Madison Performing Arts Foundation brings classical music and all genres of musical performances to the greater Madison, Jefferson County, and Trimble County. Enjoy performances by nationally known artists, as well as professional career musicians with ties to the Madison area.

2024 & 2025 Performances:

All concerts are free and open to the public.

We welcome and appreciate your donations.

We are sad to announce that Storefront Congregation will be unable to perform on March 29, 2025. However, we are glad to announce that Ida Clare will perform in their place.

Please see the performance description below for more information.

Three Sopranos

Anastasia Jamieson
Marlene Bateman
Kate Egan
Former voice faculty at the University of Alaska, Kate continues to live in Anchorage, Anastasia now lives in Boulder, CO, and Marlene moved to Madison, IN in 2017. This recital brings the three singers back together with a program of favorite art songs, opera arias, and musical theater numbers, accompanied by Madison's own Starla Raley.
Friday, September 20, 2024 @ 7:00 PM
The Picker House
110 St. Michaels Ave
Madison, IN 47250

Robert Cart, flute with Starla Raley, piano

Robert Cart, flute
"Cart performed with exciting abandon". - The Baltimore Sun
Robert Cart returns home to his Southern Indiana roots where his amazing career began. He and pianist Starla Raley look forward to collaborating for this concert as well as for additional performances in Evansville and Terre Haute.
Friday, October 11, 2024 @ 7:00 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church
412 W. Main St.
Madison, IN 47250

“Klezmer Classics”

Byron Schenkman, piano
Steven Greenman, violin
Virtuoso musicians will perform works by Russian Jewish violinists who at the turn of the 20th century created a new musical language combining the latest trends in classical music with traditions of the Eastern European Klezmer.
Saturday, November 16, 2024 @ 7:00 PM
Christ Episcopal Church
506 Mulberry St.
Madison, IN 47250

Louisville Brass (Brass Faculty from University of Louisville)

This annual brass quintet concert has become a Madison tradition! The group will entertain us with holiday favorites and more.
Thursday, December 5, 2024 @ 7:00 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church
412 W Main St.
Madison, IN 47250

Madison Community Band

MPAF is proud to support our local musicians. Under the direction of Bill Kindle, they will present holiday favorites.

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 @ 7:30 PM

Clifty Falls Inn

1650 Clifty Hallow Rd.

Madison, IN 47250

Jonathan Stanley, tenor & Madlen Batchvarova, piano

Hanover College Music Faculty members Jonathan Stanley, tenor, and Madlen Batchvarova, piano, will perform Divine Love, a survey of sacred songs and arias from J. S. Bach through Moses Hogan.
Friday, January 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Fitzgibbon Hall
Lynn Center for Fine Arts
Hanover College
Hanover, IN

William Herzog, violin, with Christina Seal, piano

William Herzog, violin
Christina Seal, piano
Music Faculty members from Northern Kentucky University will perform Gwenyth Walker’s *Fantasy Etudes*, Prokofiev’s *Sonata 2*, Biber’s *Passacaglia,* and more.
Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 4:00 PM
The Picker House
110 St. Michaels Ave
Madison, IN 47250

Telegraph Quartet

The Telegraph Quartet
We are so proud to plan this San Francisco based and internationally acclaimed quartet’s return to Madison. This is the hometown of violinist, Joseph Maile, who with his wife, Pei-Ling, plays in this group.
Saturday, February 8, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
The Picker House
110 St. Michaels Ave
Madison, IN 47250

Young Musicians’ Concert

The community is proud to support our talented, young musicians from the county. The young people will present solos and ensembles that were prepared for ISSMA and State Contests.

Sunday, March 2, 2025 @ 3:00 PM

Madison Presbyterian Church

202 Broadway St.