Our annual Christmas Concert & Dinner will be held at the Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton (4200 County Rd M) at 3:00 pm on Sunday December 14, 2025. For all of the details, please click on the link below to see the concert flyer.
A visit from Sankt Nikolaus
Come and join us for a traditional Christmas Concert and Dinner with the Madison Maennerchor!
When: Sunday December 15, 2024 at 3pm
Where: Holy Wisdom Monastery, 4200 County Rd. M in Middleton
Cost: $15 concert only, or $35 for the concert and dinner
The concert features traditional German and Christmas songs, and a special visit by Sankt Nikolaus with treats and gifts!
The dinner includes turkey with “all the fixings” as well as the traditional ham baked in sourdough from Clasen’s Bakery!
Call/text Tim at 608-712-3361, or send an email to concert.mmc@gmail.com. Tickets are available at the door, but reservations are necessary for dinner. Reservations must be received by December 6.
Frohe Weihnachten! Happy Holidays!
Note: if the concert is canceled due to bad weather (as has happened in the past) we will post the news here on our web site and also on our Facebook page. We will also attempt to contact everyone on the reservation list if we have a phone number or email address.
A visit from Sankt Nikolaus
Our annual Christmas Concert & Dinner will be held on Sunday December 10, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. This year the event will be at a new venue: Holy Wisdom Monastery located at 4200 County Road M in Middleton. After the concert, there will be a visit from Sankt Nikolaus followed by dinner at approximately 5:00 p.m.
Tickets for the concert and dinner are $32 per person. Tickets for the concert only are $15. There will be a cash bar. Tickets can be purchased at the door for the concert, but reservations must be made for the concert and dinner. For the full details, including how to make a reservation, please click on the link below:
Please make your reservations by November 24th. Questions? Email us at xmas@madisonmaennerchor.org.
Note: if the concert is canceled due to bad weather (as has happened in the past) we will post the news here on our web site and also on our Facebook page. We will also attempt to contact everyone on the reservation list if we have a phone number or email address.
Videos from the NASB Saengerfest in Madison are available on the MMC YouTube channel.
These videos are from the Capitol Rotunda Sing on Sunday June 11, 2023:
Virtual Lecture
“Wo man singt”
German-American Singing Festivals, 1849–1914
with
Heike Bungert
Wednesday, April 5, at 12:00 pm Central Time
Free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Email Antje Petty to receive a Zoom link: apetty@wisc.edu
Links will be emailed the day before the event.
Between 1849 and 1914, German-American singing festivals with thousands of participants and visitors were a constant yet changing element in the cultural landscape of the United States. They brought German and European music to America, helped immigrants construct a German-American (musical) identity, and contributed to asserting their status in society. This presentation will focus on the beginnings and the expansion of German-American choirs, especially Männerchöre (choirs for male voices), singing federations and their festivals, and the musical repertoire that was performed from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I.
Heike Bungert is Professor for North American History at the University of Münster in Germany and has published extensively on the festivals of German Americans.
Click here for further information about this presentation
or contact Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu)
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**The Max Kade Institute Virtual Lectures Series is made possible with the support of the Friends of the Max Kade Institute. To learn more about the Friends of the Max Kade Institute, including how to become a member, click HERE.
A visit from Sankt Nikolaus
Our annual Christmas Concert & Dinner will be held on Sunday December 11, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. This year the event will be at a new venue: St Bernard Catholic Church, 2438 Atwood Ave in Madison. After the concert, there will be a visit from Sankt Nikolaus followed by dinner at approximately 5:00 p.m.
Tickets for the concert and dinner are $25 per person. Tickets for the concert only are $10. There will be a cash bar. Tickets can be purchased at the door but we would appreciate it if you made a reservation in advance. For the full details, including how to make a reservation, please click on the link below:
Please make your reservations by December 4th if possible. Questions? Email us at xmas@madisonmaennerchor.org.
Note: if the concert is canceled due to bad weather (as has happened in the past) we will post the news here on our web site and on our Facebook page. We will also attempt to contact everyone on the reservation list if we have a phone number or email address.
The WSB Kommers competition was held in Kenosha on April 23, 2022; this was the first Kommers since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The event was hosted by MGV Harmonia and was held at the Holy Rosary Parish in the school gym.
It was a beautiful day and it was great to see all of the choirs together again! MGV Harmonia, who had won the last competition in 2019, came in first again this year. Gesangverein Concordia was second and Madison Maennerchor was third.
Here are some photos of the Madison Maennerchor performing at Kommers. Thanks to Geoff for sending the photos! As always, click on the thumbnail to see the larger photo.
Here are some more photos from Kommers:
Madison’s International Festival begins tomorrow. You can view the online content from Saturday, February 27 – Saturday, March 6, 2021. The Madison Männerchor submitted a virtual performance. Check it out at the Overture Center’s website:
Overture’s 2021 International Festival
German Fest Milwaukee has announced that 2020 German Fest, originally scheduled July 24-26, has been cancelled, due to the current Covid-19 situation. For more information, please see the press release on the German Fest website: https://germanfest.com/