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.
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
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 10, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Fitzgibbon Hall
Lynn Center for Fine Arts
Hanover College
151 Scenic Dr.
Hanover, IN 47243
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
110 St. Michaels Ave
Madison, IN 47250
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
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.
Madison, IN 47250
Storefront Congregation
Storefront Congregation is a Louisville-based band known for their tight harmonies, fast picking, smooth sounds, and gritty rhythms. They pull inspiration from all types of music. Both standards and original material blend in a unique sound to satisfy any musical appetite.
Saturday, March 29, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
Opal Sherman Auditorium
Madison Consolidated High School
743 Clifty Drive
Madison, IN 47250
Merz Trio
Hailed as “entrancing” (BBC Music Magazine) and “artists in the deepest sense of the word “ (CutCommon), Merz Trio, winners of the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff, and Chesapeake Competitions, and recipients of a Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant, have been lauded for ther “stunning virtuosity … fresh and surprising interpretations” (Reading Eagle), and “perfection of intonation” (Hudson Review).
Friday, April 11, 2025 @ 7:00 PM
110 St. Michaels Ave
Madison, IN 47250
Spring Choir Festival
- Dr. Madlen Batchvarova, Conductor
Churches throughout the community feature Easter anthems, then gather together as a mass choir under the direction of Hanover College’s respected choral director.
Sunday, May 4, 2025 @ 2:00 PM
Prince of Peace Catholic Church
413 E. Second St.
Madison, IN 47250