Stories indexed under: School of Music

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  • Choral Union presents ‘Elijah’ April 14, 2011 The Madison Choral Union was established in 1893, and from the beginning its vision was to be more than a group getting together for casual sing-a-longs. The organizers had grander things in mind.
  • Beethoven Piano Competition winners perform Saturday April 6, 2011 The School of Music's annual Beethoven Piano Competition took place on April 2, and three winners emerged from a field of nine entrants - Hallie Houge, Margaret Runaas and Jeongmin Lee.
  • Juilliard String Quartet violist to perform with UW-Madison’s Pro Arte Quartet April 4, 2011 Samuel Rhodes, who has been the violist in the Juilliard String Quartet since 1969, will perform with the Pro Arte Quartet for the Faculty Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, in Mills Hall.
  • UW-Madison musicians mentor area high-schoolers March 17, 2011 Within the instrument-strewn classrooms of four regional high schools, University of Wisconsin-Madison musicians are inspiring the next generation of classical performers.
  • School of Music to initiate process to offer digital recordings March 15, 2011 In an effort to provide high-quality professional recordings, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music will begin the process of offering digital delivery to their current compact disc recordings of faculty and eventually student work.
  • UW Concert Choir heads east during spring break March 7, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Concert Choir leaves Madison on Friday, March 11, for a seven-city, five-state tour that stretches from Oberlin, Ohio, to Cambridge, Mass.
  • UW-Madison composer premieres innovative work at Carnegie Hall Feb. 10, 2011 Using instruments such as a junked automobile and the "sonic canvas" of a concert hall itself, the American Composers Orchestra wants to re-imagine the scope of a modern orchestra. Next month at New York's Carnegie Hall, the ensemble will fuse light and sound in a major new work by a University of Wisconsin-Madison composer.
  • UW-Madison School of Music selects architect Nov. 22, 2010 The New York City firm of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture, in association with Madison, Wis.-based Strang Inc., has been selected by the state of Wisconsin to design the new University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music Performance Center.
  • Campus, city celebrate centennial of jazz legend Sept. 30, 2010 As a pianist, composer, arranger, educator and humanitarian, Mary Lou Williams (1910-81) gained a sterling reputation among her jazz peers. But to many outsiders, even jazz fans, she remained unknown and underappreciated. Her 1976 visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison brought her work alive, but few pictures or recordings remain.
  • Varsity Band throws party for ‘On, Wisconsin!’ April 13, 2010 The annual Varsity Band Concert returns to the Kohl Center Thursday-Saturday, April 15-17, with all its usual pyrotechnics, thunder and brass. This year's performance brings much more, however.
  • Mount Horeb bands to invade Humanities Building March 10, 2010 Some 300 middle- and high-school band members from Mount Horeb, Wis., will come to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Wednesday, March 17, for a morning of musical instruction and collaboration in a musical March madness.
  • Intersection of art and business examined in 'Art as Business as Art' course Sept. 8, 2009 On his recent whistle-stop "Arts in Crisis" tour, the Kennedy Center's Michael Kaiser bemoaned how much more money goes into training artists to be good artists than to be good managers of their own careers.
  • Sounds of early music to fill Madison air June 29, 2009 Study with virtuosos and early music vocal masters, and perform period music at the Madison Early Music Festival July 11-18.
  • Notable graduates: Tom Curry — Double major toots his own horn with the tuba in the Wisconsin Brass Quintet May 14, 2009 Though he can't tell you exactly why he began playing the tuba, other than it was a challenge, Tom Curry can assure you of his passion for music and incorporating it into today's culture.
  • Music professor to be honored at gala May 12, 2009 A University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music professor will be honored with one of four awards presented at the 2009 Wisconsin History Makers Gala on Wednesday, May 27, at Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel.
  • UW-Madison composer wins national music award March 24, 2009 A University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor recently was honored with a music award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
  • Concert highlights chemistry between science, music March 9, 2009 The Science, Arts and Humanities Program of the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will present its inaugural concert, "Concert at Chemistry," at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, in Room 1315 of the Daniels Chemistry Building, 1101 University Ave.
  • Farlow celebrates 10 years with campus opera Feb. 11, 2009 When other 11-year-olds were out doing whatever 11-year-olds did in 1960, Bill Farlow could be found in the library in El Paso, Texas, head buried in an opera score, following along to the music as he listened to the recording. “I had watched old opera movies on television, and El Paso had a fine symphony and opera. I started learning about opera 50 years ago and it took,” says Farlow.
  • Photo of piano lessons Piano Pioneers brings musical opportunities to Madison community Jan. 28, 2009 For the School of Music, the key to connecting with the Madison community lies within the keys of a piano.
  • Guitar professor featured at School of Music faculty series Jan. 28, 2009 The Faculty Concert Series at the School of Music presents guitarist Javier Calderón at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, in Mills Hall. Calderón has chosen works by Bach and Spanish and Latin-American composers for his solo recital.