WPR Music, Arts & Culture calendar

Milwaukee’s favorite hometown holiday tradition returns! Join your Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as we deck Allen-Bradley Hall with holiday cheer. Ring in the holidays with Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble, keep your eye out for the Jolly Old Elf himself, and raise your voice during the audience sing-along backed by the full power of the orchestra and Milwaukee […]

The ultimate American Christmas celebration — with many of your favorite Holiday gems, plus a new/old version of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”, for narrator and  orchestra — from our Maestro, Alexander Platt, and James Groh, TMJ4 News Reporter who covers all things fun, weird, positive, inspiring and historical and owns over 20 Christmas sweaters! […]

The UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program (“UWAY”) presents a program of contemporary and traditional symphonic band and wind ensemble repertoire. This concert will include some season favorites that are a UWAY tradition! UWAY musicians are enrolled in grades eight through twelve and are actively involved in their school band/music program. Artist-faculty from the […]

Navy Band Great Lakes will perform a free concert on December 15 at 7 p.m. at The Bedford Concert Hall within The Rita at the University of Wisconsin – Parkside. Navy Band Great Lakes concerts are free and open to the public. Monday’s concert is a family-friendly event, meant to entertain veterans, families, individuals and […]

Milwaukee’s favorite hometown holiday tradition returns! Join your Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as we deck Allen-Bradley Hall with holiday cheer. Ring in the holidays with Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble, keep your eye out for the Jolly Old Elf himself, and raise your voice during the audience sing-along backed by the full power of the orchestra and Milwaukee […]

Enjoy a memorable holiday concert with all the trimmings – holiday classics, sing-along and selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker with ballet performance by members of the Nancy Dianne Studio of Dance. Conductor – Alexander Mandl Program Leroy Anderson, A Christmas Festival Overture Peter Tchaikovsky, Selections from The Nutcracker with Ballet performed by dancers from the Nancy Dianne […]

Milwaukee’s favorite hometown holiday tradition returns! Join your Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as we deck Allen-Bradley Hall with holiday cheer. Ring in the holidays with Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble, keep your eye out for the Jolly Old Elf himself, and raise your voice during the audience sing-along backed by the full power of the orchestra and Milwaukee […]

A concert filled with pieces to express holiday Joy and Celebration.

Join the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra for Holiday Glories. The wonderful Wisconsin-born soprano Emily Birsan — now one of Chicago’s indispensable classical artists — returns. Following her exquisite “St. Caecila Mass” is another glorious French confection: Francis Poulenc’s fabulous setting of the GLORIA, written in 1960 for the Boston Symphony. Once again, LSO Assistant Conductor […]

Milwaukee’s favorite hometown holiday tradition returns! Join your Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as we deck Allen-Bradley Hall with holiday cheer. Ring in the holidays with Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble, keep your eye out for the Jolly Old Elf himself, and raise your voice during the audience sing-along backed by the full power of the orchestra and Milwaukee […]