Chamber Wind Music & UWM Bands

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join us for a variety program of chamber wind music as well as traditional and contemporary works for full band ensembles.

Opera Scenes Performance

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join UWM's Opera Workshop for a performance of opera scenes featuring talented UWM singers in a variety of roles.

UWM Percussion Ensemble

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The UWM Percussion Ensemble presents its annual fall concert featuring a wide variety of instruments, sounds, and compositions from the past 25 years. The program will include recent works by Emma O’Halloran, Jason Treuting, Annika Socolofsky, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Ellen Reid. Other works will include Takayoshi Yoshioka’s “Square Dance,” Nigel Westlake’s “Moving Air,” and Emmanuel Séjourné’s “Akadinda Trio.”

University Community Orchestra Fall Concert

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The UWM University Community Orchestra presents their annual fall concert.  Our group of a 130+ musicians will present an eclectic mix of full orchestra selections.

University-Community Band Winter Concert

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The UWM University-Community Band performs a concert to cap-off the Fall semester!

Popular Music Ensemble

Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Popular Music Ensemble will perform music from the Pop/Rock/Folk genres. You will hear songs from the 1950's to the present day. Students work in small groups to create a unique take on each song, learning how to collaborate and bring something new to the audience.

UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band & University Community World Music Ensemble

Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

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 new University Community World Music Ensemble will join forces on a program highlighting traditional and arranged music played on Guatemalan marimba doble and Trinidadian steel pans.

UWM Symphony Orchestra with Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

The UWM Symphony Orchestra presents a concert featuring Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, a viola professor who will perform a recently discovered Viola Concerto by J.S. Bach with harpsichordist David Schrader. Under the baton of Jun Kim, the orchestra will perform Haydn's final Symphony No. 104, the crowning of all of Haydn's symphonic works, also known as "London", and the Eight miniature pieces by Stravinsky.

Sounds of the Season Choral Concert

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join UWM's Concert Chorale, Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus choirs for the final concert of the semester. Enjoy a fun and varied evening of choral music!

UWAY Concert- Holiday Traditions

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The UWM Youth Wind & Percussion Ensembles program (UWAY) presents a concert featuring music that we have traditionally performed during our December performance!

Cellists of the MSO

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

Cellists Lynn Kabat, Peter Thomas, and Adrien Zitoun join Stefan Kartman and Jeannie Yu for an evening of  beautiful cello music including works by Poulenc, Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven, Klengel, and others.

Jazz Concert

Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

The 18-member UWM Jazz Ensemble performs music written or arranged specifically for a large jazz orchestra. The repertoire includes music from Duke Ellington and Count Basie as well as contemporary composers such as Maria Schneider, Tom Matta and Bob Mintzer.

Classical Guitar Solo concert

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

End of the semester Classical Guitar Solo Concert.

New Music Ensemble Concert

Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

The New Music Ensemble will perform works by contemporary and living composers. This eclectic musical group will also perform compositions for chamber ensembles and large ensembles mixing winds, brass, and percussion. Featured pieces are by student composers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

UW-MESS Interactive Electronic Music Showcase

Music Building, Electronic Music Studios B60 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

Students enrolled in Interactive Electronic Music, representing UW-MESS (UWM Electroacoustic Sound Studios), will showcase their final projects in a concert featuring all-new works of interactive electronic music!

Suzuki & Pre-College Guitar Student Concert

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar Students for their Winter Concert.

Vocal Arts Festival

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

The Vocal Arts Festival provides an opportunity for talented singers to interact with, perform for, and join their voices with peers from around the region as they learn and grow as both soloists and choral artists. The festival also includes the UWM Vocal Showcase Recital and the Final Concert with UWM Concert Chorale.

Vocal Showcase Recital

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join us for a recital featuring a wide variety of UWM's outstanding undergraduate voice majors singing pieces from a variety of styles and genres. The recital is presented as part of the UWM Vocal Arts Festival but is free and open to the public.

Vocal Arts Festival Final Concert

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

This final performance of the Vocal Arts Festival features the UWM Concert Chorale and the VAF Festival Choir of 120 of the finest high school singers from around Wisconsin and Illinois.

Present Music Presents: Cello Cello

Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

This concert features two World Premieres. 'Cellist and composer Paul Wiancko of the prestigious Kronos Quartet has written a brand new work for Present Music, and will perform some of his other compositions, including American Haiku, When the Night, and Closed Universe. Pamela Z performs her solo works for voice and an array of electronics, and contributes another World Premiere to the program, Raise, a stirring tribute to the people who raised us, written for 'cellist Nick Photinos (founding member of 8th Blackbird) and three additional cellists, plus voice samples and multi-media. Is the plural of cello "cellos" or "celli"? We say Cello Cello!

UWM Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The UWM Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band will perform on respective halves of this concert.

Miscast 2024

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Miscast is a style of musical theatre cabaret that leans into the comedy of playing outside of one’s preconceived “type.” Think of “Cell Block Tango” from Chicago performed by square-dancing country singers. Come join in the fun as the UWM Theatre students play against their “type”! 

First and Second Year Voice Recital

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The talented first and second year voice majors present a recital of music from a wide variety of styles and genres.

Wisconsin Saxophone Clinic

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

The Wisconsin Saxophone Clinic (WiSC) aims to empower and inspire saxophonists of all ages to pursue musical excellence through an accessible and inclusive day of learning.

UWAY Concert

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The UWM Youth Wind & Percussion Ensembles program (UWAY) will perform a concert featuring some of the finest young high-school musicians from all over southeast Wisconsin!

World Percussion Night

Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The UWM Percussion Area hosts World Percussion Night in the beautiful Jan Serr Studio, featuring a special community guest alongside the UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band and other student ensembles. Audiences will love the upbeat, exciting energy of Brazilian Samba and Puerto Rican bomba in addition to traditional and arranged music for ensembles consisting of Guatemalan marimba doble and Trinidadian steel pans performed by UWM students and faculty and vibrant community ensembles.

Jazz Concert

Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

Join us for a collection of Jazz performances in Jan Serr Studio at Kenilworth Square East.

Fisher/Lau Project

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Room 250 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

The Fisher/Lau Project (percussion duo of Dr. Abby Fisher and Dr. Matthew Lau) cultivates an international presence through engagements such as the Transplanted Roots Percussion Research Symposium (Brisbane, Australia), Percussive Arts Society International Convention (Indianapolis, USA), and Ensemble Mise-En Curator Series (Brooklyn, USA). F/L Project promotes the contemporary and avant garde aesthetic with clarity and approachability at concerts, engagement at masterclasses, and through their interactive social media presence. With repertoire extending from European master Philippe Manoury to esteemed compositional voices of today including Alex Temple and Jordan Munson, F/L Project works to perform music from a diverse range of composers.

Sing Into Spring Choral Concert

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join UWM's Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus choirs for a concert featuring a wide variety of choral music.

Chorale in Concert

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join Concert Chorale, UWM's flagship choral ensemble, for an afternoon of eclectic choral music.

Popular Music Ensemble

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Popular Music Ensemble will perform music from the Pop/Rock/Folk genres. You will hear songs from the 1950's to the present day. Students work in small groups to create a unique take on each song, learning how to collaborate and bring something new to the audience.

UWM Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

A concert by the UWM Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band.

I Exist Project with Nick May

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Saxophonist Nick May will present a concert of original works by living LQBTQ+ composers that he commissioned through his I Exist Project.

Diego Campagna Classical Guitar Concert

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

DatesLocationMarch 29, 2024 (7:30–9 p.m.)Music Building, Recital Hall 175 and Virtual Italian guitarist Diego Campagna's debut Concert at UWM!

First Year Spring Musical Theatre Showcase

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

Showcase of songs from the musical theatre canon performed by first year musical theatre students.

Premieres of New Music

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The Composition and Technology program will present a concert of original works by UWM students. The program will include freshly composed pieces for acoustic and electronic mediums.

UWM Symphony Orchestra Concert

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

Join us for an evening of an evening of inspiration and music.

Spring Opera Production

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Join us for UWM's Spring Opera Production featuring two performances!

Jazz Concert

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Room 250 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

Join us for a collection of Jazz performances in Jan Serr Studio at Kenilworth Square East.