Music Performances

Fox Valley Concert Band

Friday, 10/16/09, 7;30 pm, Perry Hall

On Friday, October 16, at 7:30 pm the Fox Valley Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. Marc Sackman, will presents its inaugural concert in the beautiful new Perry Hall. To celebrate the occasion, the concert will begin with the music of Dmitri Shostakovitch’s Festive Overture. Also on the program is a new work by Ron Nelson, Autumn Rune, based on Finnish folklore. As this year marks its 100th anniversary, the concert will include of one of the seminal works for bands, Suite in Eb for Military Band by Gustav Holst. Our march for the evening will be Marche Lorraine by Louis Ganne.

Saturday, 12/12/09, 4:00 pm, Perry Hall

Please join the Fox Valley Concert Band under the direction of Dr. Marc Sackman on Saturday, December 13, 4:00 pm, for its annual Holiday Concert, held for the first time in Perry Hall. The band will perform a range of band music fitting the holiday season, opening with The Overture from Candid by Leonard Bernstein. We will welcome back UWFox alumnus Erik Meyer, currently a student at UW Stevens Point, as a guest soloist. The band will play The Medieval Suite by Ron Nelson, which is based and inspired by the great composers of the Middle Ages, Leonin, Perotin, and Machaut.

Saturday, 3/13/10, 4:00pm, Perry Hall

Friday, 5/7/10, 7:30 pm, Perry Hall

UWFox Jazz Ensemble and UWFox Chorale

  • Sunday, 12/6/09, 7:00pm, Perry Hall
  • Sunday, 5/2/10, 7:00 pm, Perry Hall

Recital Series

Lawrence Brass Quintet

Wednesday, 10/21/09,  noon, Perry Hall

Since 1979, the Lawrence Brass, a faculty chamber group functioning as both quintet and brass ensemble, has appeared in recital at Lawrence University, in secondary schools ,and live over Wisconsin Public Radio as frequent performers on the Sunday afternoon Elvehjem Art Museum series in Madison.

Karen Leigh-Post, mezzo soprano

Monday, 11/23/09, noon, Perry Hall

Karen Leigh-Post, mezzo soprano, is on the faculty at Lawrence University Conservatory of Music. She has performed internationally, as well as on several PBS broadcasts singing Mozart works with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

UW Fox Student Recital

Tuesday, 12/8/09, 7:00pm, Perry Hall

Both instrumental and vocal majors perform works studied during the semester.