Mead Witter School of Music

Opera Workshop
2026-04-14 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI, United States
Free | No ticket required
Opera students perform a variety of scenes from opera and musical theatre.

Boris Krivoshein - DMA Recital
2026-04-14 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
March 26 update: This recital was rescheduled from March 26 to April 14.
Free | No ticket required
Boris Krivoshein DMA Piano Recital
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Program
Piano Sonata op. 7 in E flat Major Ludwig van Beethoven
Ballade No. 4 op. 52 in F Minor Frédéric Chopin
“Wedding Ceremony,” “Romance,” “Tome Forward” Georgy Sviridov
Piano Sonata No. 7 op. 83 in B Flat Major Sergei Prokofiev
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Mr. Krivoshein was born in a small village in the Tomsk region of Russia in 1991. In 2011, he graduated from the Tomsk College of Music and continued his studies at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory named after Glinka.
From 2015 to 2020, he furthered his education at one of the most prestigious music universities in Russia—the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music—where he studied with Professor Tamara Roussanova, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and Candidate of Art History.
He later completed a Master’s degree in Piano Performance at the DePaul University School of Music (Chicago, Illinois, USA).
Mr. Krivoshein is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts (Ph.D.) in Piano Performance at the Mead Witter School of Music, studying with Professor Christopher Taylor.

Van Maxwell - Senior Recital
2026-04-15 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Van Maxwell Senior Percussion Recital
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Program
Fanfare Juliana became Lillian Eugene Novotney (b. 1960)
Stelae of Axum Halim El-Dabh (1921-2017)
Asventuras Alexej Gerassimez (b. 1987)
Rebonds B Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)
Intermission
Humanities, Oh Humanities Emma Bijelic (b. 2004)
The Recital Piece William Cahn (b. 1946)
Yet unwritten Van Maxwell (b. 2004)

Sarah Brailey Studio Recital
2026-04-15 19:30 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Morphy Recital Hall

Contemporary Jazz Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra with the David Ambrosio Quintet - Guest Artist Series
2026-04-16 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)
Anita Sorenson Jazz Guest Residency
David Ambrosio Quintent
David Ambrosio, bass
Donny McCaslin, tenor/soprano saxophones
Jason Palmer, trumpet
Bruce Barth, piano
Rudy Royston, drums
With Contemporary Jazz Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra
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For the past 30 years, David Ambrosio has been one of New York City’s finest freelance musicians and educators. His current working projects as a leader are CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: Blue Note Records in the Progressive ‘60s, featuring Grammy nominated saxophonist Donny McCaslin and drumming legend Victor Lewis; and the David Ambrosio Trio, featuring saxophonist Loren Stillman.
In addition to his own ensembles, he is the co-leader of the David Ambrosio/Russ Meissner Sextet, 40Twenty, and Grupo Los Santos, as well as being a part of many other groups including George Schuller’s Circle Wide, the Matt Renzi Trio, Eri Yamamoto Trio, and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra led by Ted Nash and Andy Farber. He has performed with such jazz greats as Kenny Werner, Joe Lovano, Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, George Garzone, Joseph Jarmon, and Ralph Alessi.
David’s third recording as leader, Four on the Road (Fresh Sound Records, 2018), was praised as “Swinging brilliance in the light of interactive engagement, creating music that challenges while remaining largely accessible” by Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz.
With degrees in classical composition and jazz performance, David has a broad musical palate that has become even more intensified by his extensive travel experiences. In 2001 he had the opportunity to perform in Cuba with Grupo Los Santos, Max Pollack’s Rumbatap, as well as numerous local Afro/Cuban folkloric music and dance ensembles. Not long after, he began what has become a 14-year period of intense study of Afro/Cuban Bata drumming with master drummers Miguel Bernal, Carlos Gomez, and Carlos Aldama.
David has also frequently toured in Central and South East Asia on behalf of the US State Department as a performer and clinician. Currently he is on the faculty at Hunter College and the New York Jazz Workshop in NYC.

Joe Mahin - Master's Recital
2026-04-17 16:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Joe Mahin Master’s Conducting Recital
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Program
Mountain Thrall Edvard Grieg
Symphony No. 5 Franz Schubert
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Joseph Mahin is a Master of Music student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison studying Orchestral Conducting with Professor Oriol Sans. At UW–Madison, he serves as co-conductor of the Medical Sciences Orchestra and the All-University Philharmonia Orchestra, also periodically conducting the University Symphony Orchestra. Joe is a conducting fellow with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra for their 25-26 season.
Before joining the conducting program in Madison, he studied in Manchester, England, at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree with Honors in Music Performance. While in the UK, Joe worked with youth ensembles including the Warrington Youth Orchestra and the Macclesfield Youth Brass Band, serving as both conductor and tutor. His experiences abroad also include leading musical projects with RNCM ensembles, assisting conductor Lawrence Foster with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and performing with several of the UK’s leading brass bands. Outside of his musical work, Joe is passionate about mentoring youth and serving in Christian ministry.

Varsity Band Spring Concert
2026-04-17 19:30, 2026-04-18 15:00 | Kohl Center, 601 W Dayton St., Madison, WI, United States
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Friday, April 17 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 18 at 3 pm
Individual Tickets
General Public: $25-$30
UW–Madison students: $15
School & Group Tickets
School groups of 20+
Special rate of $15 each for seats in select sections (both nights)
Groups of 8+
Special rate of $20 each for seats in select sections (both nights)
School & Group ticket inquiries:
Contact Tom Mathwich, UW Athletics Ticket Office
1-800-GOBADGERS tom@athletics.wisc.edu
Honoring Badger Band traditions like our ever popular Fifth Quarter and “On, Wisconsin!” and featuring new charts from the Fall 2025 season, the Varsity Band Spring Concert will appeal to Badger Band fans of all ages. Highlights for this year’s show include “Music of Lady Gaga” “Wicked” “Music of Rihanna” and longtime favorites like “Space Badgers,” “If You Want To Be A Badger,” and our signature Badger Band Finale.

UW Blue Note Ensemble and David Ambrosio & Civil Disobedience - Guest Artist Series
2026-04-17 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)
Anita Sorenson Jazz Guest Residency
David Ambrosio & Civil Disobedience
David Ambrosio, bass
Donny McCaslin, tenor/soprano saxophones
Jason Palmer, trumpet
Bruce Barth, piano
Rudy Royston, drums
With the UW Blue Note Ensemble
Civil Disobedience is a project initiated by New York bassist David Ambrosio, showcasing the works of progressive jazz composers from the late 1960s Blue Note Era. The featured composers include Bobby Hutcherson, Jackie McLean, Stanley Cowell, Harold Land, Joe Chambers, Duke Pearson, and James Spaulding. Remarkably, much of this music, created during a period of significant social change and civil unrest, remained unreleased for decades, preventing these compositions from being heard when they were originally written.
Over fifty years later, in contemporary America, there are notable parallels with the social movements of that era. This context lends a new and heightened sense of relevancy and urgency to the important music featured in Civil Disobedience. The project was conceptualized and convened as an artistic response to current socio-economic and social justice events, both on a domestic and global scale. By performing the politically conscious jazz compositions of the late 1960s Blue Note Era, Civil Disobedience seeks to bring forth the timeless messages embedded in this music and connect them with the pressing issues of today.
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For the past 30 years, David Ambrosio has been one of New York City’s finest freelance musicians and educators. His current working projects as a leader are CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: Blue Note Records in the Progressive ‘60s, featuring Grammy nominated saxophonist Donny McCaslin and drumming legend Victor Lewis; and the David Ambrosio Trio, featuring saxophonist Loren Stillman.
In addition to his own ensembles, he is the co-leader of the David Ambrosio/Russ Meissner Sextet, 40Twenty, and Grupo Los Santos, as well as being a part of many other groups including George Schuller’s Circle Wide, the Matt Renzi Trio, Eri Yamamoto Trio, and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra led by Ted Nash and Andy Farber. He has performed with such jazz greats as Kenny Werner, Joe Lovano, Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, George Garzone, Joseph Jarmon, and Ralph Alessi.
David’s third recording as leader, Four on the Road (Fresh Sound Records, 2018), was praised as “Swinging brilliance in the light of interactive engagement, creating music that challenges while remaining largely accessible” by Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz.
With degrees in classical composition and jazz performance, David has a broad musical palate that has become even more intensified by his extensive travel experiences. In 2001 he had the opportunity to perform in Cuba with Grupo Los Santos, Max Pollack’s Rumbatap, as well as numerous local Afro/Cuban folkloric music and dance ensembles. Not long after, he began what has become a 14-year period of intense study of Afro/Cuban Bata drumming with master drummers Miguel Bernal, Carlos Gomez, and Carlos Aldama.
David has also frequently toured in Central and South East Asia on behalf of the US State Department as a performer and clinician. Currently he is on the faculty at Hunter College and the New York Jazz Workshop in NYC.

Chance Stine - Guest Artist Series
2026-04-17 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)
Mead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series
Chance Stine, saxophone
Elizabeth Vaughn, piano
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Chance Stine is a member of Pershing’s Own United States Army Ceremonial Band. Previously, Stine earned his MM in Saxophone Performance at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied classical saxophone with Dr. Stephen Page and jazz with Dr. John Mills, and a BM in Instrumental Music Education from the University of Michigan, where he studied classical saxophone with Dr. Timothy McAllister and jazz with Dr. Andrew Bishop. He first began his education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied saxophone and clarinet with Dr. Wesley Warnhoff, flute with Stephanie Jutt, and jazz with Richard Davis.
Stine has performed with many orchestras, bands, and other classical ensembles across America, such as the New World Symphony, Academy Festival Orchestra at the Music Academy of the West, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, and other regional groups. In March of 2018, Stine traveled as a featured soloist with international trumpet star, Allen Vizzutti, and Middleton High School on a tour to Japan. In past years, he participated as one of the first saxophone fellows at Music Academy of the West and in the Arosa Music Festival in Switzerland. An avid proponent of new music, Stine has also been part of premieres for several new solo and chamber works for saxophone.
Committed to a diverse career, Stine is an active jazz performer who composes and performs his own original music. He frequently collaborates with both his own group based in Madison, WI and one of Madison’s rising performers and educators, Wilder Deitz. As a sideman, Stine has performed with renowned artists such as the Grammy Award winning Manhattan Transfer, Allen Vizzutti, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Also a talented multi-woodwind player, Stine has performed with an array of musical theater companies across the Midwest, including the Grammy Award winning Terry Barber, University of Michigan Musical Theatre Department, Encore Musical Theatre Company, and many other regional companies.
A dedicated teacher, Stine is heavily involved in music education and has been an active private saxophone and clarinet instructor for the past 9 years. He is a regular clinician for elementary, middle, and high school bands and holds a teaching certificate with an emphasis in music education in the state of Michigan.
Stine has won many awards and recognitions, such as 2nd prize at the Naumburg International Saxophone Competition, 1st place in the Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition, national finalist in the MTNA Young Artist Competition, 1st place in the NASA Region IV Solo Competition, 2nd prize in the Medici International Music Competition, 2nd prize in the UW-Manitowoc Lakeshore Wind Ensemble Young Artist Competition, 2nd prize in the NOLA Chamber Fest, semi-finalist in the NASA soloist and quartet competitions, semi-finalist in the Madison Symphony Orchestra Final Forte, and honorable mention in the UW-Madison Irving Shain Competition.

Abhinay Reddy - Elective Recital
2026-04-17 19:30 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Morphy Recital Hall
Abhinay Reddy presents
Melodies of Earth: A flutist’s rendition on climate change
Abhinay Reddy, flute and piccolo
Will Preston, piano
Riley Smith, guitar
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Program
Farewell Feathered Friends No.1 (2020) Jacob TV (b. 1951)
Waterways Beneath the Polar Ice Shelf (2024) Nicole Mitchell (b. 1967)
Rising Oceans (2020) Herman Beeftink (b. 1967)
Intermission
…And the Water Was Clear Again (2023) Peter Machajdik (b. 1967)
Earth (2021) Takatsugu Muramatsu (b. 1978)
Amazonia (2020) Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
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Performed by Abhinay Reddy in collaboration with the UW–Madison Office of Sustainability’s Earth Fest series, this program is inspired by the persisting events of climate change, presenting a journey on nature’s crisis.
“Farewell Feathered Friends No.1” utilizes a recorded soundtrack detailing 5 different birds that are either extinct or classified as endangered. “Waterways Beneath the Polar Ice Shelf” and “Rising Oceans” detail the ideas of ice caps melting, threatening polar species and causing rising sea levels.
Following the intermission, the program will delve into “…And the Water Was Clear Again,” where there is an underlying theme of humans polluting and overusing our waterways, and the hope for a more sustainable future with purer water. “Earth” by Muramatsu showcases the beauty of our natural environment and what our planet could be like, free from climate change. But at last, “Amazonia” showcases the deforestation, land use, and extractivism of human nature, culminating in a climactic finale of pure destruction.
This recital calls out for us as humans to take action to prevent climate change from worsening even more, allowing us to experience the pathos of immense climate events and learn about climate change in an interdisciplinary way.

Brian Jaap - Master's Recital
2026-04-18 11:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Brian Jaap Master’s Clarinet Recital
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Program
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano Joseph Horovitz, (1926-2022)
Monologue (Impressions on The True Story of Ah Q) Chen Yi (b. 1953)
Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
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Originally from Stillwater, MN, Brian Jaap is a multi-faceted clarinetist, music educator, and arts administrator based in Madison, WI. Brian received his Master of Music degree in Clarinet Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education from Concordia College. In Madison, Brian currently serves as the Project Assistant for UW-Madison’s Division of the Arts Arts Residency Programs, and performs regularly as a member of the Madison Gamer Symphony, the Madison Chamber Players, and Driftless Reeds. He has played with many groups around the Midwest as a guest artist including the Madison New Music Ensemble, Encore Wind Ensemble, and the La Crosse Symphony.
A passionate music educator and advocate for music in public schools, Brian was the Elementary Music Teacher at Como Park Elementary in St. Paul Public Schools for three years. He received his Orff-Schulwerk music teacher certification from Vandercook College of Music in Chicago, IL, and has taught various music courses in public schools across the country, including General Music, Band, Digital Music, African Drumming, Percussion Ensemble, and Woodwind Technique classes. Brian has taught clarinet, flute, and saxophone privately since 2020, and teaches clarinet at Shell Lake Arts Center Concert Band Camp in Shell Lake, WI.
Brian’s confident and heart-felt playing has won him numerous accolades, including performing as a featured soloist with The Concordia Band, (Mendelssohn’s Concert Piece No. 2,) and as a finalist in UW–Madison’s Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (Artie Shaw’s Clarinet Concerto.)
A fierce advocate for chamber music, Brian is a member of the professional reed quintet, Driftless Reeds. Driftless has competed in multiple chamber music festivals. Driftless is excited to be an ensemble-in-residence at the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Interlochen Center for the Arts. In 2026, Driftless Reeds embarked on their inaugural tour, performing recitals and teaching masterclasses to undergraduate woodwind students at the University of Arkansas, Arkansas State University, Murray State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Driftless Reeds are active in the greater Madison, WI area and regularly perform across the Midwest.
While Brian is a versatile soloist and chamber musician, he has also participated in multiple national and international festivals for chamber music, opera, film music, and large-group ensembles that have brought him all over the world. These include the Zodiac Chamber Music Festival, Chicago Summer Opera, Music Academy of the West, the Los Angeles Film Composers Intensive, and the Minnesota Music Educators convention.
Apart from performing and teaching, Brian is also passionate about arts administration. Through his Project Assistantship at the University of Wisconsin’s Division of the Arts, he worked to bring many artists-in-residence of all mediums to UW through their International Visiting Artists and Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Programs.

Jeff Weiss - DMA Recital
2026-04-18 14:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Jeff Weiss Recital DMA Double Bass Recital
Jeff Weiss, double bass
Beth Wilson, piano
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Jeff Weiss is a versatile bassist and educator based in Madison, Wisconsin. Jeff started learning bass with Rob Junceau III, building a foundation of various bass performance styles. He went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in Bass Performance from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, studying with Richard Davis, and a Master of Music degree with Peter Dominguez.
Since 2013, Jeff has served as a bass instructor at Heid Music in Madison and has maintained a private teaching studio. He has also served as Jazz Director at Madison West High School in 2022-2023, a vendor for Children’s Long-Term Support, and as a clinician for the Richard Davis Bass Conference. He has taught at UW–Madison as a jazz history teaching assistant and joined the faculty of the UW–Madison Summer Music Clinic in 2025.
In addition to teaching, Jeff has performed with a wide array of local Madison ensembles, including Harmonious Wail, The Big Payback, No Name String Band, Black Star Drum Line, Ted Keys Trio, Lonelyproof, Charlie Painter Trio, Marisa Balistreri Trio, Killarney Blarney and Panchromatic. Jeff has also had the pleasure of sharing the stage with national and international artists such as John Jorgenson, Joscho Stephan, Terell Stafford, Frank Vignola, Robin Nolan, Gonzalo Bergara, Peter Bernstein, Fred Wesley, Clyde Stubblefield and Stephane Wrembel.
Jeff’s contributions have been recognized with multiple honors, including several Madison Area Music Awards: Bassist of the Year (2012), Classical Performer of the Year (2016), and Bass Guitar Player of the Year (2022). He was also named Heid Music’s Teacher of the Year in 2022.

Sage Eckard-Lee - Junior Recital
2026-04-18 17:00 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Morphy Recital Hall
Sage Eckard-Lee Junior Violin Recital
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Program
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
I. (Allegro)
II. Adagio ma non tanto
III. Allegro
Duo in C minor, Op. 4, No. 2 Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841)
I. Adagio ma non troppo
II. Allegro
III. Adagio ma non troppo
IV. Rondo Allegretto
Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
I. Allegro amabile
II. Appassionato, ma non troppo allegro
III. Andante con moto – Allegro – Più tranquillo

Lleyton Thompson - Senior Recital
2026-04-18 19:30 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Lleyton Thompson Senior Classical Guitar Recital

Eireann Murphy - DMA Recital
2026-04-19 11:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Eireann Murphy DMA Tuba Recital

University Bands - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-19 14:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$10 general admission
Students free (ticket required)

Anna Desfor - DMA Recital
2026-04-19 14:00 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Morphy Recital Hall
Anna Desfor DMA Percussion Recital
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Program
Mourning Dove Sonnet Christopher Deane (1957-2021)
Marimba d’amore Keiko Abe (b. 1937)
Variations on Lost Love David Maslanka (1943-2017)
In Venus Davis Carr (b. 2020)
An Extraordinary Correspondence Nathan Daughtrey (b. 1975)
Arabesque No. 1 Claude Debussy (1862-1918)/arr. José Riojas

Scott Lonzaga - Senior Recital
2026-04-19 17:00 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Scott Lonzaga Senior Drumset Recital

Low Brass Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-19 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required

Haley Street - Senior Recital
2026-04-19 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Haley Street Senior Voice Recital
Haley Street, voice
Sarah Williams, piano
Abby Grittinger, guitar
Mylana Lunde, voice
Lydia Jewell, voice
Emmit Thom, voice
Sheel Gupta, voice
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Program
Ariettes oubliées Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Chevaux de bois
Green
Spleen
Sarah Williams, piano
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Why do they shut me out of Heaven?
Heart, we will forget him
Sleep is supposed to be
Sarah Williams, piano
Notre Dame Paris Paloma (b. 1999)
Abby Grittinger, guitar
Mylana Lunde, voice
Lydia Jewell, voice
Emmit Thom, voice
Sheel Gupta, voice
Intermission
Mädchenblumen Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Wasserrose
Kornblumen
Ständchen Richard Strauss
Sarah Williams, piano
Moonfall – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Als Luise die Briefe Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ach, ich fühl’s Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sarah Williams, piano
No One Else Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Sarah Williams, piano

Meghan Boelkow - DMA Recital
2026-04-19 19:30 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Meghan Boelkow DMA Bassoon Chamber Recital
Meghan Boelkow
Emily Torkelson
Alex Ferkey
Presley Hansen
Anders Larson
Morgan Musil
Fiona Hunt
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Bassoonist Meghan Boelkow will be giving her first DMA Chamber Recital at UW–Madison. Originally from Wisconsin, Meghan received her Bachelor’s Degree at UW-Platteville and her Master of Music Degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Meghan is excited to present a program that consists of a variety of instruments and music. This program will be giving the spotlight to instruments that don’t normally get to play together; including the bassoon with the cello, tuba, upright bass, and harp. Join us on this fun adventure with “Voices Unheard.”

Earth Signals: Wisconsin Weather
2026-04-20 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and the Mead Wtter School of Music present Earth Signals, a collaboration focusing on the theme of Wisconsin weather and making use of different forms of weather and climate data to compose music.
Earth Signals brings oceanographic and atmospheric science concepts to life through music and sound. Earth Signals is a science-music project from the UW-Madison Oceans and Climate Group led by Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Elizabeth Maroon and Professor of Music Johannes Wallmann.
Earth Signals: Wisconsin Weather—the second in our series of science-inspired musical experiences—will feature a new work for Piano Quintet with Live Electronics by Christopher Cobley, DMA student in Music Composition. In addition, weather data from the new Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet (Wisconet) will be transformed into sound and presented by Molly McKellar, a senior in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Alongside the performances, attendees will learn about the science behind the weather and why new observational platforms like the Wisconet matter for Wisconsin.

Jazz Composers' Group - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-21 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States

Jazz Standards Ensemble & Creative Music Collective - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-22 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States

Wind Ensemble & Concert Band - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-23 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)
Scott Teeple, conductor
Col. Kenneth Collins, U.S. Navy Band (ret.), guest conductor
Featuring Jesse Wolf, trumpet
Winner of the 2025 Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition

Collegium Musicum - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-23 19:30 | Morphy Recital Hall, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Taya König-Tarasevich, Jacob Reed, and llana Schroeder, directors

Marvin Rabin String Quartet
2026-04-24 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Ben Campbell, violin
McKenna Taylor, violin
Heejo Yang, viola
Jun Lee, cello
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Program
String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio ma non troppo
III. Scherzo: Allegro – Trio
IV. La Malinconia: Adagio – Allegretto quasi Allegro – adagio – Allegretto – Un poco adagio – Prestissimo
Intermission
String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
I. Andante espressivo – Allegro molto moderato
II. Assai agitato
III. Adagio molto
IV. Finale: Allegro molto vivace
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The Marvin Rabin String Quartet is the graduate string quartet at the Mead Witter School of Music. Its members are working towards master’s and doctoral degrees and serve as teaching assistants, leading orchestral sectionals, teaching string fundamentals to music education students, and performing as representatives of UW–Madison.
The group is funded by generous donors and named in honor of Dr. Marvin Rabin. Dr. Rabin was an internationally acclaimed music educator and Professor Emeritus at UW–Madison who inspired thousands of string educators nationwide. As the father of the youth orchestra movement in the US, his work continues to positively impact countless young musicians to this day.

Margaret Cremers - Master's Recital
2026-04-25 11:00 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Margaret Cremers Master’s Trombone Recital
Maragret Cremers, trombone
Vincent Fuh, piano
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Program
Blue: A Broken Glass Bottle Ryan Middagh
Birds of Paradise Jay Chaplin
Intermission
Variations in F# Leon Stekke
Three Latin Jazz Miniatures Bob Washut
I. Prelude and Mambo
II. Bolero
III. Guaguanco
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Originally from Iowa City, Maggie Cremers holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa and is currently completing her Master’s in Trombone Performance. During her time at the University of Wisconsin, she has participated in a wide range of student ensembles, showcasing her versatility and passion for performing in both the classical and jazz traditions.
Maggie regularly performs with the Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra and is a founding member of The Wayward Ensemble, where she continues to explore story telling through creative music making.
Outside of her musical pursuits, Maggie works as a baker at Bloom Bake Shop and enjoys spending time outdoors with her partner and their puppy.

All-University String Orchestra #1 - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-25 17:00 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Purchase tickets
$10 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
All-University Strings #1 is at 5 pm
All-University Strings #2 is at 6:30 pm
