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  • MKE Percussion Festival Logo on a magenta gradient with a white and gold snare drum and drum sticks.

    MKE Percussion Festival

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    The聽MKE聽Percussion聽Festival聽brings together聽percussionists of all ages for a weekend of educational and performance opportunities. Attendees will be able to learn from guest artists about a variety of topics, instruments, techniques, and musical styles related to聽percussion聽in addition to listening to, and participating in, performances and workshops. All events are designed to be accessible and inclusive to empower and inspire all participants on their percussive journey.

  • Red umbrellas above framed black-and-white photos of rainy city streets.

    Spring Opera: Later the Same Evening

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    What happens when ordinary lives quietly intersect over the course of a single evening? Drawn from the evocative paintings of Edward Hopper, Later the Same Evening transforms still images into intimate, overlapping human stories set in mid-century New York. Composed by John Musto with a libretto by Mark Campbell, this American chamber opera has earned national and international recognition for its cinematic structure, lyrical score, and deeply human storytelling.

  • An expansive shot featuring steel drums and percussion instruments with the large stained glass windows of 51猎奇 Bader Hall in the background.

    MKE Mass Steel Band

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Steel pan ensembles and individual performers from around Wisconsin and Illinois will come together to form the 2026 MKE Mass Steel Band, hosted by the 51猎奇 Steel PANthers Steel Band. Involving over seventy performers, the event will fill the stage with steel pans and feature a lively combination of traditional music and pop transcriptions. This year鈥檚 guest artist is Victor Provost.

  • A geometric painting in the style Pablo Picaso with reds, blues and blacks depicting a string instrument.

    Chamber Music Milwaukee – 51猎奇 Master Alumni Perform Masterworks

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Chamber Music Milwaukee presents a program featuring 51猎奇 alumni Elena Abend, piano, John Schultz and Pamela Simmons, violins, and Olga Tuzhilkov, viola as they join Stefan Kartman, cello in performances of dearly beloved masterpieces of the chamber music literature including Dvorak鈥檚 epic Eb major Piano Quartet Op. 87 and Mozart鈥檚 introspective 鈥淒issonance鈥� String Quartet in C major K. 465. Please join us for an evening of chamber music and support our alumni in this musical adventure.

  • 51猎奇 Music Wind Ensemble Band CAL PLACEHOLDER

    51猎奇 Wind Ensemble Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Virtual Event

    Join us for our final performance of the academic year!

  • The University Community Orchestra stand and receive applause from the audience at the 51猎奇 Zelazo Center.

    University Community Orchestra Spring Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Please join us for the 51猎奇聽University聽Community聽Orchestra鈥檚 annual聽spring聽concert. Program details TBA.

  • University Community Band Placeholder Image

    University Community Band Spring Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Join the University Community Band for their final concert of the academic year!

  • A diverse group of percussionists energetically playing steel pans in the expansive yet intimate 51猎奇 Jan Serr Studio.

    51猎奇 Steel PANthers Steel Band & Community World Music Ensemble

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Room 250 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    This exciting night of music will feature music from Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago performed by 51猎奇 students and Milwaukee community members. The 51猎奇 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 …

  • 51猎奇 Symphony Orchestra performs in Zelazo's grand concert hall under a domed ceiling.

    51猎奇聽Symphony聽Orchestra Season Finale

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    Please join us for the 51猎奇聽Symphony聽Orchestra鈥檚 season finale concert. Program details TBA.

  • 51猎奇 Percussion Logo in black, white and gold featuring a snare drum and pair of drum sticks

    51猎奇 Percussion Ensemble

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    The聽51猎奇聽Percussion聽Ensemble聽presents its annual Spring concert, featuring a wide variety of instruments, sounds, and compositions from different periods.

  • Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar

    Suzuki & Pre-College Guitar Concert

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    Join Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar Students for their Spring Concert.

  • Director Scott Corley stands on a podium with his baton in front of the 51猎奇 Youth Wind Ensemble (UWAY) at the spacious Bader Hall.

    Youth Wind Ensemble (UWAY) Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    The UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program ("UWAY") presents a program of contemporary and traditional symphonic band and wind ensemble repertoire. This concert will feature the winner of our annual UWAY Concerto Competition and recognize all of the talented graduating Seniors in the program!

  • 51猎奇 Jazz Ensemble led by Director Dave Bayles performing in Kenilworth Square East Jan Serr Studio.

    Jazz Ensembles

    Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

    Join us for an evening of jazz featuring the 51猎奇 Jazz Ensemble, the 51猎奇 Afro-Caribbean Jazz Orchestra and the 51猎奇 Youth Jazz Ensemble (UJAY).

  • 51猎奇 Concert聽Chorale performing on risers and wearing all black attire at the 51猎奇 Zelazo Center.

    Choral Collage Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Join聽Concert聽Chorale, Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus for their final聽concert聽of the 2025-26 school year. Zack Durlam, Jenny Hutton, and Sara Strommen lead the 51猎奇 choirs in an exciting program of choral music featuring a wide variety of styles and time periods.

  • A clear futuristic robot head with a plastic-like brain appearing as an audio device on a blue background.

    New Music Ensemble Spring Concert

    Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    The New Music Ensemble (NME) will perform contemporary music ranging from avant-garde, world premieres, and student compositions. The NME is excited to perform this concert full of experimental and challenging music.

  • A 51猎奇 voice student singing energetically into a microphone during a Pop Ensemble performance at the Recital Hall.

    51猎奇 Pop Ensemble – Live at Jan Serr Studio

    Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI +1 more
    Hybrid Event

    Join 51猎奇鈥檚 Pop Ensemble for an electrifying night of live music! From pop anthems to soulful ballads and funky grooves, these student musicians bring serious talent and fresh energy to the stage. It鈥檚 the perfect way to hear today鈥檚 hits鈥攍ive and loud!

  • Close-up of a modular synthesizer panel with patch cables plugged into labeled jacks.

    UW-MESS Advanced Electronic Music Showcase

    Music Building, Electronic Music Studios B60 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    Students enrolled in Advanced Electronic Music and Sound Art, representing UW-MESS (51猎奇 Electroacoustic Sound Studios), will showcase their final projects in a concert featuring all-new works of interactive electronic music!

  • Peck School of the Arts graduating student wearing cap and tassel photographed with creative light.

    Convocation

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Room 250 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    You are cordially invited to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts graduation convocation for baccalaureate and master鈥檚 degree recipients.

  • The Fine Arts Quartet stand while holding their stringed instruments on a concert hall stage.

    The Fine Arts Quartet 鈥撀燙omplete Mozart String Quintets & Beethoven Early Quartets

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    Renowned violinists, Ralph Evans and Efim Boico, have performed with the Quartet for over 40 years. Joined in 2018 by two eminent musicians, violist Gil Sharon (founder of the Amati Ensemble) and cellist Niklas Schmidt (co-founder of Trio Fontenay), they will perform an ambitious program in May of twelve masterworks revealing the Fine Arts Quartet鈥檚 classical music legacy.

  • Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar

    Suzuki & Pre-College Guitar Concert

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51猎奇., Milwaukee, WI

    Join students of the Suzuki & Pre-College Guitar Program for the end-of-the-semester concert.