Kevin Stalheim

Present Music opens it’s 2024-25 Season with “Holy Lift Off!” with guest curator and flutist Claire Chase on Oct. 31

Present Music Unveils Its 2024-2025 Season Lineup

Present Music to Perform “The Blue Hour”

Grammy-nominated composition will only be Performed Live in Milwaukee in 2024

Present Music to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for “CELLO CELLO” Concerts to be Performed on January 31 and February 1

Present Music’s “CELLO CELLO” Concert on January 31 and February 1 to Feature Two World Premieres

Present Music’s Thanksgiving Concert Has Spiritual Touches

Simple Songs, traditional drumming and the return of a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.

Present Music Unveils 2023-’24 Season Lineup, Featuring Groundbreaking Film, St. John Cathedral Concert, World Premieres and Stellar Guest Artists

Works by women composers lead programming; Raven Chacon returns to Present Music

2022 Pulitzer Prize for Present Music Commission by Raven Chacon

New Traditions in Present Music’s Online Thanksgiving Concert

City of Milwaukee Arts Board announces 2020 Mildred L. Harpole Artists of the Year and Friends of the Arts Awards

Take-Out Concert

Present Music’s Thanksgiving Concert Introduces New Traditions

Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 5pm. Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Inside UWM’s Jan Serr Studio

Versatile event space hosts school and public events, is site for Milwaukee Film Festival screenings

Present Music May Be Better Than Ever

New leadership, but the same sense of adventure. Ride along sometime.

Linking Rock to Classical, and Vice Versa

Present Music mixes Steve Reich and Radiohead, Rhiannon and Kronos, Ligeti and taxi horns.

The Sheer Power of Music

Present Music’s final concert under Kevin Stalheim was packed with significance and wonderful music.

Kevin Stalheim’s Last Waltz

After 37 years his last show as artistic director. After party features Mrs. Fun, R&B Cadets.

Why I Love Present Music

Tom Strini reflects on Kevin Stalheim's final concert as Present Music's director.

Final Nominees Announced for 2019 Footlights People’s Choice Awards

And the nominees are...

Two Evenings of Women Composers

Present Music offers wild range of 21st century works by many woman composers.

Kevin Stalheim’s Last Thanksgiving Show

Present Music's traditional Thanksgiving concert has added meaning.

Lights, Music, Sculptures, Action!

Present Music performs amid the artworks of Lynden Sculpture Garden.

Beyond the Dead White Europeans

Present Music offers a unique four night concert of diverse composers.

Give Chance a Piece

Four fortuitous concerts, seven compositions, in four distinct venues

Milwaukee’s Best Thanksgiving Tradition?

Present Music's annual Thanksgiving concert offers a warm and wonderful mix of music.

Present Music Opens The Season

Guest conductor David Bloom brings an alternative voice to opening concert.

Present Music’s Wildest Concert Ever

Whales, dinosaurs and music, performed at Public Museum.

Present Music brings museum exhibits to life musically with exploratory concert on April 29

Featuring first-ever collaboration with the Milwaukee Public Museum

12 Short Works By Musical Giants

And performed in three different venues. That's how Present Music rolls.

Present Music Celebrates 5th Annual Chamber Series with ‘GIANTS’

Concerts feature five musicians and 100 metronomes in three intimate venues

Let Us Give Thanks for Some Cool Music

Present Music's Thanksgiving concert blends old and new in a gorgeous cathedral.

Present Music’s Annual Musical Meditation on Gratitude Thanksgiving concert melds tradition with the best of what’s new and inspiring.

Sunday, November 20, 2016 - 5 p.m. at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Angst, Horror & Fun!

Present Music's spooky concert complements museum's German Expressionist show.

Present Music Kicks Off Milwaukee Art Museum Special Exhibit with ANGST, HORROR & FUN

Continuing its 35th Anniversary Season, Present Music, Milwaukee’s devilishly dark and devious new music pioneers, revel in a night of cinematic and musical terror with ANGST, HORROR & FUN

Inside New Jan Serr Studio at UWM

Doors Open site will also host Milwaukee Film Festival Party.

You Can Go Home Again

Present Music revives five works it commissioned, two by Milwaukee natives.

Present Music Season Opener Celebrates Past Commissions and Presents a World Premiere

Made for Milwaukee – September 3, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee

Present Music Announces Executive Director for 35th Season

Meaghan Heinrich brings over ten years of experience in non-profit arts management to Present Music.

Present Music Brings Contemporary Music to Milwaukee and the World for 35 Years

2016-17 Season Announcement

Bloom’s Day for Present Music

NYC conductor David Bloom takes over the ensemble, in a search for the perfect sound.

Hungarian Rock and Other Crazy Stuff

Present Music celebrates the equinox with a heady mix of music.

Strings & Reeds & Ping Pong Balls

Present Music deftly handles six very different works and wins the game.

Present Music Pulls Out All The Stops

"In The Chamber" concert offers intimate performance of six wildly different works.

Present Music Presents “In The Chamber”

Personal. Intimate. Inspired.

Popular Thanksgiving Concert Returns

Present Music's annual concert, as always, offers a big ensemble and a surprising program.

Present Music Has a Carnival

A daringly updated version of Schumann was among several crazy things at this concert.

Send In The Clowns

Present Music turns Schumann's Carnaval into a real circus, with help from Quasimondo theater.

Fire Your Imagination. Enter Present Music’s Carnival

8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the Broadway Theatre Center

Present Music Starts Season With a Bang

A great program and great performances, led by two memorable works by John Adams.

John Adams Meets Mozart

Present Music dares to present Mozart! Yet it's still a very modern concert.

Big and Bold. Present Music Presents… Mozart?!

Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts

Present Music Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that Present Music is one of 886 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant.

Danceworks Performance Company and Present Music: Temptation’s Snare

March 6-9, 2014 • Next Act Theatre

City of Milwaukee Artist of the Year

Evelyn Patricia Terry, an artist, educator, and curator, and Barbara Leigh, co-founder of what has become the Milwaukee Public Theatre, were named Artists of the Year, the Milwaukee Arts Board announced today.

Milwaukee Arts Board recognizes Outstanding Artists of the Year

The Milwaukee Arts Board will honor the recipients of its Outstanding Artists of the Year award on Tuesday, March 12, 2013.

Present Music’s big finish

Michael Daugherty's "Labyrinth of Love" is a big hit at its premiere, and Robin Pluer never sounded better.

Democracy inaction

NEW! Now with concert photos by Angela Morgan. Low voter turnout leads to a blast of a concert at Turner Hall.