These “Best of” Exhibitions feature student work from all levels of Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Sculpture, Photography, and Digital Fabrication & Design courses taught during 2024-25 academic year at UWM.
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.
Steel pan ensembles and individual performers from around Wisconsin and Illinois will come together to form the 2025 MKE Mass Steel Band, hosted by the UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band. Involving over fifty performers, the event will fill the stage with steel pans and feature a lively combination of traditional music and pop transcriptions.
A play exclusively featuring freshmen performers.
Springdances 2025 presents an evening of premieres from guest artist choreographer and original faculty works.
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 doble and Trinidadian steel pans.
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.
Join us tonight for an enjoyable evening of orchestra music. Our orchestra is a combination of student and community member musicians. Music selections range from standard orchestra repertoire and popular music selections.
The University Community Band is comprised of music majors, non-music majors, and Milwaukee community musicians of all ages. Join us as we end the academic year performing exciting repertoire for all!
15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: he excels at mathematics but struggles to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. One night, at seven minutes after midnight, Christopher discovers his neighbor's dog, Wellington, has been speared with a garden fork. Suspected of the crime, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery. His detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world. Based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon and winner of Tony and Olivier Awards for best play in New York and London.
Join us tonight for an enjoyable evening of string music. Our orchestra is a combination of student and community member musicians. Music selections range from standard orchestra repertoire and popular music selections.
The UWM Symphony Orchestra presents their Season Finale. Program details and more information TBA.
Join the Department of Art & Design in celebrating the incredibly talented BA and BFA graduating class.
Join UWM's five choral ensembles for a thrilling evening of music in their final concert of the year.
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.
Join students of the Suzuki & Pre-College Guitar Program for the end-of-the-semester concert.
Step right up and get ready to be electrified by the explosive energy of the Popular Music Ensemble! Embark on a sonic journey spanning decades of musical evolution, from the rocking rhythms of the 1950s to the chart-topping hits of today!
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.
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.
The Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres is proud to celebrate the graduating class of 2025 and their fantastic thesis films! Seniors work all year on their thesis films; writing, directing, producing, editing, and polishing these films. Come celebrate their hard work and watch some of the most unique and exciting films from the next generation of artists and filmmakers coming out of Milwaukee!
