Franciscan Music Center

Join us for a family friendly musical events beginning Friday, January 14th. Fireside Fridays are a relaxed gathering where you can bring the kids and watch live performances. This event is a 'donation' cover, or pay-what-you-can-afford event. We ask you consider a donation to help cover the cost of the performers. Barbershop quartets, acapella choirs, […]

PEGASIS is a band made up of a vocal trio of sisters (Marvelis, Rissel, and Yaina Peguero) and Jazz Guitarist Matt Hillman. Currently based out of Green Bay, Wisconsin the four members write, produce and perform their original music and describe their sound as a fusion of genres including Pop/Funk/Latin/Jazz.

Thursday, May 19th 6:30 Friday, May 20th 6:30 Saturday, May 21st 3:30 Sunday, May 22nd 3:30 The Franciscan Music Center is pleased to welcome Warped Studios in a student showcase of The Wizard of Oz! Warped Studios' mission is to provide an innovative and fresh approach to aerial, dance and fitness by providing classes that […]

Featuring:  Cody James Join us in the beautiful Arien's Atrium for family-friendly fun.  Each month will feature a different song writer, performer, speaker, or singing group.  There is no cover charge, however there is a suggested donation to cover the cost of performances.Fr

Bring your dancing shoes and join us for a night of learning!  Bonnie Shimulunas teaches piano at the Holy Family Conservatory of Music.  She is a church musician and has performed for many special events in this vein.  For 'A Night of Waltzes' she will be playing popular waltzes and other 3/4 pieces.  You will […]

August 6th-7:30 pm August 7th-2:00 pm August 12th-7:30 pm August 13th-7:30 pm August 14th-2:00 pm St. John’s Players produced their first show in the summer of 2005 with Our Town.  Since then the group has offered a variety of plays for the Manitowoc Community. After a hiatus of a few years, the group began offering shows once again, […]

Wisconsin Native Steve Progar (AKA BUCK SHOT) comes from humble beginnings. From a working-class family. Where Beer and Brandy Old Fashions were the drink of choice and Polkas was the music played. But when Elvis and the Beatles came along, something clicked in Buck’s Brain, that this was the music that he wanted to play. […]

October 7, 2022-6:00 pm Endries Performance Hall The UWO Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Marty Robinson, is the premiere jazz group on campus and travels to national jazz festivals and often tours regionally to high schools around Wisconsin. Several nationally known guest artists have appeared and/or worked with the UWO Jazz Ensemble in recent years, including […]

Join us on October 8, 2022 - 2 pm at the Franciscan Music Center located at 6751 Calumet Avenue Manitowoc for Mr. Chair Based in Madison and winner of the 2021 Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award for Best Jazz Artist, Mr. Chair brings a truly unique performance to every stage they play. Mr. Chair looks […]

Please join us for our first “Artist Reception” for Catherine Nelson at the Lake’s Edge Gallery on Saturday October 22, 2022 from 2-4 p.m. at the Franciscan Center for Music Education and Performance located at 6751 Calumet Avenue Manitowoc, Wisconsin 54220. Catherine would love to interact with you as she teaches you about the art […]

Featuring The Chicago Big Band and Brian Patti Orchestra! Come hear the Sounds of the Season and enjoy the "Big Band" feel of days gone by. Listen to jazz originals and traditional Christmas selections. Highlights of the orchestra include the Grand Opening of the Chicago Convention Center and the Inaugural Ball for the New Chicago […]

Stuck On Blue is an original instrumental group made up of Kelvin Kaspar on guitar, Jake Crowe on bass, and Mike Malone on drums. Their collective love of music across many genres has helped them craft a sound with influences from jazz, funk, blues, pop and beyond. All three members contribute original compositions and collectively […]

Thomas Pibal eats, breathes and lives music, although sometimes he eats bacon and breathes air, too. Thomas plays 26 instruments, has a different hairstyle every day and lives to connect with, edify and inspire people through the amazing and transcendent art of organized sound. Thomas has worked as the staff accompanist at Lakeland University and […]

Join us as we welcome The Griffon String Quartet to the Endries Performance Hall Stage. Founded in 1990, Midsummer’s Music has been bringing chamber music to Door County, Wisconsin, audiences for more than three decades. Our “exciting, pulse-pounding and riveting” concerts include international premieres and feature world-class artists. Our unique and diverse cultural, historical, and […]

Founded in 2012, Lake Effect Quartet strives to create fun and harmony for audiences throughout northeast Wisconsin. The group chose their name because everyone knows it’s “cooler by the lake” and they believe they provide some cool music for their audiences. Although the DNA of the quartet members has changed some over the years, their […]

Martha Fischer is professor of piano at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, where she heads the collaborative piano program. A sought-after accompanist and chamber musician, she has performed throughout the United States and Europe with many internationally recognized singers and instrumentalists. In a review of Fischer’s recording with trombonist Mark Hetzler, American Voices […]