The 51ΑΤΖζ Middle School Honors Band Festival is one of the longest standing events of its kind. Our festival provides the regionβs most motivated and accomplished middle school instrumentalists an opportunity to work with each other and with regionally and nationally recognized wind band conductors. In addition, students interact with 51ΑΤΖζ performance staff and experience performances by 51ΑΤΖζ ensembles.
The 51ΑΤΖζ Wind Ensemble will share a concert with 51ΑΤΖζ's High School Honors Band & String Orchestra Festival ensembles. This Saturday evening concert is a culmination of a weekend of rehearsals, lessons and experiences meant to show festival students what it's like to be a musician at UW-Milwaukee.
Jean Carlo is a versatile performer, composer and educator that connects western and nonwestern tradition into concert settings. He has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Santo Domingo, Jackson Symphony, Toledo Symphony and Adrian Symphony. He has performed on multiple occasions in New Music Detroitβs, Strange Beautiful Music (SBM) annual concert series. He is the founder and co-director of the first Dominican percussion ensemble that combines western and Caribbean musical traditions, ATEZAβO. UreΓ±a GonzΓ‘lez, joins the faculty of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music as a Assistant Professor of Percussion in the Fall of 2023.
Come meet the future of the stage! 51ΑΤΖζβsΒ first-yearΒ MusicalΒ TheatreΒ students are stepping into the spotlight with a fast-paced, fun-filledΒ showcaseΒ of songs, scenes, and surprises. Itβs a fresh, fearless, and seriously entertaining night of performance you wonβt want to miss!
Join the University Community Band as we perform our 2025 fall semester concert.
Join us for an evening of jazz featuring the 51ΑΤΖζ Jazz Ensemble, the 51ΑΤΖζ Afro-Caribbean Jazz Orchestra and the 51ΑΤΖζ Youth Jazz Ensemble (UJAY).
Please join us to celebrate our student's performances of Solo and Chamber Music works.
Join the 51ΑΤΖζ Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant and seasonally inspired program celebrating the spirit of December. The evening opens with the Baroque energy of J.S. Bachβs Orchestral Suite No. 3, followed by Vivaldiβs Concerto for Two Violins, featuring a group of outstanding young violinists from the 51ΑΤΖζ String Academy.
This exciting night of music will feature music from Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago performed by 51ΑΤΖζ students and Milwaukee community members. The 51ΑΤΖζ 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 doble and Trinidadian steel pans.
Join 51ΑΤΖζ's Concert Chorale, Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus choral ensembles for an evening of choral music featuring selections from a wide variety of styles and time periods.
Please join us for the 51ΑΤΖζΒ UniversityΒ CommunityΒ Orchestraβs annualΒ fallΒ concert. Program details TBA.
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.
51ΑΤΖζβsΒ PopΒ EnsembleΒ brings chart-topping commercial music to life with student-led performances featuring rock, R&B, funk, and more. Donβt miss this dynamic showcase of tomorrowβs top talent!
Students enrolled in Interactive Electronic Music, representing UW-MESS (51ΑΤΖζ Electroacoustic Sound Studios), will showcase their final projects in a concert featuring all-new works of interactive electronic music!
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 include some season favorites that are a UWAY tradition!
The Vocal Arts Festival provides an opportunity for skilled high school singers to interact with, perform for, and join their voices with peers from around the region. Participants have the chance to learn and grow as both soloists and choral artists.
Presented as part of theΒ VocalΒ Arts Festival but open to the public, theΒ VocalΒ ShowcaseΒ RecitalΒ is 75 minutes of solo singing in a wide variety of styles (classical, musical theatre, commercial music, and jazz) from 16 undergraduate 51ΑΤΖζ voice majors. Join us to hear these exceptional singers present a professional-quality, entertaining, and engaging performance!
The 2026 51ΑΤΖζ Vocal Arts Festival concludes with a final free concert open to the public. Join us to hear 51ΑΤΖζ's flagship Concert Chorale and the 51ΑΤΖζ Vocal Arts Festival Honor Choir comprising 120 select students from around Wisconsin and …
Miscast is a style of musical theatre cabaret that leans into the comedy of playing outside of oneβs preconceived βtype.β Think of βCell Block Tangoβ from Chicago performed by square-dancing country singers. Come join in the fun as the 51ΑΤΖζ Performing Arts students play against their βtypeβ!
Detroit-based ensembleΒ Hub New Music has been called "a prime mover of piping hot 21st century repertoire" by The Washington Post. In its second performance at 51ΑΤΖζ, Hub shares commissioned works for its distinct ensemble of flute, clarinet, violin, and cello.