The Waukesha Area Symphonic Band will perform their Holiday Concert on Sunday December 9 at 3 PM in Shattuck Auditorium on the Carroll University Campus. The concert will benefit the Food Pantry of Waukesha County. Admission to the concert is $5 or a non-perishable food donation
While I do not have the program at this time, WASB promises the concert will be filled with Holiday Favorites with a twist! So, take time from your busy schedule and enjoy the music of the season with the Waukesha Area Symphonic Band. See the WASB web site for more details.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Sunday, November 25, 2018
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.
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.
Sunday, November 18, 2018
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:
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.
Sunday, November 4, 2018
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:
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
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Upcoming Concert
The Waukesha Area Symphonic Band will perform Seasons on Friday November 9 at Shattuck Auditorium on the campus of Carroll University. The concert will begin at 7:30 and feature both contemporary music for wind band as well as some classic favorites. The concert will feature
works by Jacques Casterede, William Grant Still, Lili Boulanger, Eric Whitacre,
Ron Nelson, Fergal Carroll, Rick Kirby, and Timothy Mahr.
The concert will benefit the Healing Hearts of Waukesha County (www.healingheartsofwaukeshaco.org), who serve and support grieving children (and their families) in Waukesha County. Tickets are $10 and are available through the Healing Hearts office (262-527-1422) or at the auditorium the evening of the concert.
The tentative program for the concert is:
The concert will benefit the Healing Hearts of Waukesha County (www.healingheartsofwaukeshaco.org), who serve and support grieving children (and their families) in Waukesha County. Tickets are $10 and are available through the Healing Hearts office (262-527-1422) or at the auditorium the evening of the concert.
The tentative program for the concert is:
Matin de Printemps..........Lili Boulanger
Summerland...................William Grant Still
Divetissement d’ete.........Jacques Casterede
October..........................Eric Whitacre
Morning Alleluias.............Ron Nelson-- intermission --
Divetissement d’ete.........Jacques Casterede
October..........................Eric Whitacre
Morning Alleluias.............Ron Nelson-- intermission --
Winter Dances.................Fergal Carroll
A Healing Heart................Rick Kirby
Spring Divertimento.........Timothy Mahr
A Healing Heart................Rick Kirby
Spring Divertimento.........Timothy Mahr
Be sure to mark your calendar for the first WASB concert of the year...and it's for a good cause, too!
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Next concerts: October 20
The Menominee Falls Symphony will perform The World's Many Musical Sounds at the Hamilton Fine Arts Center at Sussex Hamilton High School on October 20 at 7:30 PM.
The concert will feature music of different cultures and the different musical sounds each one has created. Several national anthems will be featured, as well as a world anthem made up of a number of national anthems.
Returning to this concert is the opportunity to site on stage with the musicians while the performance is in progress. This popular option is great for the younger musicians who want to see what it is really like to perform in a concert. And you can move to different locations on the stage for different pieces (but not during the music).
For more information, please see the MFSO web site.
Also, the Lakeshore Symphonic Band will perform No Tricks, Just Treats beginning at 7 PM on the 20th at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center adjacent to Cedarburg High School. The program includes music for Halloween as well as some evergreen favorites for symphonic band.
For more information, see the Lakeshore Symphonic Band web site.
The concert will feature music of different cultures and the different musical sounds each one has created. Several national anthems will be featured, as well as a world anthem made up of a number of national anthems.
Returning to this concert is the opportunity to site on stage with the musicians while the performance is in progress. This popular option is great for the younger musicians who want to see what it is really like to perform in a concert. And you can move to different locations on the stage for different pieces (but not during the music).
For more information, please see the MFSO web site.
Also, the Lakeshore Symphonic Band will perform No Tricks, Just Treats beginning at 7 PM on the 20th at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center adjacent to Cedarburg High School. The program includes music for Halloween as well as some evergreen favorites for symphonic band.
- Malcolm Arnold | TAM O'SHANTER OVERTURE
- Gustav Holst | SECOND SUITE IN F FOR MILITARY BAND, op. 28 no. 2
- Patrick Doyle and John Williams | CONCERT SUITE FROM HARRY POTTER
- Joseph Kosma | AUTUMN LEAVES
- Andrew Boysen, Jr. | THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
- Steven Reineke | THE WITCH AND THE SAINT
- Aaron Copland | DOWN A COUNTRY LANE
For more information, see the Lakeshore Symphonic Band web site.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Concert this Saturday
The Concord Chamber Orchestra will perform New // Old on Saturday October 13 at their new venue: St. Sebastian Church, at 5400 W. Washington Blvd. The concert begins at 7 PM.
- Overture on Three Russian Pieces - Mily Balakirev
- Concertino for Viola da Gamba and Small Orchestra - Rudolph Dolmetsch
- In C - Terry Riley
- Eight Pieces for Strings, Op. 44, No. 3 - Paul Hindemith
- Concerto for Violo de Gamba in A major A9:1A - Carl Friedrich Abel
- Water Music Suite - George Frideric Handel, arr. by Hamilton Harty
For more information or to order tickets, please visit the CCO web site.
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