko
2026-01-28 13:30 - 15:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Open to the public
In collaboration with the Wisconsin Union Theater and the Interdisciplinary Arts Community Sessions, Vasily Petrenko, music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, leads a special guest artist conducting class for School of Music students. A Q&A moderated by Oriol Sans will follow if time allows.

Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzáles - Guest Artist Series
2026-01-30 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series
Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzáles, percussion
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Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzáles is a versatile performer, composer and educator that connects western and nonwestern tradition into concert settings. He has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Santo Domingo, Jackson Symphony, Toledo Symphony and Adrian Symphony. He is the founder and co-director of the first Dominican percussion ensemble that combines western and Caribbean musical traditions, ATEZA’O. Ureña González joined the faculty of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music as a Assistant Professor of Percussion in the Fall of 2023.
Jean Carlo Ureña González, a native of the Dominican Republic, began his musical studies at the Elila Mena Music School, with piano. While studying western techniques there, he simultaneously learned Latin percussion techniques from the hand of his father and his oldest brother at home. Jean Carlo joined the Music Academy of the Congregation Mita Inc., where he was introduced to western percussion instruments. He furthered his studies at the National Conservatory of Music in D.R. where he studied classical percussion with Remy Taveras, Luis Martines el Sevif, Josue Santana and Dominican Folkloric Music with Edis Sánchez “El Gurú.”
Jean Carlo was the first Dominican to perform a concerto with marimba with the National Symphony Orchestra of Dominican Republic, when he performed Ney Rosauro’s Marimba Concerto No.1, conducted by Christopher Zimmerman. Dominican Republic’s newspaper HOY, described Jean Carlo as someone that “shows mastery of technique, remarkable virtuosity potential and manifests musicality… his presentation was truly professional.”
Ureña González holds a Bachelor of Music from the Hartt School of Music, a Master of Music Performance, Master of Chamber Music Performance, and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from The University of Michigan, making him the first person from the Dominican Republic to obtain a DMA in percussion performance. During his DMA program, Jean Carlo worked on a first-of-its-kind commission project developing works for solos for percussion by Dominican composers. His teachers include Ben Toth, Douglas Perkins, Ian Antonio, Joseph Gramley, Jonathan Ovalle, Thomas Sherwood, Jeremy Epp, Shane Shannahan, Ted Piltzecker, Cary Kocher, Rogerio Boccato, Joe Galeota and John Amira.
Jean Carlo currently serves as the interim president of the Percussive Arts Society’s Dominican Republic chapter. Ureña González proudly plays with Zildjian cymbals.

Panorama Concert - Student Ensemble Series
2026-01-31 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
In addition to featuring Symphony Orchestra, Chorale, Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, and other School of Music students, the 2026 Panorama Concert will celebrate the School of Music’s 130th anniversary as a department on campus.
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Matthew Zalkind and Alice Yoo - Faculty Artist Series
2026-02-02 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
Also streaming live
Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Matthew Zalkind and Alice Yoo, cello
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Praised for his “impressive refinement, eloquent phrasing, and singing tone” by The New York Times, American cellist Matthew Zalkind regularly performs throughout the United States and abroad as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber musician. He was awarded First Prize in the Washington International Competition, as well as top prizes in the Beijing International Cello Competition and Korea’s Isang Yun Gyeongnam International Competition.
As a soloist, Matt has performed recitals at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, the Moscow Conservatory in Russia, the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater in Washington, DC, and the Beijing Concert Hall in China. He has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Utah Symphony, Albany Symphony, Hongzhou Philharmonic, Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Tongyeong International Music Festival Orchestra, Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra, Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, and numerous other North American orchestras. He has performed under the baton of celebrated conductors including Ludovic Morlot, Thierry Fischer, Giancarlo Guerrero, and David Alan Miller.
An active chamber musician, Matt has appeared at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, New York’s Alice Tully Hall, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As a former member of the acclaimed Harlem String Quartet, he toured internationally with jazz legends Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, and Gary Burton. He regularly participates in prominent chamber music festivals, including Marlboro and Musicians from Marlboro tours. Alongside his wife, cellist Alice Yoo, Matt is the Co-Artistic Director of the Denver Chamber Music Festival, a premier destination for world-class chamber music in Colorado. More information is available at denverchambermusicfestival.org.
Matt is a dedicated teacher and currently teaches at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. His students have been recognized on national and international concert stages. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, as well as a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan. A native of Salt Lake City, his primary mentors included Richard Hoyt, Pegsoon Whang, Hans Jørgen Jensen, Timothy Eddy, and Richard Aaron. Matt performs on a rare Italian cello made by Florentine maker Luigi Piatellini in 1760.
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Cellist Alice Yoo has been warmly hailed for her sensitive musicianship, expressive nuance, and passionate commitment to teaching. She has performed extensively throughout the United States and abroad as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of the Denver Chamber Music Festival, she and cellist Matthew Zalkind have created a new chamber music festival in Denver, Colorado that features the world’s most sought-after chamber musicians in world-class chamber music summer concerts all around the city of Denver.
A sought after chamber musician, Yoo has performed with distinguished artists including James Ehnes, Itzhak Perlman, Mitsuko Uchida, Dénes Varjon, Pamela Frank, Miriam Fried, Midori Goto, Kim Kashkashian, Jonathan Biss, and members of the Cleveland, Guarneri, Takacs, and Juilliard Quartets. Festival appearances include the Marlboro Music Festival, Moab Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Music@Menlo, Yellow Barn, Caramoor Evnin Rising Stars, Perlman Music Program, VIVO Music Festival, Olympic Music Festival, and IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music. Yoo regularly appears on tour with Musicians from Marlboro and performs with premiere ensembles including the New York Classical Players, East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, and The Knights.
Yoo is currently on the string and chamber music faculty at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. She previously held the post of guest cello professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder during the 2018-2019, 2022, and 2024 school years. She currently holds teaching posts at the Green Mountain Music Festival, Lamont Summer Academy, and Boulder Cello Festival. Previous teaching posts include Guest Artist at the 2019 and 2021 Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, faculty of cello and chamber music at Bard College’s Preparatory Division, Colorado State University, and masterclasses and residencies across the United States including Skidmore College, North Dakota State University, and more. From 2012-2014, Yoo was a member of Ensemble Connect (ACJW), a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School of Music, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.
Yoo is a top prize winner in several competitions, including the Holland-America Music Society Competition, Schadt International String Competition, National Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition, and Klein International String Competition. Solo appearances with orchestra include the USC Chamber Orchestra, Longmont Symphony, Cleveland Philharmonic, New York Classical Players, Billings Symphony, and the Bozeman Symphony. Her performances have been featured and broadcasted on Colorado Public Radio, Chicago’s WFMT, and Boston’s WGBH.
Passionate for new music, Yoo has worked closely with the esteemed composers Sophia Gubaidulina, Jennifer Hidgon, György Kurtág, Paul Wiankco, and John Harbison. She has given world premieres of acclaimed composers Samuel Carl Adams and Andy Akiho at Carnegie Hall. Recent recordings include Pierre Jalbert’s String Trio for Music at Copland House, music of the Tonight Show band The Roots, and works by Andy Akiho and Derek Bermel with Grammy award-winning producer Judith Sherman.
A native of Bozeman, Montana, Yoo’s teachers include Ralph Kirshbaum, Dr. Ilse-Mari Lee, Richard Aaron, and Paul Katz. She holds degrees from the New England Conservatory, Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, and the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music.
Yoo currently resides in Denver, Colorado with her husband, cellist Matthew Zalkind, and plays on a cello made for her in 2018 by Ryan Soltis.
More information can be found at Aliceyoocello.com and Denverchambermusicfestival.org

Alicia Lee - Faculty Artist Series
2026-02-05 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
Also streaming live
Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Alicia Lee, clarinet
Deirdre Brenner, piano
Vincent Fuh, piano
Eleni Katz, bassoon
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Clarinetist Alicia Lee enjoys a diverse musical life performing old and new works in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings.
As a resident of New York City for over a decade, Alicia performed and toured regularly with a variety of groups including The Knights, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Alarm Will Sound, and NOVUS NY. Since 2015, she has been a member of NOW Ensemble, with whom she has premiered dozens of new works written for the ensemble.
She is a founding member of Decoda, the Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall. Founded on the principles established during their time as fellows in Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect program, Decoda artists are committed equally to virtuosic performance and audience engagement across the globe. She also serves as co-director of the Decoda Chamber Music Festival, one of the ensemble’s flagship educational programs.
Her festival appearances include Marlboro, Lucerne, Spoleto USA, Yellow Barn, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Bay Chamber Concerts.
Alicia was formerly the associate principal and E-flat clarinet player of the Santa Barbara Symphony, a position she held for seven seasons. She also performed as solo bass clarinetist of the Bergen Philharmonic in Norway during the 2013-14 season. She holds a bachelor’s degree in French Language and Literature from Columbia University, and pursued musical studies at The Juilliard School Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima as a part of the Columbia-Juilliard exchange program. She earned additional degrees from the University of Southern California and The Colburn School, where she was a student of Yehuda Gilad.
Born into a musical family, Alicia grew up in Michigan, where she began her early studies on violin and piano and eventually made the switch to clarinet by age 12.
She currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband, bass player and composer, Kris Saebo, their son Jack, and Bonnie the sheepadoodle. She is Associate Professor of clarinet at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she also performs with the Wingra Wind Quintet.

Live from the Mead Witter School of Music - Folktales & Legends, Sarah Brailey, Julia Rottmayer, and Deirdre Brenner
2026-02-08 12:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
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Live from the Mead Witter School of Music presents:
Folktales & Legends
Sarah Brailey, soprano
Julia Rottmayer, soprano
Deirdre Brenner, 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.

Memorial Carillon
2026-02-08 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
Prélude Romantique (Frank Steijns, 1996)
More love (Shaker hymn, early 1870s; arranged for carillon by Ronald Barnes, 1976)
II. Preludio 2, in C-Major (Matthias Vanden Gheyn, c. 1755;
edition of Gilbert Huybens & Luc Rombouts, 1997)
Marja: Ode to Love (Dick Le Mair, 2018)
To a wild rose (Edward MacDowell, 1896; arr. Milford Myhre, 1976)
III. Preludio II – Homage to M.v.d.G. (Neil Thornock, 2018)
Soliloquy for bells (Richard H. Schroeder, 1963)
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground (Walter Kittredge, 1864; arr. Milford Myhre, 1976)
IV. Two American folksongs, with variations (arr. Leen ’t Hart, 1978)
Spanish is the loving tongue
Black is the color of my true love’s hair
Passing Thought No. 2 (Anthony Skilbeck, 2007)
Varsity

John Wagner - DMA Lecture Recital
2026-02-09 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
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
Free | No ticket required
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
Free | No ticket required
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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$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
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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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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$20 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
Also streaming live
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.
