UWM String Academy

The UWM String Academy is heading to the Bradley Symphony Center!

Our students will perform as part of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Milwaukee Musician Showcase on Friday, May 15 at 6:00 p.m.

This free event highlights local singers, instrumentalists, poets, and creatives across genres. Reserve your seat and come see our students in Allen-Bradley Hall: bit.ly/MSOMusicianShowcase

Congratulations and brava! to Elliana Kang for her performance today as a soloist on the Bach Double Concerto with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ❤️

414 for UWM Giving Days - String Academy Fund Challenge!

An anonymous friend of the String Academy will unlock a $3,000 gift when 25 donors give to the fund! ❤

Every gift helps us reach that goal and supports our students and families by making music education accessible and sustaining our outreach programs in MPS schools.

Please make your gift here:
https://give.uwmfoundation.org/campaigns/75121/donations/new?designation=uwmstringacademyfund&a=12714210

414 for UWM Giving Days - String Academy Fund Challenge

An anonymous friend of the String Academy will unlock a $3,000 gift when 25 donors give to the fund.

Every gift helps us reach that goal and supports our students and families by making music education accessible and sustaining our outreach programs in MPS schools.

Make your gift here:
https://give.uwmfoundation.org/campaigns/75121/donations/new?designation=uwmstringacademyfund&a=12714210

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Coming up next week! Please help support the UWM String Academy!!!

UWM Giving Days (414 for UWM) are coming up April 13–14. The String Academy has a $3,000 matching gift, so every dollar to the String Academy Fund will be doubled! The giving link is already live:
https://give.uwmfoundation.org/campaigns/75121/donations/new?designation=uwmstringacademyfund&a=12714210

UWM Giving Days (414 for UWM) are coming up April 13–14. The String Academy has a $3,000 matching gift, so every dollar to the String Academy Fund will be doubled! The giving link is already live:
https://give.uwmfoundation.org/campaigns/75121/donations/new?designation=uwmstringacademyfund&a=12714210

Congratulations, Steve Ayers!!! You completely deserve this award!

We’re honored to celebrate Steven Ayers as a recipient of the Youth Music Certificate of Excellence at this year’s Civic Music MKE Educator Awards! His dedication to students and collaborative artistry continues to shape and inspire Milwaukee’s musical community.

Join us in recognizing his outstanding contributions to music education on Sunday, March 1 at the Bradley Symphony Center!

Learn more about Steven on our website: https://www.civicmusicmilwaukee.org/2026-educator-awards-recipients

We are very excited to be performing with the UWM Symphony Orchestra! Please come and hear our students play the Vivaldi Concerto of 2 Violins - Fri Dec 5th, 7:30 PM, Zelazo.

Join the UWM Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant and seasonally inspired program celebrating the spirit of December. The evening opens with the Baroque energy of J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3, followed by Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins, featuring a group of outstanding young violinists from the UWM String Academy.

The program continues with Ravel’s charming and imaginative Mother Goose Suite (Ma mère l’Oye), bringing beloved fairy tales to life through color and storytelling. The concert concludes with the festive elegance of Johann Strauss II’s Kaiser-Walzer, capturing the warmth and joy of the holiday season.

We invite you to join us for an evening of beautiful music, exceptional artistry, and musical traditions that uplift and inspire.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5 at 7:30pm at H.Bader Concert Hall

https://uwm.edu/arts/event/uwm-symphony-orchestra/

Friends,

String Academy faculty member Jamie Hofman will be performing alongside UWM faculty Todd Levy (clarinet), Elena Abend (piano), Adrien Zitoun (cello), and Bernard Zinck (violin) in the upcoming Chamber Music Milwaukee concert, Times of War.

Jamie will be honored to perform on one of the Violins of Hope - a violin that survived the Holocaust and carries the stories of its past players. It’s a powerful program, and we hope you can join us.

Thursday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m.
UWM Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Violins of Hope: Chamber Music Milwaukee - Music in the Times of War Chamber Music Milwaukee presents a powerful program exploring music created in times of war, including works connected to the Holocaust and the resilience of the human spirit. The concert features faculty artists Todd Levy (clarinet), Bernard Zinck (violin), Elena Abend (piano), and Jamie Hofman (vi...

Do you have an instrument in the closet? Are you looking for something fun to do over the summer? Join the UWM University Community Orchestra! Open to high schoolers and adults. https://uwm.edu/sce/courses/university-community-orchestra/

University Community Orchestra The University Community Orchestra invites advanced beginners or skilled amateurs (ages 15 and older) to rehearse and perform together. It is open to anyone who can read music and enjoys playing classical symphonic and pops repertoire. The Orchestra is under …