C. Rasmussen Studio Recital — Strings
October 11, 2025 3:00 PMString studio recital featuring the students of WCM faculty Charlie Rasmussen.
📍 McIntosh Goodrich Mansion — Helen Bader Recital Hall
Concert Companion Series: MSO – Fandango & Rapsodie
Concert Companion Series: MSO – Fandango & Rapsodie
Event Date: April 4, 2026 3:00 PM
Led by members of WCM’s faculty artists and held at the historic McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion on Prospect Avenue, these classes provide a world of insight into the composers and music of a featured performance. Members of the class will learn about, listen to, and discuss the music for three weeks before experiencing it in person – together! Wine and cheese are offered at most classes, and the cost of ticket is included in the cost of enrollment.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – Fandango & Rapsodie
Program: Ravel (Alborado del gracioso), Arturo Márquez (Fandango), Ravel (Rapsodie espangole), Turina, (Danzas fantásticas)
Class Led by: Juan Pablo Horcasitas
Class Dates: Apr 4, Apr 11, & Apr 18 (3:00pm) 📍 McIntosh Goodrich Mansion
Performance: Apr 25 (7:30pm) 📍 Bradley Symphony Center
Description: MSO First Associate Concertmaster Ilana Setapen commands the stage with Arturo Márquez’s folk-infused violin concerto Fandango. “I had known this music since I was a child,” says Márquez, “listening to it in the cinema, on the radio, and listening to my father, a mariachi violinist (Arturo Márquez, Sr.) interpret huastecos and mariachi music.” Márquez says Fandango adheres to his “seven capital principles: tonality, modality, melody, rhythm, imaginary folk tradition, harmony, and orchestral color.” Guest conductor Asher Fisch leads this vivid program, which concludes with two Spain-inspired pieces by Ravel, as well as Turina’s Danzas fantásticas; Turina’s trio of evocative dances are set in the Aragon, Basque, and Andalusian regions of Spain.
Registration: $60 (includes three class meetings and a concert ticket) – Click Here to Register
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October Jazz Jam Session
October 15, 2025 7:00 PM📍 McIntosh Goodrich Mansion
Join us for WCM’s Jazz Jam — free and open to all skill levels! Bring your instrument, your voice, or just enjoy the music as students, local musicians, and jazz fans come together for an evening of improvisation and community.
This event is free and open to the public.
October Music Hour #1
October 18, 2025 12:30 PMPerform for an audience in a relaxed, friendly setting and grow your performance skills alongside fellow musicians.
📍 McIntosh Goodrich Mansion – Helen Bader Recital Hall
SIGN UP THROUGH YOUR PRIVATE LESSON TEACHER
FREE & OPEN to All Experience Levels!
October Music Hour #2
October 18, 2025 3:00 PMPerform for an audience in a relaxed, friendly setting and grow your performance skills alongside fellow musicians.
📍 McIntosh Goodrich Mansion – Helen Bader Recital Hall
SIGN UP THROUGH YOUR PRIVATE LESSON TEACHER
FREE & OPEN to All Experience Levels!
Hellerman/Hahn/Notestine Studio Recital — Voice
October 24, 2025 5:30 PMVoice studio recital featuring the students of WCM faculty Martha Hellermann, Luke Hahn, and Elizabeth Notestine.
📍 McIntosh Goodrich Mansion — Helen Bader Recital Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
Concert Companion Series: MSO – Paul Lewis Plays Grieg
October 25, 2025 3:00 PMLed by members of WCM’s faculty artists and held at the historic McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion on Prospect Avenue, these classes provide a world of insight into the composers and music of a featured performance. Members of the class will learn about, listen to, and discuss the music for three weeks before experiencing it in person – together! Wine and cheese are offered at most classes, and the cost of ticket is included in the cost of enrollment.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – Paul Lewis Plays Grieg
Program: Rautavaara (Cantus Arcticus), Grieg (Piano Concerto), Nielsen (Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable”)
Class Led by: Juan Pablo Horcasitas
Class Dates: Oct 25, Nov 1, & Nov 8 (3:00pm) 📍 McIntosh Goodrich Mansion
Performance: Nov 15 (7:30pm) 📍 Bradley Symphony Center
Description: “Music is Life, and like it, it is inextinguishable.” Composer Carl Nielsen penned these words across the top of the score of his fourth symphony, now best known as “The Inextinguishable” — the fourth sets out to “express what we understand by the spirit of life or manifestations of life, that is: everything that moves, that wants to live.” Nielsen never provides a clear story, instead unleashing the music to express a range of pure feeling, both primal and pleasantly chaotic; guest conductor Rune Bergmann is perfectly suited for this ambitious symphony.
Registration: $60 (includes three class meetings and a concert ticket) – Click Here to Register
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