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Student’s micro-opera delves into #MeToo movement

By Kathy QuirkJune 25, 2021Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

Student’s micro-opera delves into #MeToo movement

By Kathy QuirkJune 25, 2021Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

How do you turn a hashtag into an opera? That’s the challenge a UWM student faced when she decided to turn #MeToo into a musical production.

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Alum passing along the magic of music to youth with Latino Arts Strings

By Kathy QuirkJanuary 12, 2023Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

Music changed her life. In Milwaukee, the program founded by Dinorah Márquez Abadiano has given a similar chance to hundreds of students over the past 20 years.

Virtual show ‘Falldances’ kicks off Peck School 2020 season

By Kathy QuirkSeptember 15, 2020Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

The season must go on despite the pandemic. The Peck School of the Arts is opening its fall 2020 season Sept. 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. with a virtual performance that features a collaborative program of dance, film and an original composition.

UWM alum resurrects long-lost Bob Dylan song

By Sarah VickeryAugust 13, 2019Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

When Milwaukee musician Trapper Schoepp saw the lyrics that his musical hero had written about Wisconsin, he knew he had to bring the song to life. With Dylan’s approval, he did.

UWM musicians play on Grammy-winning album

By Angela McManamanMarch 13, 2019Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

Composer Mason Bates took home the Grammy for Best Opera Recording of 2018 for the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra’s recording of “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.” Flint, associate professor in the department of music, played French horn on the Grammy-winning album. Levy, adjunct instructor and chamber music coach, played clarinet.

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

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

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.

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.

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