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Mike Leckrone

Community Organizations Promoting the Arts is a new support organization coming together with the initial goals of making performing arts participation affordable to all, and building a facility where that can happen. This concert event is a fundraiser for the building and takes place at its future site. Mike Leckrone, the former UW Varsity Band director, is also COPA's lead community ambassador. Along with celebrating his 85th birthday, he will lead the COPA All-Star Jazz Ensemble for the concert, which also includes performances by Latin Pride Orquesta, Dance Wisconsin, Madison Jazz Jam, Capital City Theater, and others. Find tickets here.

media release: Community Organizations Promoting the Arts (COPA) announces that it will hold an event to raise money for the organization’s new initiative, the Mike Leckrone Family Foundation. COPA All-Star Jazz Ensemble led by Mike Leckrone featuring David Lee Jones, Grant Manhart, Jon Schipper, Darren Sterud and more with special appearance by Mitch Henck, which will subsidize the cost of renting spaces at COPA’s planned facility for arts education, local schools, and visual performing arts groups. 

COPA promotes visual, performing and literary arts for children and adults throughout the Madison area. The organization is led by University of Wisconsin band leader Mike Leckrone, who will be leading an all-star jazz ensemble and celebrating his 85th birthday at the event.

“I believe strongly there must always be the opportunities and facilities for young men and women to pursue a passion for the arts,” said Mike Leckrone, honorary Capital Campaign Chair and COPA Lead Community Ambassador, “so they may continue to learn, to grow, and to perform.”

COPA All-Star Jazz Ensemble led by Mike Leckrone will be emceed by Madison native and local media alum Mitch Henck. In addition to Mike Leckrone’s jazz ensemble on the main stage, the event will also feature a lineup of local talent, including Monona Academy of Dance, Latin Pride Orquesta and more.

COPA All-Star Jazz Ensemble will take place on July 18, 2021 at 2823 Index Road in Fitchburg. Doors open at 2 p.m., and performances will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Also, Madison Jazz Jam students will perform beginning at 2:15 pm.) COPA hopes to raise $5 million through donations. The event is free to enter, but attendees can purchase VIP access for $25. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

Those interested in attending this event are encouraged to sign up on the organization’s Eventbrite page. For more information about COPA, interested parties can visit their website at copamadison.org.

About COPA: Community Organizations Promoting the Arts (COPA) is a partnership of two organizations, COPA and the Mike Leckrone Family Foundation. COPA was created to fulfill the mission of making performing arts accessible to everyone in the Madison area, and the Mike Leckrone Family Foundation aims to raise the funds required to construct a $35 million COPA facility in Fitchburg. Through community, education, collaboration and engagement, COPA will allow artists and observers alike to experience the power of the arts.

2:00pm | Doors Open

2:15pm | Madison Jazz Jam Student Showcase

3:00 - 5:00pm

All-Star Jazz Ensemble (multiple sets)

including Capital Theatre vocals

MEMO Hip Hop Dancers

Latin Pride Orquesta

Dance Wisconsin & Dane Arts

Encore presentation by the All-Star Jazz Ensemble following the program with the Latin Pride Orquesta after party inside COPA Sail building after the encore.