UW-Parkside Music

05/05/2026

UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble and Community Band
Guest artist Kalyn Harewood ('21), voice
Thursday, May 7 7:00pm Bedford Concert Hall
Tickets: https://uwparksidetickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2302

Sea Hawk - - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Heaven at Night - - Katahj Copley
Old American Songs - - Aaron Copland
Little Mexican Suite - - Nubia Jaime Donjuan

02/23/2026

"Roots of Early American Music"
UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble and Community Band
Thursday, March 12
7:00pm Bedford Concert Hall
Tickets: https://uwparksidetickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2301

In anticipation of the 250th of America, come hear early musical influences that have become part of the fabric of our culture.

Special guests include organ soloist Brian Schoettler in Charles Ives' "Variations on 'America'" - trading variations with the band - and Glenfele (fiddlers Anna Perkins and William Bice, with guest Andy McDonah on guitar) trading Scottish dances with the band in "Four Scottish Dances" by Malcom Arnold.

Also on the program; "Maiden Voyage" by Shirley Mier, "Exhilaration and Cry from 'Southern Harmony'" by Don Grantham, and "Fanfare Esprit" by Carol Brittin Chambers.

12/09/2025

Congratulations to Outstanding Graduate Ali Torkelson, music education and jazz double major, graduating on Saturday!

12/05/2025

12/01/2025

This Thursday! Spread the word!
University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Wind Ensemble and Community Band
Thursday, December 4
7:00pm Bedford Concert Hall
Tickets at the door or online: https://uwparksidetickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2300
To Keep Thine Honor Bright - Anne McGinty
Fields of Grain as Seen from a Train - Tim Mahr
Ritual Dances - Shawn E. Okpebholo
The Moon Glistens - Joni Greene
Florentiner - Julius Fučik

11/18/2025

University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Wind Ensemble and Community Band
Thursday, December 4
7:00pm Bedford Concert Hall
Tickets at the door or online: https://uwparksidetickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2300
To Keep Thine Honor Bright - Anne McGinty
Fields of Grain as Seen from a Train - Tim Mahr
Ritual Dances - Shawn E. Okpebholo
The Moon Glistens - Joni Greene
Florentiner - Julius Fučik

11/17/2025

Parkside music alumna, Bony Benavides!

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Where in the world is Bony Benavides? The Milwaukee conguera, or conga drummer, is making her mark in the traditionally male-dominated field of percussion.

10/05/2025

UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble & Community Band
Thursday, October 9
7:00pm Bedford Concert Hall
Dr. James Ripley, guest conductor
Tickets: https://uwparksidetickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2290

Fanfare for Freedom - Quincy Hilliard
Jessie's Well - Ralph Hultgren
Songs of Paradise - Kevin Walczyk
Out of the Shadows, Love Shines - Joni Greene
Unidad en Rítmo - Michele Fernández