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UW-Green Bay Music’s 6:30 Concert Series welcomes audiences back with ‘A Varied Trio’

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Sep 29, 2021

GREEN BAY – University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Music’s 6:30 Concert Series is back this Fall season at the Weidner Center. The 6:30 Series will welcome a distanced live audience in Fort Howard Hall in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, while simultaneously streaming live on UW-Green Bay Music’s YouTube Channel. “This season, the (6:30)…

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West Shore Chorale Invites Community Members to Join Rehearsals Begin in September

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Sue Bodilly

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Aug 19, 2021

Marinette, Wis.— UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus invites enthusiastic singers from the community to join West Shore Chorale. The West Shore Chorale has been performing since the late 1980s. It is a collaboration with the Office of Continuing Education and has a unique dynamic, connecting community and university members across all age and ability levels. Some…

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Courtney Sherman named interim associate provost

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Sue Bodilly

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Aug 2, 2021

Courtney Sherman has been named UW-Green Bay’s interim associate provost. An announcement in May by Provost Kate Burns noted that Sherman has demonstrated strong leadership in a variety of ways, including as chair of Music and chair of the University Committee. “Courtney brings a deep commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and is co-chairing the…

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Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Extra! A tale of friends forever and all that jazz

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Sue Bodilly

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Jul 20, 2021

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – This is a story of 88 keys, 15,630 days and friends.The 88 keys represent a piano player.The 15,630 days represent the first time I wrote about piano player Peter Polzak… John Salerno was a student saxophonist in the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble when it featured Peter Polzak. “We…

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Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Review: ‘Evening of Miniatures’ big on exploration in Green Bay

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Sue Bodilly

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May 11, 2021

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – From whimsy to dead seriousness, one of the most unusual annual concerts around was presented Thursday night in a new way because of the COVID-19 pandemic – which made its presence known in the theme of some works.“Part of the goal is to present new music in an accessible way,”…

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Reminder: An Evening of Miniatures

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Sue Bodilly

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May 4, 2021

a very small consortium’s annual Evening of Miniatures returns to the 6:30 Concert Series. This ensemble of UW-Green Bay Music faculty and friends will perform pieces from all over the world that consist of 100 or fewer notes or last one minute or less. Streaming Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 6:30p.m. on UW-Green Bay Music’s YouTube…

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UW Green Bay’s 6:30 Series Wraps Up in Early May with a Virtual Evening of Miniatures | Seehafer News

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Sue Bodilly

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Apr 26, 2021

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Music’s 6:30 Concert Series will wrap up Spring 2021 with its annual presentation of a very small consortium: An Evening of Miniatures.The virtual concert will air on their YouTube Channel on May 6th. This concert is a prerecorded collection of compositions performed in Fort Howard Hall in the Weidner Center for…

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CAHSS events: Conversations on sustainability / Jazz Ensemble

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Apr 19, 2021

Ecological Futures: A Conversation on Sustainability for Earth Week: Join faculty from across the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), along with CAHSS Dean Chuck Rybak, for a virtual Earth Week discussion of the Common CAHSS 2020 theme, “Beyond Sustainability: Imagining an Ecological Future.” The event is Thursday, April 22, 2021, from Noon to 1…

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Tonight! Michelle McQuade Dewhirst | The Next Big Thing

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Sue Bodilly

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Apr 15, 2021

The Weidner Center is proud to present the next No Reservations speaker, Dr. Michelle McQuade Dewhirst | The Next Big Thing: Connecting Through Music in Spite of Everything. Michelle McQuade Dewhirst is a composer, horn player, and Professor of Music at UW-Green Bay and in this upcoming event will discuss how the pandemic has forced musicians…

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Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Review: ‘Adam Gaines: Trumpet and Electronics’ DYI-plus in Green Bay

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Sue Bodilly

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Apr 8, 2021

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The COVID-19 pandemic has shut doors and opened others.The latter involves creativity, such as “Adam Gaines: Trumpet and Electronics.”The music professor’s online presentation “is anything but just another trumpet recital,” he notes before any note is played.Adam Gaines is a member of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Music faculty, an…

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