Come enjoy an evening of smooth Jazz to soothe your soul! The UIS Jazz ensemble will take the stage at the Pharmacy Gallery at 7pm on March 13th in a program featuring diverse local jazz artists. The UIS Jazz Ensemble is made up of a mixture of current UIS students, faculty/staff, and members of the Springfield community. A traditional big band, the ensemble performs a wide variety of jazz repertoire including classic standards, new compositions, and exciting and innovative arrangements.

Enjoy a beverage (sold separately) from our concession stand while experiencing skilled local artists sharing their work in the intimate UIS Studio Theatre.  These short events will leave you with time for dinner afterwards to make for a great date night!

In partnership with UIS Music

Hammered dulcimer/piano and cello duo

Don’t miss this captivating performance featuring Springfield native and award-winning composer Joel Styzens, accompanied by acclaimed cellist Herine Coetzee Koschak.

The Spring 2025 Get Free Music Series begins with a performance by Freedom Therapy Trio with special guest Andrey Gonçalves on bass. The Freedom Therapy Trio formed organically in UIS's Polly Roesch Music Room between 2023-2024 and released the album "At DIM Arthouse" on Edgetone records in the fall of 2024.

Pianist Kathleen Supove makes her NMS Debut with a concert featuring a world premiere by Thomas Flaherty as well as compositions by Mary Kouyoumdjian, Rahilia Hasanova, Randall Woolf, and Kathleen Supové.

Celebrate Black History Month with a dynamic concert spotlighting talented local artists! This concert will honor the rich legacy of Black music and culture by featuring performances across genres including jazz, gospel, spoken word, tap dance, and poetry. The performance includes performances by UIS students, faculty/staff, and guest artists from the community.  Join us for this vibrant celebration of heritage, creativity, and unity, as we honor the past and uplift the future through music and art.

Join Dr. Sharon Graf and the Itchy Fingers String Band for a lecture-performance on maritime music from Melville to Master and Commander. Sing along to a sea chantey. Bring your lunch!

Join us in Sangamon Auditorium for the UIS Orchestra Festival Concert featuring the UIS Orchestra and Illinois Symphony Orchestra Youth Ensembles. Repertoire includes Elgar’s Enigma Variations, one of the best-known English orchestral works of all time whose enigma has yet to be solved. In the words of the composer: “The Enigma I will not explain – its ‘dark saying’ must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the connexion between the Variations and the Theme is often of the slightest texture; further, through and over the whole set another and larger theme ‘goes’, but is not played . . . . So the principal Theme never appears, even as in some late dramas – e.g. Maeterlinck’s L’Intruse and Les sept Princesses – the chief character is never on the stage.”

Featuring the UIS Band in a program of music from around the world including "Cajun Folk Songs" by Frank Ticheli, Greek Folk Song Suite by Franco Cesarini and Variations on a Korean Folk Song by John Barnes Chance. 

Join us for a concert of experimental, avant-garde, and contemporary music by the UIS Make A Noise Ensemble! The concert features students, faculty/staff, and community members invested in adventurous music experiences. Not to be missed. You might even get a chance to participate in the concert! No musical experience necessary.