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Activities & Events

Special Activities

Cabaret Productions

Cabaret Productions was founded in 1978 to provide experience for UW-Eau Claire Music and Theatre Arts students in arranging and staging a variety show. Cabaret provides for our students a valuable practicum during their course of study at the university. Many of the students performing in this show are music majors who will need to produce musicals and variety shows during their professional career. Annually, there are ten student directors working with a cast of 130 students.
Cabaret
Photo from Cabaret XVII - Roadtrip

Cabaret began in 1978 with a modest sound system, little staging and piano accompaniment. Today, Cabaret involves a 10 month production schedule where students arrange, choreograph, rehearse and stage the annual production with orchestra. Each year student Cabaret directors enroll in a course addressing arranging, choreography and other areas involved in the production of a musical variety show. Cabaret Productions has raised over $200,000 in support of on-going scholarships for dedicated music students in the Voice/Choral Area and Jazz Area at UW-Eau Claire.

Contact the University Service Center (715/836-3727) for ticket information.


Madrigal Dinner

Ye Olde Madrigal Dinner is a 15th-century-style banquet with music and entertainment by the Court Chamber Choir, Court Brass Choir, Court Recorders and Court Thespians.

A candlelit 15th Century banquet hall, draped with medieval banners and evergreen accents the scene. An English court jester beckons the diners to join the festivities. The mood is one of enchantment from Christmas long ago.

Unstick thy mind from the present day,
Let it come with us, let it fly away
On wings of laughter, wings of song,
Wings that carry each along
To a special time, a special place
That magically, mystically cares erase.

Wassail Good Lords and Ladies Faire!

Madrigal Dinner Photo Gallery

Contact the University Service Center (715/836-3727) for ticket information.

Madrigal Dinner
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Calendar of Choral Events

"Wisconsin's Singing University"

2008-2009

[OCT] [NOV] [DEC] [JAN] [FEB] [MAR] [APR] [MAY] [JULY]

DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION
September 27, 2008
Minn. Twins Baseball Game - The Singing Statesmen
6:10 p.m.
Twins Stadium
October 3, 2008
Varsity Show - The Singing Statesmen
7:00 p.m.
Zorn Arena
October 10, 2008
Concert:  A Cappella Extravaganza featuring UWEC ensembles including Impromptu, Fifth Element, Innocent Men, Girls Night Out, Chamber Choir
7:30 p.m.
Schofield Auditorium
October 13, 2008
Choral Festival
All Day
Gantner Concert Hall
October 11, 2008
Concert:  Choral Festival
1:15 & 7:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
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DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION
November 6-8, 2008
NATS Auditions
November 14, 2008
Concert:  Singing Statesmen, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor
7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
November 16, 2008
Concert:  Concert Choir, Gary Schwarzthoff, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
November 16, 2008
Concert: Women's Concert Chorale, Alan Rieck, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
November 19-21, 2008
Fall Tour: The Singing Statesmen
TBA TBA
November 23, 2008
Concert: Symphonic Choir, Alan Rieck, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
November 24, 2008
Concert:  Women's Chorus, Robert Mondlock, conductor
7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
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DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION
December 5 & 6, 2008
Ye Olde Madrigal Dinner: A 15th-century-style banquet with music and entertainment by the Court Chamber Choir, Court Brass Choir, Court Recorders and Court Thespians
6:30 p.m.
Council Fire Room, Davies Center
December 7, 2008
Holiday Concerts:  Concert Choir, Singing Statesmen, Symphonic Choir, Women's Concert Chorale
2:00 & 5:00 p.m.
Zorn Arena
December 12, 2008
Annual Foyer Concert:  Featuring  Music Dept. ensembles
Noon
Haas Fine Arts Center Lobby
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DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION
January 22-23 & 29-30, 2009
Cabaret:  Featuring the Cabaret Orchestra, Concert Choir, Singing Statesmen, and Women's Concert Chorale
7:30 p.m.
Council Fire Room, Davies Center
January 24 & 31, 2009
Cabaret:  Featuring the Cabaret Orchestra, Concert Choir, Singing Statesmen, and Women's Concert Chorale
2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Council Fire Room, Davies Center
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DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION
February 14, 2009
Music Department Auditions
All Day
Haas Fine Arts Center
February 15, 2009
Performance: Washington National Cathedral - Concert Choir
3:30 p.m.
Washington, DC
February 16, 2009
Performance: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - Concert Choir
3:00 p.m.
Washington, DC
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  March
DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION
March 12-21, 2009
South African Tour: Women's Concert Chorale, Alan Rieck, conductor
March 25-27, 2009
Artist-in-Residence: James Mulholland
TBA
TBA
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  April
DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION
April 7, 2009
Concert: UW-Eau Claire Clearwater Choral Invitational
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
April 17 & 18, 2009
Viennese Ball
6:30 p.m.
Davies Center
April 19, 2009
Concert:  Concert Choir, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
April 20, 2009
Concert:  Women's Chorus, Robert Mondlock, conductor
7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
April 26, 2009
Concert:  Women's Concert Chorale, Alan Rieck, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
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  May
DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION
May 1, 2009
Concert:  The Singing Statesmen, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor
7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
May 3, 2009
Concert: Symphonic Choir, Alan Rieck, conductor with the University Symphony Orchestra, Nobuyoshi Yasuda, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
July 10-19, 2009
Switzerland Tour: Concert Choir Alumni, Gary Schwartzhoff Director

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