The Brass Choir has periodically performed at the annual conference of the Wisconsin Music Education Association in Madison. This ensemble is an extension of the tuba-euphonium studio and offers students the opportunity to perform both original and transcribed pieces for their instruments. The ensemble has earned an outstanding reputation for its virtuosity and musicianship and has performed at a national tuba-euphonium conference at the University of Kentucky in 1994. BASSically Brass performs an on-campus concert each semester and sponsors the annual low brass concert series, OctubaFest. String, Brass, and Woodwind Ensembles Chamber ensembles, focusing on traditional trio, quartet, and quintet repertoire, are organized each semester for students in the string and wind studios.
Music utilizing both homogeneous and mixed instrumentation is studied and performed.
Additionally, a flute choir, clarinet choir, and trombone choir are offered as an extension of the flute, clarinet, and trombone studios, enabling students to gain additional repertoire experience on those instruments. These ensembles are an extension of the percussion studio, offering students an opportunity to study and perform music in a wide variety of percussion instrumentations. The Percussion and Marimba Ensembles present a public on-campus concert each semester. An ensemble focusing on African drumming techniques also is offered in conjunction with Percussion Ensemble. The Chamber Choir is offered each Fall Semester and is open to qualified singers by audition.