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Advance tickets: 414.962.3055 or email us
Tickets also available at performance locations |
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Prelude Recital
Friday, June 20 at 8:00 p.m. |
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| Michelle Naughton, 2006 PianoArts first place winner. Photography: Jennifer Kersten |
Michelle Naughton, Winner of PianoArts 2006 First Prize and the Wisconsin Contestant Award sets the standard for the competition to follow, performing
works by Scarlatti, Mozart, Bolcom, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Liszt.
Tickets: Students $10 Adults $15
Helen Bader Recital Hall, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
1584 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee
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Semifinal Recitals – Duos and Concertos
Sunday, June 22, 9:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. & 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
Tickets: $10 All Day Pass
Helen Bader Recital Hall, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
1584 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee
Semifinalists perform 45-minute recitals and speak about the concertos they are performing
- Nocturne by Frédéric Chopin
- Violin/piano duo or cello/piano duo by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Franz Schubert with a musician from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
- First movement of a concerto by Mozart or Beethoven with a second pianist.
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Semifinal Solo Recitals
Monday, June 23, 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. & 1:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Tickets: $10 All Day Pass
Charles Allis Art Museum
1801 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee
Semifinalists perform 30-minute recitals and speak about their music.
- Solo work of the contestant’s choice
- American work written after 1940
Following the recitals on June 23, the jury will deliberate and announce the three finalists selected to perform with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on June 24.
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Concerto Performance Master Class
Tuesday, June 24, 3:00 p.m. |
Tickets: $10
Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College
8815 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee
Public invited to audit a Concerto Master Class for semifinalists with PianoArts Music Director Andrews Sill, a quartet of musicians from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and a second pianist.
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Piano Promenades
Tuesday, June 24, 6:00 p.m. |
Free of charge with ticket to the Finals and Awards Concert
Schwan Concert Hall Lobby, Wisconsin Lutheran College
8815 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee
Semifinalists perform their favorite piano pieces.
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Finals and Awards Concert
Tuesday, June 24, 8:00 p.m. |
Tickets: $14 – $25
Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College
8815 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee
Three finalists perform all movements of a Mozart or Beethoven concerto with
the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and PianoArts Music Director Andrews Sill. The Awards Ceremony follows the performances and deliberations by the jury. |
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Student-to-Student Performances
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| PianoArtist Jacob Ertl with students at Milwaukee Public Schools' Hartford University School. |
Performances are throughout the school year and will be announced as they are scheduled. In-school performances and many Youth and Family Concerts are free of charge. Upcoming 2008 Student-to-Student performances are being scheduled from November through March.
Based on the belief that students reach for their own potential when their role models are themselves students, Student-to-Student encourages young people to study an instrument, to enjoy listening to classical music, and to become independent and creative thinkers in subjects of special interest. Programs culminate with a Youth or Family Concert. All performers are PianoArtists-in-Residence, who are selected finalists in PianoArts national competitions.
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Master Classes for Students in Milwaukee Area
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| Jie Chen (middle) with students performing in her Master Class at Steinway Piano Gallery of Milwaukee. Participating pianists were Patrick Behringer, Sidhi Gosain, Grace Patnode and Steven Sun. |
Piano students are invited to perform for PianoArtists-in-Residence or PianoArts Music Director Andrews Sill in an intimate setting that encourages
an exchange of ideas and a fresh approach to music.
Master Class locations and ticket prices will be announced as they are scheduled.
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PianoArts Soirées
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| PianoArtist InSoo Jung performing at a Soiree. Photography: Jennifer Kersten |
Tickets: $14 – $25
In the tradition of the salon concerts performed by Frédéric Chopin, Soirées
are elegant evenings around the piano performed by PianoArts competition winners. These intimate concerts are held in private homes for small groups
of music lovers. Guests enjoy getting to know the performers and hearing
great music while sipping on sparkling beverages.
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PianoArts Galas
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Jie Chen, 2003 PianoArts first place winner, performing at the 2007 Gala.
Photography: Jennifer Kersten |
Galas celebrate the accomplishments of PianoArts winners. The 2007 Gala— “From Middle C to Celebrity"— featured twenty-one-year-old internationally acclaimed concert pianist, Jie Chen; award winning eighteen-year-old pianist, Michelle Naughton; and PianoArts Music Director Andrews Sill.
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PianoArts Cabarets
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| Anderson & Roe Piano Duo performing on Quadracci Powerhouse Theatre stage at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. |
Tickets: $14 – $ 25
PianoArts Cabarets are planned and administered by Club 88, an organization of musically minded young adults between the ages of 16 – 25. The Club was formed to target a particular age population and to offer musical experiences outside the educational/university setting. The mission of Club 88 is to give students the opportunity to hear music in a new way and to attend concerts in unusual spaces. Performers are PianoArts competition winners who offer
a new perspective on classical programming. |
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