UWS Thorpe Langley Auditorium

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents its symphonic band concert, “The Best of New and Old: Great Works of the Past and a New Look Beyond.” The chamber wind ensemble will be presenting the world premiere of a work entitled Celtic Visions by Noah Taylor, which was commissioned by the UW-Superior National Association for Music Education Collegiate Chapter 37. The symphonic band will be performing pieces that celebrate music of the past and present such as An Outdoor Overture…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department's Symphonic Band concert, entitled “Over the Hills and Far Away: Great Works of the Past and a New Look Beyond,” will include pieces that celebrate elements of the human spirit including joy, contemplation, celebration and tradition. Works include “Children’s March” by Australian composer Percy Grainger, “O Magnum Mysterium” by American composer Morten Lauridsen, “God of our Fathers” by American composer Claude T. Smith, and “Pregon” by Colombian composer Victoriano Valencia Rincon. Tickets are $5…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department Choir hosts the University of Minnesota Chamber Singers. The event will include a performance of Gioachino Rossini’s "Petite Messe Solennelle," under the direction of Professor Kathy Saltzman Romey. Accompanying will be Michael and Kyung Kim on piano and Qinqig Hilkert on harmonium.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department hosts its ninth annual steel drums concert. The show will feature Caribbean music from Trinidad and hand drumming from Africa and Latin America. The Korean samul nori drums and gongs will be played for the first time in conjunction with this ensemble. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students.

The Northshore Philharmonic Orchestra performs an opening celebratory concert marking the University of Wisconsin-Superior's 125th anniversary. The show will feature music from 1893 and later, featuring regional soloists Sarah Weisbrod on flute and Alexander Sandor on piano. Currently in its ninth season, the NSPO is comprised of musicians from throughout the region who come together each summer to perform professional-level symphonic music. Donations are appreciated.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior hosts singers from throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota for the 35th annual Chorfest High School Honor Choir Festival. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students.

Students from the University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department will perform scenes from the music theatre and comic opera genres for Opera Scenes. The evening includes music and staging scenes from “Hansel & Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck; “The Elixir of Love” by Gaetano Donizetti; “Into the Woods and Company” by Stephen Sondheim; and “Street Scene” by Kurt Weill.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department hosts its symphonic band concert. The concert includes a collection of band standards, holiday classics and the premiere of “Over Wild Solitude,” a new composition by Minnesota composer Katherine Bergman which will take the audience on a musical journey to Isle Royal National Park. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students.

Guest pianist Virginia Covarrubias will travel from Miami to join local artists Héctor Landa, piano; Brett Jones, percussion; Jeremy Craycraft, percussion; and Vincent Osborn, double bass; as the University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents its University Recital Series. The evening will be highlighted by the Twin Ports premiere of Steve Reich’s Quartet (2014). Also to be performed will be Claude Bolling’s Sonata for Two Pianists and Jazz Ensemble No. 1. The concert will also feature Keith Jarrett’s Moonchild/In Your Quiet…

More than 70 student musicians from Superior High and Middle Schools will join with the UW-Superior Orchestra for a String Day performance. Under the guidance of UW-Superior Chamber Strings director Erin Aldridge, Superior High School Orchestra director Amy Eichers, and Superior Middle School Orchestra director Jenna Mattson, this free collaboration of three string orchestras will include works by Tchaikovsky, Puccini and the Eurythmics.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents its Symphonic Band Concert. The performance will include “Sunrise at Angel’s Gate” by Philip Spark, “Lincolnshire Posy” by Percy Grainger, “In the Open Air, in the Silent Lines” by Aaron Perrine, and “Pregon” by Colombian composer Victoriano Valencia. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and free for students.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents the UW-Superior Symphonic Band celebrating international music with a performance that includes the music of Columbia, Estonia, Germany, Spain and the United States under the direction of guest conductor Patricia Garren. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and free for students.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department hosts its 10th annual Global Percussion Concert. The concert will feature the tropical sounds of Cold Steel, the UW-Superior Steel Drum Ensemble. The performance will include music from Korea and Africa with the metallic sounds of steel drums supplemented by various global drumming traditions. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and free for students.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents its annual gala concert celebrating all the vocal music at the college and raising funds for an annual voice scholarship. This year’s concert is called "An Evening in Vienna" and will highlight some of that city’s most notable composers and styles of music, including Viennese Waltzes, operetta and Mozart. The evening will include staged scenes and excerpts from opera and operetta, as well as selected movements from Mozart’s Requiem and the choral finale…

The UW-Superior Orchestra will close out its season performing Mozart's Requiem, along with showcasing the winners of the 2019 Orchestra Concerto Competition. There will be a pre-concert reception at 6:30 p.m. on the second floor of Old Main, outside the concert hall. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students. For more information call 715-394-8115 or email music @ uwsuper.edu.

Every year, many of the top string students from around the region and beyond perform in the UW-Superior Honors Orchestra. This year the repertoire focuses on the theme “The Four Seasons.” Music selections include pieces by Antonio Vivaldi and Eric Whitacre. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Percussion Ensemble performs percussion music from around the world, including works with African, Japanese and Irish influences, as well as music by minimalist composer Steve Reich, performed on a variety of instruments. UWS music majors Ben Pettit, Johnny Erickson and Matt Niemi will be featured soloing on the vibraphone. The Duluth Superior Symphony Youth Orchestra Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Brett Jones, will also perform. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and…

The trumpet player shares the stage with seven other musicians, including Hector Landa, Brett Jones, Greg Kehl Moore, Vicki Fingalson, Jeff Madison, Erin Aldridge and Derek Bromme. Siegel will perform a variety of music ranging from the Baroque era to today. The repertoire will include everything from classical to jazz to what Siegel calls “ambient space music.” The evening will also feature several pieces with electronic accompaniment and one piece with an accompanying video.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents faculty winds as part of its University Recital Series. The concert will include a mix of romantic to modern musical styles performed by UW-Superior woodwind faculty, including music by composer Mel Bonis, a piece by flute virtuoso Franz Doppler and Latin-themed melodies. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for senior citizens and students and can be purchased at the door with cash or check. For more information visit uwsuper.edu.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior hosts talented high school singers from throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota for the 37th Chorfest High School Honor Choir Festival. Chorfest provides more than 50 students the opportunity to perform choral masterworks with an orchestra in an honor-choir setting, as well as to work with conductors and voice teachers. It begins with a day of rehearsals, tours and masterclasses and culminates in a performance with many of the finest orchestral musicians in the Twin Ports. Conductors and…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department's Orchestra Concert features the college's Chamber Strings and Honors Orchestra performing pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, Soon Hee Newbold, Eduardo L. Chavarri, Astor Piazzolla and Georges Bizet. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and free for students. The Thorpe Langley Auditorium is located in the Old Main building on the UWS campus.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents Highland String Quartet with Vince Osborn and Alexander Sandor for its University Recital Series. The Highland String Quartet is comprised of Ron Kari, Steve Highland and Laurie Bastian on violins, with Betsy Husby on cello. These musicians, and Osborn, are also members of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra. Sandor, UW-Superior Music Department senior lecturer of piano and class piano, will play piano. After a short intermission, the concert will conclude with the world premiere…

A joint concert featuring two collectives. The percussion ensemble will perform adaptations of music by Bela Fleck and the Dirt Band, as well as works by Mark Ford and Michael Udow. Instruments will include mallet percussion, drum set, bass, drumheads, triangles and more.

More than 70 student musicians from Superior High and Middle Schools will join with the UW-Superior Orchestra for a String Day performance. Under the guidance of UW-Superior Chamber Strings director Erin Aldridge, Superior High School Orchestra director Amy Eichers, and Superior Middle School Orchestra director Jenna Mattson, this free collaboration of three string orchestras will include a wide range of music from classical to tunes from the television series The Mandalorian. Masks are required. Thorpe Langley Auditorium is in Old…

This event has been canceled due to weather and is rescheduled for April 28. The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents soprano Vicki Fingalson and baritone Jeffrey Madison for its University Recital Series. The event, titled “Comedy Tonight!” features music on the lighter side from the married vocalists, who will be accompanied by pianist Hector Landa. The performance will feature songs by Seymour Barab, Leonard Bernstein, Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc. The second half of the concert will pay tribute…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Symphonic Band, under the direction of Steven Siegel, along with the Chamber Strings, under the direction of Erin Aldridge, will join forces for a concert. Featuring a variety of genres and styles, the concert will include composers such as Grainger, Copland, Coleridge-Taylor, Shostakovich, Hazo, Sheldon, Meechan and Nishimura. Siegel, serving as the featured guest soloist, will perform on flugelhorn. Masks are required. For additional information, call 715-394-8115 or email [email protected]

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents its Choir and Global Percussion Concert in Thorpe Langley Auditorium on the UWS campus. The feature piece for the concert, “Stella Teegarden” by notable Estonian composer Urmas Sisask, will include both choir and percussion ensemble. Sisask, who is also deeply interested in astronomy, created the musical ideas based on astronomical calculations pertaining to a specific star called Teegarden. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and free for students. Masks are…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents violinist Erin Aldridge and pianist Alexander Sandor as part of its University Recital Series.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior hosts the Chicago-based ensemble Alliance Brass.

This event has been canceled. The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents soprano Vicki Fingalson and baritone Jeffrey Madison for its University Recital Series. The event, titled “Comedy Tonight!” features music on the lighter side from the married vocalists, who will be accompanied by pianist Hector Landa. The performance will feature songs by Seymour Barab, Leonard Bernstein, Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc. The second half of the concert will pay tribute to Stephen Sondheim, who died in 2021, with selections…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents its joint concert featuring the Symphonic Band, under the direction of Steven Siegel, and the Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Brett Jones. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and free for students. Thorpe Langley Auditorium is in the Old Main building on the UWS campus.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior will showcase several of the finest musicians from its Music Department in this free concert. The 60-minute performance will feature a variety of music such as African-American spiritual, Renaissance motet, trumpet fanfare, operatic area, steel drums, solo piano, saxophone duet and music for chamber strings. Only a few minutes of music will be performed at a time to allow for a large diversity of sound and style throughout the program. The concert will feature the chorale,…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior hosts many of the best high school jazz musicians from throughout the region for the annual Tri-State Jazz Festival. Originally a part of the Tri-State Band Festival, which this year will take place Oct. 20 at UW-Superior, the Tri-State Jazz Festival became its own event in 2007 and typically draws more than 30 students from several schools throughout the Twin Ports and Twin Cities areas. Beginning in the morning, students rehearse with Greg Kehl Moore, professor…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents pianist Enrique Graf for its University Recital Series. Graf is set to perform a Mozart Sonata and the "mighty" Liszt Sonata in B Minor. Graf was a first-prize winner at the William Kapell International Piano Competition, the USA National Ensemble Competition and the East and West International Auditions in New York. He has performed in recitals, chamber music and with orchestras in the most important halls of the United States such as Lincoln…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior hosts more than 100 high school musicians from throughout the Northland for the Tri-State Band Festival. Students rehearse with UW-Superior Music Department faculty and guest clinician James Minnix. Minnix is in his third year as a doctoral candidate in instrumental conducting at The Hartt School of Music within the University of Hartford where he serves as the primary conductor of the University of Massachusetts Concert Band. Minnix earned his master’s degree in wind conducting from The…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department hosts talented high school singers from throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota for its Chorfest High School Honor Choir Festival. Chorfest provides more than 90 students the opportunity to perform choral masterworks with an orchestra in an honor-choir setting, as well as to work with conductors and voice teachers. It begins with a day of rehearsals, tours and masterclasses and culminates in a performance with many of the finest orchestral musicians in the Twin Ports. The…

This University Recital Series performance is a chance to share cherished musical pieces. The musicians will perform Duo for Flute and Piano by Aaron Copland and also feature Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise, Op. 26 by Albert Franz Doppler and the large-scale, four-movement work Sonata in C# Minor by French composer Mel Bonis. Cellist Betsy Husby will also be featured. For questions or additional information call 715-394-8115 or email music @ uwsuper.edu.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department welcomes guest musicians Kaju Lee, piano, and David Cooper, trumpet, from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, for its University Recital Series. The concert includes Tromba Suite for Trumpet and Piano, by Ulysses Kay; Concertino for Trumpet and Piano, by Ida Gotkovsky; Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, by Norman Dello Joio; and Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, by Adolphus Hailstork. Cooper has performed in Beijing, Foshan, Macau, New York, Munich, Vienna, Stockholm, at the International Trumpet…

The UW_Superior Symphonic Band and Percussion Ensemble performance will feature two Caribbean-style steel drum ensemble pieces by Texas-based composer, CJ Menje. Other pieces will include a traditional Mexican marimba ensemble piece “Las Tripas,” music from Ghana as preparation for the Music Department’s upcoming trip to Ghana in January, “Metallic Lullaby” by Eric Peel, and a large percussion ensemble composition exploring various percussive sounds and timbre written by Jones entitled “Water Nymphs.”

More than 70 student musicians from Superior High and Middle Schools will join the UW-Superior Orchestra for a String Day performance. Under the guidance of UW-Superior Chamber Strings director Erin Aldridge, Superior High School Orchestra director Amy Eichers, and Superior Middle School Orchestra director Jenna Mattson. This collaboration of three string orchestras will include a wide range of music from classical to pop. Thorpe Langley Auditorium is in Old Main building on the UW-Superior campus.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department will present its Symphonic Band Concert. The band will be performing challenging works by living composers. The concert will include work by James Curnow, Nathan Daughtrey, Aaron Perrine, Ian Deterling and Julie Giroux. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department will present its Choir Concert, Threads of Joy, in Thorpe Langley Auditorium. The concert will feature a wide variety of music including a motet by Felix Mendelssohn, a setting of “Loch Lomond,” a Ghanian folk song, gospel music and musical excerpts from the upcoming UW-Superior Music and Theatre Department production of the opera “La Cenerentola." Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students.