UWS Thorpe Langley Auditorium

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 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.”

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.

This event has been rescheduled for April 20 due to the winter storm.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department presents Hector Landa, assistant professor of piano, for its University Recital Series. The program begins with Mexican music, featuring the works of a diverse group of composers. Landa presents a composition written by French composer Luc Ferrari, a suite of 36 miniatures written for piano and a recorded track. Ferrari mixes references to Bach, Brahms, Liszt and Schumann with avant-garde language. Tickets are $15 for adults, and $12 for seniors and students. For questions…

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department will present its Symphonic Band and Superior High School Band in concert. The ensembles will perform works from various time periods, genres, historical events and styles. In addition, Brett Jones, professor of percussion and chair of the Music Department at UW-Superior, will be a featured soloist — the concert will conclude as both bands share the stage performing “Brazil” by Robert W. Smith. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for…

The UW-Superior choir along with the orchestra, under the direction of Erin Aldridge, will join forces to present a concert that includes pieces by Mozart, Thomas Tallis, Eric Whitacre, Ephraim Amu and many others. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students.

The UW-Superior Music Alumni Concert features nearly 20 alumni and UW-Superior choir, band, orchestra, percussion, opera workshop and jazz ensembles as well as solo performances from current music faculty. Pieces will center around the theme of belonging and connections to each other. A reception will take place at 2 p.m. outside of Thorpe Langley Auditorium.

Originally a part of the Tri-State Band Festival, the Tri-State Jazz Festival became its own event in 2007 and typically draws more than 30 of the best high school jazz musicians from several schools throughout the Northland and Twin Cities area. Beginning in the morning, students will rehearse with professor of music and jazz program director, Greg Kehl Moore. The day will conclude with a public concert at 7 p.m. The UW-Superior Jazz Band will open the performance followed by…

UW-Superior will host more than 100 of the best high school musicians from throughout the Northland for the Tri-State Band Festival. Students will rehearse with UW-Superior Music Department faculty and guest clinician Austin Brake. Brake is a Doctor of Musical Arts student at the University of Houston specializing in wind conducting and music theory. The day will conclude with a public concert at 7 p.m. in Thorpe Langley Auditorium featuring both high school and UW-Superior musicians. Tickets are $5 for…

he 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. Tickets…

The College of St. Scholastica String Orchestra and University of Wisconsin-Superior Orchestra present a joint concert featuring works by José Lafitte, Alla Pavlova, Edvard Grieg and Radiohead. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students.

UW-Superior Music Department will host more than 80 of the best high school musicians from throughout the region for its Honors Orchestra Festival. The event will conclude with a public performance featuring both the high school Honor Orchestra and University Orchestra.

UW- Superior will present its Symphonic Band Concert in Thorpe Langley Auditorium. Works being performed include Emperata Overture by Claude T. Smith, National Emblem by Bagley/Fennell, Shenandoah by Frank Ticheli, Midnight Ride by Rossano Galante and Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed.

The UW-Superior Music Department will host its Percussion Ensemble Concert featuring a variety of musical styles and instruments.

More than 70 student musicians from Superior high and middle schools will join the UW-Superior Orchestra for a Superior String Day performance. Students will perform a wide range of music from classical to pop under the guidance of UW-Superior orchestra director and professor Erin Aldridge, Superior high school director Amy Eichers and Superior middle school director Jenna Mattson.

The UW-Superior Music Department is presenting its Global Percussion Concert. The evening will feature three performances of Caribbean steel band music and music from West Africa, specifically styles of drumming from Mali and Ghana.

UW-Superior's Music Department is presenting Heroes, Myths and Legends featuring the Symphonic Band and Chorale. The Symphonic Band will perform the pieces Mystery on Mena Mountain, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Frank Ticheli’s rendition of Amazing Grace. The chorale will perform a variety of pieces from different parts of the world, such as the exciting Serbian dance, a traditional Irish song, an African-American spiritual arrangement by Moses Hogan and a piece written in Ojibwemowin by the Canadian composer…

The concert will feature a stage full of drums, marimbas and percussion instruments. There will be small ensemble pieces in the ragtime and the jazz fusion idiom, as well as classical and minimalistic works capping an evening filled with music for every mood. For questions or additional information, call (715) 394-8115 or email [email protected].