Created especially for high school students, this matinee performance of Winterdances features world‑premiere choreography that highlights the creative process of professional artists working with their collaborators. A post‑performance Q&A invites students into conversation with the choreographers, followed by a sack lunch and two hands‑on technique workshops taught by UWM’s internationally known faculty.
Listen to a recital of 15-16 of UWM's outstanding undergraduate voice majors perform a variety of classical, musical theater, and commercial music repertoire. This recital is presented as part of the annual UWM Vocal Arts Festival and is open to the public.
The final concert of the 2027 UWM Vocal Arts Festival featuring the UWM Concert Chorale and outstanding high school vocalists from around Wisconsin and Illinois.
Nicole Marroquin is a transdisciplinary artist and educator who explores Black and Latinx Midwest histories of youth resistance movements, belonging and spatial justice. In 2019 she began a social media project called Chicago Raza Research Consortium. In 2020 Marroquin was the recipient of the USA Fellowship. She is Professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.
Alt-folk star Sam Amidon in Nico Muhly’s The Only Tune. We venture off-road, crossing traditional genre boundaries.
Gerhardt Knodel is an American contemporary textile artist, academic administrator, and educator. He was the head of the Fiber Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1970 to 1997 and served as the director from 1997 to 2007. His work has gained international recognition and has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Japan-American Friendship Fellowship, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the James Renwick Alliance, and the State of Michigan. Knodel was awarded the Gold Medal by the American Craft Council.
Join the UWM Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band for our concert featuring Italian music students and conductors from cultural exchange programs as part of the International Music Project. We’re also thrilled to welcome select high school band students as they sit in with the Wind Ensemble for a side-by-side performance experience with UW–Milwaukee graduate and undergraduate music students.
Featuring performances by our emerging voice students as they take the stage in a shared program of solo repertoire. With a mix of styles and languages, this recital offers a snapshot of their early work in the program and highlights their growth, musicality, and developing stage presence.
Jamie Ho is an interdisciplinary artist who is currently based in Tallahassee, Florida. Her art practice engages with GIFs, photography, and installation to investigate the long-term impact of assimilation and cultural bereavement through references of ancestral Chinese traditions and artifacts. Her work troubles the history of public spectacle and display of Asian American women, using performance and lighting studio to challenge societal expectations of gender roles and norms. She has been included in the 2023 Silver List, was a Critical Mass Finalist and was awarded the 40th Center Annual Beth Block Honorarium by Houston Center for Photography.
The UWM Symphony Orchestra concert, conducted by Dr. Jun Kim, will feature the winners of the 2026-27 UWM Concerto Competition.
This concert by the UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program will feature the UWAY "All-Stars" musicians and other special guests!
This juried exhibition showcases student artists from around the Greater Milwaukee area working in a variety of mediums.
Paolo Pedercini is an Italian game designer known for making Flash videogames based on socio-political points of view, on topics such as labour market flexibility and queer theory, in explicit opposition with the mainstream video game industry. He is known under the pseudonym Molleindustria, the name of his website. He created games such as Queer Power, Faith Fighter and the McDonald's Video Game. The games are often offered as freeware under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial license.
Experience an engaging, soothing and inspiring chamber music evening. Crafted around the epic Piano Quartet No. 1 by Johannes Brahms this program features works which offer meditative and vibrant moods.
The UWM Percussion Area hosts World Percussion Night in the beautiful Jan Serr Studio, featuring special guest Bembe Drum and Dance alongside the UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band and other student ensembles. Audiences will love the upbeat, exciting energy of Brazilian Samba, Puerto Rican Bomba, and West African drumming in addition to traditional and arranged music for Trinidadian steel pans performed by UWM students and faculty with vibrant community ensembles.
Join the flagship UWM Concert Chorale and several guest area high school choirs for an exciting evening of choral music!
Join UWM's Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus choirs for their first performance of spring semester!
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a sparkling romantic comedy filled with mistaken identities, mischievous schemes, and heartfelt confessions where each twist of fate brings another burst of laughter. When Viola is separated from her twin Sebastian, she disguises herself as a young man to survive—only to find herself entangled in a whirlwind of unrequited love, playful deception, and unexpected joy! You will not want to miss this beloved tale.
Soumya Netrabile is a Chicago-based painter who has exhibited at Anat Ebgi (Los Angeles), Rachel Uffner (NYC), Trinta Gallery (Santiago de Compostela, Spain), Indigo + Madder (London), and Karma (NYC). Her forthcoming solo exhibition will take place at Anat Ebgi in New York.
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).