UW-Parkside Music

10/06/2026

Listen to composer Jodie Blackshaw talk about her process and creating a new work for the UW-Parkside bands. World premiere is this Thursday night, October 8 at 7PM!

https://www.wgtd.org/playlist/morning-show/ms-cirrus-sky-dancer
The Morning Show, hosted by Greg Berg on WGTD

Composer Jodie Blackshaw, UW-Parkside band director Laura Rexroth, and community band member Mary Ellen Close, who is the underwriter for the commission of "CIrrus: The Sky Dancer."

10/06/2026

This Thursday night!
UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble & Community Band
Thursday, October 8 7PM Bedford Concert Hall
Tickets: https://uwparksidetickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2419

09/27/2026

World Premiere
"Cirrus, the sky dancer" by Jodie Blackshaw
UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble and Community Band
Thursday, October 8 7:00pm Bedford Concert Hall
Tickets: https://uwparksidetickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2419
Also on the program:
"Ecstatic Fanfare" by Steven Bryant
"One Life Beautiful" by Julie Giroux
"Dances for the Muse, Terpsichore" by Carol Brittin Chambers

09/14/2026

World Premiere
"Cirrus, the sky dancer" by Jodie Blackshaw
UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble and Community Band
Thursday, October 8 7:00pm Bedford Concert Hall
Tickets: https://uwparksidetickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2419
Also on the program:
"Ecstatic Fanfare" by Steven Bryant
"One Life Beautiful" by Julie Giroux
"Dances for the Muse, Terpsichore" by Carol Brittin Chambers

09/03/2026

All flute players are welcome!
Next Saturday, September 12! Scan to register.

07/15/2026

UW-Parkside Flute Day
September 12
All flute players welcome!

Looking for masterclass performers and recital proposals - details in registration link below!

Register here: https://uwparksidemusic.shopwindow.io/content/render/dg5brochure/e70455f1-4bc2-483b-9969-98fb7643c099?presentation=web&preview=1

07/08/2026

Flute players - - save the date!

05/05/2026

UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble and Community Band
Guest artist Kalyn Harewood ('21), voice
Thursday, May 7 7:00pm Bedford Concert Hall
Tickets: https://uwparksidetickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2302

Sea Hawk - - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Heaven at Night - - Katahj Copley
Old American Songs - - Aaron Copland
Little Mexican Suite - - Nubia Jaime Donjuan