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Curt Hanrahan

Artistic Director

Board of Directors

Warren Hanrahan

Artistic Director

Board of Directors

Saxophonist and Educator Curt Hanrahan, is the former head of jazz studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He co-founded the Lakeshore Conservatory of Music in Racine, Wisconsin, and performs with the Milwaukee Symphony. He has worked with artists such as Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Cab Calloway, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Harry Connick Jr., the Arturo Sandoval Big Band, Manhattan Transfer, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, Frank Sinatra Jr., and Ray Charles.

Drummer Warren Hanrahan graduated from the legendary North Texas State University and performed with the renowned One O’clock Lab Band under Neil Slater. He then moved on to tenures with The Glenn Miller Orchestra and the S.S. Norway Big Band. He has performed with Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, Billy Joel, Clark Terry, Keely Smith, John Davidson, Vanessa Williams, and in the Broadway shows Chicago, Godspell, West Side Story and Ain't Misbehavin’. He has also performed with R&B legends such as The Drifters, The Duprees, The Shirelles, and TV legends such as Milton Berle, Danny Thomas, Sid Caesar, and Skitch Henderson.

Artists of the Milwaukee Jazz Orchestra:

Saxophone:
Julia Bustle

Olivia Dobbs

Curt Hanrahan
Kyle Seifert
Nolan Thomas

Rosemary Walzer

Trumpet:

Mike Betz

Paul Dietrich

Krystal Esty

Greg Garcia

Neil Harmon
Russ Johnson

Jon Schipper
Nate Weiss