Versatile pianist Ian Moschenross will return to Ripon College for a guest piano recital Monday, April 8. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. It is free and open to the public. Earlier that day, Moschenross will give a presentation for the “Western Music History […]
Paul Dietrich, adjunct instructor of music, released his fourth album as a leader, “5+4,” in October and supported it with a small tour in February. The album, which was released on Shifting Paradigm Records, was supported by a grant from Arts + Lit Lab in Madison, Wisconsin, and consists of eight original pieces of music […]
Ripon College will host its second annual High School Choral Festival Tuesday, March 5. About 170 Wisconsin high school singers will come to campus and enjoy a day of singing together, led by Ripon College faculty Paul Thompson, assistant professor of music, conductor, and Deb MacKenzie, adjunct instructor of music, pianist. Schools represented are Ashwaubenon, […]
A violin/cello duo featuring a blend of Baroque and bluegrass selections will perform at Ripon College Friday, March, 1, 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. It is free and open to the public. […]
A choral concert presented by the Ripon College Choirs — Concert Choir, Choral Union and Chamber Singers — will begin at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. The concert will showcase music from various cultures and eras. The […]
A classical guitar recital with Dr. Christopher Cramer, adjunct professor of music, will be presented Friday, Feb. 23, at Ripon College. The recital will begin at 7 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. The program will include works by Jan Antonín Losy, […]
Tobin Shucha, assistant professor of music and director of bands and music education, was the invited conductor for the Flyway Conference Honors Band Jan. 31 at Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac. Seventy-five students from nine schools were selected by their directors to participate in the event. After rehearsing for about five […]
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 […]
Peter Loewenstein ’24 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, will perform a guitar recital Friday, Dec. 8, at the Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake. The recital will begin at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. There also will be an artist’s reception. The recital is part of the opera house’s Thrasher Reaches Out […]
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 […]