Tag School of Music

School of Music to initiate process to offer digital recordings

March 15, 2011

In an effort to provide high-quality professional recordings, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music will begin the process of offering digital delivery to their current compact disc recordings of faculty and eventually student work.

UW Concert Choir heads east during spring break

March 7, 2011

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Concert Choir leaves Madison on Friday, March 11, for a seven-city, five-state tour that stretches from Oberlin, Ohio, to Cambridge, Mass.

UW-Madison composer premieres innovative work at Carnegie Hall

February 10, 2011

Using instruments such as a junked automobile and the "sonic canvas" of a concert hall itself, the American Composers Orchestra wants to re-imagine the scope of a modern orchestra. Next month at New York's Carnegie Hall, the ensemble will fuse light and sound in a major new work by a University of Wisconsin–Madison composer.

UW-Madison School of Music selects architect

November 22, 2010

The New York City firm of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture, in association with Madison, Wis.-based Strang Inc., has been selected by the state of Wisconsin to design the new University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music Performance Center.

Campus, city celebrate centennial of jazz legend

September 30, 2010

As a pianist, composer, arranger, educator and humanitarian, Mary Lou Williams (1910-81) gained a sterling reputation among her jazz peers. But to many outsiders, even jazz fans, she remained unknown and underappreciated. Her 1976 visit to the University of Wisconsin–Madison brought her work alive, but few pictures or recordings remain.

Varsity Band throws party for ‘On, Wisconsin!’

April 13, 2010

The annual Varsity Band Concert returns to the Kohl Center Thursday-Saturday, April 15-17, with all its usual pyrotechnics, thunder and brass. This year's performance brings much more, however.

Mount Horeb bands to invade Humanities Building

March 10, 2010

Some 300 middle- and high-school band members from Mount Horeb, Wis., will come to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Wednesday, March 17, for a morning of musical instruction and collaboration in a musical March madness.

Intersection of art and business examined in ‘Art as Business as Art’ course

September 8, 2009

On his recent whistle-stop "Arts in Crisis" tour, the Kennedy Center's Michael Kaiser bemoaned how much more money goes into training artists to be good artists than to be good managers of their own careers.

Sounds of early music to fill Madison air

June 29, 2009

Study with virtuosos and early music vocal masters, and perform period music at the Madison Early Music Festival July 11-18.

Notable graduates: Tom Curry — Double major toots his own horn with the tuba in the Wisconsin Brass Quintet

May 14, 2009

Though he can't tell you exactly why he began playing the tuba, other than it was a challenge, Tom Curry can assure you of his passion for music and incorporating it into today's culture.

Music professor to be honored at gala

May 12, 2009

A University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music professor will be honored with one of four awards presented at the 2009 Wisconsin History Makers Gala on Wednesday, May 27, at Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel.

UW-Madison composer wins national music award

March 24, 2009

A University of Wisconsin–Madison associate professor recently was honored with a music award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Concert highlights chemistry between science, music

March 9, 2009

The Science, Arts and Humanities Program of the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will present its inaugural concert, "Concert at Chemistry," at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, in Room 1315 of the Daniels Chemistry Building, 1101 University Ave.

Farlow celebrates 10 years with campus opera

February 11, 2009

When other 11-year-olds were out doing whatever 11-year-olds did in 1960, Bill Farlow could be found in the library in El Paso, Texas, head buried in an opera score, following along to the music as he listened to the recording. “I had watched old opera movies on television, and El Paso had a fine symphony and opera. I started learning about opera 50 years ago and it took,” says Farlow.