A dazzling array of musical talents will be showcased throughout the season during these hour-long programs, organized by John Beutel and sponsored by the Stoughton Area Senior Center. All Music Appreciation events are free and open to the public.

Stoughton Violist and Violinist Madlen Breckbill presents a program for viola.

Madlen H. Breckbill, viola and violin, recently returned from living in Berlin (Germany) where she worked as an orchestral trainee with Konzerthaus Berlin, as the violist of the TAÏGA String Quartet in Denmark and as a chamber music trainee for Villa-Musica in Rheinland Pfalz. As a chamber musician, Madlen has performed across Europe and North America with world-class musicians such as violinists Ernst Kovacik, Jorja Fleezanis, Gregory Ahs, and Martin Beaver; violist Steven Dann; and cellist Richard Lester. In recent years, Madlen performed at Midsummer Music, with the Happenstancers in Toronto, and at Token Creek with Prof. Chisholm. In 2019, Madlen founded the Stoughton Chamber Music Festival, bringing young professional musicians together for innovative and meaningful summer chamber music experiences in Stoughton, WI. Madlen is a graduate of UW-Madison and the Glenn Gould School in Toronto, where she studied with David Perry, Paul Kantor, Barry Shiffman, Erica Raum and Steven Dann. Madlen is currently a Collins Fellow at UW- Madison, pursuing a Masters in Viola performance with Prof. Chisholm.

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