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PianoArts: A music festival weekend and a competition, too
PianoArts

A music festival weekend and a competition, too

PianoArts hosts its first competition for Wisconsin pianists aged 11-15, even as it puts on an array of concerts focusing on Vienna and Paris.

MKE This Week: Celebrating the Past in the Present
MKE This Week

Celebrating the Past in the Present

Historical plays open at Uprooted Theater and American Players Theatre, MSO Pops focuses on Mad Men, PianoArts holds a festival that follows the evolution of music and Pridefest kicks off the festival season.

MSO: Mystical Elgar to end the classical season
MSO

Mystical Elgar to end the classical season

"Dream of Gerontius," Elgar's crowning achievement, is an article of faith for chorus, soloists and orchestra.

MKE This Week: 2012-13 season not quite done
MKE This Week

2012-13 season not quite done

BB King gets the Riverside Blues, the MSO ends classical season with epic Elgar, fairway farce at Sunset Playhouse, Bay View's Gallery Night, Highland Games in Tosa.

Last Weekend in Milwaukee…

Last Weekend in Milwaukee…

In this edition of our summer weekend photo gallery series: images from "Intro to Bread Making" class at Braise, Present Music finale, Family Kite Fest, Ivy Spokes at Yield Bar, and Happy Hour at Brocach, captured by Angela Morgan, Sara Bill and Madeline Pieschel.

Present Music’s wild party of a season finale

Present Music’s wild party of a season finale

Present Music ends its season with a vibrant, raucous party of a chamber music concert at Turner Hall.

MSO, de Waart, and Brahms for the Ages

MSO, de Waart, and Brahms for the Ages

Edo de Waart and the MSO give riveting readings of Brahms' Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4.

Unpolished, revised “Waiting” still shines bright

Unpolished, revised “Waiting” still shines bright

Don't wait to see World's Stage's production of the Bob Kelly/Kelly Pomeroy song cycle, in town for the weekend before a trip to New York's Cherry Lane Theatre.

Sean Friar among Present Music’s “Multitude”

Sean Friar among Present Music’s “Multitude”

Present Music ends its season with a multitude of pieces, including an electric guitar premiere by Sean Friar.

World’s Stage brings “Waiting” to Milwaukee…and beyond

World’s Stage brings “Waiting” to Milwaukee…and beyond

Bob Kelly and Kelly Pomeroy's song cycle will travel to New York after its Milwaukee premiere this week, to be performed at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theater.

MKE This Week: Big Names, New Faces
MKE This Week

Big Names, New Faces

De Waart conducts Brahms at the MSO, Present Music's "Multitude" finale, a New York-bound song cycle from World's Stage.

Q & A: Victor DeLorenzo of the Violent Femmes
Q & A

Victor DeLorenzo of the Violent Femmes

The Violent Femmes drummer talks about his new solo album, work with jazz trio Nineteen Thirteen and the Femmes reunion at Summerfest this June.