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

All-University String Orchestra #2 - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-25 18:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States

University Symphony Orchestra with Concert Choir & Chorale - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-26 17:00 | 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)
This concert offers a striking contrast of styles and scale. Franz Joseph Haydn’s Nelson Mass combines dramatic intensity with radiant choral writing, music of urgency and faith shaped by turbulent times. For this performance, the Mead Witter School of Music Concert Choir and Chorale will join the University Symphony Orchestra, all under the baton of Dr. Mariana Farah. The evening will conclude with Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra, a vast and awe-inspiring tone poem that journeys from primordial darkness to blazing transcendence, crowned by one of the most iconic openings in all of orchestral music.

Resistance Music Ensemble & Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-27 19:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required

All-University Philharmonia Orchestra - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-27 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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$10 general admission
Students free (ticket required)

Chamber Percussion Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2026-04-29 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
The Chamber Percussion Ensemble is a chamber group dedicated to the performance of significant and interesting works from diverse compositional trends of the 20th and 21st centuries. While an emphasis is placed on unconducted works, the group also regularly performs conducted pieces for up to 15 percussionists. Professors Anthony Di Sanza, Todd Hammes and Tom Ross coache the ensemble with assistance from graduate students in the percussion program. Guest artists regularly perform with the ensemble and guest composers are often featured.

Career Chat - Sibila Konstantinova
2026-05-01 15:30 - 16:30 | Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The School of Music Career Chat Series presents:
Sibila Konstantinova
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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.
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Bulgarian pianist Sibila Konstantinova is distinguished by the elegance and warmth of her playing. Her insightful interpretations of the works of the Viennese Classical composers, as well as those of Schubert and Brahms, have earned her the admiration of audiences far beyond her adopted home city of Vienna.
Born in Varna, Bulgaria, Sibila Konstantinova began her musical education at the State Music School “Dobri Hristov.” Upon graduation, she was awarded a full scholarship by the Corporation of London to pursue her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she joined the class of Prof. Joan Havill. She obtained both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in piano performance and subsequently became an Artist Fellow at GSMD. Before moving to Vienna to specialize in chamber music under Avedis Kouyoumdjian at the University of Music and Performing Arts, she received numerous awards from institutions including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, and the Myra Hess Foundation.
As a soloist and chamber musician, Sibila has performed extensively throughout Europe in prestigious venues such as the Barbican Centre and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Wigmore Hall, the Glass Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, and the Konzerthaus in Berlin. Her performances have been broadcast by the Bulgarian National Television and Radio, the Performance Channel (UK), Radio Ö1 (Austria), and Radio NDR4 (Netherlands).
Sibila Konstantinova is a founding member of the Stefan Zweig Trio, winners of the 2015 Joseph Haydn International Chamber Music Competition. The release of their debut CD, featuring trios by Korngold and Zemlinsky, received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for an OPUS Klassik Award.
A passionate teacher, Sibila has been a member of the faculty at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts (mdw) since 2013. She was appointed Senior Lecturer in Piano Chamber Music in 2021 and has since given masterclasses at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga, and at the Grafenegg, Großraming, and Ghent Festivals as part of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA).

World Percussion Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
2026-05-01 19:30 | Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI, United States
Free | No ticket required
The World Percussion Ensemble is a chamber group dedicated to the performance of significant percussive styles from around the globe. Percussion traditions from various cultures, including Cuba, Brazil, India, West Africa and the Middle East are explored through performance and cultural research. In addition, the World Percussion Ensemble occasionally collaborates with faculty and students from the UW dance program.

Spring Choir Concert - Student Ensemble Series
2026-05-01 19:30 | Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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$10 general admission
Students free (ticket required)
Featuring Treble Choir and University Chorus

Live from the Mead Witter School of Music- The Planets (Piano Duo)
2026-05-10 12:30 | Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Free | No ticket required
Live from the Mead Witter School of Music presents:
Deirdre Brenner and Sibila Konstantinova, 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.
