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.
Unit: Music
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.
School of Theatre and Dance and School of Music present Così fan tutte
The Illinois State University School of Theatre and Dance and School of Music will present Così fan tutte, March 2 through 9.
Decriminalizing homosexuality in Britain topic of QUEERtalks, March 9
Benjamin Britten scholar Justin Vickers will present “The Midcentury Politics of the Closet in Great Britain (and, What Parallels Still Persist?)” for QUEERtalks.
Wind Symphony concert features 2018 Band Concerto Competition winner, February 18
The fourth Wind Symphony concert of the 2017-2018 concert season, the February 18 concert will feature graduate student Alexandra Clay, flute, winner of the 2018 Illinois State University Band Concerto Competition.
Awards recognize faculty creativity
Kass Fleisher and Jin Lee have been named the recipients of the Outstanding University Creative Activity Award, and Roy Magnuson has been named the recipient of the Creative Activity Initiative Award.