School of Music alumnus Germán Gutiérrez has been selected as this year’s College of Fine Arts spring commencement speaker.
Unit: Music
Feminine Spirits Drum Circle, April 30
Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum will lead the Feminine Spirits Drum Circle from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, April 30, in the Bloomington Public Library Community Room
Guest artists Abbie Conant and William Osbourne to present Aletheia, April 18
The Illinois State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music invite you to a special performance of Aletheia from the talented artistic duo of Abbie Conant and William Osbourne at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, in the Kemp Recital Hall. This recital is free and open to the public.
Schimmel receives Guggenheim Fellowship for musical composition
Associate Professor of Music Carl Schimmel has been named a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow, awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Dennis Mackrel to headline Illinois State University Jazz Festival, April 13-14
The festival will feature evening performances by the University’s jazz ensembles, and free morning and afternoon performances by junior high and high school jazz bands from across the state.
Percussion Ensemble spring concert, April 15
The ISU Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of David Collier and Ben Stiers, will present its spring concert, Sounds and Friends, at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the Center for the Performing Arts at Illinois State University.
ISU Symphony Orchestra welcomes Maestro Jorge Lhez, March 25
Guest conductor Maestro Jorge Lhez will explore music from his home country, Argentina, as the ISU Symphony Orchestra performs at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 25.
RED NOTE New Music Festival to feature award-winning composers
The RED NOTE music festival at Illinois State, that devotes performances to new music composers, will begin with it’s first concert at 8 p.m., March 26, at Illinois State University’s Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.
Wind Symphony premieres Martha Horst’s Who Has Seen the Wind during RED NOTE New Music Festival, March 26
The Illinois State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music invite you to the Wind Symphony concert on Monday, March 26, at 8 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall.
Wind Symphony tour provides opportunity to educate future Redbirds
The Illinois State University Wind Symphony recently returned from their first-ever tour of Illinois High Schools.