Students showcase musical technique and skill, while audience members enjoy expert performances by Milwaukee’s emerging musicians. Recitals are streaming, free and open to the public.
Witness the culmination of years of artistic development and intensive research as Master of Fine Arts graduate students unveil their captivating works.
The first musical from three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, Songs for a New World is a moving collection of powerful songs examining life, love and the pivotal choices people make when facing defining moments. Join a group of reunited friends considering quirks and challenges of adult life when confronted by a turning point that requires a leap into the beautiful unknown. With a soaring, contemporary score, this intimate song cycle explores the beauty, heartbreak and hope of ordinary people facing extraordinary change.
Delve into the captivating work by Sculpture and Jewelry & Metalsmithing students and discover the intricate beauty and craftsmanship of this timeless art form.
In a first-time collaboration between Skylight Music Theatre and the UWM Department of Theatre, A ROCKIN’ Midsummer Night’s Dream takes the stage in the beautiful Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center in Milwaukee’s Third Ward. Experience a brand-new take on William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy. Journey from ancient Athens, into the woods, and back again, as we follow impassioned lovers, hilarious rustics, fantastical spirits and feuding royalty in this magical, rock-and-roll rendition of one of the greatest and most-performed plays of all time.
Born in West Texas, Kill Joy explores global mythology and ancient symbols through printmaking, murals, bookmaking, and puppetry. Based in Houston, she has created community murals worldwide.
The MKE Percussion Festival brings together percussionists of all ages for a weekend of educational and performance opportunities. Attendees will be able to learn from guest artists about a variety of topics, instruments, techniques, and musical styles related to percussion in addition to listening to, and participating in, performances and workshops. All events are designed to be accessible and inclusive to empower and inspire all participants on their percussive journey.
What happens when ordinary lives quietly intersect over the course of a single evening? Drawn from the evocative paintings of Edward Hopper, Later the Same Evening transforms still images into intimate, overlapping human stories set in mid-century New York. Composed by John Musto with a libretto by Mark Campbell, this American chamber opera has earned national and international recognition for its cinematic structure, lyrical score, and deeply human storytelling.
Steel pan ensembles and individual performers from around Wisconsin and Illinois will come together to form the 2026 MKE Mass Steel Band, hosted by the UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band. Involving over seventy performers, the event will fill the stage with steel pans and feature a lively combination of traditional music and pop transcriptions. This year’s guest artist is Victor Provost.
Tomiko Jones is an Associate Professor at UW-Madison whose photography and multidisciplinary installations explore social, cultural, and geopolitical transitions – considering the twin crises of too much and too little amid climate change. Narratives unfold in sculptural video installations and fictional photographs.
Chamber Music Milwaukee presents a program featuring UWM alumni Elena Abend, piano, John Schultz and Pamela Simmons, violins, and Olga Tuzhilkov, viola as they join Stefan Kartman, cello in performances of dearly beloved masterpieces of the chamber music literature including Dvorak’s epic Eb major Piano Quartet Op. 87 and Mozart’s introspective “Dissonance” String Quartet in C major K. 465. Please join us for an evening of chamber music and support our alumni in this musical adventure.
Join us for our final performance of the academic year!
Please join us for the UWM University Community Orchestra’s annual spring concert. Program details TBA.
Join the University Community Band for their final concert of the academic year!
The Animation Showcase returns to the Union Cinema for their 2026 series, featuring the latest and greatest from our Animation/Film students. This year’s edition features student work across all forms of storytelling. From digital to traditional, claymation to cutout, 2D to 3D, see what the next generation of animators and filmmakers are cooking.
Master dramatist and storyteller Anton Chekhov bookends the spring semester with The Three Sisters, offering a poignant contrast to the comedy and farce of Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor. In this tour de force of love, longing and heartbreak, sisters Olga, Masha and Irina languish in a provincial town, far from their beloved Moscow. There, they yearn for the sparkling city of their childhood, where they dream all wishes can be fulfilled. A masterful look at a family navigating the space between reality and dreams, The Three Sisters envelops you with exquisite moments of humor and hope.
This workshop offers emerging animators an industry-informed look at building a sustainable creative path beyond school. Through practical tips and real-world insight, students will explore animation workflows, professional expectations, and strategies for navigating freelance and studio environments. The session also centers on finding and refining your artistic voice—balancing personal expression with industry demands—while offering guidance on portfolios, networking, and post-graduation next steps for launching a career in animation.
Cynthia Brinich-Langlois explores altered topographies, cartographic systems of ordering space, and metaphorical interpretations of ecological systems through prints, books, and video. She’s exhibited widely and held residencies at Elsewhere and Ucross. She teaches Printmaking & Book Arts at UWM.
Wildly popular and entirely student-run, this annual international film festival is dedicated to showcasing contemporary works of film and video that innovate in form, technique, and content.
Springdances 2026: We Also Bloom presents world premiere works that explore what it means to grow, persist, and flourish — even in the face of erasure, displacement, and silence. The dances in this program honor the enduring human impulse to take up space, put down roots, and rise. This evening features new works by guest artist Karlies Kelley, and dance faculty Daniel Burkholder, Tiffany Kadani, Dan Schuchart, and Christal Wagner.