Frankly Music
Frankly Music Brings the Schumanns to Schwan Hall
As has been its custom, Frankly Music moved to Schwan Hall at Wisconsin Lutheran College last week to begin the second half of its season. Read more
Performing Arts Weekly: Nov. 8-14, 2018
Marquette Theatre’s production of Clybourne Park—a 2010 play by Bruce Norris based on Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun—portrays events set both prior to and in the wake of that classic play. Read more
Miró Quartet's Romance of Chamber Music
Frankly Music presented a visiting ensemble to Milwaukeeans sans artistic director Frank Almond, the Miró Quartet, which gave a concert at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Read more
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Frankly Charming Chamber Concert
Frankly Music's first concert of its 15th season was led and curated by Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond. Read more
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Performing Arts Weekly: Sept. 20-26, 2018
The Milwaukee Rep presents Guards at the Taj; Skylight Music Theatre opens their season with Pippin; and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre stages Chapatti. Read more
Photo Credit: Jennifer Brindley
Everything First Rate at Frankly Music's Finale
Frankly Music's season finale brought first-rate players to Wisconsin Lutheran College's Schwan Hall. Read more
JENNIFER BRINDLEY
Performing Arts Weekly: May 10-16, 2018
This week, we look at a musical tribute to the legendary Judy Garland at Sunset Playhouse, as well as two classical music concerts by Frankly Music and the Festival City Symphony. Read more
Photo credit: Frank Almond
Film Music the Focus of Frankly Music Concert
There has been a strong tradition of film music written by classical composers, and three of the greatest of these were the focus of Frankly Music’s concert last week at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Read more
Frankly Music Explores the 'Serious' Side of Cinematic Composers
Frankly Music's Nov. 27 performance will feature works from the serious side of well-known Hollywood composers Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Bernard Herrmann. Read more
Frankly Music Opens Season with Captivating Concert
Frankly Music began a new season last week at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church with a concert of music by the Belgian-French composer César Franck. Read more
Paganini Also Played Guitar
Frankly Music continued its season last week with a concert at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, wherein violinist Frank Almond was joined by one of the area’s most notable musicians, guitarist René Izquierdo. Read more
Frankly Music’s Terrific Season Opener
In their latest concert, the Frankly Music ensemble brilliantly performed chamber pieces by Joseph Haydn, Max Reger and Johannes Brahms. Also, the MSO under Assistant Conductor Yaniv Dinur welcomed the great violinst Itzhak Perlman for Max ... Read more
Performing Arts Weekly- 9.20
Off the Wall Theatre stages an original adaptation of E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, Sept. 22-Oct. 2.Milwaukee-born political humor columnist and radio talk show host Will Durst brings his irreverent, no-holds-barred, no-politician-unsc... Read more
MSO Replicates ‘The Godfather’ (But Why?)
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s live accompaniment to The Godfather, taking place at the Riverside Theater, was largely an acoustic failure. Frankly Music’s season finale concert, “Return of the Tango,” was lively and entertaining in ... Read more
20th-Century Classics at MSO and Frankly Music
Rick Walters discusses the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s recent concert under guest conductor Christopher Seaman with violin soloist Karen Gomyo, as well as Frankly Music’s program of Russian music. Read more
Frankly Music’s French Concert
The Frankly Music series continued last week with a concert of music by major French composers at its regular fall venue, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Violinist Frank Almond was joined by cellist Julian Schwarz and pianist Brian Zeger. Read more
French Music à la Frankly Music
Milwaukee’s Frankly Music chamber ensemble continues its season with elegant French music in a lovely setting at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Violinist Frank Almond is joined by cellist Julian Schwartz and pianist Brian Zeger at 7 p.m. on M... Read more
Frankly Music opens Season with Bach, Brahms
Frankly Music’s season kicked off with a program of Bach and Brahms at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Read more
Stream Maritime's Reassuring New Single, "Roaming Empire"
Maritime's latest album for Dangerbird Records, Magnetic Bodies/Maps of Bones , is set for release next month, and today the group previewed their latest single from the record, "Roaming Empire." It's the kind of bittersweet little guitar-pop song.. Read more
Festival City, Fine Arts Quartet, Frankly Music
The Festival City Symphony’s first fall concert, “American Celebration,” takes place Sunday, Sept. 13 at the Pabst Theater. Sept. 13 also witnesses the Fine Arts Quartet at UW-Milwaukee’s Helene Zelazo Center. Finally, Frankly Music hono... Read more
