WPR Pint-Sized Concerts at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Name: WPR Pint-Sized Concerts at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Start: 2025-11-06T17:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-11-06T19:00:00-06:00
Location: 700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53202

Schedule

Thu Nov 06 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53202 | Milwaukee, WI

Join us for live classical music presented by WPR! Enjoy an evening of timeless classics, reimagined pop favorites, and great company amidst the Museum’s iconic architecture, with a pop-up bar open before and during the performance. This unique celebration of art and music is brought to the community by WPR and the Museum as part of Thursday Nights at MAM, the Museum’s weekly evening of art, music, and pay-what-you-wish admission. Bring a friend or the whole family and celebrate local music while supporting two of Wisconsin’s cultural institutions.

OCTOBER 2: Malik Johnson
NOVEMBER 6: Peter J. Thomas
DECEMBER 4: Peter J. Thomas
JANUARY 8: Malik Johnson

Malik Johnson is a classically trained cellist, composer, and music producer based in Chicago and Milwaukee. Malik has worked with the Matt Jones Orchestra, which has opened the doors for him to appear on NPR’s Tiny Desk in 2017, record on John Legend’s Christmas album released in 2018, feature on Kirk Franklin’s Grammy award-winning album Long Live Love, and work with countless other professional and local recording artists. In Milwaukee, he recently wrote and produced the official theme song of the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum at his 2025 residency.
Peter J. Thomas is a member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and has performed around the world as a multi-genre soloist, clinician, educator, and chamber musician. Peter enjoys the life of being a music ambassador and strives to spread awareness of the arts in the community through his many outlets. Peter performs on a fine English cello, circa 1813, by maker Thomas Kennedy. Also performing on an electric cello, playing pop covers along with vocals, Peter regularly performs a wide range of music outside of the symphony at solo shows or alongside various bands around the city of Milwaukee.