Following a sold-out show in 2018, audience favorite NINETEEN THIRTEEN returns to the Wilson Center for our 20th Birthday celebration!
Cellist Janet Schiff and percussionist Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) create the bold and vibrant sound of NINETEEN THIRTEEN. A cello made in Romania in the year 1913 and a set of drums made in modern-day America entertain each other in a haunting, melodic dance that suggests mystery, romance, and future thought. Original compositions and looping are by Schiff while beat brushes and commentary are by DeLorenzo.
NINETEEN THIRTEEN won a Wisconsin Area Music Award for Jazz Artist of the Year 2014 and was featured on Fox Channel 6, PBS on The Arts Page, and Wisconsin Public Radio’s Lake Effect. As a very busy chamber rock ensemble, NINETEEN THIRTEEN opened a concert for The Avett Brothers at BMO Harris Pavilion, and performed at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Bastille Days, Summerfest, The Pabst Theater, Turner Hall, and the Museum of Wisconsin Art, all in the past year.
For our 20th Birthday Celebration Season, the Wilson Center is thrilled to be part of a “shop local” arts initiative with Wisconsin Music Ventures, as we work together to build community through music and music through community. Our inaugural “Green Room” concert series features a true sound sampling of artists from around Wisconsin and is designed to introduce audiences to artists from a wide range of locales around our state (and just a little beyond) and an eclectic array of genres—including jazz, pop, rock, country, folk, soul, classical, Celtic, and more. Unless otherwise noted, each Green Room Series concert will take place in our intimate, cabaret-style Dawes Studio Theater.
