Event

2018 Summer Series Pass

Summer Series concerts are Friday evenings at 6:00pm in the sanctuary of the beautiful Immanuel Lutheran Church (1021 Spaight St) right on Lake Monona in the vibrant Willy Street neighborhood. Enjoy 60-90 minutes of inspiring and unforgettable live music, then go explore the neighborhood with the remaining daylight hours!

Following the performance, enjoy a reception provided by one of our amazing Willy Street restaurant partners (past contributors have been Underground Butcher, Let it Ride Cold Brew Coffee, Madison Sourdough, Willy Street Co-Op, Festival Foods, and more)
While you enjoy your snacks, chat with our friendly musicians and ask us about the performance, the pieces, and the group. We love interacting with our awesome audience!

Summer Series 1: Voice and Strings
Friday, July 6 at 6pm
featuring Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo-soprano

Caroline Shaw: "Cant voi laube"
Colin Jacobsen: For Sixty Cents
Michael Kelley: Five Animal Stories for String Sextet and "Ashug"
Johannes Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, op. 111

Summer Series 2: Gershwin and Glazunov
Friday, July 20 at 6pm
featuring Les Thimmig, soprano saxophone

Alexander Glazunov: String Quintet in A Major, op. 39
George Gershwin: Six arias from "Porgy and Bess" arr. Les Thimmig

Summer Series 3: Worldwide Winds
Friday, July 27 at 6pm
featuring Timothy Hagen, flute and Alicia Lee, clarinet, Thomas Kasdorf, piano

Luigi Boccherini: "Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid", op. 30 No. 6
Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Andrew Norman: Light Screens
Johann Straus II: "Kaiser-Walzer", op. 437, Arr. Arnold Schoenberg