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The Department of Music presented a Music Mosaic event: Faculty Showcase Recital Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Light Recital Hall in the Greenhill Center of the Arts. The entire Department of Music performance faculty was featured in Saturday night’s showcase, which kicked off the Music Mosaic season! Keith Jarrett, an American pianist and composer, inspired...
The Medical College of Wisconsin violated its commitment to academic freedom when it barred the Wisconsin Association of Scholars from holding its spring symposium.
Cellist George Neikrug, who died in 2019 at the age of 100, was a celebrated performer and orchestral principal. However, his skills as a pedagogue were second to none, writes University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Benjamin Whitcomb, who has gathered personal recollections
2020-12-15T19:47:00+00:00 French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras discusses recording Beethoven’s ‘Triple’ Concerto during the pandemic, and the value of working with his musical ‘family’ JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS: The French cellist talks to Pauline Harding about socially distanced concerts, contemporary composers and his recording of Beethoven’s ‘Triple’ Concerto CT SCANNING THE ’MESSIAH’: In 2016 Stradivari’s best-known violin underwent a non-invasive examination. Francesco Piasentini and Gregg Alf reveal the findings, particularly in the neck area GEORGE NEIKRUG: Students ...