THE 2026–2027 SEASON!
▾ 12:15 – 1:00 pm ▾ Most Fridays October–April
▾ FUS Landmark Auditorium (GPS: 900 University Bay Dr.)
▾ Free and Open to the Public ▾ No Ticket Required.
▾ New events will be added as confirmed. Check back for updates. Bookmark this page!
October 2, 2026
“Season Opener: Fink & Friends”
Marc Fink, oboe • Pro Arte Quartet • and more!
Former principal oboe for the MSO Dr. Marc Fink again launches our season by assembling another chamber music “dream team” of Madison pros in a program titled, “Joyous Mozart.” Quartet, K 370, for oboe and strings, Divertimento in D Major, K251, for oboe, 2 horns and strings. Featuring the Pro Arte Quartet (David Perry, Suzanne Beia, Sally Chisholm, and Parry Karp); Laura Perry, double bass; and more! Reception to follow with complimentary sparkling lemonade and light refreshments.
October 9, 2026
Kirstin Roble, mezzo soprano • Diana Kelly Eiler, contralto • Tyler Pimm, piano
Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
*** CANCELLED DUE TO PERFORMER ILLNESS ***
October 16, 2026
Tuuli Quartet
This outstanding Michigan-based string quartet returns to present an engaging program of both classical and contemporary repertoire. String quartet masterworks by Haydn, Price, Giddens, Garchik, and Candey.
October 23, 2026
Danielle Breisach, flute • Michael Keller, piano
Music for flute and piano by Beethoven, Poulenc, and Prokofiev.
October 30, 2026
Steven Meyer, guitar
You have heard him at Stoughton Opera House, Sunday Afternoon Live at the Chazen, on WVMO and WORT, and on his several albums. Hear a romantic, passionate, and sophisticated musical adventure ranging from classical to popular.
November 6, 2026
Hiu Sing Fan, violin
Hiu Sing Fan is the current Gurrena Fellow of the Meadowmount School of Music. He won 2nd prize winner of the Dallas International Violin Competition and as semi-finalist in the Premio Paganini Violin Competition. Music from Olivier Messiaen, Igor Stravinsky, and Pablo de Sarasate. Come hear this exciting rising star on his North American tour.
November 13, 2026
Trevor Stephenson, Baroque Chamber Organ
Early music masterworks played by Madison Bach Musicians’ founding artistic director.
November 20, 2026
No Musicale today
November 27, 2026
No Musicale today
December 4, 2026
Kevin Ayesh, piano
South Carolina-based concert pianist performs a sonata by Mozart, Aaron Copland’s Four Piano Blues, and selections by Chopin,
including the ever-popular Heroic Polonaise.
December 11, 2026
Mark Valenti, piano
Chicago-based concert pianist performs masterworks for solo piano.
NOTE: Held in the Atrium Auditorium across the parking lot.
December 18, 2026
No Musicale today
December 25, 2026
No Musicale today
January 1, 2027
No Musicale today
January 8, 2027
Stephanie Jutt, flute • Jeffrey Sykes, piano
The co-artistic directors of Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society team up in concert.
January 15, 2027
“Soirée de Verlaine: Au clair de la lune”
Ben Cooper, tenor • Jim Reilly, piano
Celebrating the poetry and influence of nineteenth century French poet, Paul Verlaine. His poems are known for their beauty, emotion, and musicality. Music for both voice and solo piano by Debussy, Fauré, Britten, Boulanger, Kodály, Polish composer Josef Szulc, and others.
January 22, 2027
Jake Muratore, cello • Karlos Moser, piano
French cello music from Lully to Poulenc.
January 29, 2027
t.b.d.
February 5, 2027
t.b.d.
February 12, 2027
Trio de Chats Noirs: “Songs and Dances”
Trombonist Mark Fry (Lyric Opera of Chicago) and hornist Rachel Velvikis (Seraph Brass) combine with a pianist to form a unique chamber group, Trio de Chats Noirs. Composers on this program may include J. S. Bach, Brahms, Shostakovich, Alec Wilder, Mozart, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Bruckner, Hovhaness, Corelli or Handel.
February 19, 2027
Whitewater Woodwind Trio
The Whitewater Woodwind Trio is Brandon LePage (flute), Christian Ellenwood (clarinet), and Matthew Sintchak (saxophone).
February 26, 2027
Wisconsin Brass Quintet
One of Wisconsin’s premier chamber ensembles plays masterworks for brass.
March 5, 2027
Bach Around the Clock
In partnership with Madison’s Bach Around the Clock program, this recital will feature special guest artists.
March 12, 2027
Jess Salek, piano
Beethoven Mini-Festival #1. An all-Beethoven program in celebration of the composer who died 200 years ago this year. Hear his remarkable “Hammerklavier” Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 106.
March 19, 2027
Eric Tran, piano
Beethoven Mini-Festival #2. Three Beethoven sonatas: Op. 28 (“Pastorale”), Op. 90, and Op. 101.
March 26, 2027
Kevin Ayesh, piano
Beethoven Mini-Festival #3. Three Beethoven Sonatas: Op. 14, No. 1, Opus 27, No. 2 (“Moonlight”), and Opus 109.
April 2, 2027
This date is RESERVED as a “RAIN DATE” for any Musicale canceled earlier in the season due to weather or illness. Check www.fusmadison.org/musicale for information closer to this date.
April 9, 2027
Wisconsin Gagok Ensemble
Five-member ensemble performs a new program of rarely heard Korean art songs.
April 16, 2027
Christopher Cramer, guitar
Masterworks for classical guitar.
April 23, 2027
Alanna Beilke, soprano
Grand soprano arias
April 30, 2027
Four Seasons Theatre
Program t.b.d.
May 7, 2027
This date is RESERVED as a “RAIN DATE” for any Musicale canceled earlier in the season due to weather or illness. Check www.fusmadison.org/musicale for information closer to this date.
