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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – 2023

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Overhead view of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, May 7, 2023, 3 p.m. – Weidner Center

For nearly two decades, Brown County Civic Music has capped its annual classical-music subscription series with a visit by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Led by Music Director Ken-David Masur, the MSO is among the finest orchestras in the nation. The full-time professional musicians perform more than 135 classics, pops, family, education, and community concerts each season in venues throughout the state.

For more on the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, visit https://www.mso.org/

New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players ‘Pirates of Penzance’

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Monday, March 27, 2023 7:30 p.m., Weidner Center for the Performing Arts

Here’s a Weidner Center delight: a fully staged and costumed operetta with Broadway-caliber vocalists and comic actors in an entertaining evening of musical theatre. Celebrate the return of New York opera to the Green Bay stage and Civic Music lineup with Mabel, Frederic, that most Modern Major General, and a deep and talented cast accompanied by a live pit orchestra. Reviewers laud the Players for excellence in both music and production, with ‘crisp dancing and staging and the rib-tickling comic business that enlivens the entire performance.’

For more on the MFor more on the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, visit https://nygasp.org/

Frisson

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Image of woodwind ensemble Frisson

Friday, March 3, 2023 7:30 p.m., Cup O Joy auditorium

Woodwinds and strings come together for a sublime evening of music. From New York City, Frisson features the best and brightest of classical music’s rising stars. Frisson showcases a myriad of rarely-performed masterworks, and the group expands and contracts into a variety of ensembles, including quintets, sextets, nonets, and a small chamber orchestra. The ensemble is rapidly building a name for itself as one of the genre’s most exciting new attractions.

For more on the Frisson ensemble, visit https://www.frissonensemble.com/home

Davin-Levin Duo

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Harp and guitar duo Davin and Levin

Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 7:30 p.m., Cup O Joy auditorium

The harp and guitar are both plucked string instruments, but the resonance and range of the harp combined with the precision of the guitar create an extraordinary sound. The Davin-Levin Duo features Emily Levin, principal harp with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Colin Davin, an accomplished performer and educator with the Cleveland Institute of Music. In the intimate setting of the Cup O Joy auditorium, this concert promises a beautiful yet out-of-the-ordinary musical experience for Civic Music subscribers.

For more on the Davin-Levin Duo, visit https://www.davinlevin.com/

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

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Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Weidner Center for the Performing Arts

These London-based players form one of classical music’s finest ensembles, renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretation of the world’s most beautiful music. Drawn from the principal players of the Academy Orchestra and led by violinist Tomo Keller, the Chamber Ensemble performs in all shapes and sizes, from string quintets to octets, and in various other configurations featuring winds. Recording contracts with Philips Classics, Hyperion, and Chandos have led to the release of over thirty CDs. On the same weekend Green Bay’s most famous ambassadors, the Packers, make their London debut, these towering talents return the favor with a not-to-be-missed Civic Music performance.

For more on the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, visit https://www.asmf.org/

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band & Chicken Dinner June 26

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Sunday, June 26, Historic Riverside Ballroom

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band outside in grass

A celebration of music and culture, with Social hour at 3 o’clock, Dinner at 4, Music at 5:

For centuries, traveling Jewish and Roma musicians crisscrossed Eastern Europe playing for weddings and celebrations. The unique music that emerged from the Chassidic and gypsy folk styles is Klezmer. Jewish immigrants arriving in America added jazz and new instrumentation to the Old World tradition. Klezmer’s influence spread widely in the U.S., including the clarinet-forward sounds of Big Band music. Maxwell Street Klezmer Band will lead us on a cultural, musical tour of different eras and styles.

  • Venue: The Historic Riverside Ballroom, 1560 Main Street, Green Bay
  • Ticketing: For subscribers, this is a makeup from the pandemic-canceled March date in 2020. Tickets from that date will be honored at the door, as will tickets re-issued as part of this year’s Spring Series, along with any Civic Music “bonus tickets.” For non-subscribers, tickets are available only through Civic Music, $25 for adults, $10 for youth K-16, and group discounts for six or more; for info, inquire at the door on concert day or call 920 338-1801 in advance.
  • RSVPs needed for chicken dinner: Already have your concert ticket? For only $12.95 per person, you can sign up for the Riverside’s famous chicken dinner, with table seating at 4 p.m., one hour before the concert begins. Call Civic Music (920 338-1801) to add the dinner option. You will be checked in at the door, and given a wristband.

Chanticleer

Bobbi Carlson

7:30 Tuesday, Oct 1, 2024, Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at UWGB

For nearly 50 years, Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer’s
amazing virtuosity and “orchestra of voices” has dazzled audiences around the
world, including Green Bay. Their wide-ranging repertoire includes
renaissance, classical, gospel, jazz, popular music, plus new compositions and
arrangements.

For more on Chanticleer, visit Chanticleer.org

Copper Street Brass

Bobbi Carlson

7:30 Thursday, Dec 12, 2024, Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center

Break free from the usual Christmas concert experience with an
evening of jazzy arrangements of familiar carols and music from favorite movies
and TV specials. Copper Street Brass will celebrate the magic of the season with
their dazzling fusion of brass, keyboard, guitar, percussion, and electronic
instruments.

For more on Copper Street Brass, visit https://www.copperstreetbrass.org/

Goitse

Bobbi Carlson

3:00 Sunday, Mar 9, 2025, Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center

Start celebrating St. Patrick’s Day early with Goitse — a leader of the new
generation of traditional Irish ensembles. World and All-Ireland Bodhrán
champion Colm Phelan, guitarist Conal O’Kane, and the charismatic voice of Áine
McGeeney form the foundation for this award-winning quintet’s renditions of new
compositions and traditional Irish tunes.

*Goitse, a Gaelic word for ‘come here’, is pronounced – Go-wit-cha

For more on Goitse, visit https://www.artsmg.com/artists/goitse

Laura Strickling

Bobbi Carlson

7:30 Wednesday, March 26, 2025 • Meyer Theater

Soprano Laura Strickling, a two-time Grammy award nominee, has won wide
acclaim for her deeply expressive, nuanced sound. The New York Times has
praised her “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence.” She and piano
accompanist Daniel Schlosberg will draw from her repertoire of more than 450
songs and vocal chamber works in 14 languages.

For more on Laura Strickling, visit https://www.laurastrickling.com/