The Peck School of the Arts, UWM Announces April Events

It's a very busy time at UWM's Peck School of the Arts! We offer an intimate and nurturing atmosphere that provides opportunities for individual attention and regular performance for both graduate and undergraduate students. We are known around the world for our commitment to innovation, interdisciplinary training, cutting-edge research and a deep sense of social and community responsibility. The beautiful campus, excellent arts facilities and the vibrant arts community of Milwaukee make the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee an ideal location for your advanced training in the arts.

For further information about any of these events, feel free to contact Ellen Friebert Schupper at (414) 229-6771 or schupper@uwm.edu; visit our web site at: http://www.arts.uwm.edu or become a Peck School Facebook fan at http://www.facebook.com/uwmpsoa.

APRIL EVENTS

Peck School of the Arts
April 17 Kenilworth Open Studios: A Celebration of Faculty and Students, 11am-2pm, Kenilworth, Free (arts.uwm.edu/kos)

DANCE
April 5 Dance Department Guest Talk: Tanya Wideman-Davis, 12:30pm, Zelazo 171, Free

MUSIC
April 8 Voice Master Class with Mezzo-Soprano Lorraine Disimone, 4-6pm, RecitAl Hall, Free
April 9 Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band, 7:30pm, Zelazo, Tickets: $10-$7
April 10 UWM Chamber Music at Art in Bloom, Milwaukee Art Museum, Contact Milwaukee Art Museum for ticket info
April 11 Fine Arts Quartet, 3pm, Zelazo, Tickets: $20 -$12
April 11 Woodwind Chamber Music Series, 7:30pm, RecitAl Hall, Free
April 13 Alex de Grassi Master Class, 1-4pm, Kenilworth 640, Tickets: $10
April 14 Friends of the MSO & MSO Pre-Concert Lecture with Lee Erickson, 5-6 pm, RecitAl Hall, Free
April 15-18 Unruly Music Festival, Vogel Hall, 7:30pmTickets: $15 -$7. 4 concerts for $48.
- April 15: C2: Duo/Solo
- April 16: Sound and Image
- April 17: I Am Sitting in a Room
- April 18: C2: Made in Milwaukee
April 19 Workshop with Guitar Republic, 3-5pm, Greene Hall, Tickets: $10
April 20 Guitar Republic in Concert, 7:30pm, RecitAl Hall, Tickets: $15 -$9
April 23 UWM Symphony Orchestra, 7:30pm, Zelazo, Tickets: $10 -$7
April 25 University-Community Orchestra, 2pm, Zelazo, Tickets: $10 -$7
April 28 Mark Whitfield Jazz Guitar Presentation and Master Class, 11am-4pm, Kenilworth 594, Tickets: $10
April 29 UWM University Band, 7:30pm, Zelazo, Tickets: $10 -$7
April 29 Unruly Music: Music From Almost Yesterday Student Ensemble, 7:30pm, RecitAl Hall, Free
April 30 UWM Choirs: Spring Choral Concert 1 -- UWM Gospel Choir, 7:30pm, Zelazo, Tickets: $10 -$7

VISUAL ARTS
April 2, 16 & 23 Friday Night Life Drawing, 7-10pm, ART Building 463, $7; packages available
April 7 Artists Now! Paul Vanouse: Counter Laboratories, 7pm, Arts Center Lecture Hall, Free
April 9-24 MA/MFA Spring Thesis Exhibition II, Opening 4/9, 5-7pm,Hours Tu-Sa, 11am-4pm, Inova/Arts Center, Free
April 9-16 Foundations Exhibition XI: Ecologies, M-W & F-Sa, 12-5pm; & Th 12-7pm, UWM Union Art Gallery, Free
April 14 Artists Now! Lisa Gralnick: The Gold Standard Contextualized, 7pm, Arts Lecture Hall, Free
April 15-May 12 METALS! 10, Opening 4/15, 6-8pm,Hours M-F, 7am-8pm & Sa 7am-5pm, Inova/Zelazo, Free
April 28 Artists Now! Ray Chi: Betwixt and Between Hither and Thither, 7pm, Arts Center Lecture Hall, Free
April 29 Department of Visual Art: Fuse, 10am-5 pm, UWM Union Concourse, Free

THEATER
April 1-3 American One-Act Operas, Th-F, 7:30 pm; Sa, 2 pm & 7:30 pm, RecitAl Hall, Tickets: $10 -$7
April 27-May 1 UWM Theatre Lab/Works Series --  Aimee & Jaguar, 7:30pm, Kenilworth Studio 508, Tickets: $5

FILM
April 12-13 George Kuchar in Residence, Various times and locations, Free
April 13 George Kuchar: New Video; Filmmaker in attendance, 7pm, UWM Union Theatre, Free
April 23 Experimental Film/Video Series at Woodland Pattern, 7pm, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Tickets: $4
April 27 Experimental Tuesdays -- 2 Blessed 2 B Stressed , 7pm, UWM Union Theatre, Free
April 30 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, 7pm, UWM Union Theatre, Free

Save the date:
May 1 UWM Theatre Lab/Works Series -- Unity (1918) by Kevin Kerr - Directed by Tony Horne, 7:30pm
May 4 UWM Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band, 7:30pm
May 4-9 UWM Theatre Mainstage Series: Hay Fever, all shows at 7:30pm except Sun at 2pm
May 5 Artists Now! Jennifer Bolande: Retrospective, 7pm
May 7 Student Film Festival, 7pm
May 9 UWM Jazz Ensemble & Youth Jazz Ensembles, 7:30pm
May 13 Leonard Sorkin International Institute Of Chamber Music, 7:30pm
May 14 Hip Hop Showing Spring 2010, 7:30pm
May 14-Aug 8 Jennifer Bolande & Cecelia Condit Exhibition, Opening reception May 7, 6-9pm
May 19 Arts/Tech Project Showing, 6-9 pm
May 24 String Academy of Wisconsin: 20th Anniversary Celebration, 7pm

 

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