Weidner Philharmonic 2021-2022 Performance Series Announced

The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts is pleased announce concert dates for the Weidner Philharmonic's 2021-2022 performance series. Entering its third year, The Weidner Philharmonic at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will welcome live audiences to the Weidner Center this fall with a classic symphony concert and a special gala celebrating the installation of Michael Alexander as UW-Green Bay's seventh Chancellor. Tickets go on sale Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 11:00 AM.

These concerts will be the Weidner Center's first in-person events in over a year. "It is hard to believe that it will have been almost 18 months since we've had a live audience at the Weidner Center. Our staff and the musicians have been working hard to make sure that we can bring artists and audiences together as safely as possible and offer the special connection of hearts and minds that happens during a live performance. I, for one, don't know that I will ever take that for granted again" says Kelli Strickland, Executive & Artistic Director of the Weidner Center.

2021-2022 Weidner Philharmonic Performance Series:

Welcome Once Again: Beethoven, Milhaud, Stravinsky and Montgomery

September 25, 2021, 7:30 PM

Tickets Start at: $36.50

The Weidner Philharmonic welcomes audiences back with this diverse and lively repertoire.

Concert Program:

Starburst - Jessie Montgomery (1981)

La création du monde (The Creation of the World), Op. 81a - Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

Concerto in E-flat (Dumbarton Oaks) - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Featured Guest Conductor:

Robert Nordling

Gala Concert: The Installation of Michael Alexander

September 30, 2021, 7:00 PM

All Tickets: $13.00

A special gala concert celebrating the installation of Michael Alexander as UW-Green Bay's seventh chancellor. University of Wisconsin - Green Bay has chosen to mark this traditional university celebration with an hour-long gala concert. Among the repertoire are pieces selected by the Chancellor himself, which he will conduct, including the commission of a new work by composer, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, to honor the Chancellor's love and commitment to new music.

Concert Program:

Malambo from the ballet Estancia, Op. 8a- Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat Major, K. 365 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

I. Allegro

"Una Voce Poco Fa" (Il Barbiere de Siviglia: Atto I, Scena V. No. 5) - Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Out of Dark Waters, This - Michelle McQuade Dewhirst (1973)

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

IV. Finale: Andante maestoso (E major) - Allegro vivace (E minor) - Meno Mosso (E major)

Featured Artists:

Michael Alexander, Conductor

Kevin Collins, Conductor

Courtney Sherman, Soprano

Sylvia Hong, Piano

Michael Rector, Piano

A Symphonic Night at the Movies: The Wizard of Oz - Film with Live Symphony

April 3, 2022, 2:30 PM

Tickets Start at: $36.50

The Wizard of Oz, a stunningly remastered timeless classic accompanied by a full symphony orchestra performing new transcriptions of Harold Arlen's brilliant lost scores. Hearing Judy Garland's original 1939 studio recordings backed with lush, live orchestration, will treat audiences to this Academy Award winning film as it has never been seen before.

Featured Guest Conductor:

Scott Terrell

Audiences can purchase this entire 2021-2022 Weidner Philharmonic series and save up to 30%. Tickets for these events can also be purchased individually.

These events will have distanced seating charts and will be subject to the COVID protocols and policies in place at the time of the event.

Tickets for the full Weidner Philharmonic performance series go on sale Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 11:00 AM at WeidnerCenter.com, ticketstaronline.com or by calling Ticket Star at 1-800-895-0071. Individual tickets go on sale the same day.