Activities & Events

• Special Activities
  • Cabaret
  • Madrigal Dinner

• Calendar of Choral Events

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.

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.

Calendar of Choral Events

"Wisconsin's Singing University"

2007-2008

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

October
DATE	EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
October 5, 2007	Varsity Show - The Singing Statesmen	7:00 p.m.	Zorn Arena
October 12, 2007	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, 2007	Choral Festival	All Day	Gantner Concert Hall
October 13, 2007	Concert:  Choral Festival	7:00 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
November
DATE	EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
November 2-3, 2007	NATS Auditions
November 10, 2007	Concert:  Singing Statesmen, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor	7:30 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
November 11, 2007	Concert:  Concert Choir, Gary Schwarzthoff, conductor	2:00 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
November 14-16, 2007	Fall Tour: Women's Concert Chorale
November 16, 2007	Fall Tour: The Singing Statesmen
November 18, 2007	Concert: Women's Concert Chorale, Alan Rieck, conductor	5:00 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
November 19, 2007	Concert:  Women's Chorus, Dan Newman, conductor	7:30 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
November 28, 2007	Fall Tour: Chamber Choir
December
DATE	EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
November 30 & December 1, 2007	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 2, 2007	Concert: Symphonic Choir, Alan Rieck, conductor	2:00 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
December 9, 2007	Holiday Concerts:  Concert Choir, Singing Statesmen, Symphonic Choir, Women's Concert Chorale	2:00 & 5:00 p.m.	Zorn Arena
December 14, 2007	Annual Foyer Concert:  Featuring  Music Dept. ensembles	Noon	Haas Fine Arts Center Lobby
January
DATE	EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
January 17-19, 24-26, 2008	Cabaret:  Featuring the Cabaret Orchestra, Concert Choir, Singing Statesmen, and Women's Concert Chorale	7:30 p.m.	Council Fire Room, Davies Center
January 19 & 26, 2008	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
January 17, 2008	Music Department Auditions	All Day	Haas Fine Arts Center
February
DATE	EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
February 16, 2008	Music Department Auditions	All Day	Haas Fine Arts Center
March
DATE	EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
March 7, 2008	Performance:  The Singing Statesmen, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor at the American Choral Directors Association North Central Division Conference	9:30 a.m.	Fargo, North Dakota
March 7, 2008	Performance:  Women's Concert Chorale, Alan Rieck, conductor at the American Choral Directors Association North Central Division Conference	1:30 p.m.	Fargo, North Dakota
March 9, 2008	Concert:  American Choral Directors Association	2:00 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
April
DATE	EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
April 11, 2008	Performance:  The Singing Statesmen, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor at the Music Educators National Conference	10:00 a.m.	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
April 11 & 12, 2008	Viennese Ball	6:30 p.m.	Davies Center
April 13, 2008	Concert:  Concert Choir, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor	2:00 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
April 16-18, 2008	Spring Tour:  Concert Choir, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor
April 21, 2008	Concert:  Women's Chorus, Daniel Newman, director	7:30 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
April 26, 2008	Concert: The Singing Statesmen, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor at AMCA "Big Sing"	7:00 p.m.	Zorn Arena
April 27, 2008	Concert:  Women's Concert Chorale, Alan Rieck, conductor	2:00 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
May
DATE	EVENT	TIME	LOCATION
May 2, 2008	Concert:  The Singing Statesmen, Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor	7:30 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
May 4, 2008	Concert: Symphonic Choir, Alan Rieck, conductor with the University Symphony Orchestra, Nobuyoshi Yasuda, conductor	5:00 p.m.	Gantner Concert Hall
May 26-June 8	European Tour: Concert Choir, Gary Schwartzhoff Director