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WAUKESHA – The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Madrigal Singers,
who entertained sell-out crowds for nearly 30 years, will reunite
for a concert on Saturday, November 18, in celebration of the
campus’s 40th anniversary and headlining a community
Festival of Trees.
Their august director, Donald Stimpert will come out of retirement
to conduct the more than 60 former student singers, returning from
the 1960s through the ‘90s, in a special performance. Digging back
into their repertoire, they will present familiar carols, as well as
some of their signature pieces, complete with trumpet fanfares.
While many of the singers live in the area, others are coming from
around the country.
Stimpert invited the singers back for the school’s 40th
anniversary, and in his letter also noted that it is the 25th
anniversary of the Madrigal Singers tour to England, where they
performed in several cities. Coming from the University of Indiana,
where Madrigals were a tradition, he initiated the annual holiday
program in 1967 when he came to Waukesha. The program gained a
dedicated following, and the concept soon spread to schools
throughout Wisconsin.
UW-Waukesha has not presented the program since Stimpert retired in
1994.
The performance is just one feature of the Festival of Trees Holiday
Party, to be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. in the UW-Waukesha Commons.
The evening will include an auction of decorated holiday trees and
wreaths. An appetizer buffet and beverages, including the
traditional old English Wassail Cup, will be served.
The evening kicks off of the Festival of Trees weekend celebration
being organized by UW-Waukesha’s Foundation to raise funds for
scholarships and is sponsored by Waukesha State Bank and M&I Bank.
Trees have been donated and decorated by local businesses and
individuals.
Tickets at $35 each are available from the Foundation, 1500
University Drive, Waukesha 53188 or by contacting the Foundation at
262-446-3328.
UW-Waukesha has the largest enrollment among
the 13 freshman-sophomore University of Wisconsin Colleges campuses.
For information about programs, admission, or financial aid, contact
the Student Services office at (262) 521-5040 or visit the Web at
waukesha.uwc.edu.
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