Renowned conductor Dale Warland finds it amusing when people assume that, since he disbanded his famous Minnesota choral ensemble more than ten years ago, he’s been relaxing. “I stopped the Dale Warland Singers in 2004 and everybody thinks I stopped (working) or died or something,” Warland said with a chuckle. “They’ll say, are you enjoying retirement? “I’m working harder than ever, but I don’t have to raise money for my own choir anymore.” At 83, Warland, who lives in Mendot

Madison Choral Project has been around for only a few years — but already the professional group has reached such heights that one of the biggest names in choral music is coming to town to lead it. Dale Warland will conduct the Madison Choral Project in two performances of “Music of Our Time,” a concert held at the First Congregational Church at 7:30 p.m. Friday and again at 2:30 p.m. May 31. “He’s a genius. And he really is one of the pioneers of American choral music,” said

The Madison-based early music group Eliza’s Toyes (below top) has a concert this Friday night, May 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. The concert is titled “Music: The Miracle Medicine.” The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (WID) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pictured during sunset on July 13, 2011. The 300,000-square-foot building houses UW-Madison’s public Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the private Morgridge Institute for Resear