WPR Music, Arts & Culture calendar

The second Madison Symphony Orchestra MSO at the Movies of the season presents Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert featuring the complete film with composer John Williams’ iconic Oscar®-winning score performed live to the film. Since the release of this first Star Wars movie over 45 years ago, the Star Wars saga has had […]

Lyz Jaakola, Nitaa-Nagamokwe (The lady who knows how to sing), will share traditional and modern Ojibwe-Anishinaabe songs and knowledge from her life-long study of Native American music, especially Anishinaabe women’s music. Using an Indigenous Informance style, weaving story, visuals and song she will be joined by her 18 year old son to offer their 21st […]

Limmie Pulliam awed our Madison audience with his performances in Madison Opera’s Tosca and our own 2023 Madison Symphony Orchestra Christmas concert. He and I will join forces in a program featuring some of the most well-known operatic arias, gospel works arranged for organ and tenor, and solo organ arrangements of opera overtures and instrumentals. […]

An enchanting collaboration with Madison Ballet takes the stage for our third Masterworks concert of the season. As the orchestra brings Davis’s evocative Liberty suite to life, the stage comes alive with original choreography by Madison Ballet’s Artistic Director and Choreographer, Ja’ Malik. The second half of the evening features Dvořák’s timeless Serenade for Strings, […]

Madison Choral Project was formed in 2012 by conductor Albert Pinsonneault to explore challenging works for chamber choir and to bring world-class choral music to our home in central Wisconsin. Now in our eleventh year, MCP has performed over 40 concerts for thousands of patrons and has received national recognition for excellence. In our concerts […]

Kick off the St. Patrick’s season with Irish Bluegrass quartet, JigJam! JigJam made its Grand Ole Opry Debut in Nashville in March 2023 to critical acclaim receiving a standing ovation from a sold-out crowd on Country Music’s biggest stage. The group was joined on the night by Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Steve Earle, Lauren Alaina, […]

Grammy-winning pianist, Eau Claire’s own Geoffrey Keezer returns home for this special performance. He’ll grace the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra stage for the world premiere of his new work, written as a tribute to the orchestra’s 50th anniversary. Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein join Keezer on this all-American program which includes Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden […]

Smith & Binder Jazz offers a tasteful selection of jazz and pop standards and gypsy jazz tunes. Steve (vocals, guitar) and Linda (violin and mandolin) create a vintage, yet updated and accessible blend of music that will please discriminating ears.