Upcoming Concert: Menomonee Falls Symphony

Join the Menomonee Falls Symphony Orchestra on Saturday April 23rd for a program entitled Classic Rhythms.  The concert begins at 7:30 PM at the Sussex Hamilton Fine Arts Center.

During this season, the MFSO has featured rhythm in its concerts.  In this concert, the MFSO present some of classical music's favorite pieces of famous rhythms.  Included on the program are the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven, and the Bolero of Maurice Ravel:  famous rhythms, indeed.

The program will also feature the 1st and 2nd place winners of our young artists competition: violinists Samantha Carter (1st) and Zaneta Domblesky (2nd).

For more information or to order tickets, please see the MFSO web site.

Something a little different

Have you ever heard a performance by a choir of French horns?  If not, your chance is coming up.  And if you have, you know that the sound is lush and wonderful.

The Horn Choir led by Dr. Bruce Atwell, Professor of Music at UW-Oshkosh, will perform on Tuesday April 5 in the Music Hall on the campus.  In this concert, the choir will perform works by another famous French horn choir, the London Horn Sound.  This link is a YouTube clip of their recording of Tico-Tico.  What a great sound!

The concert is free.  Mark your calendar.  Enjoy the sound of a French horn choir!

Upcoming Concert: Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Concert Band

The MMCCB will perform Night On The Town at the Schwan Concert Hall on the campus of Wisconsin Lutheran College, beginning at 3PM on Sunday March 20.

While I do not have the program for the concert, the MMCCB concerts are always fun.  They are a great way to introduce students to the world of classical music.  And best of all, the admission is Free.

More information about the concert and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Concert Band can be found on their web site.

Upcoming Concert: Concord Chamber Orchestra

Mark Saturday evening March 12 on your calendar.  The Concord Chamber Orchestra will present Chrysalis at St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Wauwatosa Avenue in Wauwatosa, near Wauwatosa East High School.

This year's concerts celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Orchestra by presenting a retrospective of the music over those years.  This concert celebrates musical diversity, from the classic period to today, from Mozart to Samuel Barber to Jose Elizondo.

The concert will feature pianist Gregory Hartmann, winner of the 2016 Walter A. and Dorothy J. Oestreich Concerto Competition.  He will perform Piano Concerto number 1 of Franz Liszt.  This YouTube link will give you an idea of his talents.

The program also includes:

• Estampas Mexicanas • Elizondo
• Adagio for Strings • Barber
• Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550 • Mozart

For more information and to order tickets, please see the CCO web site.

Three Brass Bands in One Concert

Here is a special event:

Three Brass Bands in the area will come together for a joint concert:  the Chicago Brass Band, the Madison Brass Band, and the Milwaukee Festival Brass will join together for the second annual Brass At The Border!

All three groups are very accomplished.  All three groups will be performing wonderful music.  The format of the event was designed to foster goodwill, fellowship, and mutual support of each other.  Their goals are all the same:  keep the tradition of the Brass Band, which started over 150 years ago, alive in the US.

The concert will begin at 3 PM at the Milton High School at 114 W. High Street in Milton, WI.

Three groups in one concert....you don't want to miss this one!

Something new: The Lynx Project

I learned of a group of artists that will be performing in Milwaukee on Tuesday March 8:  The Lynx Project.  This group consists of graduates of the Eastman School of Music and their goal is to mix music with poetry, storytelling, dance, and other arts.  What a great concept!

Specifically, the Lynx Project will perform Tangled Webs, featuring music of Schubert, Schoenberg, and Mozart.  The concert begins at 7:30 at the North Short Congregational Church in Fox Point, on Santa Monica Drive between Calumet Road and Green Tree Road.  See their web site for all the details.

And don't forget the Milwaukee Festival Brass Concert on Saturday the 27th at the Performing Arts Center at Pius XI High School.  See you there.

Special News

It isn't often that I post news during the week, but I just received this news and it cannot wait!

A free concert is set for Wednesday March 16 at 7PM by the US Air Force Band of Mid-America Concert Band, to be held at the Marcus Center.  No tickets will be required; all you need to do is show up and enjoy the performance. 

The press release from the band gives this summary:

The Concert Band is a group of 45 professional musicians whose music inspires patriotism, connects communities with military service members and honors our country's veterans.

 

During a concert, you are just as likely to hear the music of contemporary composers as you would the familiar sounds of John Phillip Sousa or Maj. Glenn Miller. The band also features vocal soloists singing a wide variety of popular, classical and patriotic selections.

 

The concert will be enjoyable and appropriate for all ages.  These concerts are great for students who are just starting out and sometimes struggling with their instruments.  They hear a group like this perform, and they become more enthusiastic, practice harder, and then they improve.  Concerts like this can start that ball rolling for students.  And the best part is that the parents will enjoy the evening as well, with no dent to the wallet!

 

Mark your calendar.  You don't want to miss this one.