Summer Music Consortium is a new collective of five established
groups on the Madison-area summer arts scene.
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
June 13 – 29, 2008
Chamber Music with a Bang!
Join us in our most daring stagecoach run ever – a thrilling ride through
300 years of incredible music straight to your hearts. Our carriage was designed
by the great masters from the old country, but we’ve hitched up the freshest
new world thoroughbreds we know to take us down uncharted paths and make
the ride more exciting. Our guides to the frontier, guest composers Kevin
Puts and Aaron Jay Kernis, come to us steeped in tradition yet blazing new
trails in the musical landscape. As the Overture Center’s new summer resident
company, our Madison concerts will be performed the Overture Center's Playhouse–as
well as in Spring Green at Taliesin's Hillside Theater, at the Stoughton
Opera House, and the Mineral Point Opera House. With its diverse repertoire
and mix of world-class musicians, BDDS will present chamber music in the
approachable style that has become its hallmark. Headed by artistic directors
Stephanie Jutt (flute) and Jeffrey Sykes (piano), the ever-changing roster
of artists will include 20 nationally recognized musicians.
bachdancinganddynamite.org
608.255.9866
Madison Savoyards, Ltd.: Your Gilbert and Sullivan Connection
July 18-20; 25-27, 2008
The Mikado
The 2008 production, the 46th annual summer show, will feature Terry Kiss
Frank’s return as Stage Director with Christopher Ocasek making his Madison
Savoyard debut as Music Director and Conductor. Tickets are available at
the Wisconsin Union Box Office, 262-2201, and the Vilas Hall Box Office,
262-1500, and via the internet at MadisonSavoyards.org.
Performances will take place at Music Hall, on the UW-Madison campus:
Friday, July 18, 7:30 PM
Saturday, July 19, 7:30 PM
Sunday, July 20, 3:00 PM
Friday, July 25, 7:30 PM
Saturday, July 26, 7:30 PM
Sunday, July 27, 3:00 PM
madisonsavoyards.org
608.231.9005
Madison Early Music Festival
July 12-19, 2008
Handel’s Journey: From Germany to England via Italy
Join us on a life journey with 18th century traveler and musical titan George
Frideric Handel. His compositional styles reflect all of his travels, and
our musical itinerary will traverse Handel’s immense compositional world.
Guest artists will offer eight days of workshop classes and a seven-concert
series. Class offerings include consorts, instrumental and vocal skills classes,
historical dance, large vocal and instrumental ensembles, and lectures on
historical and cultural topics focusing early music from the Low Countries.
Guest artists in residence include: Newberry Consort, Marion Verbruggen,
Quicksilver, Baroque Band, and Tempesta di Mare.
www.memf.dcs.wisc.edu
608.263.6670
Isthmus Vocal Ensemble:
A singular choral experience
August 1, 2008, 7:30pm,
First United Methodist Church
Join the Isthmus Vocal Ensemble on Friday, August 1
for an evening of exceptional choral music. The Isthmus Vocal Ensemble offers
professional-grade choral performance through a uniquely intense and focused
approach. For just two weeks of rehearsal and a single public performance,
a temporary community of Madison's finest choral performers digs deep into
compelling choral music–centuries old or freshly commissioned–and performs
it with the clarity, intensity, and care that it deserves. The ensemble continues
under the artistic direction of Scott MacPherson, and celebrates the international
release of its first professional recording, hailed as "exemplary" by
Fanfare magazine.
isthmusvocalensemble.org
Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
August 23-31, 2008
Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert & Jazz
A wooded glade, a quiet barn, exquisite music, glorious
performances. The Token Creek Festival, held annually late in August at the
sylvan summer retreat of John and Rose Mary Harbison, has been hailed as "one of the most
important annual classical musical events in Madison." Token Creek offers
an enchanting, richly rewarding, and quite unforgettable chamber concert
experience: a beautiful rural setting, where nearby Token Creek meanders
through wooded glades and abundant flower gardens; a unique and intimate
performance space in the comfortably rustic barn that serves as recital hall;
imaginative programming vision that distinguishes the series; and the exceptionally
high quality of the musicians.
tokencreekfestival.org
608.241.2525
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