Music
“Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me”
The fantastic biopic looks at one of the most legendary cult bands in rock history, Memphis, Tennessee's Big Star.
Oct 5th, 2013 by Sahan Jayasuriya
The MSO bares its roots
This weekend, "Concertos for Orchestra" demonstrates the classical talent of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, featuring the virtuosity of clarinetist Todd Levy.
Oct 3rd, 2013 by Rob Gebelhoff
Unruly Music highlights contemporary sounds for three nights
UW-Milwaukee's Unruly Music series offers two virtuoso interpreters of contemporary music and two instrument builders who improvise on their creations.
Oct 1st, 2013 by Michael Barndt
Classic fall offerings return
The MSO does Concertos for Orchestra, while classic autumnal events like Oktoberfest, ARToberfest, the annual Film Fest and the Alchemist Halloween show round out the week.
Oct 1st, 2013 by Danielle McClune
Prometheus Trio and Fine Arts Quartet open the chamber music season
Milwaukee's premier resident trio and quartet launch the fall season this weekend with a mix of favorites and rarely heard more recent works.
Sep 27th, 2013 by Michael Barndt
Volcano Choir making a rare appearance at the Pabst
Fresh off the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, this collaboration of Wisconsin musicians will return to town as part of the tour for "Repave," their new album.
Sep 27th, 2013 by Sahan Jayasuriya
Augustin Hadelich returns, alongside seductive Ravel and Stravinsky
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will pair an entertaining Stravinsky violin concerto with Ravel's exotic score for "Daphnis et Chloe."
Sep 25th, 2013 by Rob Gebelhoff
The Zombies return to Milwaukee, this time at the Pabst
The classic '60s band might have been a footnote in history, were it not for their masterpiece "Odessey and Oracle," a post-breakup album that would later be the defining Summer of Love sound.
Sep 24th, 2013 by Sahan Jayasuriya
Global Union 2013
Artists from Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Canada and Milwaukee itself provided the soundtrack to Alverno Presents' annual world music fest.
Sep 22nd, 2013 by Howard Leu
Skylight Music Theatre
Viswa Subbaraman, the new artistic director at the Skylight, talks about his revolutionary inaugural season, beginning with a Bollywood-flavored "Fidelio."
Sep 20th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
A thumbnail diary of a commission
TCD's David Bohn on discovering the bayan, working with virtuoso Stas Venglevski, and creating an original composition (debuting this Friday at UWM).
Sep 20th, 2013 by David Bohn
Andreas Delfs returns to open the fall MSO season
Guest pianist Jeremy Denk will also join for Liszt's first piano concerto, but the program's centerpiece is a performance of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.
Sep 18th, 2013 by Rob Gebelhoff
