February Performances in Northeast Wisconsin

Whenever any Lannoye student goes to any performance (band, choir, etc.) outside of the school day, if s/he brings back a program with a sentence written on it stating one thing s/he liked about the concert and why, s/he will receive a DRUM (Demonstrating Respect and Understanding in Music) card.

Jazz Fest with Kenny Werner, jazz pianist
February 1, 4 pm
Weidner Center
Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 day-of
(Every year, UW-Green Bay hosts a jazz festival for high school jazz bands to compete with each other and work with professional jazz musicians. The top two high school bands will perform at the afternoon concert alongside the UWGB Jazz I Ensemble and Kenny Werner.)

Green Bay Symphony Orchestra
February 8, 7:30 pm
Weidner Center
Tickets: $15 - $45
(The program is entitled "Great Music from Around the World" and includes music from Rossini's Barber of Seville (Bugs Bunny version below), Chinese music with a traditional Chinese instrument, Bernstein's On the Town, and da Falla's Three-Cornered Hat.)

Wicked
February 12 - March 2
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Tickets: Start at $49.
(This is a musical about the story of The Wizard of Oz, through the eyes of the Wicked Witch of the West. The song below is "Defying Gravity," sung by the stars of the original Broadway production, Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth.)

Civic Symphony of Green Bay
February 15, 7:30 pm
Meyer Theatre
Tickets: Family $40, Adult $17, Senior $12, Student $7
(Program includes "Nessun Dorma," as sung by the late Luciano Pavarotti below, also featured in the Matrix-inspired Kia commercial during the Super Bowl, posted below Pavarotti)

Chris Botti
February 15, 7:30 pm
Weidner Center
Tickets: $39.50 - $72.50
(Jazz trumpetist and composer Chris Botti, who won a Grammy in 2013, will be performing in Green Bay.)

Pulaski High School presents: Anything Goes
February 15, 7 pm
February 16, 2 pm
PHS Ripley Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $7

Allouez Village Band
February 17, 7 pm
Meyer Theatre
Tickets: Free
(Program includes John Williams' "Symphonic Marches" (as shown below by the US Army Field Band), highlights from the musical Guys and Dolls, and more.)

Pulaski High School presents: Anything Goes
February 22, 7 pm
February 23, 2 pm
PHS Ripley Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $7

Pulaski High School: Music for Moderns Concert
February 25, 7 pm
PHS Ripley Performing Arts Center