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The Tempest
The players are all met, the stage is set, and Prospero is being cued for his grand entrance to meet his enemies who have been washed ashore on the strange and fantastical island he rules over. Now, with power beyond imagination at his fingertips, Prospero must choose which story will truly set him free: one that ends in revenge he craves or one that ends in forgiveness.
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Cappy Counard
Cappy Counard creates jewelry and vessels that honor detail and interconnection. The content of her pieces reflect on memory, observation, potential and realization: what we notice, what persists, the things we hold and the things that hold us.
UWM Middle School Honor Bands Festival
The UWM Middle School Honor Band Festival is one of the longest standing events of its kind. Our festival provides the region’s most motivated and accomplished middle school instrumentalists an opportunity to work with each other and with regionally and nationally recognized wind band conductor
2018 Contemporary Craft Exhibition and Sale Preview
The Jewelry and Metalsmithing student organization will be holding its annual sale to show the innovative student work in the art and design program
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
2018 Contemporary Craft Exhibition and Sale
Metals, Printmaking, Sculpture, and other UWM student organizations collaborate and showcase their work in a Contemporary Craft Exhibition and Sale.
Milwaukee Music Festival High School Honor Band
Renowned composer Frank Ticheli leads the finest high school musicians in the region in the finale of the Milwaukee Music Festival. The UWM Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band will open the program with a special performance. UW-Milwaukee Wind Ensemble, UWM…
Tuba and Euphonium Studio Recital
Join the students of the UWM Tuba/Euphonium studio for an evening of diverse and eclectic music!
Classical Guitar Studio Concert
End of the Semester Studio solo performance!
New Dancemakers: LOCUS
Nine emerging undergraduate dance-makers challenge the concept of bodies in place-making. Come join us for a day of beautiful and exciting dance!
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Neil Horsky
Neil Horsky is a community artist, educator, musician, and amateur people’s art historian working to cultivate creativity and solidarity among the young and young at heart. He creates clever and biting studio art and public art to protest injustice and to envision a more just world.
New Dancemakers: LOCUS High School Day
Live a day in the life of a UWM Dance student
UWM Symphony Orchestra Classical Treasures
The UWM symphony Orchestra will perform a concert, "Classical Treasures", that will be featuring UWM's own Stefan Kartman performing Haydn Cello Concerto.
New Dancemakers: LOCUS – Dance Day Workshop
Live a day in the life of a UWM Dance student
So, you think you can Opera? – A UWM Opera Theatre Audition Presentation
This semester UWM Opera Theatre will explore the Art of Auditioning and The Business of Singing. The students public presentation will consist of audition repertoire selections -- songs, arias, and monologues -- which they will study, prepare, and perform for an audition panel of Guest Professionals
Leonard Sorkin Institute of Chamber Music
Join us for an evening of chamber music masterpieces. The esteemed graduate students of the Leonard Sorkin International Institute of Chamber Music present a recital of music by Bruch, Glinka, Mozart, and Brahms.
University Community Band
Join us for the inaugural concert of the University Community Band! The program is titled "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue" and includes works by Gustav Holst, J.S. Bach, Steven Bryant, George Gershwin and more.
Saxophone Studio Recital
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Saxophone Studio will present an evening of solo and chamber music. This night will feature the students of Dr. Nicki Roman.
Fall 2018 BFA Exhibition & BA Project Session
The UWM Department of Art & Design presents its biannual exhibition showcasing the work of its graduating Bachelor of Fine Art (studio) students and projects by the Bachelor of Art students.
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Sky Hopinka
Sky Hopinka, a 2017 Nohl Fellow in the Emerging category, is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians. His talk will consider the production of these videos and their influences using selections from his work, as well as adjacent writings, responses, and problems around their existence.
Percussion Ensemble Concert
The UWM Percussion Ensemble presents its annual December concert featuring a variety of instruments, sounds, and music from different periods.
Cabaret Songs
The UWM Wind Ensemble presents a program of classic and contemporary chamber works featuring William Bolcom's Cabaret Songs with mezzo-soprano Colleen Brooks.
Sun, Moon, & Stars Choral Concert
Join the UWM Concert Chorale, Advanced Women's Choir, Men's Choir, Women's Chorus, and Chamber Choir for an evening of seasonal choral music from a variety of styles, cultures, and time periods.
University Community Orchestra Concert
University Community Orchestra, led by conductor Margery Deutsch, performs works from classical and pops repertoires.
UWM Symphony Band & Friends
The UWM Youth Wind Ensemble program joins forces with the UWM Symphony Band for a shared Tuesday night concert.
Africa & the Diaspora and Salsa/Merengue Showcase
End of the term showcase of Africa & the Diaspora and Salsa/Merengue classes.
Hip-Hop Showcase
End of the term Hip-Hop Showcase with the performance of local crews.
75th Student Film Festival
The 75th semester festival of short student films, selected by an external jury.
Senior Film Screening
Presentation of original thesis films by graduating senior Film BFA students.
UWM Youth Wind Ensembles
The UWAY program presents their second concert of the 2018-19 season.
UWM Jazz Ensemble and UJAY
Join the UWM Jazz Ensemble and Youth Jazz Ensemble (UJAY) for their final concert of the fall semester.
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Cleo Barnett from Amplifier
With ten years experience curating art in public spaces internationally, Cleo Barnett now works as the Program Director of The Amplifier Foundation. As Amplifier’s first employee, Cleo has co-produced and co-curated multiple global public art campaigns including the iconic We The People Campaign, Women’s March on Washington, and March For Our Lives.
Winterdances: Refuge
UWM Dance Faculty Simone Ferro and Darci Wutz and guest artists Andrea Burkholder and Esther Baker-Tarpaga choreograph four original premieres for Dance students!
Winterdances: Refuge – High School Day
Live a day in the life of a UWM Dance student
Vocal Arts Festival
90 10th-12th grade vocalists are selected to participate in UWM's annual Vocal Arts Festival designed for accomplished singers who enjoy both solo and choral performance. Activities include choral rehearsals and concerts, solo masterclasses and lessons, and interest sessions by UWM voice, choral, and music ed faculty.
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
Vocal Showcase Recital
A recital of classical, musical theater, and CCM vocal solos and ensembles performed by UWM students and faculty. This performance is presented as part of the UWM Vocal Arts Festival.
Winterdances: Refuge – Dance Day Workshop
Live a day in the life of a UWM Dance student
Vocal Arts Festival Final Concert
The final performance of the 2019 UWM Vocal Arts Festival featuring the UWM Concert Chorale and the Vocal Arts Festival High School Honor Choir.
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Ecological Aesthetics panel
The 2018 book, "Ecological Aesthetics: artful tactics for humans, nature, and politics" by Nathaniel Stern, is poetic and scholarly collection of stories about art, artists, and their materials, arguing that ecology, aesthetics, and ethics are inherently entwined, and together act as the cornerstone for all contemporary arts practices.
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
Jazz Fest at UW-Milwaukee Final Concert
Join the UWM Jazz Ensemble and Youth Jazz Ensemble (UJAY) as they welcome in the spring semester.
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band
Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band concert!
Chamber Music Milwaukee
A Valentine's Treat! Join UWM Music Faculty Elena Abend, Bernard Zinck, Rene Izquierdo and Elina Chekan along with invited guests for an afternoon of Romantic Chamber Music!
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Glenn Williams
Glenn Williams explores constructs: political, social, or environmental in nature. He deconstructs, reconstructs, and sometimes simply reflects various accepted norms in an effort to expose and on occasion question their impact on varying social realities.
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
UWM Symphony Orchestra Concerto Winners’ Concert
UWM Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert featuring the winners of the annual concerto competition as the soloists.
Milwaukee Saxophone Festival
Join us for two outstanding events during this weekend that are open to the public with the purchase of our "Festival Community Pass"
UWAY & Middle School All-Stars
The UWM Youth Wind Ensemble program (UWAY) welcomes selected students who participated in the UWM Honor Bands Festival (Nov. 16-18, 2018). The select group of middle school students will form an "All-Star" Band and perform on the same concert as their high school counterparts, the members of "UWAY."
Broken Hallelujah
Set in a pause in the fighting in the American Civil War, the stress of survival leads some to a broken Hallelujah, others to a renewed sense of belief in their cause.
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Kevin Bradley and The Church of Type
The Church of Type is the new Letterpress Studio of Kevin Bradley, one of America’s most prolific letterpress printmakers.
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
Broken Hallelujah
Set in a pause in the fighting in the American Civil War, the stress of survival leads some to a broken Hallelujah, others to a renewed sense of belief in their cause.
UWM Choral Invitational
Three of the finest area high school choirs join the UWM Concert Chorale for a day of high-quality choral music in the Zelazo Center of the Arts. Clinics are free and open to the public. The final concert requires a ticket - tickets can be purchased from the UWM box office.
All My Sons
Winner of the Drama Critics' Award for Best New Play in 1947, All My Sons established Arthur Miller as a leading voice in the American theater. All My Sons introduced themes that thread through Miller's work as a whole: the relationships between fathers and sons, the conflict between business and personal ethics, and the haunting reminder that the past is not dead. It’s not even past.
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Melissa Wagner-Lawler
Melissa Wagner-Lawler's work explores the perception of landscape and place, documenting the moments before change and destruction through artist books and prints.
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
Clarinet and Piano Recital
UWM piano faculty Elena Abend and UWM Alumni Orlando Pimentel will present a recital for clarinet and piano, entitled “Fantasy, Song and Dance" featuring music from European and Latin American composers.
The Food of Love – UWM Men’s and Women’s Choirs
Join the UWM Advanced Women's Choir, Men's Choir, Women's Chorus, and Chamber Choir for a concert of songs about food, love, and music!
Treble Fest
Hundreds of young people from all around the region come together for a morning of joining their voices in song!
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Claudia Hart
Claudia Hart's work deals with issues of representation, and the role of the computer in shifting contemporary values about identity and what might be called the natural. Her project is to de-masculinze the culture of corporate technology by inserting the irrational and the personal into the slick, overly-determined Cartesian world of digital design.
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Lucy Derickson
In the studio, Lucy Derickson transforms found pewter serviceware in order to dissect complex human relationships and the objects tangled in that mess. The environmental benefits of using found material is essential to her current studio practice.
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Tomory Dodge
Tomory Dodge is an internationally recognized contemporary painter, much of this early work depicted scenes of wind blown detritus in desert-like settings, often exhibiting surreal or apocalyptic undertones while maintaining a sense of playfulness.
Wind Ensemble
The UWM Wind Ensemble presents the world premiere of Roger Zare's new oboe concerto featuring Katherine Young Steele, principal oboist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
UWM Flute Day
Join us for a day of classes, workshops and performances featuring UWM faculty, students, and alumni. A concluding recital will feature performances by our guest presenters, UWM faculty and students. Bring your flute and be prepared to play! Visit the Box Office
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Jay Wolke
Jay Wolke lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. He has had solo exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, the St. Louis Art Museum, Harvard University and the California Museum of Photography.
INVADER? I Hardly Know Her!
Take one clueless groom, add an alien disguised as his bride, mix in a few secret agents, throw in more aliens (and a few surprises) and you end up with an incredibly funny musical romp! Written by the prolific Jason Powell of Milwaukee, this comic space pop opera had it's world premiere in Milwaukee (2009) and subsequently had a successful run at the New York Fringe Festival (2010).
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Zachery Lechtenberg
Zachery Lechtenberg is an artist who "appreciates the shelf ready object," as an avid collector of toys and other items. His highly stylized enamel works take the form of jewelry and narrative plates, with original packaging covered in hand drawn illustrations.
Springdances
UWM Dance Faculty Maria Gillespie and Daniel Burkholder choreographing along guest artists.
Springdances 2019 – High School Day
Live a day in the life of a UWM Dance student Performance by UWM Department of Dance Q&A session with choreographers and performers Behind the scenes look into the making of our upcoming performance season Classes led by our diverse, expert faculty.…
Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band
Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band concert.
Springdances: 2019 Dance Day Workshop
Live a day in the life of a UWM Dance student Performance by UWM Department of Dance Q&A session with choreographers and performers Behind the scenes look into the making of our upcoming performance season Classes led by our diverse, expert faculty.…
UWM Flute Ensemble Recital
This recital will be featuring students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and alumni performing a flute ensemble repertoire.
University Community Band
University Community Band concert!
The Children’s Hour
The Broadway revival in 1952 played in the shadow of the House for Un-American Activities, one of the first theatre productions to challenge that group’s vicious allegations, and what can happen when accusations are left unchecked by critical thinking. Originally produced in 1934, the play was banned in several major cities, amid controversial questions of “indecency”.
Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Mutope Johnson
Mutope Johnson has a rich and diverse background in the visual arts. His practice has led him to consider his role as an artist and how creative thinking can serve as a useful tool to establish points of contact between artists and community.
DVC BFA: Senior Design Capstone Showcase
The seniors in the Design & Visual Communication program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be showcasing their work from the spring semester.
UWM Symphony Orchestra Season Finale
UWM Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jun Kim, will conclude its season performing one of the most popular symphonies by Bruckner, Symphony No. 4 "Romantic". Join us for an evening of beautiful music!
UW Milwaukee Piano Festival: The Art of Teaching Mozart
Join UWM piano faculty members for a festive day celebrating Mozart’s keyboard genius! The day-long event will focus on an in-depth exploration of Mozart’s piano music.
Spring Choral Collage Concert
Join the UWM Concert Chorale, Advanced Women's Choir, Men's Choir, Women's Chorus, and Chamber Choir in their final concert of the 2018-2019 school year as they explore choral literature from a variety of styles, locations, and time periods.
UWAY Soloists and Celebrations
The final concert performance of 2018-19 by the UWM Youth Wind Ensemble program (UWAY) will feature winner(s) of the Annual UWAY Concerto/Solo Competition and a recognition of students who will soon graduate from high school and from the UWAY program.
University Community Orchestra Concert
University Community Orchestra, led by conductor Margery Deutsch, performs works from classical and pops repertoires.
Africa & the Diaspora and Salsa/Merengue Showcase
End of the term showcase of Africa & the Diaspora and Salsa/Merengue classes.
Percussion Ensemble Concert
The UWM Percussion Ensemble presents its annual Spring concert featuring a variety of instruments, sounds, and music from different periods.
UWM Jazz Ensemble and UJAY
Join the UWM Jazz Ensemble and Youth Jazz Ensemble (UJAY) for their final concert of the year.
Hip-Hop Showcase
End of the term Hip-Hop Showcase with the performance of local crews.
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
UWM Friday Night Figure-Drawing
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses! Short Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional session. Open to artists of all skill levels! Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
Instructor: Mario Nissen
Fees payable at the door
$10* per single session – Cash & Credit Card (Visa, MC) only
*This price includes Box Office Fees
Dancemakers
Every year we welcome a wonderfully eclectic and talented group of nationally and internationally recognized dancers and choreographers form around the world to Milwaukee to participate in our graduate Dance M.F.A. program.
University Community Orchestra Concert
University Community Orchestra, led by conductor Margery Deutsch, performs works from classical and pops repertoires.