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The William and Joyce Wartmann Edgerton Endowment for the Performing Arts proudly sponsors:
The Concerts in the Park
For a complete schedule go here: The Concerts in the Park
The Wartmann Artist Series presents:
“I am…He said” – A Neil Diamond Celebration
Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 7:30 PM
"We are saying what HE said,” laughs Matt Vee referring to the one and only Neil Diamond. Matt, along with cousins Jeff and Tommy Vee, sons of the legendary Bobby Vee, join forces with their family and friends as The Killer Vees to celebrate the music from a timeless catalog. With songs like "Cracklin' Rosie," "Song Sung Blue," and "Sweet Caroline,” Neil Diamond sold over 100 million records worldwide. “This is not a tribute show,” says Tommy Vee. “This is a celebration of an amazing musical icon, one we all love and respect.”
“Matt is the perfect Neil Diamond, and the band was killer…so good, so good, so good! We will definitely present this show again.
Thanks Vee Boys!” Terry Meyer Matier/Big Top Chautauqua, Bayfield, WI.
“Celebrate the Music of Neil Diamond” is truly a celebration! This is music that we all know and love performed by incredible musicians and singers. If you’re looking for a performance that will lift spirits and create energy, this is it!”
Amy Sterns - Historic Holms Theatre - Detroit Lakes, MN
Website: http://www.rockhousepro.com/neildiamond.html
Ticket prices: Individual ticket prices $35, Early Bird series tickets purchased before 9/6/21: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the following concerts "I am...He Said", Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas, The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra, Tusk and The Guy Mendilow Ensemble. Series tickets purchased after 9/6/21: $120 The Wartmann Artist Series ticket does not include Salute to Glen Campbell.
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales. Ticket Order Form
Funded partially by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
Salute to Glen Campbell
Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 7:30 PM
A heartwarming evening of Glen Campbell’s biggest hits and the stories behind them. All delivered by Glen Campbell’s right hand man for 15 years, band leader and guitarist Jeff Dayton. Enjoy a night of intimate, fun and uplifting music from America’s TV favorite and Hall of Fame legend — Glen Campbell.
From the White House to the Grand Ole Opry, Jeff Dayton has been playing guitar and performing all his life. He’s a Nashville producer and writer and loves the concentrated creative scene in Music City. He’s had the honor of backing artists including Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Buck Owens, Tracy Byrd, Bo Diddley, Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Autry and Mac Davis, and touring with megastars Kenny Chesney, Lee Greenwood, Sarah Darling, Tammy Cochran and others.
Website: https://jeffdaytonmusic.com/home
Individual ticket prices $30. Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093
Due to Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales. Tickets can only be purchased online or by mail. Ticket Order Form
The Salute to Glen Campbell concert is not included in the Wartmann Artist Series ticket.
Partially funded by the William & Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas
Special Guest Pianist Christina Giuca Krause
Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 7:30 PM
The Edgerton Performing Arts Center will celebrate its 20th Anniversary with a Holiday concert featuring the Chicago Brass Quintet. The Quintet performed here in January of 2004 to kick-off the Wartmann Artist Series.
As Chicago's original brass quintet, these five virtuosi possess the technical and musical mastery needed to perform music of all periods and styles with equal aplomb. The Quintet brings style, grace, dazzling technique and humor to every performance. The Quintet has been performing for more than 40 years. Currently they tour internationally throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. They have recorded for the Delos, Centaur, Crystal, GIA and Covenant labels, and have broadcast often on WFMT, National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
The Quintet will be joined by Pianist Christina Giuca Krause who enjoys a dynamic career. She is the Artistic Director of Lynx Project, a nonprofit art song organization dedicated to building community and amplifying underrepresented voices through innovative recital programming and educational initiatives. Christina is a pianist and coach with Chicago Opera Theater, Northwestern University, North Park University, Music of the Baroque, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and has been on faculty at Lutheran Summer Music Festival since 2018.
A native of Janesville, WI, Christina holds a BM from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and MM from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. She was also a recipient of the Postgraduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship from the Bard College Conservatory. www.christinagiuca.com
The evening’s concert will celebrate the Holiday season with everyone’s festive favorites including Joy to the World, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Jingle Bells and Sleigh Ride, just to name a few.
Ticket prices: Individual ticket prices $20, Early Bird series tickets purchased before 9/6/21: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the following concerts "I am...He Said", Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas, The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra, Tusk and The Guy Mendilow Ensemble. Series tickets purchased after 9/6/21: $120 The Wartmann Artist Series ticket does not include Salute to Glen Campbell.
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales. Ticket Order Form
Funded partially by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
THE POLISH WIENIAWSKI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 7:30 PM
The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in December 1944. Its beginnings go back to numerous chamber and solo concerts given by musicians who after World War II established ties within Poland. The repertoire and artistic considerations, as well as the joy of making music together, led to a premiere chamber music concert, held on February 10, 1945 in the hall of the Music Society. This concert gave the impulse to extend the orchestra and a classical music gala was held on May 18 of the same year – which was at the same time the first symphony concert in post-war Poland. The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra has gone on many concert tours. Performances in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Germany, South Korea, Denmark and Ukraine were acclaimed both by the critics and the public. The orchestra participated in numerous international festivals and Franco Ferrara Conductors’ Seminar in Siena. The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic is the largest music institution in eastern Poland. It is visited not only by local music-lovers, but by cosmopolitan Polish and international patrons alike. This is a place where you can enjoy art of the highest quality. The Philharmonic offers symphony concerts, recitals, organ and chamber music soirées performed by the most prominent Polish musicians and internationally acclaimed artists.
Orchestra Website
Ticket prices: Individual ticket prices $35, Early Bird series tickets purchased before 9/6/21: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the following concerts "I am...He Said", Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas, The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra, Tusk and The Guy Mendilow Ensemble. Series tickets purchased after 9/6/21: $120 The Wartmann Artist Series ticket does not include Salute to Glen Campbell.
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales. Ticket Order Form
Funded partially by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
Tusk a Fleetwood Mac Experience
Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 7:30 PM
No fancy tricks, no gimmicks, just five musicians recreating the music of Fleetwood Mac to perfection with note for note renditions that no other Fleetwood Mac tribute on the touring scene today can come close to duplicating.
Tusk covers all the great hits of Fleetwood Mac, which has featured the talents of Mick Fleetwood, Christine and John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and others over the years. The five seasoned, well-respected musicians comprising Tusk have been making music together in various combinations and styles, in original outfits and in cover bands, for over 25 years. It seemed only fitting that they should come together to form the Ultimate Fleetwood Mac tribute and pay homage to a group that dominated the charts during the band members’ formative years. Authentic-sounding and always respectful, Tusk leaves no stone unturned in replicating the sounds of one of the world’s best-loved, top-selling bands.
Website: https://fleetwoodmactribute.com/TUSK/
Ticket prices: Individual ticket prices $35, Early Bird series tickets purchased before 9/6/21: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the following concerts "I am...He Said", Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas, The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra, Tusk and The Guy Mendilow Ensemble. Series tickets purchased after 9/6/21: $120 The Wartmann Artist Series ticket does not include Salute to Glen Campbell.
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales. Ticket Order Form
Funded partially by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
The Guy Mendilow Ensemble
The Forgotten Kingdom - Sand Stories with Kseniya Simonova
Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 7:30 PM
The Guy Mendilow Ensemble is "an international tour de force” (Bethlehem Morning Call) from the Middle East, South and North America. The Ensemble combines musicianship with cinematic storytelling in shows that “explode with artistry, refinement and excitement” (Hebrew Union College), whisking audiences to distant times and picturesque places, conjuring voices lost to upheaval, to spark personal connections with the stories of ordinary people living through extraordinary times of change. These visceral dimensions from long-ago-and-far-away resonate today, inspiring questions about our own struggles and dilemmas. The Ensemble draws on traditional tunes, techniques and tales, but in elegant arrangements and with radical reframing.
International sand art superstar Kseniya Sunonova (US premiere) and the Ensemble team up in The Forgotten Kingdom, an extraordinary multi-media show bringing to life Sephardi women’s voices lost to war. Simonova creates, morphs and obliterates sand imagery, crafting a flowing narrative driven by the Ensemble's evocative music and radio drama-style storytelling. Audiences traverse breathtaking landscapes of sand, from ruined Ottoman villages to bustling Mediterranean ports like Salónica circa 1944. The Ensemble adds a sweeping, cinematographic score drawing on traditional tunes, techniques and tales but in elegant arrangements and with radical reframing.
Website: https://www.guymendilowensemble.com/
Ticket prices: Individual ticket prices $35, Early Bird series tickets purchased before 9/6/21: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the following concerts "I am...He Said", Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas, The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra, Tusk and The Guy Mendilow Ensemble. Series tickets purchased after 9/6/21: $120 The Wartmann Artist Series ticket does not include Salute to Glen Campbell.
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales. Ticket Order Form
Funded partially by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
