Die Fledermaus (The Bat)

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

Join the UWM opera students and symphony orchestra for a mainstage opera production conducted by Dr. Jun Kim.

Benjamin Verdery Classical Guitar Concert

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

Solo performance by world-renowned American guitarist Benjamin Verdery.

New Music MKE: Student Premieres

Music Recital Hall Music Building Room 175 | 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event 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.

Chamber Music Milwaukee with Bernard Zinck and Carole Chicha

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

UWM Violin Faculty Bernard Zinck and French pianist Carole Chicha will perform a violin piano recital on the PSOA Chamber Music Milwaukee concert series.

Northern Lights | Southern Nights

Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI

Join Present Music for two world premieres in one evening! Midden Find by Dan Trueman, featuring star Irish fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh playing the Norwegian Hardanger d’Amore; and new commission performed by multi-genre Brazilian composer, singer, and pianist Clarice Assad.

Makers! 23 Annual Juried + Sculpture 23 Student Exhibitions

Kenilworth Square East 3rd Floor Gallery 2155 N Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

A “best of” exhibition highlighting award-winning jewelry and metalwork, sculpture and digital fabrication projects from rising student artists in the Peck School of the Arts. The Goundie Awards, Harold A. Milbrath Memorial Jewelry & Metalsmithing Prizes and multiple other awards will be announced during the opening reception. 

Rovshan Mamedkuliev in Concert

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

Solo performance by the acclaimed guitarist from Azerbaijan Rovshan Mamedkuliev.

Jack Thorpe, Guest Recital

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

Saxophonist Jack Thorpe is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in saxophone performance and literature from the University of Illinois where he serves as the saxophone studio teaching assistant.

New Music Ensemble – Student Composer Showcase

Jan Serr Studio 2155 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

UW-Milwaukee's New Music Ensemble will premiere numerous works by Department of Music undergraduate and graduate student composers.... the newest of new music! This will be a showcase of the talented performers and composers working now under faculty mentorship at UWM.

Jazz Ensemble

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts (Room 250) 2419 East Kenwood Boulevard, Milwaukee, WI

The UWM Jazz Ensemble is a 20+ musician jazz big band comprised of undergraduate and graduate students and regularly features student vocalists performing jazz standards by legendary songwriters such as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, the Gershwin’s, Jerome Kern, and others. Original compositions and arrangements created by students for the Jazz Ensemble are showcased at a majority of concerts.

Kameraden Concert in Appleton

First United Methodist Church 325 e Franklin st,, Appleton

Join Kameraden, UW-Milwaukee's tenor-bass choir, as they present a joint concert with the MacDowell Male Chorus and UW-Oshkosh tenor/bass choir.

Nathan Nokes Faculty Recital

UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts 2400 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee

The Faculty Recital of Dr. Nathan Nokes. This concert will feature live electronic, and multimedia works and improvisations by Nokes. Works will feature spatialized audio, live projection, and lighting.

Elena Abend and John Daugherty – Vocal Recital

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

UWM Piano Faculty Elena Abend is joined by Baritone John Daugherty for an evening of Art Songs!

Classical Guitar Chamber Music Concert

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

Chamber Music Studio Recital

Sweat

Kenilworth Five-0-Eight 2155 N Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

In the working-class town of Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of factory workers have been gathering at their favorite bar for years. Only now, amidst the rising tension of layoffs and labor disputes, relationships are tested, and the bonds of friendship start to crack.

Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Jennifer Gradecki

Online
Virtual Event Virtual Event

Jennifer Gradecki is an artist-theorist who investigates secretive and specialized socio-technical systems, including financial instruments, dataveillance technologies, social media misinformation and disinformation.

University Community Orchestra Concert

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts - Helen Bader Concert Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The University Community Orchestra, a full symphony orchestra comprised of students and community members, led by conductor Margery Deutsch, performs works from classical and pops repertoire.

University Community Band Spring Concert

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts - Helen Bader Concert Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

Join the UWM University-Community Band for our season send-off, our Spring Concert!

Faculty Piano Recital

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

Pianist and UWM faculty member, Peggy Otwell, will present a solo piano recital.

Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay

Online
Virtual Event Virtual Event

Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay works in photography, video, installation, sculpture, and new media, investigating shifting meanings within post and neocolonialism while still reflecting on the very mediums of representation that he uses.

Classical Guitar Solo Concert

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

End of the Semester Studio Recital.

FVANG ANIMATION SHOWCASE

UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

This showcase of FVANG animations will focus on the unique qualities of animation as a medium, and the ways that it can create moments of wonder, amazement, and enchantment. 

PEAK – Electronic Concert [New Music MKE]

UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts 2400 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee

PEAK is part of New Music MKE, a new performing arts series run by the Music Composition and Technology program at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. This concert will feature student composition, performances, and installations.

Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts - Helen Bader Concert Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The UWM Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band will share this program of wind band music. We strive to include music from a variety of style periods and performance practices, build on the rich tradition of the wind-band but also represent composers of a diverse background, and provide students with musical experiences that best suit each ensemble and facilitate their musical aspirations.

UWM Percussion Ensemble

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts - Helen Bader Concert Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The UWM Percussion Ensemble presents its annual Spring concert, featuring a wide variety of instruments, sounds, and compositions from different periods.

Popular Music Ensemble

Plymouth Church 2717 E Hampshire Ave, Milwaukee, WI

The Pop Music Ensemble is a collaborative group of students working on the skills required for gigging.  Come join us as we create a "Coffee House" vibe performing songs from the 60's through the present day.

The Rivals

Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

The classic romantic comedy of manners about the lengths people will go to obtain true love closes out the 2022-23’ UWM Theatre season. Filled with comic characters, The Rivals features deep emotional resonances to augment its sharp wit.

2023 BA/BFA Spring Exhibition

Kenilworth Square East 4th Floor Gallery 2155 N Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

Join the Department of Art and Design in celebrating the incredibly talented BA and BFA graduating class of Spring 2023.

Design and Visual Communication BFA Capstone Exhibition Reception

Kenilworth Square East 3rd Floor Gallery 2155 N Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

The annual Design & Visual Communication BFA exhibition at UWM Peck School of the Arts manifests itself through individuality, equity-centered community projects, and students working collaboratively to find common ground.

Art and Design Open Studios

Kenilworth Square East 2155 N Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

Please join the Department of Art and Design and explore the “Kenilworth Square East” galleries and studios. The building is a 6-floor, 500,000-square-foot, industrial artist studio space and home to award-winning graduate students and faculty in Art and Design.

Choral Collage Concert

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts - Helen Bader Concert Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

Join the UWM Concert Chorale, Bella Voce, Kameraden, and Alta Voce choirs for their final concert of the year. Featuring a wide variety of repertoire and voicings, hear the UWM choirs at their best!

Suzuki & Pre-College Guitar Concert

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

Join Suzuki and Pre-College guitar students on Sunday, May 7th for a Spring Concert.

UWAY Celebrations!

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts - Helen Bader Concert Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The UWM Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program (UWAY) will present its final concert of season. We will celebrate our Graduates as well as hear a performance by the Winner(s) of the annual UWAY Concerto Competition!

Jazz Ensemble

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts (Room 250) 2419 East Kenwood Boulevard, Milwaukee, WI

The UWM Jazz Ensemble is a 20+ musician jazz big band comprised of undergraduate and graduate students and regularly features student vocalists performing jazz standards by legendary songwriters such as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, the Gershwin's, Jerome Kern, and others. Original compositions and arrangements created by students for the Jazz Ensemble are showcased at a majority of concerts. 

Springdances 2023

Jan Serr Studio 2155 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

Springdances concert features an evening of premieres from our faculty and guest artist Alfonso Cervera, artistic director of Primera Generación Dance Collective.  Join dance faculty choreographers Zakiya Cornish, Maria Gillespie, Dan Schuchart, and guest artist Alfonso Cervera for an evening of kineticism, imagination and hope.

Magnificent Bird

Jan Serr Studio 2155 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

Singer/songwriter Gabriel Kahane performs a new version of his introspective solo work Magnificent Bird with Present Music, and the ensemble premieres a newly commissioned work from chamber music superstar and cellist, Paul Wiancko

UpStart – Dance MFA Concert

Mitchell Hall (Studio 254) 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

MFA in Dance students present an evening of new, experimental works in preparation for their culminating thesis projects. Featuring a wide array of approaches to the choreograph method, from deeply embodying tradition to challenging traditional expectations. It will feature collaborations with UWM dance students, alumni, and the Milwaukee community. 

Summer Dance Intensive for High School Students & Young Artists

Mitchell Hall (Studio 254) 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

Our three-day summer intensive is designed for young dance artists seeking to deepen their dance practice, discover new techniques and build bridges that lead to pursuing dance professionally and in higher education.

University Community Orchestra Concert

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts - Helen Bader Concert Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The University Community Orchestra, a full symphony orchestra comprised of students and community members, led by conductor Margery Deutsch, performs works from classical and pops repertoire.