College of Letters & Science
Hailed by critics as “frighteningly talented” (The New York Times) and “a great pianist” (The Los Angeles Times), Christopher Taylor has distinguished himself throughout his career as an innovative musician with a diverse array of talents and interests. He is known for a passionate advocacy of music written in the past 100 years — Messiaen, Ligeti, and …
Scott Teeple serves as a professor of music and director of bands at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In this role, he conducts the wind ensemble, teaches graduate conducting, and oversees all aspects of the UW–Madison Band program. Mr. Teeple is in demand as a clinician and guest conductor. He is regularly invited to guest conduct throughout …
A dedicated educator and mentor, Matthew Treviño brings a wealth of professional and academic experience to his role as Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His teaching centers on the development of healthy, sustainable vocal technique and honest, individualized artistry, with the goal of preparing singers for long-term artistic lives. He is deeply committed …
Little Rock, Arkansas native Gabriel Wade is a versatile trumpeter, pianist, and educator with a rich performance history. He’s shared the stage with iconic ensembles and artists such as the Count Basie Orchestra and Bobby Watson, and Chicago staples like the Clif Wallace Big Band, Tom Garling Jazz Orchestra, Marlene Rosenberg Quartet, and the Afro-Caribbean …
Johannes Wallmann is a pianist and composer, recording artist on Shifting Paradigm Records and Fresh Sound New Talent Records, a Yamaha Piano artist, and the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Wallmann has performed extensively as a bandleader and as a sideman in local, national, and international venues. Born 1974 in Germany, Johannes …
As an ethnomusicologist, John Walsh is broadly interested in the relationships between music and cities. Specifically, his work explores the music scene as a flexible form of collective expressive culture that articulates relations between sociality, materiality, and aesthetics. His current research focuses on contemporary music scenes in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under conditions of political transformation. Walsh received …
Michael Weinstein-Reiman is a historian of music theory. His work seeks to elucidate music theory’s role in the history of ideas over the longue durée. His related research interests include eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European philosophy, music pedagogy, literature, gender and sexuality, and disability studies. In 2021, he received the Ph.D. in Music Theory from Columbia …
Johanna Wienholts is a harpist and creative artist celebrated for her authentic, expressive sound and joyful stage presence. A passionate educator, she currently serves on the string faculty at University of Wisconsin’s Mead Witter School of Music, and previously taught at Lawrence Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Johanna is the principal harpist of the Madison …
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 …