Live from the Mead Witter School of Music - Pro Arte Quartet
2026-04-12 12:30 (America/Chicago) | 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:
Pro Arte Quartet
David Perry, violin
Suzanne Beia, violin
Sally Chisholm, viola
Parry Karp, violoncello
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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.

Opera Workshop
2026-04-14 19:30 | 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.

Contemporary Jazz Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra with the David Ambrosio Quintet
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.

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
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.

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)

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

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 Witter 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.

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

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
Purchase tickets
$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

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

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
Humanities 1321
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
Purchase tickets
$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.
