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.
Exhibition of selected pieces from Fibers courses in the Department of Art & Design with an opening reception on Friday, February 2 from 5-7 p.m.
Presenting a special matinee performance of Winterdances for high school groups and high school students. This show features world premiere dance works, where artists present their newest ideas made with their casts and collaborators.
High School Workshop Day is the best way for high school groups and classes to learn from our internationally known faculty. This event is great for those curious and interested in becoming a dance major at UW-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts. High school groups, High School dance programs, and individuals (accompanied by a chaperone) are welcome to register.
To celebrate Black History Month, Chamber Music Milwaukee is presenting a program highlighting chamber music from under-represented composers. Music needs to reflect our communities in their diversity and complexity. This unique program will features UWM faculty and guest performing works by Julio Racine (Haiti), Reena Esmail (Indian-American), Miguel del Aguila (Uruguay), Han Lash (LGBTQ+) and Samuel Zyman (Mexico).
The UWM Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band will perform on respective halves of this concert. Both the Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band regularly perform repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the present.
Prepare to be captivated by the rising stars of UWM's voice program as talented first and second-year voice majors take the stage for an electrifying recital journey through an eclectic array of musical styles and genres. From the soaring heights of classical opera to the soul-stirring melodies of contemporary pop, each performance promises to transport you on a thrilling sonic adventure.
The UWM Symphony Orchestra will feature the winners of the 24-25 Concerto Competition.
The UWM Percussion Area hosts World Percussion Night in the beautiful Jan Serr Studio, featuring special guest Ko-Thi Dance Company alongside the UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band and other student ensembles. Audiences will love the upbeat, exciting energy of African drumming and Brazilian Samba 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.
The UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program ("UWAY") will present a concert of chamber ensemble pieces and repertoire for a large, symphonic wind-band.
The show that launched Bernadette Peters as a Broadway star, this delightful, funny, tongue-in-cheek love letter to Hollywood musicals of the 1930s tells the story of sweet Ruby's journey from her small hometown to New York City to become a Broadway star. There, she meets Dick, a sailor with ambitions as a songwriter. In grand Hollywood fashion, they tap dance their way from the chorus to stardom on the deck of a passing battleship. Dames at Sea is a non-stop ride of romance, laughs, dance and musical delights.
Join the flagship UWM Concert Chorale and 3 area high school choirs in concert.
The Wind Band Conducting Symposium will focus on enhancing conducting, score study, and wind band teaching. Conducting participants will conduct the UWM Wind Ensemble or Symphony Band while receiving feedback from the conducting faculty. Session topics also include conducting pedagogy, rehearsal techniques, and musicianship. Attendees may participate as either a Conducting Participant or an Observing Auditor. Conducting participants will also have the opportunity to conduct one of the large wind bands in concert at the end of the symposium.
Join UWM’s Alta Voce, Bella Voce, Kameraden, and Kameraden Plus choirs for a concert featuring a wide variety of choral music.
The UWM Wind Band Conducting Symposium Concert is a culmination of conducting, score study, and wind band teaching. Participants will conduct the Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band after two days of study under Dr. Thomas Gamboa, Director of Bands at UW-Milwaukee; Dr. Scott Corley, Associate Director of Bands at UW-Milwaukee; and a guest clinician (TBA).
Popular Music Ensemble will perform music from the Pop/Rock/FGet ready to embark on a thrilling journey through the dynamic realms of Pop, Rock, and Folk music! Join us as the Popular Music Ensemble ignites the stage with an electrifying showcase spanning decades, from the foot-stomping beats of the 1950s to the chart-toppers of today!
The celebrate Women's History Month, Chamber Music Milwaukee is presenting a chamber music program showcasing women composers. UWM faculty and guests will perform works including Henriette Renié Trio for harp, violin and cello, Rebecca Clarke Sonata for viola and piano, Adrienne Albert Doppler Effect for flute, viola and harp and sarah Kirland Snider You a re Free for flute, clarinet, marimba, violin and cello.
A special variety presentation of songs and scenes by the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Students.
“It’s been a year since I died and still nobody has found me.” Thus begins Maria Marten’s tale of her own murder in 1827 in the village of Polstead, Suffolk, England. “I could tell you that story,” she says, “but I don’t want to yet.” The notorious “Red Barn Murder” sent shockwaves throughout England, retold over the years by playwrights, filmmakers, and balladeers. While the story has all the hallmarks of a classic crime drama—a missing body, a country location, a disreputable squire, a village stuck in its age-old traditions—it is not just a murder story. Told from the victim's perspective, Maria Marten reveals “who I really was. Before.” in an unexpectedly joyous story of female friendship and resilience.
For its last concert of the season, Chamber Music Milwaukee is presenting a chamber music program featuring works written by current and former UWM composition faculty. Curated by Phillip Sink, the event will offers UWM faculty and guests the opportunity to showcase repertoire that reflects UWM Composition Area's rich history and diversity.
