University Band Concert

Illinois State University

School of Music Collaborative Pianists perform a variety of repertoire with vocal and instrumental partners

Collaborative Piano

Convocation Hour: Opera and Stage Workshop

Student Chamber Music Recital

ISU Guitar Studio & Ensemble Recital

Rhiannon is currently a choral music major.

Senior Recital: Rhiannon Rannochio, voice

Civic Chorale Fall Concert

The ISU Civic Chorale will be featuring “Songs of the Season” with Holiday favorites by composers Elaine Hagenberg, Dan Forrest, Peter Anglea, Alan Silvestri, Ola Gjeilo and the Midwest Premiere of a new arrangement of Nicholas Ryan Kelly’s “Cold Moon” for SATB choir accompanied by the amazing Dennis Gotkowski on the piano and select instrumental soloists.

Civic Chorale “Songs of the Season"

Senior Recital: Mielke, trumpet

Senior Recital: Phil Denzmore, euphonium

Senior Recital: Isaac Richards, voice

Junior Recital: Zeph Mussman, viola

Senior Recital: Karen Bautista, clarinet

Graduate Recital: Ulzhan Ydryssova, viola

Enjoy a musical performance and read-aloud of The Girl Who Heard the Music with Illinois State University School of Music faculty member Kate Lewis and School of Music students. Afterwards, Tanya Scott will lead participants and their caregivers in creating musical instruments out of recycled materials. Participants will then be invited to play their instruments as a group. 

Redbird Musical Adventures: The Girl Who Heard the Music

Senior Recital: Cian Martinez, clarinet

Senior Recital: Melanie Castillo, oboe

Junior Recital: Dane Rabe, jazz guitar

Graduate Recital: Kissin Hou, collaborative piano

Graduate Recital: Trinity Howell, viola

Senior Recital: Colin Norsworthy, euphonium

Graduate Recital: Xinyi Li, piano

MUS152 Convocation Hour: Flute Studio Recital

Oboe Studio Recital

Jazz Combos

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Faculty Brass Quintet

Percussion Ensemble Concert

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Linden Duo

Guest Artist Recital: Wiff Rudd, trumpet

Treble Choir Concert

Symphony Orchestra and Choir Concert

Afternoon of Brass

Bachtober Festival Concert

Symphonic Winds & Symphonic Band Concert

Philharmonia Orchestra Concert

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Jillian Kouzel, oboe

Wind Symphony Concert

Jazz Ensemble I & II

Symphony Orchestra Concert

School of Music Collage Concert

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Cora Swenson Lee, cello and guest artist Soo Yeon Kim, violinist

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Igor Kalnin, violin

Jury Recognition Recital

School of Music Welcome Convocation Hour

Artists from MIOpera perform favorites from the Broadway and operatic stages.

Concert on the Quad: Singing Under the Stars

The lovely chanteuse performs songs and stories from the Great American Songbook.

Concerts on the Quad: Jodi Beach

Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Olivia Wexler makes her COTQ debut.

Concerts on the Quad: Olivia Wexler

Kick off the week and July 4th festivities with some Civil War-era music.

Concerts on the Quad: 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band

Event details: Dr. Karen Power is an Irish composer based in Cork, Ireland. Her compositions use two primary sources: acoustic instruments and everyday sound-objects/environmental soundscapes. Her creative output is diverse, both in its approach and delivery, seeking to capture and translate the essence of an idea through a variety of forms, media and methods of dissemination. Dr. Power will present a lecture about her works which will include improvised performance.

Dr. Karen Power, Composer: Lecture/Performance

ISU welcomes alumni members of the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Winds, and Symphonic Band back to campus for a weekend of music-making!

School of Music Alumni Concert Band Performance

Community School for the Arts Spring Recital

String Project Spring Concert

Senior Recital: Ryan White, tuba

Senior Recital: Alec Jenkins, clarinet

Featuring British composer/conductor Jonathan Willcocks’ Magnificat, an energetic and rhythmically-driven work accompanied by Dr. Dennis Gotkowski, organ. Also featuring four choral arrangements of American-born Canadian composer Nicholas Ryan Kelly: You Speak Violets, Now Boarding, After The Wind and Clark Street Bridge (based on a poem of Carl Sandburg).

Civic Chorale Spring Concert

Graduate Recital: Laura Velez, string bass

Junior Recital: Elli Ji, oboe

Senior Recital: Emily Shelburne, piano

The Saxophone Studio presents a varied program of soloists, saxophone quartets, and large saxophone ensemble.
For additional information contact Dr. Paul Nolen (309) 438-8872

Saxophone Studio Recital

Graduate Recital: Holly Peters, clarinet

Junior Recital: Joseph Rhykerd, euphonium

The ISU West African Drumming and Dance Ensemble (IWADDE) will perform multiple musical selections featuring singing, dancing, drumming, and storytelling from Ghana and Guinea.

African Music and Dance

Guest Artist Recital: Amy Krueger, horn

Bluegrass and Oldtime Ensemble

Cook Hall

Performance Convocation Hour

Spring Student Chamber Music Recital

The ISU Guitar Studio and Guitar Ensemble presents solo and quartet music by Carcassi, Sor, Brouwer, Thomas, Amelkina-Vera, and York. There may even be a sing-along at the end!

Guitar Studio & Ensemble Recital

Dr. Gresham Clarinet Studio Recital

This program will present the melodic, motivic and rhythmic weavings of Doppelgänger by Brian Mason, and Bloom by Michael McIntosh. Following a “spring” theme, the ensemble will also perform the subtle Apple Blossom by Peter Garland and the energetic The Whirlwind by Joe Green featuring soloist Sara Eckert. The program will conclude with the energizing Time Dilation by Francisco Perez.

The ISU Jazz Ensembles performance will feature guest artist and trumpet virtuoso, Tito Carrillo.

Jazz Festival Concert II

Jazz Festival Concert I

Graduate Recital: YounHee Choi, piano

This program is a selection of opera scenes specially selected to highlight the talents of student artists in the Voice and Choral Area of the School of Music.

Performance Convocation: Opera Stage Performance Workshop

Sophomore Recital: Carlos Felipe Leon Castro, viola

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Sonneries

Cello Popper Concert

Senior Recital: Christian Rucinski, clarinet

Junior Recital: Dyllan Bowering, euphonium

Graduate Recital: Zhiyuan Gao, horn

Bassoon Studio Recital

ISU Viola Students perform works by Latin American and Spanish composers.

Viola Studio Recital

Senior Recital: Erin Brown, clarinet

Graduate Recital: Daniel Haan, viola

Senior Recital: Michael Schelinski, saxophone

Senior Recital: Ethan Machamer, trombone

Senior Recital: Allison Isely, voice

Senior Recital: Madelyn Adelman, voice

Senior Recital: Peyton Gray, trombone

Junior Recital: Jennifer Budlong-Brewer, sax

Junior Recital: Chelsea Davis, flute

ISU Jazz Combos

Coffeehouse in Uptown Normal

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Faculty String Quartet

Junior Recital: Lydia Cermak, horn

Senior Recital: Aneesah-Jemei Phillips, voice

New York-born violinist Naria Kim made her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at Sejong Arts Center at the age of twelve, as a winner of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Soloist Audition. She later became the First Prize winner of the Alexander & Buono International String Competition and a laureate of the Osaka International Music Competition, Eurasia International Violin Competition, and Kumho Young Artist Audition, among many others. Her creative projects, The Fantasy, Classics and the Blue Note, and Complete Brahms and Beethoven Violin Sonatas Cycles received multiple awards from the Arts Council Korea and Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture. Notable solo highlights include performances with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and Korea National Military Symphony Orchestra in various venues around the world, such as Carnegie Weill Hall, NY Symphony Space Hall, Bulgaria Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Chicago Cultural Center, Kumho Arts Hall, and Lee Hysan Concert Hall in Hong Kong.

Guest Artist Recital: Dr. Naria Kim, violin

Symphonic Winds & Symphonic Bands Concert

MUS152 Convocation Hour: Dr. Igor Kalnin, violin & Guest Rochelle Sennet, piano

Senior Recital: Ethan Uyeda, piano

Graduate Recital: Olesia Pupina, collaborative piano

New York-born violinist Naria Kim made her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at Sejong Arts Center at the age of twelve, as a winner of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Soloist Audition. She later became the First Prize winner of the Alexander & Buono International String Competition and a laureate of the Osaka International Music Competition, Eurasia International Violin Competition, and Kumho Young Artist Audition, among many others. Her creative projects, The Fantasy, Classics and the Blue Note, and Complete Brahms and Beethoven Violin Sonatas Cycles received multiple awards from the Arts Council Korea and Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture. Notable solo highlights include performances with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and Korea National Military Symphony Orchestra in various venues around the world, such as Carnegie Weill Hall, NY Symphony Space Hall, Bulgaria Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Chicago Cultural Center, Kumho Arts Hall, and Lee Hysan Concert Hall in Hong Kong. 

Guest Artist Masterclass: Naria Kim, violin

Gina Russell: Flute Performance; Elli Ji: Oboe Performance; Holly Peters: Clarinet Performance; Kendra Chaney: Music Education; and Daniel Ota: Horn Performance

Graduate Recital: Vendredi Winds

Music For the Holidays 2024

Community School for the Arts Winter Concert

String Project Winter Concert

Winter Choir Concert

Concert will feature Treble Choir, University Glee, and Belle Voix performing a variety of choral works

Spring Choir Concert featuring Treble Choir, University Glee, and Belle Voix

Concert Choir with a special guest performance from the Mahomet-Seymour High School Choir.

Concert Choir Spring Concert