UWM’s first-year Musical Theatre students return to the stage for their spring showcase—an energetic mix of songs, scenes, and storytelling that celebrates their growth and creativity. It’s bold, it’s heartfelt, and it’s the perfect way to cheer on our newest performers!
The Composition & Technology program will present a concert of original works by UWM students. The program will include freshly composed pieces for acoustic and electronic mediums.
The UWM Piano Studio will present a recital of solo and chamber music repertoire.
The UWM Symphony Orchestra performs on April 10 in Bader Concert Hall in a program featuring Dana Sherman, Professor of Horn, as soloist in Larsson’s Horn Concerto under the direction of Dr. Jun Kim.
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.
Chamber Music Milwaukee presents a program featuring UWM alumni Elena Abend, piano, Pamela Simmons, violin, 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, Kodaly’s charming Intermezzo, and Mozart’s brilliant Flute Quartet in D major.
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!
This exciting night of music will feature music from Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago performed by UWM students and Milwaukee community members. The UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band and the Community World Music Ensemble will join forces on a program highlighting traditional and arranged music played on Guatemalan marimba …
Please join us for the UWM Symphony Orchestra’s season finale concert. Program details TBA.
The UWM Percussion Ensemble presents its annual Spring concert, featuring a wide variety of instruments, sounds, and compositions from different periods.
Join Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar Students for their Spring Concert.
The UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program ("UWAY") presents a program of contemporary and traditional symphonic band and wind ensemble repertoire. This concert will feature the winner of our annual UWAY Concerto Competition and recognize all of the talented graduating Seniors in the program!
Join us for an evening of jazz featuring the UWM Jazz Ensemble, the UWM Afro-Caribbean Jazz Orchestra and the UWM Youth Jazz Ensemble (UJAY).
Join UWM's five choral ensembles for a thrilling evening of music in their final concert of the year. Featuring the premiere of a new work by UWM composition professor Phillip Sink.
The New Music Ensemble (NME) will perform contemporary music ranging from avant-garde, world premieres, and student compositions. The NME is excited to perform this concert full of experimental and challenging music.
Join UWM’s Pop Ensemble for an electrifying night of live music! From pop anthems to soulful ballads and funky grooves, these student musicians bring serious talent and fresh energy to the stage. It’s the perfect way to hear today’s hits—live and loud!