In spite of the devastation wrought by the recent earthquakes, a small but determined group of Puerto Rican guitarists are pushing ahead with a planned guitar festival on February 7th and 8th. One of the organizers, Frances Karim Chiroque, recently performed in Madison for a concert organized by the Madison Classical Guitar Society. MCGS President […]
Composer/Pianist Brianna Ware Shares Personal Favorites at Grace
Listeners who follow classical music in Madison will have noticed Lawren Brianna Ware. In 2017, she was the Grand Prize winner in the Overture Center’s “Rising Stars” competition. Since then she has finished a Master’s in piano performance at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she is now studying composition with Prof. Laura Schwendinger. On […]
OVK/Bach Melharmony Festival brings L. Shankar, N. Ravikiran and other...
The 2019 OVK/Bach Melharmony Festival in western Dane County promises an especially rich program of internationally known artists together with up-and-coming performers and school ensembles. In an interview recorded Octrober 27th, noted chitravina virtuoso N. Ravikiran and Vanitha Suresh of Middleton’s Melharmony Foundation discussed the festival with WORT’s Peter Haney. Headlining artists include such world […]
What’s that ~nois? Contemporary Saxophone Music comes to Madison...
On November 1st and 3rd, the Chicago-based ~nois Saxophone Quartet will bring its distinctive blend of contemporary music to the stages of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Founded in 2016, ~nois has received wide acclaim for their skillful renditions of 21st-Century music. The group’s performances often include multimedia elements and incorporate improvisation and extended techniques […]
Jon Hoel Trio at Audio for the Arts
On Tuesday, October 15th, Madison saxophonist Jon Hoel stopped by the WORT studios to talk with “Back Porch Serenade’s” Peter Haney about his trio’s Oct. 18 performance at Audio for the Arts . One of Madison’s hardest working jazz groups, the Jon Hoel Trio features Ben Ferris on bass and Kelby Kryshak on drums and […]
Bassist Josh Cohen plays Bach live on WORT
On Tuesday, September 24th, Madison bassist Joshua Cohen joined WORT’s Peter Haney in Combo B to play his transcriptions of Bach live on “Back Porch Serenade.” If you frequent farmer’s markets in Madison, you have probably seen Cohen playing an eclectic array of music on a six-string electric bass. His two-handed “tapping” technique allows him […]
