Concert Tickets & Info - Oakwood Chamber Players

Upcoming Concerts

January 16, 17, & 18, 2026

Concert Dates, Tickets & Locations:

📍 Friday, January 16 at 7:00 PM – Oakwood Village Prairie Ridge Chapel Buy Tickets
📍 Saturday, January 17 at 7:00 PM – Oakwood Village University Woods Arts Center Buy Tickets
📍 Sunday, January 18 at 2:00 PM – Arts & Literature Lab Buy Tickets

🎟 Tickets: $25 General Admission | $20 Seniors | $5 Students

Start your new year off on a high note with Oakwood, as we enter 2026 with a refreshing, globally-inspired music series! Performances will take place at Oakwood Villages Prairie Ridge (5565 Tancho Drive) on Friday, January 16, and University Woods (6205 Mineral Point Road) on Saturday, January 17, both at 7 p.m., followed by a 2 p.m. matinee at Arts + Literature Laboratory on Sunday, January 18 (111 South Livingston Street).

We invite you to experience a multicultural palette of music with touchpoints in each hemisphere. Latin GRAMMY winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972) transforms the classical string quartet into an indigenous ensemble, imitating Peruvian percussion and panpipes in “Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout.” Hear our solo wind instruments soar over a lush bed of strings with Alexander Glazunov’s (1865-1936) “Rêverie Orientale for Clarinet Quintet,” a work blending the Russian Romanticism with Eastern harmonies, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ (1872-1958) “Six Studies in English Folk Song.” “Scène Champêtre” by Gabriel Allier (1863-1924) sweeps us into the French countryside, showcasing a charming trio of winds.

Oakwood Chamber Players serve as the professional resident ensemble for the Oakwood Village senior living community. Artistic Directors Valree Casey (oboe/English horn), Nancy Mackenzie (clarinet), Amanda Szczys (bassoon), Marie Pauls (viola), and Maggie Townsend (cello) will be joined by guest violinists Isabella Lippi and Peter Miliczky.

Tickets are $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors, and $5 for students. Run time, 75 minutes, no intermission.

The Oakwood Chamber Players are a dynamic group of Madison-based professional musicians who present concerts of historically and stylistically diverse chamber music animated by engaging verbal program notes. Their delightful, curated mix of wind and string instruments lends itself to introducing culturally significant works by living and lesser-known composers and shedding a new light on standard repertoire. These vibrant individual artists can be seen performing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and Madison Opera.