WPR Music, Arts & Culture calendar

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The Valencia Baryton Project has dedicated itself to performing music written for an ancient and little-known instrument: the baryton. A cross between the viol da gamba and lirone, with 10 resonating and plucked strings down the back of the instrument, the baryton gives the traditional string trio an entirely new dimension. The Valencia Baryton Project […]

The Milwaukee Concert Band proudly presents “Home and Abroad,” an exciting musical look at Wisconsin and beyond. Our midwinter concert features works with Wisconsin ties such as Lincolnshire Posy, American Riversongs, and Wisconsin Forward Forever. Other pieces take us abroad to Korea, Paris, and even the moon. Directed by Dr. Thomas Gamboa, the Milwaukee Concert […]

Award winning concert artist Michael Delfin will perform baroque to modern music on the organ, the piano and the harpsichord. free admission, contribution welcome

The St. Olaf College Handbell Choir will perform a concert featuring original compositions, arrangements, and everything from hymns to Gershwin, along with a little jazz.

Chamber music for flute, strings and piano celebrating the sparkling, witty and clever writing of Haydn and Harbison. Iva Ugrčić, flute | Alicia Lee, clarinet Hillary Hempel, violin | Madlen […]

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. […]

Join us for an eclectic mix of works that are drawn from the new and old. From Shostakovich’s light and folksy pieces to Alyssa Morris’ depiction of paintings in her work “Brush Strokes” to Jacob Beranek’s prodigious Wind Quintet and John Mackey’s trailblazing “Breakdown Tango”, this will for sure be a fun and invigorating concert […]

3X Grammy Nominee! 6:00 & 8:00 Showtimes — Info & Tickets at JazzCoterie.com Born and raised in Dallas, it was Horn’s jazz-loving, piano-playing grandmother who chose “Jazzmeia.” She began singing at a young age and attended the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts. In 2009, Horn moved to New York City to […]

Wisconsin Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte is a free concert that is broadcast live on PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio. This competition has captured an enormous following and […]

Hailed by American Songwriter as “one of America’s most intriguing, creative, and idiosyncratic voices,” Eilen Jewell rises from the ashes on her captivating new album, Get Behind The Wheel, picking […]

The program will feature Bach’s “Other Voices”: music composed by J.S. Bach performed by voices and instruments other than what he originally wrote for. You’ll hear new and interesting arrangements for vocalists (Swingle Singers), trombones, saxophones, and even a theremin!

Pianist Lawrence Quinnett returns as Bach Around The Clock’s guest artist to perform Bach’s Two- and Three-Part Inventions and the Keyboard Concerto in E Major (BWV 1053), with the Ancora String Quartet. Concert followed by a birthday cake reception in the FUS Landmark Auditorium. This concert is a fund-raiser for BATC.

Peter Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur, and almost-poet since before he can remember. In 1989 he spent a year in Ireland, busking on the streets of Dublin and […]

Come and enjoy performances by two first-time Wild hog performers, each with a repertoire of songs ans a guitar. Singer/songwriter Charles Oxbow is one-half of the folk-rock duo Oxbow and […]

BATC’s Main Event features performers of all ages and study levels, individuals and ensembles, period and modern instruments, will perform their favorite Bach selections in person from the St. Andrews […]

Songa will perform folk, Americana, bluegrass, and more–covers and original songs. They back their vocals with guitar, banjo, ukulele, fiddle, mandolin, and harmonica. Visit songaduo.com to sample their talent and […]

Carol Lee Hopkins has been a respected member of the Milwaukee acoustic music community for many years. Her heartfelt vocals have enhanced recordings by Larry Penn, Barb & Tom Webber, […]