Performances

Please join the Marquette University Bands, Orchestra and Chorus for their upcoming performances during the 2026-27 academic year

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Family Weekend Concert

Sunday, September 27 at 11 a.m.
Varsity Theatre

Orchestra Concert I

Sunday, October 11, 2026 
Varsity Theatre

Ghosts of Brandenburg – Meyer (9’) 
Luberon Dances – Ellerby (12.5’) 
Serenade for Strings – Beliczay (19.5’) 
Barber – Serenade Op. 1 (8’) 
Sinfonia No. 10, B minor – Mendelssohn (11’) 

Wisconsin Public Radio, WPR Classical Music Day 

October 14, 2026 Wednesday 6:30 PM 
In collaboration with UWM Chorus 

Bradley Symphony Center 
212 W. Wisconsin Ave. 
Milwaukee, WI 53203 

Jazz Ensembles Fall Concert

Friday, October 30 at 8 p.m.
Marquette Annex

Symphonic Band Fall Concert

Sunday, November 8 at 2 p.m.
Varsity Theatre

Wind Ensemble Fall Concert

Sunday, November 15 at 2 p.m.
Varsity Theatre

Orchestra Concert II

Sunday, November 22, 2026
Varsity Theatre 

Taifu – Pilsner (5’) 
Suite for Strings – Rob Wiffin (12’) 
Serenade for Strings No. 1 in D Major – Fuchs (20’) 
Serenade for Strings – Wiren (15’) 
Choreography – Dello Joio (8’) 

St. Nicholas Eve: An Evening of Music  

December 5, 2026, Saturday, 7:00 P.M.
Featured work: Christmas Cantata by Daniel Pinkham 

Church of the Gesu 
1145 W. Wisconsin Ave. 
Milwaukee, WI 53233 

Music Area Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 6 at 2 p.m.
Varsity Theatre

Wind Ensemble Winter Concert (feat. guest soloist Adrienne Welker)

Sunday, February 21 at 2 p.m.
Varsity Theatre

Orchestra Concert III

Sunday, February 28, 2027
Varsity Theatre

La Bella Cubana – White/arr. Debbaut (5’)
Novelleten Op. 53 - Gade (19.5’)
Sunset Suspended – Balmages (3.5’)
Holberg Suite – Grieg (20’)
Brook Green Suite – Holst (6’)
Fantasia Espagnola – Albeniz/arr. Phillips (6’)

Jazz Ensembles Spring Concert

Friday, April 16 at 8 p.m.
Varsity Theatre

Symphonic Band Spring Concert

Sunday, April 18 at 2 p.m.
Varsity Theatre

MU Chorus and Chamber Choir Spring Concert 

April 24, 2027 Saturday, 12:00 p.m. 

Milwaukee Art Museum 
700 N. Art Museum Dr. 
Milwaukee, WI 53202 

Wind Ensemble Spring Concert

Sunday, April 25 at 2 p.m.
Varsity Theatre

Full Orchestra Concert

Sunday, May 2, 2027
Varsity Theatre

Night on Bald Mountain – Mussorgsky (12’)
Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” – Dvorak (41’)
Finlandia – Sibelius (9’)