Step into the smokey cafes and shadowed streets of old Piraeus... for a brief lunchtime concert featuring Greek rebetika songs—music born of desire, heartbreak, and ultimate resilience. This concert features rebetika songs about love and speaks to the many dimensions of the human heart—affection, longing, separation, and enduring connection.
Join us as Dr. Sharon Graf and fellow duet musicians will explore the theme of Rita Grendze's "Belly" Exhibition: Nourishment and Scarcity.
Join us on Saturday, Dec 6, 7pm for the end-of-semester recital featuring UIS student musicians and students of the UIS Community Music School and UIS String Academy. This concert is a culmination of a semester's work and features repertoire for solo instrumentalists. Support your friends and colleagues and join us at this free event!
FREE and open to the public.
Join us for an inspiring evening of chamber music as our student ensembles present the culmination of their semester’s work. This concert showcases a wide range of repertoire—from classical masterworks to popular music to brand new compositions—compmosed and performed by small chamber ensembles and the UIS Camerata band.
Come see UIS students and faculty as well as members of the Springfield Community perform experimental works by composers Pauline Oliveros, Francis Schwartz, and Steve Reich, as well as a world premiere composed collaboratively by everyone in the Make A Noise Ensemble!
FREE and open to the public!
Join us for an unforgettable night of music as two standout UIS Community Music School Ensembles take the stage: The UIS Flute Choir under the direction of Dr. Farah Zolghadr and the UIS Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Jade Kastel. The concert includes a broad array of musical styles and genre, spanning from Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker to J.S. Bach and P. I. Tchaikovsky. Don't miss!
As the semester comes to a close, our talented student musicians are ready to take the stage and share the music they’ve been crafting all season long. Join us for the final band concert of the semester!
Join the UIS Music program for the second Get Free Music Series event of the year. This show will feature Gerard Cox on keyboard. He will be joined by Frank Trompeter on saxophone, Richard Gilman-Opalsky on drums, and Adam Larison on guitar. Friday, November 21st at 7:00 pm, UIS Field Station, 9 Club Area, Springfield, IL.
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Join the UIS Orchestra and Choir and the Illinois Symphony Youth Orchestras for their annual Autumn Orchestra Festival! The theme of joy runs through this program, which ranges from the young talents of the ISYO Junior Strings all the way to the combined forces of the UIS Orchestra and Chorus presenting the legendary Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. In between, you will hear Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, the salsa-infused rhythms of La Bella Cubana, and much more.
Explore the enduring power of Beethoven’s music to illuminate the depths of human experience. This interdisciplinary panel examines how the works of Ludwig van Beethoven resonate across time, cultures, and disciplines. From the emotional intensity of his compositions to the philosophical questions they raise, we’ll delve into what makes Beethoven a timeless voice in the conversation about what it means to be human. This panel serves as a pre-concert discussion in advance for the UIS Orchestra Fall Festival Concert featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 "Ode to Joy."