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  • Logo with a snare drum and drumsticks graphic on the left, and the text UWM Percussion in white and yellow on a black background.

    UWM Percussion Ensemble

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts – Bader Hall 2419 East Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, United States

    The UWM Percussion Ensemble presents its annual Fall concert, featuring a wide variety of instruments, sounds, and compositions from different periods. The 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 […]

    Free
  • Event flyer for Music & Stories by Wisconsin Public Radio, hosted by Lori Skelton, on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. at Anodyne Coffee Roasting, Walker’s Point.
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    WPR’s Music and Stories hosted by Lori Skelton

    Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. 224 W. Bruce Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

    Join Wisconsin Public Radio for a night of live music and storytelling in the city of Milwaukee. “Afternoon Classics” host Lori Skelton will guide you through the evening, leading interviews with two local musicians and a Q&A session with the audience. You’ll meet and hear music from Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra cellist Peter J. Thomas and […]

    Free

  • Gunhild Carling: Sweden’s Queen of Swing at the LuCille Tack Center for the Arts

    LuCille Tack Center for the Arts 400 N School Street, Spencer, United States

    Swedish musical sensation, Gunhild Carling, is an internationally acclaimed superstar whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she is singing favorite swing and jazz standards, playing one of many instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder, or jazz bagpipe) or juggling and tap dancing, Gunhild’s sublime showmanship shines through. And just wait for the […]

    $30
  • A violin is displayed in the center, surrounded by sepia-toned vintage photographs of people, some holding violins or in group settings.

    Chamber Music Milwaukee – Music in the Times of War

    Music Building – Recital Hall 2400 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, United States

    Chamber Music Milwaukee presents a concert with the theme of music in times of war, including music of the Holocaust. As part of this event, Jamie Hofman, Director of UWM String Academy, will perform on one of the violins from Violins of Hope. The concert will be preceded by a talk by Jewish educator Jody […]

    Free
  • A woman musician strikes tubular bells with a mallet on a concert hall stage; sheet music and other musicians are visible in the background.

    UWM Symphony Band Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts – Bader Hall 2419 East Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, United States

    Join the UWM Symphony Band for their spectacular concert full of repertoire by living composers, band standards, and featuring the various musical talents of UWM students! The 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 […]

    $10.00
  • Event poster for Pint-Sized Concerts featuring North Wind Ensemble on Saturday, Nov. 15, 3 p.m. at Sawmill Brewing Company in Merrill, with an illustration of a hand holding a pint glass.

    Pint-Sized Concert at Sawmill Brewing Company in Merrill

    Sawmill Brewing Company 1110 E 10th St, Merrill, WI, United States

    Join WPR and the North Wind Ensemble for an afternoon of classical favorites, pop covers and craft brews. We’ll be at Sawmill Brewing Company in Merrill from 3-4 p.m. with the North Wind Ensemble on Saturday, November 15. Grab a friend and spend the afternoon supporting local music, local radio and local breweries! After the […]

  • American Suzuki Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration

    Dreyfus University Center 1015 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, United States

    Celebrate 50 Years of Music and Community! For half a century, the American Suzuki Foundation has supported more than music lessons, it’s been a family, a community, and a life-changing journey for thousands of students, parents, and teachers. Now it’s time to come together, honor our shared history, and invest in the future of music […]

    $85
  • A woman with straight brown hair and pearl earrings smiles at the camera, set against a gradient background with the numbers 25 partially visible.
    La Crosse Symphony Orchestra

    La Crosse Symphony Orchestra: Songs of Freedom

    Viterbo University Fine Arts Center 900 Viterbo Drive, La Crosse

    Join the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra for another LSO tradition, Songs of Freedom, our annual musical salute to our veterans. Bringing together the favorite with the unfamiliar. Violinist Elisa Lee Koljonen — who amazed us back in 2021 with her reading of the romantic Violin Concerto of Samuel Barber — returns to La Crosse. This […]

  • MYSO: The Violins of Hope in Concert

    Bradley Symphony Center 212 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, United States

    Featuring MYSO’s Senior Symphony, this unforgettable performance brings to life works from a time marked by both tragedy and hope—a tribute to remembrance, courage, and survival. A Violins of Hope-Wisconsin presented by MYSO event.

    $20 – $25
  • Musicians play steel drums on stage, reading from sheet music, as an audience watches in a dimly lit concert hall.

    UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band & Community World Music Ensemble

    Kenilworth Square East – Jan Serr Studio 1925 E Kenilworth Pl, Milwaukee, United States

    This 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 Community World Music Ensemble will join forces on a program highlighting traditional and arranged music played on Guatemalan marimba doble and Trinidadian steel pans. The […]

    $10.00
  • A group of orchestral musicians in formal black clothing pose with their instruments inside a church with a stone altar in the background.

    Bella Voce – “Handel’s Complete Messiah”

    St. Joseph Chapel 1515 S Layton Blvd, Milwaukee, United States

    This historically faithful rendition of the complete “Messiah,” performed with chorus and Baroque instruments, has never been performed in Milwaukee. Celebrate the season with the “Messiah” as it sounded at […]

    $30.00 – $70.00

  • Brahms, Double Concerto with Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra

    Elkhorn Area High School 482 East Geneva Street, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States

    Past soloist Brant Taylor, cellist from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, returns to help us celebrate our 25th! Joining him in the Brahms Double is Stephen Rose from the Cleveland Orchestra. Also featured on this performance is a remarkable piece by William Dawson that is often considered the greatest symphony by an American composer. The overture, […]

    Free – $50