An Evening Showcasing Marta and Ani Aznavoorian, Celebrating the Anniversary of Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)

An Evening Showcasing Marta and Ani Aznavoorian, Celebrating the Anniversary of Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) 7:00PM, Monday, May 5, 2025 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar A program showcasing the phenomenal Aznavoorian sisters, and a celebration of the birth of the composer Bedřich Smetana. Featuring his beloved piano trio. Frank Almond,violin Ani … Read more

DSCH! A Commemoration of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). And a little Rachmaninov.

DSCH! A Commemoration of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). And a little Rachmaninov. 7:00PM, Monday, March 24, 2025 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar DSCH! A commemoration focusing on the 50th anniversary of the death of the monumental composer Dmitri Shostakovich, with a little Rachmaninov thrown in. Performers listed above including FM fave … Read more

An Evening with Stas Venglevski and Frank Almond

An Evening with Stas Venglevski and Frank Almond 7:00PM, Monday, January 27, 2025 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Please join us for another fun-filled evening of music with Frank Almond, Stas Venglevski (Bayan) and Roza Borisova (cello). Tangos, classics, and more! Frank Almond,violin Stas Venglevski,bayan Roza Borisova,cello Program to be … Read more

Music of Haydn, Prokofiev, and Chausson

Music of Haydn, Prokofiev, and Chausson 7:00PM, Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar Join Frank Almond and special guests Edward Arron, cello, Anthony Devroye, viola, and Victor Santiago Asuncion, piano, for another spellbinding concert of chamber music! This concert will continue our relationship between Edward Arron and FM The … Read more

Frank Almond and the Frankly Music Chamber Orchestra

Frank Almond and the Frankly Music Chamber Orchestra 7:00PM, Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar Join Frank Almond and the virtuoso Frankly Music Chamber Orchestra for our opening concert of the 2024-25 season featuring baroque works in the intimate and acoustically stunning Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Youth Arts Hall. … Read more

Frank & Friends

Frank & Friends To celebrate 20 years of success, and look forward to a strong future. 6:00PM, Thursday, June 20, 2024 La Lune Collection Google iCalendar Twenty seasons after its start, Frankly Music continues to present world-class musicians in performances our audience has come to know and love! Performance by Alexander Hersh, cello, and Frank … Read more

String Theory

String Theory 7:00PM, Monday, May 6, 2024 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Join us for our exciting String Theory finale! Featuring Frank Almond and members of the Milwaukee Symphony and Chicago Symphony. The program will include the sublime Capriccio by Richard Strauss, Schoenberg’s gorgeous (and dramatic) Transfigured Night, ending with … Read more

Music of Bach, Reger, George Crumb, and Brahms, featuring Tamás Varga (Vienna Philharmonic)

Music of Bach, Reger, George Crumb, and Brahms, featuring Tamás Varga (Vienna Philharmonic) 7:00PM, Saturday, March 16, 2024 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar Frank Almond,violin Tamás Varga (Principal, Vienna Philharmonic)cello Toby Appel,viola Victor Santiago Asuncion,piano J.S Bach (1685-1750):Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 George Crumb (1929-2022):Sonata for solo cello Max … Read more

Works of Telemann, Haydn, Bartók, and Fauré

Works of Telemann, Haydn, Bartók, and Fauré 7:00PM, Monday, January 29, 2024 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar   Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), Suite for two violins, “Gulliver’s Travels,” TWV 40:108 Intrada. Spirituoso Lilliputsche Chaconne (Chaconne of the Lilliputians) Brobdingnagische Gique (Gigue of the Brobdingngians) Reverie der Lapoutier, nebst ihren Aufweckern … Read more

The Journey Home, with the Miró Quartet

The Journey Home, with the Miró Quartet 7:00PM, Saturday, December 2, 2023 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar The world-renowned American string quartet explores the concept of “home” with works by George Walker, Kevin Puts, and Beethoven. Daniel Ching,violin William Fedkenheuer,violin John Largess,viola Joshua Gindele,cello Haydn:Quartet in G major, Op. 77 No. 1 … Read more

Brahms at 20 (Mostly)

Brahms at 20 (Mostly) 7:00PM, Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar A young, very young, Brahms — caught the attention of Robert Schumann. Join us for our 20th Season opener to hear why. Frank Almond,violin Todd Levy,clarinet Jeannie Yu,piano Alex Ayers,violin Anthony Devroye,viola Adrien Zitoun,cello Johannes Brahms:Scherzo for violin … Read more

Music of Dvoràk, Lukas Foss, and Beethoven

Music of Dvoràk, Lukas Foss, and Beethoven 7:00PM, Monday, May 15, 2023 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Don’t miss our season finale with music of Dvoràk, Lukas Foss, and Beethoven. Another must-see from Frankly Music! Frank Almond,violin Nicholas Mariscal,cello Victor Asuncion,piano Dvorak:Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. … Read more

Frank Almond and Stas Venglevski

Frank Almond and Stas Venglevski 7:00PM, Monday, March 27, 2023 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar We invite you to another wild evening with the virtuoso of the Bayan (accordion) Stas Venglevski. Featuring Tangos, Bach, Piazzola and some other surprises with Rosa Borizova on cello. Don’t miss this! Frank Almond,violin Stas … Read more

A History of Ragtime

A History of Ragtime 7:00PM, Monday, January 30, 2023 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Please join us for a thorough examination of the history of Ragtime and its various composers. A deep dive into the lives and music of Scott Joplin, Tom Turpin, Debussy, James Scott, Artie Mathews. Joseph Lamb, … Read more

Frankly Music presents René Izquierdo & Elina Chekan

Frankly Music presents René Izquierdo & Elina Chekan 7:00PM, Sunday, December 11, 2022 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar Please join us as we welcome guitar virtuosos Rene Izquierdo and Elina Chekan for an evening of unusual instrument combinations and spectacular works by Brahms, Debussy, Piazzolla, and more! Belarusian guitarist Elina Chekan, Cuban … Read more

Bach and Beyond

Bach and Beyond 7:00PM, Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar Frankly Music opens its 19th season with Brooklyn-born pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Sonora Slocum, flute; Nicholas Mariscal, cello; Frank Almond, violin, and members of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra complete the ensemble for an evening of Bach and more in an intimate setting at the Milwaukee Youth … Read more

Chamber Music with Joyce Yang

Chamber Music with Joyce Yang 7:00PM, Monday, May 16, 2022 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Please join Frankly Music for an evening of chamber music featuring the phenomenal Joyce Yang on piano. Music of Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, and Fauré. This concert is supported in part by a grant from the … Read more

Back to Basics 2!

Back to Basics 2! 7:00PM, Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Get Tickets Google iCalendar Frankly Music presents Back to Basics 2! Music of Debussy, Poulenc, Fauré, Foss, and Mozart. Featuring Frank Almond, Toby Appel, Victor Asuncion, Nicholas Mariscal and various musicians from the MSO. Please join us! This concert is … Read more

The Miró Quartet

The Miró Quartet POSTPONED: the rescheduled event date and time will be posted once confirmed. 7:00PM, Sunday, January 23, 2022 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Google iCalendar Warm up your January with a Frankly Music favorite Frankly Music kicks off 2022 with one of America’s most celebrated string quartets, The Miró Quartet. Based in Austin, TX, … Read more

From Bach to Paul Simon. Plus Something Brand New.

From Bach to Paul Simon. Plus Something Brand New. 7:00PM, Saturday, December 11, 2021 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar English-American flute virtuoso and composer Emi Ferguson mixes it up with Frankly Music this December. Our Saturday evening program features intertwined selections from Paul Simon, Emi’s own composition, various selections from J.S. Bach … Read more

An evening with New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Anthony McGill

An evening with New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Anthony McGill 7:00PM, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Anthony McGill’s music advocacy efforts won him the 2020 Avery Fisher Prize. Spend an evening listening to his masterful artistry, and learning his compelling story surrounding diversity … Read more

Back to Basics

Back to Basics 7:00PM, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Get Tickets Google iCalendar We’re back in the hall! Cellist Julian Schwarz and pianist Marika Bournaki join Frank Almond, guest musicians from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, plus guest musicians from the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra. Join us for Frankly Music’s first in-person concert … Read more

Symphony Showcase

Symphony Showcase 7:00PM, Monday, March 16, 2020 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Buy Tickets Google iCalendar A finale showcasing the stellar musicians of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. The evocative program includes Milhaud’s La cheminée du roi René, and Turina’s The Prayer of the Bullfighter, alongside Mozart’s playful Horn Quintet and Spohr’s rarely-heard Nonet. Frank … Read more

Harp Spotlight

Harp Spotlight 7:00PM, Monday, January 27, 2020 Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College Buy Tickets Google iCalendar Kelsey Molinari, harp, and Marta Aznavoorian, piano, make their FM debuts, joined by versatile returning cellist Alexander Hersh. Saint-Säens’ virtuosic Fantaisie for Violin and Harp paired with an exquisite violin-harp arrangement of Vaughan Williams’ poetic The Lark Ascending, … Read more