The Rabin Quartet is the Graduate String Quartet at UW-Madison's Mead Witter School of Music. Its members are working towards master's and doctoral degrees and serve as teaching assistants, leading orchestral sectionals, teaching string fundamentals to music education students, and performing as representatives of UW-Madison. The group is funded by generous donors and named in honor of Dr. Marvin Rabin, an internationally acclaimed music educator and Professor Emeritus at UW-Madison. As the father of the youth orchestra movement in the US, his work continues to positively impact countless young musicians to this day.
Southern Wisconsin's Most Charming Theatre
The historic Stoughton Opera House is located in Stoughton, WI just a few minutes south-east of Madison. The theater plays host to a wide variety of musical and theatrical performances throughout the season - rock, folk, classical, oddities, comedy...you name it. Known for sublime acoustics and an early 20th century aesthetic, don't pass on a chance to see a show or just pay a visit to the Stoughton Opera House.