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SUMMARY:Music Department Student Recitals
DESCRIPTION:Peck School of the Arts student recitals are scheduled throughout the semester with specific locations and dates frequently updated below. All recitals are free and open to the public with most offering a virtual option. \n\n\n\nFall 2026\n\n\n\nStudentDate/TimeLocationEric Simon and Braden Anderson\, Voice Recital (Program PDF)Thursday\, October 22 at 7:30 p.m.United Methodist Church of Whitefish BayAlex Bonell\, Voice Recital (Program PDF)Friday\, December 4 at 7:30 p.m.Music Building\, Recital Hall & VirtualAbigail Islas\, Piano Recital (Program PDF)Saturday\, December 5 at 3 p.m.Music Building\, Recital Hall & Virtual
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SUMMARY:Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Yinan Wang
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeWednesday\, November 4\, 2026 (7–8:50 p.m.) \n\n \n\nLocationVirtual \n\n\n \nYinan Wang 王一男 is a filmmaker born and raised in Beijing. His recent work\, 甜腻腻 Thick & Sweet\, reconstructs both personal and collective memories of a local Chinese restaurant through cutouts\, reenactments\, found footage\, and fragments of earlier films\, quietly probing how images form—and deform—cultural identity. Wang received his BFA from UWM and is a recipient of the 2026 Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists. \n \nThroughout the fall and spring semesters\, the Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series welcomes a diverse group of nationally and internationally recognized artists working across traditional\, hybrid and emergent disciplines. Join us to explore and expand boundaries of creative visual practices alongside others with an interest in contemporary visual art. \n\n \n \nVisit Yinan Wang’s website. \n \nLivestream Details\n\n\n\nJoin Guest Lecture\n\n\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 517 317 5108 \n\n\nZoom Passcode: 974465 \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\nThe Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series is supported in part by the UWM Black & Gold Committee and Differential Tuition funds\, Frederick R. Layton Fund\, the John Colt Memorial Art Fund\, The Queer Curatorial Fund\, Center for 21st Century Studies\, Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists\, Print Club\, Focus\, and OBJECT.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/artists-now-guest-lecture-series-yinan-wang/
LOCATION:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/artists-now-guest-lecture-series-yinan-wang/
CATEGORIES:Art & Design,Artists Now!,Arts and Culture,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Public,Students,UWM Campus Events
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SUMMARY:Special Features: The Intimate Scene: Directing\, Consent & Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Dates\nLocation\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, November 5\, 2026 (7–8:45 p.m.)\nMitchell Hall\, Fine Arts Cinema Room B91\n\n\n\n\nIntimate scenes require more than choreography—they require trust\, communication\, consent\, and thoughtful collaboration. This workshop introduces students to the principles of intimacy coordination and explores how directors and filmmakers can create a safe\, respectful environment when working with actors on intimate material. Students will learn practical approaches for communicating boundaries\, preparing scenes\, and supporting actors throughout the filmmaking process. \nOur guests\, KaiLee Evans\, Delaina Kuzelka and Victoria Hudziak\, are highly trained theatre professionals and intimacy coordinators with credits ranging between film and theatre. \nSpecial Features is an art and film focused professional development workshop series curated by Peck School of the Arts Department of Film\, Video\, Animation & New Genres. \n \n \n\nTickets are not required for this FREE event.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/special-features-the-intimate-scene-directing-consent-collaboration/
LOCATION:Mitchell Hall\, Fine Arts Cinema Room B91\, 3203 N. Downer Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Film & Animation,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Public,Students,UWM Campus Events
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SUMMARY:La Perla
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeFriday\, November 6\, 2026 (7:30–9:30 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationMusic Building\, Recital Hall \n\n\nLa Perla is a percussive-vocal trio from Bogotá\, Colombia created by Karen\, Diana\, and Roberta (Giovanna)\, and inspired by the music of the Great Caribbean mixed with sounds of the city. They began playing in 2014 after years of individual experience in the interpretation of gaitas\, hand-drums and folk singing. La Perla is gaita\, porro\, chalupa\, bullerengue\, cumbia\, merengue dominicano\, champeta and beat box. Guarachar is their latest release\, with which they remind us of the spirit of neighborhood parties. \nIn 2015 they won first prize at the Festival de Gaitas de Ovejas\, a legendary Gaita contest-festival in Sucre\, Colombia that had never been awarded to a band from Bogotá and was being awarded for the second time in their over 30 years of history to female artists. Two years later they began touring outside their country with a first visit to Mexico and eventually to Chile\, the US and Europe where they have continued to visit with their powerful lie show. \nThey have released an EP and several singles with the independent label Mambonegro Records run by producer Daniel Michel. “Bruja” from 2018 has become a hymn for all women in Latin-American appearing on the Netflix show “Siempre Bruja” and by being adopted on the streets at the different social uprisings in Spain\, Colombia and Chile. \nBILLBOARD: “From indie rockers to a group of women who blend Colombian folk with a whole lot of attitude.” \nThis event is sponsored by the Percussion @ UWM student organization. \n \n\nTickets are not required for this FREE event.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/la-perla/
LOCATION:Music Building\, Recital Hall\, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
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SUMMARY:UWM Percussion Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeSaturday\, November 7\, 2026 (3–4:30 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationZelazo Center for the Performing Arts\, Room 250 and Virtual  \n\n\nThe UWM Percussion Ensemble presents its annual Fall concert\, featuring a wide variety of instruments\, sounds\, and compositions from different periods. \nThe UWM Percussion Ensemble is a chamber ensemble that focuses on diverse repertoire written in the 20th and 21st centuries for percussion. Emphasizing new compositions alongside historically significant contributions to the chamber repertoire\, the Percussion Ensemble features the study and performance of a variety of instruments\, techniques\, and music styles.   \n \n \n\nTickets are not required for this FREE event. \n\n\n \n\nView Livestream \nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/uwm-percussion-ensemble/
LOCATION:Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts\, Room 250\, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
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SUMMARY:Crossing Over
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeNovember 10–December 11\, 2026Gallery Hours: Mon\, Tue\, Wed\, Fri: (12–5 p.m.)\, Thur (12–7 p.m.)Opening Reception: Friday\, November 13 (5–7 p.m.)Artist Talks: Thursday\, December 3 (6–7 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationUWM Union Art Gallery \n\n\nPlease join us for the Crossing Over exhibition showcasing work created by undergraduate Sophomore through Senior students of UWM Peck School of the Arts\, Department of Art & Design who have received a departmental scholarship award in 2026. \nThis exciting annual exhibition highlights the exceptional artwork produced by these promising emerging artist in a wide range of media and themes.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/crossing-over/
LOCATION:UWM Union Art Gallery\, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
CATEGORIES:Art & Design,Arts and Culture,Exhibitions & Showcases,Public,Students,UWM Campus Events
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SUMMARY:Premieres of New Music
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeTuesday\, November 10\, 2026 (7:30–9 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationMusic Building\, Recital Hall and Virtual \n\n\nThe Composition and Technology program will present a concert of original works by UWM students. The program will include newly composed pieces for acoustic and electronic mediums. \n \n\nTickets are not required for this FREE event. \n\n\n \n\nView Livestream \nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/premieres-of-new-music/
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SUMMARY:Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Micah Alhadeff
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeWednesday\, November 11\, 2026 (7–8:50 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationVirtual \n\n\nMicah Alhadeff is a digital artist\, curator\, and educator whose work explores glitch aesthetics\, virtual embodiment\, and speculative transformation. Alhadeff’s work has been exhibited at Sotheby’s in New York City\, The Royal Institute in London\, NFT.NYC\, NFT Show Europe in Valencia\, Spain\, Tech Contemporary in Copenhagen\, and across 1000 billboards in Belgium through Art Crush Gallery. Alhadeff is as Assistant Professor of Kinetic Imaging at Western Michigan University where he teaches experimental approaches to game engines\, worldbuilding\, and emerging technologies in digital art. \nThroughout the fall and spring semesters\, the Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series welcomes a diverse group of nationally and internationally recognized artists working across traditional\, hybrid and emergent disciplines. Join us to explore and expand boundaries of creative visual practices alongside others with an interest in contemporary visual art. \n \nVisit Micah Alhadeff’s website. \nLivestream Details\n\n\n\nJoin Guest Lecture\n\n\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 517 317 5108 \n\n\nZoom Passcode: 974465 \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\nThe Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series is supported in part by the UWM Black & Gold Committee and Differential Tuition funds\, Frederick R. Layton Fund\, the John Colt Memorial Art Fund\, The Queer Curatorial Fund\, Center for 21st Century Studies\, Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists\, Print Club\, Focus\, and OBJECT.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/artists-now-guest-lecture-series-micah-alhadeff/
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SUMMARY:Piano Studio Recital
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeThursday\, November 12\, 2026 (7:30–9:30 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationMusic Building\, Recital Hall and Virtual \n\n\nThe UWM Piano Studio will present a recital of solo and collaborative works. Program TBD. \n \n\nTickets are not required for this FREE event. \n\n\n \n\nView Livestream \nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/piano-studio-recital-2/
LOCATION:Music Building\, Recital Hall\, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Music,Performances,Public,Students,UWM Campus Events
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SUMMARY:Choral & Orchestral Masterworks: Mozart\, Copland & Florence Price
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeFriday & Saturday November 13–14\, 2026 (7:30–9 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationZelazo Center for the Performing Arts\, Bader Hall and Virtual \n\n\nThe UWM Symphony Orchestra and Choirs join forces for an evening of powerful choral-orchestral masterworks. In recognition of the 250th anniversary of the United States\, the program features American works that reflect on the nation’s history and ideals\, including Florence Price’s Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight and Aaron Copland’s iconic Fanfare for the Common Man. The program also features Mozart’s radiant Coronation Mass\, bringing together orchestra\, chorus\, and soloists in one of his most celebrated sacred works. \nFeatured soloists include Colleen Brooks\, Kristin Knutson Berka\, Zack Durlam\, and Aaron Agulay. The performance will be conducted by Jun Kim. \nUWM’s Symphony Orchestra is comprised of graduate and undergraduate music majors\, as well as other students. The ensemble presents seven to eight concerts each year and regularly collaborates with UWM Choirs and Opera Theatre.  \nThe orchestra has performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall\, the Chicago Symphony Center\, and the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. It was selected as one of two orchestras to perform at the College Orchestra Directors Association National Conference in Los Angeles and has appeared at the Wisconsin Music Educators Association State Conference. It also features student soloists selected through the annual UWM Symphony Concerto Competition. \n \nThe choral program at UWM offers five choirs – Concert Chorale (auditioned mixed choir)\, Bella Voce (auditioned soprano-alto choir)\, Kameraden (tenor-bass choir)\, Alta Voce (soprano-alto choir)\, and Kameraden Plus (auditioned tenor-bass choir whose members also sing in Kameraden). In addition to their individual performances which typically feature sacred and secular music from a wide variety of styles and time periods\, the choirs also combine annually to present a major choral/orchestral work with the UWM Symphony Orchestra. \n \nIn-person Tickets\n\n\n\n\nGeneral\n$12\n\n\nSeniors 65+\, *UWM Faculty\, Staff\, Alumni\n$10\n\n\nYouth 17 and Under\n$8\n\n\n*UWM Student\n$8\n\n\n*PSOA Student (events ONLY in your department)\nFREE\n\n\n*If you have a UWM email account\, please log in when visiting the Box Office page in order to display all UWM affiliated ticket pricing.\n \n\n\nPurchase Tickets \nView Livestream \nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/choral-orchestral-masterworks/
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SUMMARY:Adam Unsworth Horn Recital
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeMonday\, November 16\, 2026 (5–6:30 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationMusic Building\, Recital Hall \n\n\nGuest Adam Unsworth\, Professor of Horn at Northwestern University\, visits UWM’s campus to present a horn recital with Yasuko Oura\, piano. \n \n\nTickets are not required for this FREE event. \n\n\n \n\nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/adam-unsworth-horn-recital/
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SUMMARY:Experimental Tuesdays: From the Archives (curated by Alessandro Streccioni)
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeTuesday\, November 17\, 2026 (7–9:30 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationUWM Union Cinema \n\n\nCurated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film\, Video\, Animation and New Genres\, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the UWM Cinema Arts Archive. For each program\, the curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing. \nThe Cinema Arts Archive now contains over 400 essential works on 16mm film\, and a handful on 35mm\, from a range of historic and contemporary cinema. This unique and expansive archive continues to preserve\, grow\, and reflect the ever-evolving landscape of avant-garde film—representing a commitment to the past\, present\, and future of the medium. Alongside giants like Hollis Frampton\, Bruce Baillie\, Deborah Stratman\, and Jennifer Reeves lie many lesser-known gems ready to ignite curiosity and expand minds. While the collection aims to capture an array of crucial cinematic history\, modes\, and movements\, the majority of work is artist-made\, short form\, and experimental in nature. \n \n\nExperimental Tuesdays is a free public series featuring celebrated work of contemporary and historical artist-made film and video. This weekly series presents films and artists that explore the creative and critical potential of moving images. It also amplifies marginalized voices by hosting artists that represent diverse populations\, such as LGBT\, Native American\, Black and Latinx artists. Hosted by the Department of Film\, Video\, Animation & New Genres\, and presented in partnership with UWM’s Union Cinema\, this series is a bedrock of the Milwaukee arts landscape. Recent screenings include Silvia das Fadas\, Courtney Stephens\, Simon Liu\, Helena Wittman\, Jessica Bardsley\, Suneil Sanzgiri\, Mary Helena Clark\, Angelo Madsen\, and Rhayne Vermette to name a few.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/experimental-tuesdays-from-the-archives-curated-by-alessandro-streccioni/
LOCATION:UWM Union Cinema\, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Experimental Tuesdays,Film & Animation,Public,Students,UWM Campus Events
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SUMMARY:New Dancemakers
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeWednesday–Saturday\, November 18–21\, 2026 (7-9 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationMitchell Hall\, Studio 254 and Virtual \n\n\nFeaturing original choreography by our graduating seniors\, this annual event reflects months of focused research\, experimentation\, and creative development. Over an intensive two-and-a-half-month process\, students bring their artistic visions to life in performance. Come celebrate and support the next generation of artists. \n\nIn-person Tickets\n\n\n\n\nGeneral\n$17\n\n\nSeniors 65+\, *UWM Faculty\, Staff & Alumni\n$14\n\n\nYouth 17 and Under\n$12\n\n\n*UWM Student\n$9\n\n\n*PSOA Student (events ONLY in your department)\n$6\n\n\n*If you have a UWM email account\, please log in when visiting the Box Office page in order to display all UWM affiliated ticket pricing.\n\n\nLivestream Tickets\n\n\n\n\nLivestream\n$27\n\n\n–\n–\n\n\n–\n–\n\n\n–\n–\n\n\n–\n–\n\n\nLivestream URLs are sent from psoatix@uwm.edu to the purchasing e-mail two hours prior to event start time.\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase In-Person Tickets \nPurchase Livestream Tickets \nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/new-dancemakers/
LOCATION:Mitchell Hall\, Studio 254\, 3203 N. Downer Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Dance,Feature,Performances,Public,Students,UWM Campus Events
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SUMMARY:Art & Technology Exhibition: Charging
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeNovember 18–21\, 2026Wednesday–Saturday (2–7 p.m.)Opening Reception: Friday (5–7 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationKenilworth Square East Gallery \n\n\nThis year’s Art & Technology Exhibition brings together UWM artists whose works in creative electronics\, game art and design\, generative projection\, time-based audiovisual environments\, and kinetic sculpture examine the energy of contemporary cultural\, ecological\, and emotional dimensions in an increasingly technological world.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/art-and-technology-night/
LOCATION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N. Prospect Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53202
CATEGORIES:Art & Design,Arts and Culture,Exhibitions & Showcases,Public,Students,UWM Campus Events
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SUMMARY:The Visit
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeWednesday–Friday\, November 18–20\, 2026 (7:30–10:30 p.m.)Saturday\, November 21\, 2026 (4–7 p.m.)Sunday\, November 22\, 2026 (2–5 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationTheatre Building\, Mainstage Theatre \n\n\nIn this tragi-comic play\, a grotesquely wealthy person returns to their hometown which has suffered an economic downturn.  In exchange for a reversal of their plight\, she demands a high price – one that shakes the very bedrock of the society. This play premiered in New York 70 years ago\, directed by Peter Brook and starred Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. \nDirected by Ralph JanesWritten by Friedrich DürrenmattTranslated by Maurice Valency \nTHE VISIT is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French\, Inc. \nARTWORK: Zebra\, Maisie Wicks (Studio Art: Painting & Drawing BFA student) | @maisiewicks.art \nIn-person Tickets\n\n\n\n\nGeneral\n$22\n\n\nSeniors 65+\, *UWM Faculty\, Staff & Alumni\n$17\n\n\nYouth 17 and Under\n$12\n\n\n*UWM Student\n$12\n\n\n*PSOA Student (events ONLY in your department)\nFREE\n\n\n*If you have a UWM email account\, please log in when visiting the Box Office page in order to display all UWM affiliated ticket pricing.\n \n\n\nPurchase Tickets \nView Program (PDF)
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LOCATION:Theatre Building\, Mainstage Theatre\, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
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SUMMARY:Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Rachel David
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeWednesday\, November 18\, 2026 (7–8:50 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationVirtual \n\n\nRachel David is a North Carolina-based blacksmith\, sculptor\, designer\, and maker. Her metalwork practice is holistic; encompassing art\, furniture\, architectural elements\, activism\, collaborations\, and gardening. Using the physical and technically demanding processes of forging\, forming\, and machining steel\, Rachel addresses broader issues of “body” and “landscape” through the lens of social and environmental justice. David’s work is in the collections of the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery\, the City of New Orleans\, the City of Asheville\, the Simone Benetton Foundation\, and numerous private collections. \nThroughout the fall and spring semesters\, the Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series welcomes a diverse group of nationally and internationally recognized artists working across traditional\, hybrid and emergent disciplines. Join us to explore and expand boundaries of creative visual practices alongside others with an interest in contemporary visual art. \n \nVisit Rachel David’s website. \nLivestream Details\n\n\n\nJoin Guest Lecture\n\n\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 517 317 5108 \n\n\nZoom Passcode: 974465 \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\nThe Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series is supported in part by the UWM Black & Gold Committee and Differential Tuition funds\, Frederick R. Layton Fund\, the John Colt Memorial Art Fund\, The Queer Curatorial Fund\, Center for 21st Century Studies\, Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists\, Print Club\, Focus\, and OBJECT.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/artists-now-guest-lecture-series-rachel-david/
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SUMMARY:UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band & Community World Music Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeThursday\, November 19\, 2026 (7:30–9 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationKenilworth Square East\, Jan Serr Studio and Virtual \n\n\nThis 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. \nThe Community World Music Ensemble is open to all community members (ages 12 and older) and UWM students with an interest in learning the musical techniques and performance styles of folk and popular genres from different corners of the globe. Regular offerings include Trinidadian steel pan (Steel PANthers) and Guatemalan marimba (Marimba Pantera)\, with other offerings available on a rotating basis depending on instructor availability. \n \n \n\nSpecial thanks to our sponsors: UW-Milwaukee’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Peck School of the Arts Department of Music.\n\n\nIn-person Tickets\n\n\n\n\nGeneral\n$10\n\n\nSeniors 65+\, *UWM Faculty\, Staff & Alumni\n$8\n\n\nYouth 17 and Under\n$5\n\n\n*UWM Student\nFREE\n\n\n*PSOA Student (events ONLY in your department)\nFREE\n\n\n*If you have a UWM email account\, please log in when visiting the Box Office page in order to display all UWM affiliated ticket pricing.\n \n\n\nPurchase Tickets \nView Livestream \nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/uwm-steel-panthers-steel-band-university-community-world-music-ensemble/
LOCATION:Kenilworth Square East\, Jan Serr Studio\, 2155 N. Prospect Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53202
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Music,Performances,Public,Students,UWM Campus Events
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SUMMARY:High School Honors Band & String Orchestra Festival
DESCRIPTION:DatesFriday–Saturday\, November 20–21\, 2026 \n\n\nAges14–18 \n\n\nLocationZelazo Center for the Performing Arts \n\n\nContacths-honors-ensembles@uwm.edu \n\n\nThe High School Honors Band & String Orchestra Festival provides the region’s most motivated and accomplished high school band and orchestra students an opportunity to work with each other and with regionally and nationally recognized conductors. Students also interact with UWM performance faculty and experience performances by UWM ensembles. This year\, the High School Honors Band will be conducted by guest conductor Dr. Brett Bawcum of the University of Georgia\, and the High School Honors String Orchestra will be conducted by Dr. Jun Kim\, Director of Orchestral Activities at UWM. \nDirector Nominations\nOnly students who are nominated by their band director are eligible to attend. Nominations are open to all band directors. If you or your organization plan to pay for some or all student fees\, please contact us during the director nomination period. \nStudents will be notified via email of their acceptance to the festival\, or their wait-list designation\, after being processed by UWM Bands staff. \n\nPlease download the nomination form and use any spreadsheet software to edit. Be sure to fill in your director information in the header portion.\nReview nomination data formatting as organized by column headers and the first-row sample. Afterwards\, please delete the sample row.\nEnter student data for each nomination. Remember to assign a rank that represents their overall ranking among ALL of your nominees\, regardless of instrument or grade level. NOTE: Each rank number should only appear once.\n\nWe will use this data to form three equal and randomly assigned festival bands and create chair rankings within each band. Please consider the data you provide on each student carefully. \n\n\nOnce all nominations have been entered\, save the file with this filename format: “DirLastName_SchoolName.” Email the file to ms-honors-band@uwm.edu prior to the October 15 nomination deadline. \nIf you need to revise nominations after you have submitted them\, please notify Dr. Corley directly at scorley@uwm.edu. \nDirectors will be notified of their nominees’ festival status (accepted or wait-listed) around October 23. The accepted students’ pre-registration period is October 25-November 8. Separate information regarding this process will be sent directly to those families/homes.  \n\nOnly students who are nominated by their school director before Monday\, October 19 are eligible to attend the festival. \n \n\n Please download and complete the nomination spreadsheet and email it to hs-honors-ensembles@uwm.edu. If you or your organization plan to pay for some or all student registration fees\, please let us know during this nomination period.\n\n\n\nNomination Spreadsheet (Excel) \nNomination Spreadsheet (Google)\n\nStudent Registration\nStudents are notified via email of their acceptance determination\, and if accepted\, their individual honor band and orchestra assignment. Students notified as alternates are added to a wait list and will be notified if an opening occurs. \nAccepted students will be emailed by Friday\, October 23 and should complete registration by Friday\, October 30 using the link found in their acceptance email. If assistance is needed\, please contact the Box Office. \nRegistration is $95 per student\, which includes all instruction\, rehearsal spaces\, music\, and administrative fees. A $40 discount is available for students who are also enrolled in UWAY or the UWM String Academy by emailing their respective UWM instructors to receive a discount code. It also includes admission to the final concert for the students’ family and other supporters (no physical tickets necessary). All registration payments are non-refundable. \n\nMedical Authorization Form (PDF)\n\nConductors\nScott  CorleyTeaching Professor\, Instrumental Music Education & ConductingDirector\, Symphony Band\, Panther Pep BandMusic Director/Conductor\, Youth Wind Ensemble (UWAY)scorley@uwm.edu414-229-5641Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts 342Jun  KimAssociate Professor\, Instrumental ConductingDirector\, Symphony Orchestra\, University Community Orchestrakimjy@uwm.edu414-229-6063Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts 354 \nSchedule\nSchedule subject to change. Participating students must commit to the full duration of all activities. A more detailed schedule will be available to students prior to the event.UWM staff releases custodial care to parents/guardians during all meal breaks. \nFriday\, November 20\n\n\n\n\n4–5 p.m. – Registration\n\n\n5–8 p.m. – Rehearsals (No dinner break – be sure to eat a snack before arrival)\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 21\n\n\n\n\n9–10:30 a.m. – Rehearsal\n\n\n10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. – Sectionals with faculty or teaching assistants\n\n\n12–1:15 p.m. – Lunch (Students on their own)\n\n\n1:15–1:45 p.m. – UWM Youth Wind Ensemble (UWAY) Performance for Honor All Band Participants\n\n\n1:15–5:30 p.m. – Rehearsal for Honor String Orchestra\n\n\n2–5:30 p.m. – Rehearsal for Honors Band\n\n\n5:30–7 p.m. – Dinner (Provided for High School Honor Band and String Orchestra)\n\n\n7 p.m. – Call time\n\n\n7:30–9:30 p.m. – UWM Wind Ensemble\, Honors High School String Orchestra\, and Honors High School Band Concert\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Instrumental Needs\n\nFlute Students: Should bring a piccolo if you have access to one and want to be considered for piccolo parts. Piccolo assignments will be made under the leadership of the guest conductor/clinician.\nBrass Students: Trumpet and trombone students should bring straight mutes. Other mutes may be requested during the weekend.\nPercussion Students: Please bring the following four items. If borrowing instruments from school consult your band director first.\n\nA pair of general-purpose snare sticks\nKeyboard mallets\nTimpani mallets\nEither a triangle with beater or a tambourine\n\n\n\nAttire\nCasual school clothing is appropriate for festival rehearsals and other activities. For the concert\, please wear what you would wear for your own school band concerts. Other suggestions are: \n\n\nOption 1\n\nTop: White button-down\, long-sleeved dress shirt (a tie is optional).\nBottom: Black dress or dark chino-style pants and belt\, dark (black) socks\, black dress shoes (no sneakers or athletic shoes).\n\n\n\nOption 2\n\nTop: White long-sleeved top/blouse with a close neckline.\nBottom: Black skirt/dress with a hemline at the calf or to the floor and black socks/hosiery. Black dress pants are also acceptable. Black dress shoes (no sneakers or athletic shoes).\n\n\n\nMeals\nLimited UWM Union dining facilities will be open during the festival to attendees and to the public. Other restaurants near campus are also available within a four-block walk. Students and parents are free to make meal arrangements that fit their needs understanding lunch will be provided on Saturday. UWM staff releases custodial care to parents/guardians during all festival meal breaks and participants will not be accompanied during this time. \nEmergencies\nOffice staff is available at (414) 229-5641 during the festival schedule in case of emergencies. UWM Police Non-Emergency line is (414) 229-4627. \nParking\nUWM has many parking options\, including metered street parking\, university parking structures and lots. Participants and patrons are responsible for following posted parking regulations. Students are responsible for arranging prompt pick-up and drop-off plans. For campus details please see the campus map. \nParent/Guardian Information\n\nThe UWM High School Honors Band and Orchestra releases participants to the custodial care of their parent/guardian during non-instructional times (see schedule above).\nParents are not required to stay with students during Festival activities. When students are released from UWM’s custodial care (during any non-instructional time)\, parents may wish to designate another adult for their supervision or make arrangements with a “carpool” group to help facilitate mealtime plans and/or commuting to/from campus. \nMeal and lodging plans (if necessary) are the responsibility of each participant’s family. Food and lodging are not provided by the Festival. \nAll UWM Honors Band Festival rehearsals are open\, public events. All interested parents and teachers are welcomed to observe.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/music-high-school-honors-band-string-orchestra/
LOCATION:Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts\, Bader Hall\, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
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SUMMARY:Middle School Honors Band Festival
DESCRIPTION:DatesFriday–Sunday\, November 20–22\, 2026 \n\n\nAges11–13 \n\n\nLocationZelazo Center for the Performing Arts \n\n\nContactms-honors-band@uwm.edu \n\n\nThe UWM Middle School Honors Band Festival is one of the longest-standing events of its kind. Our festival provides the region’s most motivated and accomplished middle school instrumentalists with an opportunity to work with one another and with regionally and nationally recognized wind band conductors. In addition\, students interact with UWM performance staff and experience performances by UWM ensembles. \nDirector Nominations\nOnly students who are nominated by their band director are eligible to attend. Nominations are open to all band directors. If you or your organization plan to pay for some or all student fees\, please contact us during the director nomination period. \nStudents will be notified via email of their acceptance to the festival\, or their wait-list designation\, after being processed by UWM Bands staff. \n\nPlease download the nomination form and use any spreadsheet software to edit. Be sure to fill in your director information in the header portion.\nReview nomination data formatting as organized by column headers and the first-row sample. Afterwards\, please delete the sample row.\nEnter student data for each nomination. Remember to assign a rank that represents their overall ranking among ALL of your nominees\, regardless of instrument or grade level. NOTE: Each rank number should only appear once.\n\nWe will use this data to form three equal and randomly assigned festival bands and create chair rankings within each band. Please consider the data you provide on each student carefully. \n\n\nOnce all nominations have been entered\, save the file with this filename format: “DirLastName_SchoolName.” Email the file to ms-honors-band@uwm.edu prior to the October 15 nomination deadline. \nIf you need to revise nominations after you have submitted them\, please notify Dr. Corley directly at scorley@uwm.edu. \nDirectors will be notified of their nominees’ festival status (accepted or wait-listed) around October 23. The accepted students’ pre-registration period is October 25-November 8. Separate information regarding this process will be sent directly to those families/homes.  \n\nOnly students who are nominated by their school band director before Monday\, October 19 are eligible to attend the festival. \n \n\n Please download and complete the nomination spreadsheet and email it to ms-honors-band@uwm.edu. If you or your organization plan to pay for some or all student registration fees\, please let us know during this nomination period.\n\n\n\nNomination Spreadsheet (Excel) \nNomination Spreadsheet (Google)\n\nStudent Registration\nStudents are notified via email of their acceptance determination\, and if accepted\, their individual honor band assignment. Students notified as alternates are added to a wait list and will be notified if an opening occurs. \nAccepted students will be emailed by Friday\, October 23 and should complete registration between October 24–November 7 using the link found in their acceptance email. If assistance is needed\, please contact the Box Office. \nRegistration is $95 per student\, which includes all instruction\, rehearsal spaces\, music\, and administrative fees. A $40 discount is available for students who are also enrolled in UWAY or the UWM String Academy by emailing their respective UWM instructors to receive a discount code. It also includes admission to the final concert for the students’ family and other supporters (no physical tickets necessary). All Festival registration payments are non-refundable. \n\nMedical Authorization Form (PDF)\n\nGuest Conductors\nExpand All \nMatt Mealey | New Richmond High School\n\n\n\nMatt Mealey is honored to serve as a guest conductor for the 2026 UW-Milwaukee Middle School Honors Band Festival. A dedicated music educator\, Mr. Mealey has served as the Director of Bands at New Richmond High School in Wisconsin for the past 24 years. Throughout his career\, he has worked with band students of all ages\, from the middle level up through collegiate music programs\, including previous appointments directing the jazz bands at the University of Rochester (NY) and UW-Stout. In high demand as a clinician\, he has served as a judge at numerous jazz and concert band festivals throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota. Beyond the traditional school year\, he frequently invests his time inspiring young musicians at regional camps\, having taught concert and jazz sessions at the International Music Camp\, the Northland Youth Music Program\, and the Shell Lake Arts Center. He has also spent the past five summers serving as the Camp Band Coach for the Kids From Wisconsin. \nMr. Mealey holds a Bachelor’s degree from UW-Eau Claire\, a Master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music\, and he has completed a year of DMA studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. \nAlongside his distinguished career in music education\, Mr. Mealey maintains an active national profile as a freelance trumpet artist. He has toured the country extensively\, performing as lead trumpet for legendary artists and ensembles including Wayne Newton\, The Temptations\, The Four Tops\, Frankie Valli\, Mannheim Steamroller\, Johnny Mathis\, and the New York Voices. His diverse professional credentials also include work with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra\, Gap Mangione\, Five by Design\, and the National Broadway Tours of 42nd Street and Monty Python’s Spamalot. Mr. Mealey is thrilled to bring his pedagogical and performance experience to the festival to collaborate with the region’s outstanding young musicians. \n\n\nIan Melrose | Central Heights Middle School\n\n\n\nIan Melrose is a middle school band teacher at Central Heights Middle School in Sun Prairie\, Wisconsin\, where he teaches 7th and 8th Grade Band and General Music\, and leads a before-school jazz band and an co-leads after-school pep band. In 2025\, the 8th Grade Band performed at the WMEA State Music Convention in a session titled “Creativity & Connection in Middle School Band\,” highlighting collaborations with orchestra and choir\, student improvisation and composition\, and student-led introductions and programs. He previously taught at Sun Prairie’s Cardinal Heights (8th & 9th Grade) and at Beloit Turner High School. \nIan holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from UW-Madison\, a master’s degree in Tuba Performance from the University of Georgia\, and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership\, also from UW-Madison. As a performer\, he was a member of the Bulldog Brass Quintet at UGA\, which placed nationally in both the Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition and the MTNA Chamber Music Competition. He also won the UGA Wind Ensemble’s concert competition performing Rolf Wilhelm’s Concertino for Tuba and Wind Instruments and was later named a semi-finalist in the Leonard Falcone International Tuba Competition. He has also performed with Mama Digdown’s Brass Band and is currently the sousaphone player in the Red Hot TradJazz Band. \nIan’s work in music education extends into the marching arts. He began his teaching career with the Capitol Sound Drum & Bugle Corps and has since worked with the Madison Scouts and the Lassiter High School Marching Band. He previously directed the Sound of Sun Prairie Marching Band and now serves as its Business Manager. \nBeyond the classroom\, Ian is currently co-chairing revisions to the Wisconsin DPI Standards for Music and serves on the WMEA Standards Committee. He has also served as tuba coach for the WMEA Middle School State Honors Band. At Central Heights\, he is a member of the school’s Guiding Coalition\, Equity Team\, and Scheduling Team. \nIan lives in Sun Prairie with his partner\, Cindy\, and their three children. \n\n\nDr. Carl Rowles | Jefferson High School\n\n\n\nCarl Rowles serves as Director of Bands at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids\, Iowa. He has held similar positions at Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs (IA) Kansas Wesleyan University\, Wayland Baptist University (TX)\, and New Hampton High School (IA). \nDr. Rowles is active as a guest clinician\, conductor\, and presenter at several state conferences. He has presented sessions on repertoire\, conducting\, and rehearsal strategies at the Iowa\, South Dakota\, and Kansas state bandmaster conventions and was featured in SBO+ Magazine as Iowa’s 22-23 representative for “50 Directors Who Make A Difference”. \nDr. Rowles earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Band Conducting at The University of Iowa\, Masters of Arts from Tennessee Technological University\, and a Bachelors of Music in Music Education from Simpson College. He holds memberships in the National Band Association\, Iowa Bandmasters Association\, National Association for Music Education\, Iowa Music Educators Association\, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia\, and Kappa Kappa Psi (Honorary).  \n\n\n\nPreliminary Festival Schedule\nSchedule subject to change. Participating students must commit to the full duration of all activities. A more detailed schedule will be distributed during the on-site check-in. Plans\, costs\, and custodial care are each family’s responsibility during all festival meal breaks. \nFriday\, November 20\n\n\n\n\n3:45–4:30 p.m. – On-site Check-In: UWM Union\, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd (Be sure to have a snack before you check-in!)\n\n\n4:45 p.m. – Seating of the ensembles: UWM Union\n\n\n5–7 p.m. – Rehearsal segment #1: UWM Union (Short breaks at the conductors’ discretion; large instruments may be stored overnight)\n\n\n7:30–9:30 p.m. – UWM Wind Ensemble Concert (optional\, ticketed and unsupervised)\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 21\n\n\n\n\n9–11:30 a.m. – Rehearsals segment #2: UWM Union (Short breaks at the conductors’ discretion)\n\n\n11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. – Lunch break (Bring a bag lunch – or limited UWM Union food court options are available)\n\n\n12:45–4:45 p.m. – Rehearsal segment #3: UWM Union (Short breaks at the conductors’ discretion; rotating sectional schedule; performances by UWM ensembles)\n\n\n7:30–9 p.m. – Honors String Orchestra & UWM Symphony Orchestra and High School Honors Band concert (optional\, ticketed and unsupervised)\n\n\n\n\nSunday\, November 22\n\n\n\n\nMorning – Rehearsal segment #4\n\n\nAfternoon – Lunch break (Bring a bag lunch – or limited UWM Union food court options are available)\n\n\n1–3 p.m. – Festival Finale Concerts (see below)\n\n\n\n\nFestival Finale Concerts\nConcerts take place on Sunday and are free and open to participating students\, their families\, and band directors – no tickets necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\nMealey Band – 1 p.m.\nSunday\, November 22 at 1 p.m. \n\nProgram (PDF)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRowles Band – 2 p.m.\nSunday\, November 22 at 2 p.m. \n\nProgram (PDF)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelrose Band – 3 p.m.\nSunday\, November 22 at 3 p.m. \n\nProgram (PDF)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Instrumental Needs\n\nFlute Students: Should bring a piccolo if you have access to one and want to be considered for piccolo parts. Piccolo assignments will be made under the leadership of the guest conductor/clinician.\nBrass Students: Trumpet and trombone students should bring straight mutes. Other mutes may be requested during the weekend.\nPercussion Students: Please bring the following four items. If borrowing instruments from school consult your band director first.\n\nA pair of general-purpose snare sticks\nKeyboard mallets\nTimpani mallets\nEither a triangle with beater or a tambourine\n\n\n\nAttire\nCasual school clothing is appropriate for festival rehearsals and other activities. For the concert\, please wear what you would wear for your own school band concerts. Other suggestions are: \n\n\nOption 1\n\nTop: White button-down\, long-sleeved dress shirt (a tie is optional).\nBottom: Black dress or dark chino-style pants and belt\, dark (black) socks\, black dress shoes (no sneakers or athletic shoes).\n\n\n\nOption 2\n\nTop: White long-sleeved top/blouse with a close neckline.\nBottom: Black skirt/dress with a hemline at the calf or to the floor and black socks/hosiery. Black dress pants are also acceptable. Black dress shoes (no sneakers or athletic shoes).\n\n\n\nMeals\nLimited UWM Union dining facilities will be open during the festival to attendees and to the public. Other restaurants near campus are also available within a four-block walk. Students and parents are free to make meal arrangements that fit their needs. UWM Bands staff releases custodial care to parents/guardians during all festival meal breaks and participants will not be accompanied during this time.   \nEmergencies\nOffice staff is available at (414) 229-5641 during the festival schedule in case of emergencies. UWM Police Non-Emergency line is (414) 229-4627. \nParking\nUWM has many parking options\, including metered street parking\, university parking structures and lots. Participants and patrons are responsible for following posted parking regulations. Students are responsible for arranging prompt pick-up and drop-off plans. For campus details please see the campus map. \nParent/Guardian Information\n\nThe UWM Honors Band Festival releases participants to the custodial care of their parent/guardian during non-instructional times (see schedule above).\nParents are not required to stay with students during Festival activities. When students are released from UWM’s custodial care (during any non-instructional time)\, parents may wish to designate another adult for their supervision or make arrangements with a “carpool” group to help facilitate mealtime plans and/or commuting to/from campus. \nMeal and lodging plans (if necessary) are the responsibility of each participant’s family. Food and lodging are not provided by the Festival. \nAll UWM Honors Band Festival rehearsals are open\, public events. All interested parents and teachers are welcomed to observe.
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/music-middle-school-honors-band-festival/
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SUMMARY:UWM Wind Ensemble Concert
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeFriday\, November 20\, 2026 (7:30–9 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationZelazo Center for the Performing Arts\, Bader Hall and Virtual \n\n\nJoin the Department of Bands in our concert to start the annual UWM Honors Band Festival featuring the Wind Ensemble. \nThe UWM Wind Ensemble is the premier concert band in the Peck School of the Arts and has been recognized nationally and internationally through numerous invitations to perform at major music conferences. Emphasizing the single performer concept\, the Wind Ensemble uses only players needed for a given piece\, thus providing the greatest exposure for the exceptional musician.  \n \nIn-person Tickets\n\n\n\n\nGeneral\n$10\n\n\nSeniors 65+\, *UWM Faculty\, Staff & Alumni\n$8\n\n\nYouth 17 and Under\n$5\n\n\n*UWM Student\nFREE\n\n\n*PSOA Student (events ONLY in your department)\nFREE\n\n\n*If you have a UWM email account\, please log in when visiting the Box Office page in order to display all UWM affiliated ticket pricing.\n \n\n\nPurchase Tickets \nView Livestream \nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/uwm-band-concert/
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SUMMARY:Opera Scenes
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeSaturday & Sunday\, November 21-22\, 2026 (7:30–9 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationMusic Building\, Recital Hall 175 and Virtual \n\n\nUWM Opera Scenes offers an evening of fully staged excerpts from some of opera’s most compelling works. Featuring a range of styles\, languages\, and characters\, this performance highlights the work of our singers as they bring dramatic storytelling and music together on stage. It’s a chance to experience a variety of scenes in one engaging program. \n\nIn-person Tickets\n\n\n\n\nGeneral\n$10\n\n\nSeniors 65+\, *UWM Faculty\, Staff & Alumni\n$8\n\n\nYouth 17 and Under\n$5\n\n\n*UWM Student\nFREE\n\n\n*PSOA Student (events ONLY in your department)\nFREE\n\n\n*If you have a UWM email account\, please log in when visiting the Box Office page in order to display all UWM affiliated ticket pricing.\n\n\nLivestream Tickets\n\n\n\n\nLivestream\n$12\n\n\n–\n–\n\n\n–\n–\n\n\n–\n–\n\n\n–\n–\n\n\nLivestream URLs are sent from psoatix@uwm.edu to the purchasing e-mail two hours prior to event start time.\n\n\n\n\n\nPurchase In-person Tickets \nPurchase Livestream Tickets \nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/opera-scenes/
LOCATION:Music Building\, Recital Hall\, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211
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SUMMARY:Honors String Orchestra & UWM Symphony Orchestra and High School Honors Band performance
DESCRIPTION:Date & TimeSaturday\, November 21\, 2026 (7:30–9:30 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationZelazo Center for the Performing Arts\, Bader Hall and Virtual \n\n\nThis performance begins with a unique collaboration between the high school students selected for the 2026 UWM Honors String Orchestra and the UWM Symphony Orchestra\, conducted by Prof. Jun Kim. The 2026 UWM High School Honors Band will perform on the second half of the concert\, and led by our featured guest conductor\, Dr. Brett Bawcum of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. This Saturday evening concert is a culmination of a weekend of rehearsals\, lessons and experiences meant to show festival students what it’s like to be a musician at UW-Milwaukee. \nStudents in the annual UWM High School Honors Band & String Orchestra Festival are first nominated by their school music teachers and then selected by university faculty to participate in the weekend event. The High School Honors Band Festival provides the region’s most motivated and accomplished high school instrumentalists an opportunity to work with each other and with regionally and nationally recognized conductors. In addition\, students interact with UWM performance staff and experience performances by UWM ensembles. \nUWM’s Symphony Orchestra is comprised of graduate and undergraduate music majors\, as well as other students. The ensemble presents seven to eight concerts each year and regularly collaborates with UWM Choirs and Opera Theatre.  \nThe orchestra has performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall\, the Chicago Symphony Center\, and the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. It was selected as one of two orchestras to perform at the College Orchestra Directors Association National Conference in Los Angeles and has appeared at the Wisconsin Music Educators Association State Conference. It also features student soloists selected through the annual UWM Symphony Concerto Competition. \n \nIn-person Tickets\n\n\n\n\nGeneral\n$10\n\n\nSeniors 65+\, *UWM Faculty\, Staff & Alumni\n$8\n\n\nYouth 17 and Under\n$5\n\n\n*UWM Student\nFREE\n\n\n*PSOA Student (events ONLY in your department)\nFREE\n\n\n*If you have a UWM email account\, please log in when visiting the Box Office page in order to display all UWM affiliated ticket pricing.\n \n\n\nPurchase Tickets \nView Livestream \nView Program (PDF)
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SUMMARY:University Community Band Fall Concert
DESCRIPTION:Date & Time Monday\, November 30\, 2026 (7:30–9 p.m.) \n\n\nLocationZelazo Center for the Performing Arts\, Bader Hall and Virtual \n\n\nJoin the University Community Band for our fall semester concert! \nUniversity Community Band is open to UWM students and community members of all skill levels. Performances take place each semester and the repertoire include both standard and contemporary band literature.  \n \nIn-person Tickets\n\n\n\n\nGeneral\n$10\n\n\nSeniors 65+\, *UWM Faculty\, Staff & Alumni\n$8\n\n\nYouth 17 and Under\n$5\n\n\n*UWM Student\nFREE\n\n\n*PSOA Student (events ONLY in your department)\nFREE\n\n\n*If you have a UWM email account\, please log in when visiting the Box Office page in order to display all UWM affiliated ticket pricing.\n \n\n\nPurchase Tickets \nView Livestream \nView Program (PDF)
URL:https://uwm.edu/arts/event/university-community-band-concert/
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