Music + Theatre Arts News
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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.
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Recent music education graduate finds great success in Texas
“Rookie Teacher of the Year”. That’s the new title of 2020 UW-Eau Claire graduate Peyton Gunzke. A native of Waseca, MN, Grunzke majored in Music Education with an instrumental emphasis in her time at UWEC.
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Threepenny Opera: A Conductor's Perspective
Making more with less. This is the mindset Dr. Alastair Wright is adopting this semester while working on UW-Eau Claire’s production of “The Threepenny Opera” (music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, Blitzstein English translation).
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Theatre Program Celebrates Eau Claire with Get Lost Podcast
On April 16, 2021, the UWEC Theatre Arts program released the first two episodes of Get Lost: A Walking Podcast of Eau Claire. Entirely devised, written, and performed by students, Get Lost explores common areas of the city and their not-so-common stories
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Eau Claire Jazz Festival will be virtual, livestreamed event on April 23
After a one-year hiatus because of the pandemic, the Eau Claire Jazz Festival is back in 2021 with an online concert featuring Chippewa Valley talent and virtual music education clinics for middle and high school students.
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Threepenny Opera: A Director's Perspective
As the old saying goes: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” This well-known proverb rings especially true in the discussion of UW-Eau Claire’s upcoming mainstage production: “Threepenny Opera”. In a world plagued by COVID-19, the Department of Music
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Music and Theatre offer four new summer camps
In summer 2021, the UW-Eau Claire Music and Theatre Arts department will begin offering new week-long, immersive summer-learning options for middle and high school students interested in varying areas of music and theatre.
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UWEC Students Bring Adaptive Music Skills from the Classroom to the Juvenile Detention Center
In between her various teaching duties at the university, professor and music therapist Lee Anna Rasar spends her free time and holidays providing music services at the regional juvenile detention center, a local hospital, multiple long term care centers,
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Virtual Viennese Ball set for April 8 and 10
Through creative determination, abundant talent and the genius of technology, the grand traditions of UW-Eau Claire's Viennese Ball return for 2021, with the virtual event beginning at 7 p.m. each night.
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UW-Eau Claire pianist to perform two recitals featuring underrepresented composers
A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire pianist who often includes pieces written by underrepresented composers is playing two virtual recitals in the coming weeks that celebrate equity, diversity and inclusion.
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Board of Regents approves Haas Fine Arts Center renovations
Renovations to the 50-year-old UW-Eau Claire building include remodeling rehearsal spaces and classrooms to improve acoustics and sound isolation.
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First Fridays Series set for spring
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UW-Eau Claire composer's work featured in The Minnesota Orchestra concert
Dr. Chia-Yu Hsu tells her music students getting to know other Blugolds will make a difference in their future careers. After all, who you know matters in the music world. Her work will be included in a concert this week thanks to her own college network.
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UWEC's Mainstage Productions Adapt to Virtual World
Like any performing arts institution within the past year, the UWEC Theatre Arts program has had to adapt its season to the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, none of its four mainstage productions will see live, in-person audiences, but
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School and college experiences help Blugold find future career path
Ryan Pelle came to UW-Eau Claire thinking he would someday be a field biologist. Instead, he discovered that his passion is education. After earning his biology degree this month, he plans to return to college for a teaching degree.
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Piano Professor Namji Kim releases debut CD
Dr. Namji Kim, a professor of piano at UW-Eau Claire, has released "Les 13 Barcarolles," her debut CD recording of music by composer Gabriel Fauré.
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Virtual Music and Theatre Guest Artist Series
We are excited to announce UW-Eau Claire’s Music and Theatre Arts Department’s 2020-2021 Guest Artist Series! Because of the pandemic, this series will look different, but we are now able to welcome in more guest artists than ever before, virtually!
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Power of the Band
Thursday, November 5, WQOW will air a prime time special named "Power of the Band." It is a 40-minute program that details the history, development, and future of the BMB. It also includes segments on technology, diversity within the band, in
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UWEC welcomes guitar professor Felipe Vargas Magdaleno
This fall, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Music and Theatre Arts department welcomes a new guitar faculty to campus. Felipe Vargas Magdaleno hopes to use his expertise to expand the university’s opportunities for both beginner and experienced
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Virtual concerts, adapted masks and reorganized ensembles: Music in the time of coronavirus
When the very activities a program is based on are considered to be "superspreader activities," the task of teaching and learning becomes a seemingly impossible task during a viral pandemic. Find out how music is carrying on despite this challenge.
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UW-Eau Claire composer helps to bring historic building to life
Dr. Chia-Yu Hsu, associate professor of music-composition, was commissioned to write music to accompany a virtual tour of the historic Milwaukee City Hall. The tour is part of the Doors Open Milwaukee, a public celebration of Milwaukee’s architecture.
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Teaching online cello students in Venezuela
Tulio Rondon, cello professor at UW-Eau Claire, recounts his experience this summer teaching at the Academia de Verano Mozarteum Caracas: “This summer I taught at the Academia de Verano Mozarteum Caracas (Summer Academy of Mozarteum Caracas).
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Renovations illuminating for Haas Fine Arts Center venues
New lighting systems will allow for more visibility and provide additional creative options for production personnel to support “the artistic visions of those performing."