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Saturday, February 16, 2019

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Music mogul: UWM alum runs top-rated site for wedding quartets

By Michelle JohnsonDecember 5, 2018Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance
Jared Judge

Music mogul: UWM alum runs top-rated site for wedding quartets

By Michelle JohnsonDecember 5, 2018Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

All musician Jared Judge wanted in the beginning was a few more wedding gigs to help pay for his education. Today, he’s running a company that employs more than 120 musicians and DJs in seven cities.

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Making music is a passion for prizewinning UWM classical guitarists

By Kathy QuirkJune 5, 2018Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance
Three men stand side by side holding guitars.

With the guidance of Rene Izquierdo, associate professor of music, UWM classical guitar students have been racking up top finishes in competitions around the country. “He is not just a teacher, he is a mentor,” said one of those students, Samuel Hines.

Voice clinic gives students the chance to learn from each other

By Anthony MandellaApril 3, 2018Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance
Two students work with equipment while one student sings into a microphone.

Communication Sciences and Disorders students don’t often get to work with performers as part of their education. And voice students don’t often get scientifically evaluated. But recently at UWM, that match proved mutually beneficial.

Music alumnus explores the art of sound in Sweden

By Kathy QuirkFebruary 16, 2018Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance
Warren Enstrom sits in a room full of computers and other equipment.

Warren Enström is creating sound art by exploring the frontiers of music-making. The UWM alum’s composition aren’t done the traditional way – they’re done by helping computers learn to be creative by exploring the environment around them.

Peck School guitarist wins prestigious Schubert competition

By Howie MagnerMarch 17, 2017Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance
Peck School master's degree student Evan Taucher won the Schubert Club Student Scholarship Competition.

Peck School of the Arts graduate student Evan Taucher won the top prize in the guitar category at the prestigious Schubert Club Student Scholarship Competition. Along with his first-place honors, Taucher earned $2,000 and the right to perform at a concert in 2017. Taucher is from Tampa, Fla., and pursuing his master’s degree in music […]

Music composition students bring technology into the mix

By Kathy QuirkOctober 31, 2016Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

Two students in UWM’s music composition program attended top summer programs — one of them in Paris, France — in combining music and technology into new art forms.

Kathryn Henry: Met Opera finalist, UWM grad

By Kyle BursawMay 23, 2016Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

What could be better than singing on national TV? For Kathryn Henry, a scholarship to The Juilliard School.

Dance program showcases Africa and the Diaspora

By Kathy QuirkJanuary 21, 2016Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance
Ferne Caulker Bronson has been researching and teaching African dance for more than 40 years. (UWM Photo/Derek Rickert)

“Winter Dances 2016: Evolve As We Enter” runs Feb. 4-7, and includes a finale that draws upon the Peck School of the Arts Department of Dance’s landmark history teaching and performing African Dance.

UWM Libraries unveil ‘Paramount’ music, history collection

By Kathy QuirkDecember 3, 2015Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance
Rebecca Littman (seated), head of the UWM Music Library, looks over “The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records,” volumes one and two. Joining her is Treshani Perera, a master's student in the library sciences/music history program. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

Donors have given the UWM Music Library two limited-edition volumes chronicling the rise and fall of Paramount Records, a Wisconsin-based record company that recorded and preserved rare music from 20th century pioneers of blues, jazz and gospel.

Increasingly, UWM attracts classical guitar students, artists

By Graham KilmerNovember 12, 2015Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

The classical guitar program at the Peck School of the Arts is attracting a growing number of students from around the world.

Professional dancers come to UWM to enhance their careers

By Kathy QuirkJuly 17, 2015Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

One of only three like it in the country, UWM’s MFA in performing arts: dance, allows dancers who still perform professionally to earn a degree through online work and two summer residencies.

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