The Lenard Simpson Quartet will perform at Ripon College Friday, Feb, 16, as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The concert is free and open to the public. Simpson is an active, in-demand performer, […]
A variety of musical solo and chamber works will be presented in a concert Thursday, Dec. 7, at Ripon College. The recital will begin at 12:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, and is free and open to the public. Applied lesson students, nominated by their studio professors, will perform, […]
All of the music ensembles of the Department of Music at Ripon College will present their annual Holiday Concert Sunday, Dec. 3. Two performances are scheduled, at 2 and 6 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. Admission to the concerts is free, but because of occupancy limitations in Great Hall, reservations are encouraged at […]
The Ripon College Choral Union and Orchestra will perform at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on campus. Admission is free and open to the public. Choral Union, which includes both students and community members, will perform “The Last Words of David,” by Randall Thompson; “Wedding […]
Evan Jensen ’24 of Stoughton, Wisconsin, will present his senior tuba recital Saturday, Nov. 18, at Ripon College. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. He and Instructor of Music Deb MacKenzie will present works for solo […]
The Ripon College Chamber Singers and Concert Choir will perform a concert, “How Can I Keep from Singing,” Sunday, Nov. 5. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, in the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. The concert will explore music about […]
The Ripon College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will perform Friday, Nov. 3. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. Selections will include “Dancing Sunlight,” by Christine Jensen’ “Stolen Moments,” by Oliver Nelson, arranged […]
A spooky, costumed Halloween concert, complete with trick-or-treating for kids young and older, will be presented Sunday, Oct. 29, by the Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble at the College. The event will include a viewing of the world’s first horror movie, “The Haunted Castle” (1896). This short feature is more comical than frightening for today’s […]
Yid Vicious, a Madison, Wisconsin-based ensemble specializing in a unique blend of traditional and contemporary Yiddish folk music, will perform in the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series Friday, Sep. 29, at Ripon College. A pre-concert talk will begin at 6:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The concert […]
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will return to Ripon College Sunday, Oct. 1, for its annual appearance on campus. The free performance will be presented by the Caestecker Fine Arts Series and the first family of Ripon College, President Victoria N. Folse and Dick Folse. It will begin at 3:15 p.m. in the field house of […]
An authorized biography of jazz/pop vocalist Al Jarreau ’62 will be released today by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. The author of Never Givin’ Up: The Life and Music of Al Jarreau is Kurt Dietrich, professor emeritus of music. Dietrich will read from the book and discuss his research in a public presentation at 7:30 […]
Sarah Mahler Kraaz of Northampton, Massachusetts, professor emerita of music, has co-edited a book, The Handbook of Music and Art, with Dr. Charlotte DeMille of the Courtauld Institute (London), for Bloomsbury Press. The book is currently in production with a scheduled publication date of April 2024. “Rather than focusing on the shared language of art […]
The Spring Lawn Concert will be presented Wednesday, May 3, on the lawn in front of Harwood Memorial Union. Music will be presented by Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo, directed by Paul Dietrich, adjunct instructor of music; and Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Rally Band, directed by Tobin Shucha, assistant professor of music. The concert will […]
When brass and guitar students present a recital Thursday, one of the guitarists brings a long family legacy of the instrument to his performance. Peter Loewenstein ’24 of Oshkosh will perform both in the guitar ensemble and as a soloist. The concert will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for […]
Assistant Professor of Music Erin Bryan will join the South Shore Chorale as soprano soloist for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (4th Movement) April 29 and 30. The South Shore Chorale will conclude their Golden Anniversary Concert Season with an epic collaboration of nearly 400 musicians. Joining the 158-voice Chorale will be the entire Fond du Lac […]
A student brass and guitar recital will be presented at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. Admission will be free and open to the public. The brass ensemble will perform several movements from “Pictures at an Exhibition,” by Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), arranged by […]
The Ripon College choirs and orchestra will perform at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, April 23, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. The orchestra will open the concert, directed by Yukiko Grine, adjunct instructor of music. The combined orchestra and choirs will perform under the […]
Eighty-two students from seven area high schools will participate in Ripon College Band Festival, to be held Monday, April 24. Participating schools are Horicon, Oakfield, Princeton, Ripon, Valley Christian School, Watertown and Waupun. During the all-day band festival, students will work with Ripon College music faculty, preparing the music for a concert that will conclude […]
The Ripon College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will perform Friday, April 21. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. The director is Adjunct Instructor of Music Paul Dietrich. Jazz Ensemble will perform “Sweet Time Suite: Opening,” […]
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform Sunday, April 16. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. Tobin Shucha is the director. Selections will include “Flourish for Wind Band,” by Ralph Vaughan Williams; “Amazing Grace,” by […]