2026 Concerts: Midwinter Concert Series
(Sundays at 5, January – March)
Jan 11, 2026 at 5pm – Blakeley Menghini and Friends – String Quartets by Ravel, Shaw, and Montgomery (with violinists Sahada Buckley and Maynie Bradley and cellist Ryan Louie) – followed by a communal meal in the Guild Hall
Feb 15, 2026 at 5pm – Pianist Bradley Simonson – followed by a communal meal in the Guild Hall
March 8, 2026 at 5pm – Details coming soon!
2025 Concerts
Jan 26, 2025 – Midwinter Concert Series I: The Avanti Trio – Alissa Freeman, piano; Hillary Hempel, violin; Hannah Wolkstein, cello
*Music at 5, communal meal at 6
February 16, 2025 – Midwinter Concert Series II: Caravan – Hot Club Swing/Jazz/Romani Folk
*Music at 5, communal meal at 6
March 15, 2025 – Just Bach Concerts | Motets and Community Chorales for Five Voices and Continuo (event details)
April 13 and 14, 2025 – WYSO Musicmakers Spring Recitals
May 10, 2025 – Madison Savoyards | Celebrating the Music of Gilbert and Sullivan
May 17, 2025 – Ancora String Quartet + cellist Trace Johnson plays the great Schubert Quintet
June 21, 2025 – Ben Weger, Singer-songwriter
July 12, 2025 – Late Romantic Chamber Music for Strings and Piano with Maynie Bradley, violin; Mary Deck, viola; Hannah Kasun, cello; Victor Stahoviak, double bass; and Sarah Williams, piano
August 2, 2025 – Pieces of Eight Woodwind Octet
September 27, 2025 – Trevor Stephenson, Harpsichord
October 11, 2025 – Shauncey Ali Quartet – Folk Music at the Intersection of Tradition and Innovation
Nov 15, 2025 – Wisconsin Gagok Ensemble – Korean Art Song
December 13, 2025 – UW Russian Folk Orchestra
Previous Concerts
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, we transitioned to a virtual concert series in June 2020. Please enjoy an eclectic array of Grace Presents HD virtual concerts, as well as livestreamed in-person concerts, hosted on the Grace Presents YouTube Channel. Our livestream services have been out on hiatus as of May 2024, but we invite you to enjoy our eclectic archive of recorded concerts.
DEC 14, 2024 – UW Russian Folk Orchestra – Annual Winter Holiday Concert
NOV 16, 2024 – An Afternoon of Song – Sarah Brailey and Trevor Stephenson
OCT 19, 2024 – Music for Evelyn – UW Cello Ensemble + Organist Mark Brampton Smith
Sept 14, 2024 – The Wisconsin Brass Quintet – Faculty Ensemble-in-Residence at the Mead Witter School of Music
August 10, 2024 – BEATLES TRIBUTES by The Madison Mystery TourJuly 28, 2024 – More-Than-Human – Chamber Music for Five Strings Inspired by the Natural World
July 13, 2024 – BEN FERRIS QUARTET – with Jon Hoel, tenor sax, Adam Czerepinski keys, Ben Ferris bass, Wayne Saltzman drums
June 29, 2024 – “Magical Mozart” – Violinist Kangwon Kim and Pianist Minyoung Lee
May 25, 2024 – The Hardanger Fiddle – Karen Rebholz
April 20, 2024 – “A Marriage of Song and Satire” – The Madison Savoyards
March 23, 2024 – Cellist Alex Chambers-Ozasky
March 3 – 5pm (Midwinter Series) – Music for violin and Piano with Alirio Chacin (violin) and Calvin Guse (piano)
Feb 18 – 5pm (Midwinter Series) – Piano music of Robert Schumann with Bradley Simonson
February 3, 2024 – Singer-Songwriter David Sewell w/ Matthew Pickart, violin and James Waldo, Cello
Jan 28 – 5pm (Midwinter Series) – American piano trios with Dawn Wohn (violin) Alyona A. Waldo (piano) and James Waldo (cello)
December 16, 2023 – 12pm – The UW Russian Folk Orchestra Annual Winter Holiday Concert
November 11, 2023 – 12pm – The Pro Arte Quartet + Pianist Christopher Taylor
October 7, 2023 – 12pm – The Ancora Quartet
September 9, 2023 – 12pm – Korean Art Song
August 19, 2023 – 12pm – Caravan Hot Club Jazz
July 8, 2023 – 12pm – Ray Rideout Jazz Quartet
June 10, 2023 – 12pm – Car/Lee Duo (FLute/Piano)
April 29, 2023 – 12pm – Cellist James Waldo
Works for Solo Cello by J. S. Bach
December 17, 2022 – 12pm – UW Russian Folk Orchestra
November 19, 2022 – 12pm – Underground Chamber Collective – Schubert Octet
October 15, 2022 – 12pm – Gate Check Jazz Quartet with Special Guest Cole Bartels
September 17, 2022 – 12pm – Organist Mark Brampton Smith
August 13, 2022 – 12pm – Bassoonist Juliana Mesa and Guitarist Christopher Allen
July 30, 2022 – 12pm – Ritt and Wilder Deitz
July 16, 2022 – 12pm – Charanga Agoza
May 28, 2022 – Mt. Zion Gospel Choir – view concert here
April 2, 2022 – Iva Ugrcic and Satoko Hayami Duo – Music for Flute and Piano – view concert here
March 12, 2022- Alyona Aksyonova and James Waldo – Music for Cello and Piano
February 26, 2022 – HD Virtual Concert – Tres Arci Strings
December 18, 2021 – Russian Folk Orchestra – view concert here
November 20, 2021 – Madison Jazz Ensemble – view concert here
October 16, 2021 – Johannes Wallmann Quintet (jazz) – view concert here
September 25, 2021 – Taylor Ackley and the Deep Roots Ensemble (folk/Americana) – view concert here
August 21, 2021 – Common Chord (folk/swing) – view concert here
July 24, 2021 – Heartland Marimba – view concert here
June 19, 2021 – Pecatonica String Quartet – view concert here
May 22, 2021 – Shawndell Marks and Brady Bachmann – view concert here
April 24, 2021 – Harmonious Wail – view concert here
March 27, 2021- A Patient Enduring – early music for voices and lute – view concert here
Feb 13, 2021 – Angela Puerta with Willie Gracia – view concert here
Dec 5, 2020 – *Special Showing* – UW Madison Russian Folk Orchestra 2019 Holiday Concert at Grace Presents – view concert here
November 21, 2020 – Tenor DaSean Stokes and Friends – view concert here
October 24, 2020 – Caravan Ensemble – view concert here
September 19, 2020 – Marimba Player Eric De Los Santos – view concert here
July 25, 2020 – Mark Brampton Smith and Carol Carlson – view concert here
June 27, 2020 – Cellist Cole Randolph – view concert here
Free monthly concerts on the Capitol Square 