Upcoming Concert: Menominee Falls Symphony

The Menominee Falls Symphony will present Christmas Across Cultures on Saturday December 8 in the Sussex Hamilton Fine Arts Center.  The concert begins at 7:30 PM.

This year's series of concerts by the MFSO are featuring music from different cultures.  As the MFSO notes on its web page, Christmas music becomes sentimental due to its connection to our roots...the cultures our families represent.  The music featured in Christmas Across Cultures will include musical holiday treats from all over the world. 

Tickets are $15, seniors $12, and Students $6.  For more information and to purchase tickets, please see the MFSO web site.

Upcoming Concert: The Concord Chamber Orchestra

Join the Concord Chamber Orchestra on Saturday December 1 at 7 PM at the Basilica of St. Josephat for a concert of both Sacred and Secular Holiday music.  As their web site states:  Christmas in the modern day represents two faces – the deep religious event that inspires us to worship, and the joyful commercial celebration that inspires us to shop!  The concert will also feature a special guest choir to help welcome both both faces of the 2018 Holiday.

The program consists of:

• Concerto Grosso - Steven Rosenhaus
• Concerto Grosso (“Christmas Concerto”) - Arcangelo Corelli
• Winter Wonderland - arr. by Calvin Custer
• Let It Snow! - Jule Styne, arr. by Chuck Sayre
• In the Bleak Midwinter - Gustav Holst, arr. by Robert McCashin
• Trittico botticelliano - Ottorino Respighi
• Featured Choral pieces to be determined

The concert is sponsored through the generosity of Affiliated Dermatologists.

Tickets are $25, Seniors $20, and Students $15.  For more information or to order tickets, please see the CCO web site.

Kettle Moraine Symphony to honor veterans

Join the Kettle Moraine Symphony on Veterans Day, Sunday November 11, for a stirring concert Honoring Veterans, which will be held at 3 PM in the Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School’s Performing Arts Center, 3399 Division Rd., Jackson. At 2:00 there will be a pre-concert talk presented by Dr. Peter Gibeau, UWM-WC music professor and KMS principal bassist.

KMS is excited to welcome two guest performers for this concert. Cellist Madeleine Kabat of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will perform Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, written in the aftermath of World War I, and Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Gonring will narrate Aaron Copland’s stirring Lincoln Portrait.  Also included are Three Pieces from Schindler’s List from the movie score by John Williams, and Civil War Suite by Joseph Turrin.  Finally, the performance will include the presentation and retirement of colors courtesy of the American Legion Post 486 of Jackson.

A free bus will be available for senior citizens from the West Bend area. Please call Connie at 262-343-0007 for more information or to sign up to ride the bus.

Admission for all Veterans is free.  In keeping with the spirit of the performance, hats or other items of clothing that denote the branch of service are encouraged.  Ticket prices are:

• Adults $18, 
• Senior $15, 
• Student $5 (w/valid ID) 
• Family Packages: $30 (2) adults + children, $20 (1) adult + children

Tickets may be purchased at the door, online at The Kettle Moraine Symphony's web site, or by calling 262-334-3469 (please leave a message). Advance purchases can also be made at the following outlets: Horicon Bank in West Bend, and White House of Music in West Bend and Germantown.