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SUMMARY:Anna Desfor - DMA Recital
DESCRIPTION:Free | No ticket required \nAnna Desfor DMA Percussion Recital \nAnna Desfor\nKendal Schreiber\nTanner Day\nJaime Cárdenas\nTrevor Maliborski \n…… \nProgram \nElyl and Tap        Emmanuel Séjourné (b. 1961) \nEstrellita       Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) \nRelative Riffs       Alejandro Viñao (b. 1951) \nVibe Suite     Mark Glentworth (b. 1960)\n1. Broken Silence\n2. Ilmo\n3. Sunbell \nMusical Pictures     Csaba Marjan (b. 1983)
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/anna-desfor/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student Recital
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SUMMARY:Wisconsin Gagok Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Free | No ticket required\nAlso streaming live \nJessica Schwefel\, mezzo soprano\nYoungjoo Hong\, soprano\nSusan Gaeddert\, piano \n…… \nProgram \n \n…… \nSince our founding in 2023\, the Wisconsin Gagok Ensemble has been dedicated to the promotion and performance of Korean Art Song in Wisconsin and beyond. Soprano Youngjoo Hong\, Mezzo Soprano Jessica Schwefel\, and Pianist Susan Gaeddert curate programs of music by 20th and 21st century Korean Art Song composers. We strive to make this art form more accessible for western audiences. We collaborate with other artists and performers to cultivate other aspects Korean and Korean American culture in our state. Please visit www.wigagokensemble.weebly.com for more information. \nPerformers \nYoungjoo Hong\, soprano\, is a dynamic musician in both the concert and teaching fields. Along with her interpretation of standard repertoire\, Youngjoo is a passionate performer and advocate of contemporary and early music. She holds a Music Education degree (BM) and a Master of Music (MM) in Voice Performance from the University of Wisconsin Madison. \nHer recent performance of a Korean Art Song Recital at Grace Episcopal Church in Madison was impressively received. In 2023\, Youngjoo performed her solo voice recital in Seoul and Pusan\, South Korea. Also\, Youngjoo’s Master’s Recital at UW–Madison at the Hamel Music center in February 2020 was a huge success. Prior to entering the master’s program in UW– Madison\, Youngjoo taught General Music and Choral Music in the Middleton Cross plains Area School District. As a church choir director\, Youngjoo has served in the Korean Catholic Community mass for many years at the St. Paul University Center. Youngjoo maintains a private voice studio and is a member of the voice and piano faculty at Harmony Conservatory of Music in Waunakee. She is currently the Vocal Music Teacher at St. Maria Goretti Catholic School. \nYoungjoo currently resides in Madison\, WI with her husband\, researcher in UW-Waisman Center\, Jinkuk Hong. \nDr. Susan Gaeddert is a seasoned collaborative pianist who has spent more than two decades as a professional accompanist\, coach and teacher working with students of all ages as well as professionals to prepare repertoire for recitals and auditions. She has toured with Opera For The Young\, taught at Edgewood College\, and performed with a number of local musicians at festivals and recitals in the Madison area. \nSusan holds masters degrees in Piano Performance\, Pedagogy\, and Collaborative Piano from UW-Madison\, where she earned a doctorate in 2007 and was a winner of the Shain Competition for piano and woodwind duos. Susan recently obtained a degree in Urban/Regional Planning\, and she now works for Transportation Services at UW-Madison. \nMezzo soprano\, Dr. Jessica Schwefel\, is currently a Lecturer of Voice at the Mead-Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has performed in over 35 operatic productions with Madison Opera\, Opera for the Young\, Fresco Opera Theatre\, UW Opera\, Music By The Lake\, among others. Jessica was also a member of the Florentine Opera Chorus for over a decade\, where she had been involved in a number of productions and outreach performances. Her involvement with the Florentine Opera resulted in a GRAMMY award nomination in 2020\, and three GRAMMY awards in 2012 and 2013. \nAn accomplished solo singer\, Jessica has held recent engagements with the Madison Choral Project\, LunART Festival\, Four Seasons Theatre\, the Civic Symphony of Green Bay\, Madison Bach Musicians\, Present Music\, Oshkosh Chamber Singers\, and many more. \nJessica’s articles have been published in the VOICEPrints Journal of the NYSTA\, the NATS Journal of Singing\, as well as the Wisconsin School Musician (WSMA). She resides in McFarland\, WI where she maintains her private voice studio\, the Timman Music Studio. Jessica has taught studio voice previously at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater\, Madison College\, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh\, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. \nJessica’s students have been recipients of numerous music scholarships and awards and also perform in a variety of venues around the country. Jessica received a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire\, and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently the Corresponding Secretary for the Wisconsin NATS Board (National Association of Teachers of Singing) and Treasurer for the Madison Youth Arts (MYArts) Board.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/wisconsin-gagok-ensemble/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wind Ensemble - Student Ensemble Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nWith Rolling Meadows High School Symphonic Band \nScott Teeple\, conductor\nElliott Hile\, conductor\nOtto Hommons\, soprano saxophone \n…… \nProgram
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/wind-ensemble-3/
LOCATION:Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student Ensemble Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260219T193000
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SUMMARY:Concert Band - Student Ensemble Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nCorey Pompey\, conductor\nTyler Schuster\, guest conductor \n…… \nProgram
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/concert-band-3/
LOCATION:Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student Ensemble Series
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SUMMARY:Global Impact Musician x UW-Madison
DESCRIPTION:Free | No ticket required\nAlso streaming live \nYou are invited to a special fundraising event in support of the Global Impact Musician (GIM) Program. \nGIM is a cross-cultural collaboration with the Mead Witter School Music that brings together artists from East Africa and UW–Madison to create innovative projects exploring how music intersects across sectors. \nThe event includes live performances by Dan Cavanagh\, piano\, and Sarah Brailey\, soprano\, and a panel discussion with Dr. Wanjiku Mwotia\, former UN translator\, and Harry Kiiru\, UW–Madison PhD candidate in African Cultural Studies.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/global-impact-musician/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
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SUMMARY:Laura Schwendinger - Faculty Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nMead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series \nWorks by Laura Schwendinger with \nChristopher Taylor and Eric Tran\, piano\nSarah Brailey\, soprano\nSally Chisholm\, viola\nDawn Dongeun Wohn\, violin\nTrace Johnson\, cello\nTimothy Mullins\, flute \n…… \nLaura Schwendinger\, composer of Artemisia\, winner of the 2023 American Academy of Arts and Letters Opera award\, was the first composer to win the Berlin Prize. A Professor of music composition at UW–Madison\, her works have been championed by Dawn Upshaw\, Jennifer Koh\, Janine Jansen\, Matt Haimovitz\, the Arditti\, JACK and Spektral Quartets\, International Contemporary Ensemble\, Eighth-Blackbird\, Juilliard\, American Composers Orchestra\, and Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Hungary. \nHer music has been performed at the Kennedy & Lincoln Centers\, Berlin Philharmonic\, Wigmore & Carnegie Halls\, Miller Theater & Théâtre Châtelet\, Tanglewood\, Aspen\, Ojai\, Talis\, & Bennington Music Festivals. She has received further fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, Radcliffe Institute at Harvard\, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center\, First Prize of the 1995 ALEA III International Competition\, as well as multiple fellowships from the American Academy Arts Letters\, Copland House\, Fromm\, Koussevitzky and Bogliasco Foundations\, MacDowell and Yaddo Colonies. \nHer music has been called “captivating\, artful and moving”\, “music of infinite beauty” in the New York Times\, as well as “the genuine article..onto the ’season’s best list “ in the Boston Globe. Recent premieres include her second opera\, Cabaret of Shadows\, a Fromm Commission produced by Musiqa in Houston\, Nightingales for Eleanor Bartsch and Ariana Kim\, a consortium commission with the Dubuque & UW Symphony Orchestras\, and a harp concerto\, Second Sight for Atlanta Symphony Principal Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson\, commissioned for the 100th anniversary of the Emory University Orchestra program\, a solo cello work\, commissioned as part of Matt Haimovitz’s Primavera Project and Silent Springs for Cantori’s 40th anniversary concert. A San Francisco Classical Voice review of her opera read “Artemisia is sumptuous on every level” and Colin Clarke wrote of her JACK CD QUARTETS\, “the sheer intensity of the music is spellbinding…the passion shines through like..light.”
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/laura-schwendinger/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Kelby Schnepel - DMA Lecture Recital
DESCRIPTION:Free | No ticket required \nKelby Schnepel DMA Conducting Lecture Recital \n…… \nProgram \nEl Condor Pasa     Daniel Alomía Robles\, arr. Buchanan \nSuite peruana     Celso Garrido-Lecca\nI. Juego de terceras\nII. Negrito de Malambo\nIII. Sicuri\nIV. Quena y antara\nV. Torito de Pucará\nVI. Tondero \nDanzas populares Andinas    Celso Garrido-Lecca\nI. Alegre\nII. Lento\nIII. Rítmico\nIV. Andante\nV. Alegre
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/kelby-schnepel/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student Recital
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SUMMARY:Keegan Kainz - Elective Recital
DESCRIPTION:Free | No ticket required \nKeegan Kainz Elective Violin Recital \nKeegan Kainz\, violin\nEric Tran\, piano \n…… \nProgram  \nPartita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin\, BWV 1002      Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)\nI. Allemande – Double\nII. Courante – Double\nIII. Sarabande – Double\nIV. Tempo di Bourrée – Double \nMemory for Solo Violin     Chen Yi (b. 1953) \nViolin Concerto in E minor\, Op. 64    Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)\nI. Allegro molto appassionato\nII. Andante\nIII. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/keegan-kainz/
LOCATION:Morphy Recital Hall\, 455 N. Park St.\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student Recital
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