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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 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.

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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!

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

 
Madrigal Dinner

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Calendar of Choral Events 2009-2010

"Wisconsin's Singing University"


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October 2009

Date
Event
Time
Location
Oct. 9
Concert: A Cappella Extravaganza featuring UWEC ensembles including Impromptu, Fifth Element, Innocent Men, Girls Night Out, Chamber Choir 7:30 p.m.
Schofield Auditorium
Oct. 10
Clearwater Choral Festival
All day
Gantner Concert Hall
Oct. 10
Concert: Choral Festival - Choral Division Concert featuring The Singing Statesmen and Women's Concert Chorale
1:15 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Oct. 10
Concert: Choral Festival Concert
7:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Oct. 11
Concert: The Master Singers with guests UWEC Women's Chorus
2:00 p.m.
First Lutheran Church
Oct. 16
Varsity Show: The Singing Statesmen
7:00 p.m.
Zorn Arena


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November 2009

Date
Event
Time
Location
Nov. 6-7
NATS Student Auditions
TBA
Gantner Concert Hall
Nov. 13
Concert: Singing Statesmen, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor
7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Nov. 15
Concert: Concert Choir, Gary Schwarzthoff, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Nov. 15
Concert: Women's Concert Chorale, Alan Rieck, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Nov. 18-20
Fall Tour: The Singing Statesmen and Women's Concert Chorale
TBA
TBA
Nov. 22
Concert: Symphonic Choir, Alan Rieck, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Nov. 23
Concert: Women's Chorus
7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall


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December 2009


Date
Event
Time
Location
Dec. 4-5
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
Dec. 6
Holiday Concerts: Concert Choir, Singing Statesmen, Symphonic Choir, Women's Concert Chorale
2 & 5:00 p.m.
Zorn Arena
Dec. 11
Annual Foyer Concert: Featuring Music Dept. ensembles
Noon
Haas Fine Arts Center Lobby
Dec. 27 - Jan. 5, 2010
International Tour: The Singing Statesmen performance tour to Argentina and Uruguay


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January 2010

Date
Event
Time
Location
Jan. 21-22 & 28-29
Cabaret: Featuring the Cabaret Orchestra, Concert Choir, Singing Statesmen, and Women's Concert Chorale
7:30 p.m.
Council Fire Room, Davies
Jan. 23 & 30
Cabaret: Featuring the Cabaret Orchestra, Concert Choir, Singing Statesmen, and Women's Concert Chorale
2 & 7:30 p.m.
Council Fire Room, Davies


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February 2010

Date
Event
Time
Location
Feb. 13
Music Department Auditions
All day
Haas Fine Arts Center


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March 2010


Date
Event
Time
Location
Mar. 6
Music Department Auditions
All day
Haas Fine Arts Center
Mar. 13
Performance: The Singing Statesmen at the Great Northern Union Concert Series
TBA
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar. 14
Concert: Choral Area Winter Concert
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Mar. 24-26
Artist-in-Residence:
TBA
TBA


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April 2010


Date
Event
Time
Location
Apr. 6
UW-Eau Claire Clearwater Choral Invitational
All day
Gantner Concert Hall
Apr. 9 & 10
Viennese Ball: The Singing Statesmen and Women's Concert Chorale
6:30 p.m.
Davie's Center
Apr. 17
Performance: The Singing Statesmen at the Stillwater Male Chorus Festival
TBA
Stillwater, Minnesota
Apr. 18
Concert: Concert Choir, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Apr. 25
Concert: Women's Concert Chorale, Alan Rieck, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
Apr. 26
Concert: Women's Chorus
7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall


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May 2010

Date
Event
Time
Location
May 7
Concert: The Singing Statesmen, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor
7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall
May 9
Concert: Choral Union
5:00 p.m.
Zorn Arena


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