Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall

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2419 E. 51ÁÔÆæ.
Milwaukee, WI 53211

Events at this venue

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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. 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI

    The MKE Percussion Festival brings together 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 percussion 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.

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

    MKE Mass Steel Band

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51ÁÔÆæ., 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 51ÁÔÆæ 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’s guest artist is Victor Provost.

  • 51ÁÔÆæ Music Wind Ensemble Band CAL PLACEHOLDER

    51ÁÔÆæ Wind Ensemble Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51ÁÔÆæ., 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 51ÁÔÆæ Zelazo Center.

    University Community Orchestra Spring Concert

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

    Please join us for the 51ÁÔÆæ University Community Orchestra’s annual spring concert. Program details TBA.

  • University Community Band Placeholder Image

    University Community Band Spring Concert

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

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

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

    51ÁÔÆæ Symphony Orchestra Season Finale

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

    Please join us for the 51ÁÔÆæ Symphony Orchestra’s season finale concert. Program details TBA.

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

    51ÁÔÆæ Percussion Ensemble

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

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

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

    Youth Wind Ensemble (UWAY) Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51ÁÔÆæ., 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!

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

    Choral Collage Concert

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

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

  • Two 51ÁÔÆæ Dance BFA students dance the salsa as the male dips the female backward energetically.

    African, Salsa/Merengue, and Hip-Hop Showcase

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

    This end of the term showing features works by the African Dance, Salsa/Merengue & Hip Hop classes.

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

    The Fine Arts Quartet – Complete Mozart String Quintets & Beethoven Early Quartets

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51ÁÔÆæ., 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’s classical music legacy.