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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.

Black History Month Concert

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.

Orchestra Festival Concert

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.”

Make A Noise Concert

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.

UIS Choirs Concert

Enjoy the sounds of the UIS Chorus in the awesome acoustic of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Springfield. The UIS chorus will be joined by the Lincoln Land Community College Chorus. Free and open to the public.

Jazz at the Pharmacy

The UIS Jazz Ensemble joins a lineup of local and professional jazz musicians for its own set under the direction of UIS jazz faculty Bill Mitchell. Enjoy the music and the art exhibit on display at the Pharmacy Gallery and Art Space.