Announcing the 2022-23 Wartmann Artist Series

American English

October 15, 2022 at 7:30 PM Tickets $35

American English is the Beatles tribute band you don't want to miss. Their spot on, eerily similar renditions of the songs and the members of one of the most iconic bands in history will have you wanting more and more- it's truly something you need to see to believe. 

Take a trip down memory lane back to 1963 with songs like She Loves Me & I Want to Hold Your Hand.  American English will recreate the psychedelic era of the Beatles with selections from Sgt. Pepper & Magical Mystery Tour.  Then ending the excursion with classics like Let It Be & Hey Jude.

Tickets are available online https://tickets.edgertonpac.com/Home/Attractions or by phone at (608)561-6093 or (608)561-6200.  Series Tickets (Package) are $130 each, including one ticket to each of the 5 concerts. 

Funded by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts

Ted Vigil’s Rocky Mountain Christmas

December 17, 2022 at 7:30 PM Tickets $35

Ted Vigil, one of America’s greatest John Denver Tribute Artists, has hit the road for Christmas! During his memorable Rocky Mountain Christmas concerts, Ted presents terrific Denver favorites like Christmas for Cowboys and Christmas Like a Lullaby, mixed with a rousing I’ll Fly Away, and many popular Christmas songs like Jingle Bells, in a far-out and fantastic Christmas concert.

You’ll hear those great Denver lyrics recalling Grandma, Mathew, Annie, Eagles,

Hawks, and Horses, too! So many John Denver songs come shining through in a Rocky Mountain Christmas, your audience will leave the concert singing, and spiritually uplifted by the experience. Ted has an uncanny physical and musical resemblance to John Denver; and when he takes the stage and begins to sing, the audience is transported back in time.

Tickets are available online https://tickets.edgertonpac.com/Home/Attractions or by phone (608)561-6093 or (608)561-6200.  Series Tickets (Package) are $130 each, including one ticket to each of the 5 concerts. 

Funded by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts

THE LEGENDARY

COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA

Directed by SCOTTY BARNHART

Guest Vocalist 2019 Grammy Nominee CARMEN BRADFORD

February 11, 2023 at 7:30 PM Tickets $45

Dance in the Edgerton High School Fieldhouse

In the history of Jazz, only one bandleader has the distinction of having his orchestra still performing sold-out concerts all over the world, with members personally chosen by him, 30 years after his passing. The Count Basie Orchestra, today directed by Scotty Barnhart, has won every respected jazz poll in the world at least once, along with 18 Grammy Awards. They have performed for kings, queens and other royalty, appeared in several movies and television shows, and have played major concert halls across the globe.

Now, they bring their considerable jazz chops to the Edgerton School District’s Fieldhouse for a night of swinging! Come with your dancing shoes on to celebrate the 20^th Anniversary signing of the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts.

Tickets are available online https://tickets.edgertonpac.com/Home/Attractions or by phone (608)561-6093 or (608)561-6200.  Series Tickets (Package) are $130 each, including one ticket to each of the 5 concerts. 

Funded by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts

Henhouse Prowlers

March 18, 2023 at 7:30 PM Tickets $35  

THE HENHOUSE PROWLERS ARE BLUEGRASS AMBASSADORS.

Founded 17 years ago with the simple desire to play original and powerful bluegrass, this quartet now finds themselves at the intersection of performance, diplomacy and education.  On stage, the group's enthralling performances give audiences a sense of how much they love what they do.  While bluegrass is the undeniable foundation of the Prowlers' music, the band bends and squeezes the traditional form into a sound all their own.

Working with the U.S. State Department and under their own nonprofit, Bluegrass Ambassadors, the Prowlers have toured over 25 countries across the globe. Using traditional American music as a foundation, connecting folk music and cultures the world over, the Prowlers incorporate international elements into their already robust repertoire of unique traditional American music.

Whether performing live or presenting workshops, and wherever they are, the Henhouse Prowlers find and spread the commonality we share as human beings through the universal language of music. You can feel it at every show!

Tickets are available online https://tickets.edgertonpac.com/Home/Attractions or by phone (608)561-6093 or (608)561-6200.  Series Tickets (Package) are $130 each, including one ticket to each of the 5 concerts. 

Funded by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts

Wisconsin Singers

April 22, 2023 at 2:00 PM & 6:30 PM Tickets $15

Featuring the top talents from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Singers entertains more than 50,000 annually with stellar vocals, stunning choreography and spectacular big band sound from the past forty years. Wisconsin Singers students come from a variety of majors across campus, all of whom have a passion for excellence, either onstage as a performer or working behind the scenes in backstage or entertainment management internships.  Recognized as the very first collegiate pop music ensemble that features song, dance, and live instrumentals, Wisconsin Singers has been touring the country since 1967 with brand new shows each year, created to engage audience members of any age. 

Tickets are available online https://tickets.edgertonpac.com/Home/Attractions or by phone (608)561-6093 or (608)561-6200.  Series Tickets (Package) are $130 each, including one ticket to each of the 5 concerts. 

Funded by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts

The opening act for the Wisconsin Singers concert on April 22, 2023 will be Edgerton’s own elementary students, who will perform the new school anthems they composed with award-winning songwriter Danny Gough of Class Dynamix. Featured on Britain’s Got Talent, see video below.  Class Dynamix helps young people grow in confidence and self-esteem through their dynamic original material. Danny will
work with Edgerton’s students in workshops throughout the year to write songs and create music videos. Students will then perform at the Wisconsin Singers concert.  

To make a donation to benefit the Class Dynamix activity for the Elementary students, please click on the credit cards below:

The Wartmann Artist Series is partially funded by the

William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE MADE THE WARTMANN ARTIST SERIES POSSIBLE THIS SEASON! 

CONCERT AND SERIES SPONSORS

 PRODUCER  $2,500+

William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts Center

Thomas R. & Joyce M. Eastman

Lawrence & Julie Midtbo

 BENEFACTOR $1,000-$2,499

Anonymous in honor of Paul, Karen & Josiah Tropp

Kirsten Almo & Larry Beck

Amy & Brent Horn-Delzer

Catherine Engler and the Edgerton Children’s Center

Shirley Erickson   Stuart Kennedy   Warren & Judith Kukla

Jim and Betch Raymond   Howie & Ann Stiff

 DIRECTOR $500-$999

Ron & Kathleen Algrim   Jack & Jean Austin

 Rose Bice                 Roland & Gayle Breunig

Tom & Lois Livick          Donna Nelson

Oren’s Auto Body & Car Wash

 IN LOVING MEMORY OF NANCY DICKINSON

The Dickinson Family

 IN MEMORY OF THOMAS EASTMAN

Joan Behrman, John Behrman, Janet Kalkstein, Jill Wauglis

 PATRON & ASSOCIATE $1-$499

Christa Alvarez      Phill Bloedow

Joseph & Kathy Brashi   Jim & Sherrie Cottrell

Steven Chambliss   Nancy Eldredge   Mimmi Fulmer

Robert & Barbara Duslak   Annette Glasser   Janet Grman

Barbara Gausman   Elise Jacobson   Richard Jordon

Gregry Hofmeister   Ellen Knutson   Cheryl Lund

Joyce & Russell Kaping   Julie Murwin   Marilyn Nielson

Marcus Promotions   Jane Ogle  Martha Parsons   

Connie Olson   David Sharpe  Mary Spike   Lisa Tate

Gary & Julie Smith   Michael & Susan Thompson   Austin & Connie Tronnes

The Wartmann Artist Series continues to provide a diverse selection of quality, affordable entertainment of world-renowned artists to entertain our community and regional audiences, and to inspire our students through music.

The moments we share throughout the season result in experiences we will not forget as we unite to enjoy the beauty, creativity, and fun with the performing arts. Will you join us in giving to ensure the arts are there for all ages, stages, and socio-economic groups? Please consider a gift today. Contributions by check should be made out to the Edgerton School District, MEMO: Wartmann Endowment 200 Elm High Dr. Edgerton, WI 53534 or donate online at https://tickets.edgertonpac.com/Home/Donations.