Music and Theatre Arts News
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Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month celebration begins May 1
The UW-Eau Claire campus is celebrating Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage month with events from May 1-12. Music, dance, art, film and cuisine will highlight connections to past and present Asian culture.
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Nine to receive UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association awards
The Honorary Alumnus Award, Lifetime Excellence Award and President's Award will be given at a May 20 gathering.
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Discovering the Treasures of Pan-Asian Music
To kick off the start of Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, a concert entitled Discovering the Treasures of Pan-Asian Music explores diverse work of APIA performers and composers.
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Eau Claire Jazz Festival returns April 22-23
The cornerstone event of the UW-Eau Claire jazz studies program was strictly virtual for the last two years, but the Eau Claire Jazz Festival returns April 22-23 in full force to campus and Barstow Street.
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UW-Eau Claire music, English faculty write song about pandemic for San Francisco Choral Society
UW-Eau Claire music and English faculty are working together to write the music and lyrics for a song inspired by COVID-19. The San Francisco Choral Society will premiere Chia-Yu Hsu and B.J. Hollars' piece, “To a Lost Year," during its spring concerts.
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The Viennese Ball returns to UW-Eau Claire April 8 and 9
After a two-year absence, the Viennese Ball returns to UW-Eau Claire on April 8 and 9. The 48th celebration of traditional Austrian song, dance, food and drink is a fundraiser for music and theatre arts students.
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Break from performing helps Blugold reimagine his music and his future
Samuel Stein has been performing on and around the UW-Eau Claire campus since he was a freshman. COVID-19 forced the music composition and mathematics major to pause the live performances, something he says gave him time to reimagine his music and goals.
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UW-Eau Claire presents mainstage production 'Silent Sky' beginning March 4
"Silent Sky" from renowned American playwright Lauren Gunderson honors the life and work of early 1900s astronomical scientist Henrietta Leavitt.
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Arts events make connections to 'The Bias Inside Us' exhibit at Pablo
Blugold students in several programs have been inspired by the Smithsonian's "The Bias Inside Us" to develop creative projects that build on the exhibit's themes and lessons of internal bias and discrimination.
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String quartets perform as part of Bias Inside Us series
Two student string quartets coached by Dr. Tulio Rondón, the Eileen Phillips Cohen Quartet and the Blugold Quartet, will perform the music of Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), as well as offer a short lecture.
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Cabaret returns to UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 27
After being canceled in 2021, the signature campus Cabaret show returns to the stage Jan. 27-Feb. 5 with the latest show, "Olympia," taking the audience to a museum where Greek gods come to life.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance event to be held virtually Jan. 17
The annual Eau Claire community celebration recognizing the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will take place virtually again this year, streamed live from Pablo Center at the Confluence at 7 p.m. Jan. 17.
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UW-Eau Claire professor wins international women composer competition
Dr. Chia-Yu Hsu, associate professor of music-composition at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, is the winner of a prestigious international competition that celebrates women composers.
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Leaning into leadership and generosity through music and math: Leah Koepke
Settling on a math major was easy for Leah Koepke once her eyes were opened to the myriad ways to apply a mathematics degree out in the world. Staying with her first love in a music minor allowed Koepke to combine her skills while discovering her path.
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47th UW-Eau Claire Holiday Concert set for Dec. 5
Join us at Pablo Center at the Confluence for the annual UW-Eau Claire Holiday Concert, featuring over 300 Blugold music students in two shows on Dec. 5. Tickets are available at the Pablo Center ticket site.
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Gatsby's Gala returns to UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 13
After being twice shut down by COVID-19, a signature campus event returns. Join us for Gatsby's Gala at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. Tickets are on sale now.
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Inaugural Keezer Legacy Concert set for Oct. 21 at Pablo Center
UW-Eau Claire jazz studies presents the inaugural Keezer Legacy Concert on Thursday, Oct. 21, in the RCU Theatre at Pablo Center at the Confluence. Buy your tickets now.
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Five to receive UW-Eau Claire alumni awards
UW-Eau Claire graduates will receive awards on Oct. 17 as part of the university's Homecoming festivities.
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Concert for Healing
The arts have been a powerful tool for healing during the pandemic, offering a way to express pain, sooth our sense of loss, inspire us to move forward, and to connect with others. The Music and Theatre Arts Department is offering a “Concert for Healing”
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Summer immersion in Central Europe builds knowledge and understanding of history and cultures
A UW-Eau Claire program looked different this year but still gave Blugolds opportunities to be immersed in European history and culture this summer. Three students and two faculty leaders spent three weeks in Germany, Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia.
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Student uses summer research project to create drum line music for Blugold Marching Band
Now in his fourth year, Andrew Smits has enjoyed bringing the Blugold Marching Band's music to life during performances. This year, however, he took things a step further — he wrote and arranged the drum line music for the season.
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Creative Collaboration: A Shakespeare Experiment
Coming this fall, the UW-Eau Claire theatre program will release Disruptions: Illusion vs. Reality, a devised Shakespeare production featuring a sonnet from English professor Dr. Dorothy Chan and music by UWEC student Sam Stein.
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Drum and bugle corps trains at UW-Eau Claire, plans public performances
UW-Eau Claire graduate David Lofy is programs director for the Madison Scouts, a 165-member drum and bugle corps composed of performers ages 15-22 from 29 states and three countries.
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Blugold's journey takes her from opera singer to award-winning poet and bestselling novelist
UW-Eau Claire graduate Jacqueline Cobian West is an award-winning poet and a New York Times bestselling author whose young adult novels are beloved by tweens, teens, parents and teachers. She was a music major but realized writing was her passion.