Classical
Blues, sex, talent, intensity at the Rep’s Stackner Cabaret
The Rep's "Blues in the Night" honors the Blues and the bluesy, from Bessie Smith to Johnny Mercer and beyond.
Oct 22nd, 2012 by Tom Strini
Spektral Quartet
The Spektral Quartet gives a smashing finale to the Unruly Music Festival.
Oct 19th, 2012 by David Bohn
Performers first
Festival director Christopher Burns and performers Sarah Plum, Jamie Jordan and the Spektral Quartet talk new-music.
Oct 17th, 2012 by David Bohn
Frankly Music puts Levy, clarinet to the fore
Frank Almond's chamber series opens with guests from the Milwaukee Symphony, with principal clarinetist Todd Levy featured.
Oct 16th, 2012 by Tom Strini
MSO Pops, honoring Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers
Francesco Lecce-Chong fills in for the late Hamlisch, the MSO's principal pops conductor.
Oct 13th, 2012 by Mary O'Hara Stacy
Alloy Orchestra returns to the Oriental Theatre
As the Milwaukee Film Festival continues on into its second week, the Alloy Orchestra accompanied Alfred Hitchcock's silent version of "Blackmail."
Oct 9th, 2012 by Lacy Landre
No time to lounge around. Go out.
Rembrandt at MAM, Alchemist Halloween, "Titanic" anniversary, photos at Via/Transfer, lots of Last Chances.
Oct 9th, 2012 by Danielle McClune
Bridge to Somewhere
The Prometheus Trio shows why British composer Frank Bridge deserves attention; and strong Mozart, Saint-Saens.
Oct 9th, 2012 by Tom Strini
Ensemble Caprice, early music a bluesman would get
Early Music Now opens with Ensemble Caprice, in Spanish music from the New World.
Oct 7th, 2012 by Jonathan Brodie
Barbara Cook, queen of NY cabaret, at Alverno College
Barbara Cook, Broadway's ingenue of the 1950s, can still deliver the American songbook.
Oct 7th, 2012 by Tom Strini
Ravel and Debussy, aglow at the MSO
Through guest conductor Olari Elts, soprano Karen Wierzba and the Milwaukee Symphony, the French composers cast their spells.
Oct 6th, 2012 by Tom Strini
Three Decades on the scene
TCD's Tom Strini has covered Milwaukee's arts for 30 years, as of Oct. 4, 2012.
Oct 4th, 2012 by Tom Strini
