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It is with heavy hearts that we have made the decision to postpone the 2020-21 Wartmann Artist Series and the Salute to Glen Campbell performance. Due to Covid-19 and the reality that Rock County is still under Phase 2 of reopening, we would be required to socially distance 6 feet between parties and that would reduce our seating capacity from 598 to 144. Some concerts have surpassed this total in ticket sales, and would need to be postponed and rescheduled at a time when we can accommodate full capacity. Ticket sales help pay our expenses, and this loss of seats would translate into a deficit of over $72,000 plus an additional loss of $20,000 from the Wartmann Endowment.
We are working with our artists to reschedule their performances for the 2021-22 season. If you have purchased tickets they will carry over to the rescheduled dates, so hold on to them. If you prefer to receive a refund, mail your tickets – and a note with your name and address on it -- to:
Edgerton School District
Attn: WEpac / Michele Smrecek
200 Elm High Drive
Edgerton, WI 53534
Again, we are saddened to have to make this decision as we were looking forward to these performances. However, keeping you safe and well so you can attend future performances must be a priority.
Sincerely,
The WEpac Board
Kirsten Almo Cathe Engler Diane Everson
Ron Hagemann Dr. Amy Horn-Delzer Ellen Knutson
Alan Lemke Tom Livick Dr. Dennis Pauli
Jim Raymond Gary Smith Connie Tronnes
Paul M. Tropp Deb Wolniak
Tusk a Fleetwood Mac Experience
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Rescheduled date to be determined
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 9/7/20: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the four concerts in the Wartmann Artist Series + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket. Series tickets purchased after 9/7/20: $120 + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to construction work and Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales.
Funded partially by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
A message from the Wisconsin Presenters Network
Salute to Glen Campbell
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Rescheduled date to be determined
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
Ticket prices: Individual ticket prices $30. Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093
The Performing Arts Center and it's Box Office are currently closed to the public. Tickets can only be purchased online or by mail.
Partially funded by the William & Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas
Special Guest Pianist Christina Giuca Krause
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Rescheduled date to be determined
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 9/7/20: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the four concerts in the Wartmann Artist Series + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket. Series tickets purchased after 9/7/20: $120 + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket.
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to construction work and Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales.
Funded partially by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
The Prague Symphony Orchestra
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Rescheduled date to be determined
The Prague Symphony Orchestra is the official orchestra of the capital city Prague. The orchestra is a leading Czech musical ensemble with an established and renowned international reputation. It contributes significantly to the concert scene in the Czech capital and at the same time promotes Czech culture abroad. The orchestra was founded in 1934 and was originally named FOK, Film Opera Koncert, which were the ensemble's original focuses. By recording music for the majority of Czech films in the 1930s and performing regularly in live broadcasts on the Czechoslovak Radio, the FOK Orchestra made a name for itself and its economic existence was assured. This allowed the gradual development of regular concerts, whose main promoter from the very beginning was Dr. Václav Smetáček.
Within a very short time Dr. Smetáček managed to build the orchestra into a large symphonic ensemble, challenging the standards of its strong domestic competition. In 1942 he became the orchestra’s chief conductor and he stood as its head for a full thirty years. During the period of his leadership the orchestra achieved a high performance standard and international renown.
In 1952, the City of Prague granted the FOK Orchestra status as the representative orchestra of the city. The traditional acronym “FOK” was retained, and the new title of the orchestra became Symphony Orchestra of the Capital City of Prague – FOK. In 1957 the orchestra departed on its first foreign tour – to Poland, Italy, Austria, and Germany – and thus inaugurated its regular and intensive engagement on the international scene.
The Orchestra is currently under the direction of Chief Conductor Tomas Brauner. Brauner has performed many works with the Prague Symphony Orchestra including Dvorak's Symphony No. 7, Stabat mater, Slavonic Dances, Rusalka - fantasy, Smetana's My Country, Suk' Asrae, and other works. In 2018 Brauner toured with the Prague Symphony Orchestra in Munich (Rachmaninoff: Piano Concert No. 2 and No. 3) and in Poznan (Smetana: My Country).
Tomáš Brauner is Chief Conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra
More on Brauner can be found here: Tomas Brauner
Piano virtuoso Marek Kozák will join the Orchestra as a soloist.
More on Kozák go here: Marek Kozak
Orchestra Website: https://www.fok.cz/en/
Marek Kozák Website: http://www.marek-kozak.cz/en-biography.php
Ticket prices: Individual ticket prices $35, Early Bird series tickets purchased before 9/7/20: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the four concerts in the Wartmann Artist Series + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket. Series tickets purchased after 9/7/20: $120 + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket.
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to construction work and Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales.
Funded partially by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
“I am…He said” – A Neil Diamond Celebration
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Rescheduled date to be determined
"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 9/7/20: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the four concerts in the Wartmann Artist Series + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket. Series tickets purchased after 9/7/20: $120 + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket.
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to construction work and Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales.
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
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Rescheduled date to be determined
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 9/7/20: $95 which includes one ticket to each of the four concerts in the Wartmann Artist Series + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket. Series tickets purchased after 9/7/20: $120 + 1 complimentary Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas ticket.
Online Tickets Tickets by phone 608-561-6093 Due to construction work and Covid-19 there will be no in-person ticket sales.
Funded partially by the William and Joyce Wartmann Endowment for the Performing Arts
