WPR Music, Arts & Culture calendar

Ewald André Dupont’s 1923 silent film The Ancient Law with live original music composed and performed by world-renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin. Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin have been bringing audiences to their feet throughout the US and Europe with their unique and stirring violin and piano scores […]

Umoja, the Swahili word for “unity” and the first principle of the African holiday Kwanzaa, is a beautiful way to bring us together again. We begin our 99th season journey with a work of the same name by African-American composer Valerie Coleman. Our Principal Organist, Greg Zelek, plays one of the great works for organ […]

Step into the shadows as Fresco Opera brings haunted fireside tales to life under the starlit sky at Picnic Point. Our campfire will serve as the hearth for an evening of ghostly narratives and enchanting opera, transporting you to a world where spectral tales and haunting voices intertwine. Wander down a shadowed path to the […]

In collaboration with Marquette University’s Homecoming 2024, the Haggerty Museum of Art will present “Concealed Language: A Plea for Help”, a concert by the Marquette University Chorus. The concert was inspired by the Haggerty’s exhibition “SOS Color Code 2024”, an indoor and outdoor installation comprised of flags and changing colored lights based on the dots […]

Join Iranian-German pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati for an enchanting program of Bach, Mendelssohn, Haydn and Alkan. “Rhythmically infectious, supremely intelligent” (BBC Music Magazine) Iranian-German pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati plays with “astonishing clarity, purity, and maturity” (Sir András Schiff).