WPR Music, Arts & Culture calendar

Looking for something lovely to do on Mother’s Day? Call someone special and come to a one-of-a -kind Peninsula Music Festival concert, featuring two loved and local musicians and teachers, […]

Our 99th season finale opens with Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, pulsing with Caribbean rhythms from dance music he fell in love with on a vacation to Havana. Beloved pianist Philippe Bianconi […]

Join us for an unforgettable night of live music as the Milwaukee Jazz Orchestra takes the stage at the Skylight Music Theatre! Under the direction of Curt Hanrahan, this ensemble […]

Songwriter Showcase is a platform that celebrates and nurtures regional singer-songwriters, promoting the creation and sharing of original music. This edition of the showcase features three talented artists who are making their mark in the Americana Folk, indie, and pop genres: Camela Widad, a mainstay Americana Folk troubadour, brings a blend of saintly charm and […]

A masterful singer-songwriter and guitarist, David Cox continues to mesmerize audiences at the Tap Room, blending sharp wit, heartfelt storytelling, and stellar musicianship. A longtime Steel Bridge Songwriter, his work has been praised by Tom McCarthy (AP, LA Times) as “original, funny, and heartbreaking” and by Grammy nominee Pat MacDonald as “brilliant and authentic.” Expect […]

The Verona Area Concert Band and Verona Area Wind Symphony will both perform a concert on Thursday May 15th from 7:30 – 9:00pm at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center in Verona, WI. Verona Area Concert Bands is comprised of two all-volunteer wind bands that each present four concerts per year. Rehearsing year‐round […]

Veteran Milwaukee folksinger/songwriter David H.B. Drake will present a slideshow with a singalong on the theme of the Folk Revival of the 1950’s and 1960s. This should be a great participatory event, David is doing this show as a benefit for the WQild Hog in the Woods.

Soaring harmonies with a wild menagerie of instruments that includes guitars, harp, mandocello, banjo, ukulele, kazoo, harmonica, and percussion. Poignant originals with humor and heart.

You are invited to attend the Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Concerts: Percussion Ensemble and Concert Orchestra. The WYSO Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Vicki Peterson Jenks and Dane Crozier, will perform The Chameleon by Andrew R. Stout and the traditional Londonderry Air. The Concert Orchestra, led by Christine Mata Eckel, will present Beseda (arr. […]

Join the Ancora String Quartet at Taliesin’s famed Hillside Theater, for a “Schubertiad!” The quartet will perform Franz Schubert’s passionate and tragic masterpiece, Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, nicknamed […]

We conclude our season with the Milwaukee Musaik Chamber Orchestra and conductor Alexander Mandl spotlighting a fireworks guitar showcase featuring world-class guitar grandmaster Rene Izquierdo. A Milwaukee favorite, the renowned […]

Jim Witter, an HCPA perennial favorite, is a superb showman, great musician and an excellent creator of appealing shows. He has led strong tours, including Piano Men (Billy Joel & […]

You are invited to attend the Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Concerts: Concert/Philharmonia Brass Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra. The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Michelle Kaebisch, will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto in […]

Music from Big Pink is the debut studio album by The Band. Released in 1968, it employs a distinctive blend of country, rock, folk, classical, R&B, blues, and soul, and […]

Experience the grandeur of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 featuring pianist Fanya Lin, who wowed our audience in 2023, and Sibelius’ Nordic opus, Symphony No. 2, in SSO’s blockbuster Season […]