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13th Annual 21st Century Piano Commission Award Concert
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
Dedicated to education, appreciation, and support for piano works, the 21st Century Piano Commission funds a competition each year for a composition featuring the keyboard instrument. More -
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin
Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$50
Before the performance, enjoy a special dinner service at Intermezzo. More -
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$40
If you know what you want, then the rest will come. More -
The Barber of Seville
Sunday, March 4, 2012, at 3:00pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $8-$26
The Barber of Seville may be the greatest comic opera ever written: cheeky charm, lively characters, and crystalline melodies gel for perfectly delicious fun. More -
CANCELED: Mark Moore, tuba
Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall |
This performance has been canceled. If you have purchased tickets, please contact the Ticket Office by phone at 217/333-6280 or 800-KCPATIX, by e-mail at kran-tix@illinois. More -
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Pre-concert Discussion with Steven Larsen
Friday, February 24, 2012, at 6:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | free
Join Steven Larsen, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra’s music director and conductor, for a discussion before the concert. More -
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Pre-concert Discussion with Steven Larsen
Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 6:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | free
Join Steven Larsen, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra’s music director and conductor, for a discussion before the concert. More -
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Moving Pictures
Friday, February 24, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$31
Moved by a showcase of his friend’s watercolors and drawings, Mussorgsky composed the Russian masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition in just six weeks, and in 1922 Ravel wrote the colorful and well-known orchestration performed here. More -
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Struggles and Triumphs
Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$31
The final concert of the CUSO’s 52nd season begins with Borodin’s overture to his tragically unfinished opera Prince Igor and concludes with two striking blockbuster works. More -
Chanticleer
Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$34
It’s come a long way since the van tours to every state in the Union. More -
Concert Artists Guild Winners: Michael Brown, piano, and the Linden String Quartet
Sunday, March 4, 2012, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$36
Juilliard musician Michael Brown has earned top awards at the Kosciuszko Chopin and New York Piano Competitions, is an accomplished composer, and cofounded New Paths, New Music, an organization committed to bringing wider attention to student composers in the New York City area. More -
Dance for People with Parkinson’s
Friday, February 17, 2012, at 10:00am | Drama Rehearsal Room (Level 2) | free
Experience the fellowship of communal dance with instructors Marianne Jarvi and Kate Kuper of Dance at Illinois. More -
Day of the Drum: Community Drum Circle
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 5:20pm | Lobby | free
John Yost of Rhythm Revolution and Dahui leads a drum circle that will stretch around the Lobby. More -
Day of the Drum: Illini Experience
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 3:00pm | Lobby | free
Percussionists from the UI Steel Band celebrate with soca, calypso, pop, and Latin jazz, while the UI Percussion Ensemble performs works by Steve Reich, Aurél Holló, and Maurice Ohana in this extravaganza of steel drums, marimbas, and other world percussion instruments. More -
Day of the Drum: Instrument Making
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 11:00am | Lobby | free
Make percussion instruments from recycled materials during this two-hour craft session with staff from The I. More -
Day of the Drum: Recycled Rhythms with Chad Dunn
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
The students of Recycled Rhythms build their own instruments from everyday refuse and jubilantly perform samba, capoeira, and forró beats with leader Chad Dunn. More -
Day of the Drum: Rhythm Workshop with Glen Velez and Lori Cotler
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 4:00pm | Stage 5 | free
Glen Velez and Lori Cotler will help you develop your own rhythmic voice as they demonstrate hand drumming styles and vocal techniques. More -
Day of the Drum: Rocky Maffit and Friends
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 12:00pm | Stage 5 | free
Event curator and platinum recording artist Rocky Maffit invokes the rhythms of the world and explores percussive instruments across time from ancient drums to body percussion to the electric wavedrum in this opening concert of Day of the Drum. More -
Day of the Drum: ScrapArtsMusic
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 7:00pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$28
Its plankophone clatters with 12 hammering hands, the sigh-cordion hoots and snarls from plumbing fixtures and accordion reeds, its colossal ziggurat drum spins and booms, and junk-on-a-stick clangs with scavenged refuse. More -
Day of the Drum: ScrapArtsMusic Preview
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 2:00pm | Lobby | free
Get a preview of the eco-powered percussion and mobile music sculptures of ScrapArtsMusic. More -
Day of the Drum: TA KA DI MI Project featuring Glen Velez and Lori Cotler
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 1:00pm | Stage 5 | free
Five-time Grammy Award winner Glen Velez and rhythm vocalist Lori Cotler return to this year’s Day of the Drum with the TA KA DI MI Project, an imaginative blend of frame drum rhythms, bird calls, scatting, and konnakol—a South Indian style of vocal percussion—for a pulsating, primal, mystical experience. More -
Dessert and Conversation: Our Town
Sunday, April 22, 2012, at 2:00pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
Get insight into the intimate community created in Our Town with a conversation before the show. More -
Timothy Ehlen, piano
Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
Timothy Ehlen has performed in Carnegie Hall, with the Cleveland Orchestra, and at festivals around the world. More -
Ensemble dal Niente
Friday, March 30, 2012, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $4-$10
Founded at Northwestern University in 2004, this innovative young musical collective has quickly emerged as a leading presenter of contemporary music. More -
Ensemble dal Niente Open Reading Session
Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 9:00am | Tryon Festival Theatre | free
Founded at Northwestern University in 2004, this innovative young musical collective has quickly emerged as a leading presenter of contemporary music. More -
Ensemble dal Niente Open Rehearsal
Friday, March 30, 2012, at 2:00pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | free
Founded at Northwestern University in 2004, this innovative young musical collective has quickly emerged as a leading presenter of contemporary music. More -
An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn
Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$50
Before the performance, enjoy a special dinner service at Intermezzo. More -
February Dance 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $9-$17
February Dance will feature a work by Sahar Azimi, an exciting new choreographer from Israel and a former dancer with the Batsheva Dance Company. More -
Friends of Theatre: End-of-Year Potpourri
Thursday, May 3, 2012, at 7:00pm | Drama Rehearsal Room, Level 2 | free
This end-of-year potpourri with musical and dramatic bits is presented by students in the professional training programs. More -
Friends of Theatre: Reading of Middletown
Thursday, March 15, 2012, at 7:00pm | Choral Rehearsal Room, Level 2 | free
Students from the Department of Theatre will read from Will Eno’s contemporary play Middletown, a modern version of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. More -
Friends of Theatre: Shozo Sato Retrospective
Saturday, April 7, 2012, at 2:00pm | Studio Theatre | free
This retrospective of the work of kabuki master Shozo Sato is held in conjunction with his production of Lady Macbeth: A Kabuki Play. More -
Friends of Theatre: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot: Looking at a Contemporary Play from a Theological Point of View
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 5:00pm | Krannert Room | free
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis is one of a series of plays by the contemporary American playwright that addresses issues of ethics, morality, and contemporary urban culture. More -
Global Transfer Afterglow: Hathaways with Tom Turino
Saturday, February 4, 2012, at 10:30pm | Stage 5 | free
Kate and James, siblings from Rossville who write songs in a signature blend of folky Peruvian pop, bring Tom Turino onstage for this late-night set. More -
Ian Hobson Presents the Complete Solo Piano Works of Robert Schumann: Florestan and Eusebius
Monday, March 12, 2012, at 7:30pm | Smith Memorial Hall (805 S. Mathews, Urbana) | $5-$10
In a series of 10 concerts during the 2011-12 season, Ian Hobson will perform the complete solo piano works by Robert Schumann. More -
Ian Hobson Presents the Complete Solo Piano Works of Robert Schumann: Last Reflections
Monday, April 23, 2012, at 7:30pm | Smith Memorial Hall (805 S. Mathews, Urbana) | $5-$10
In a series of 10 concerts during the 2011-12 season, Ian Hobson will perform the complete solo piano works by Robert Schumann. More -
Ian Hobson Presents the Complete Solo Piano Works of Robert Schumann: Prophetic Visions
Monday, April 2, 2012, at 7:30pm | Smith Memorial Hall (805 S. Mathews, Urbana) | $5-$10
In a series of 10 concerts during the 2011-12 season, Ian Hobson will perform the complete solo piano works by Robert Schumann. More -
Ian Hobson Presents the Complete Solo Piano Works of Robert Schumann: Scenes of Childhood
Monday, February 20, 2012, at 7:30pm | Smith Memorial Hall (805 S. Mathews, Urbana) | $5-$10
In a series of 10 concerts during the 2011-12 season, Ian Hobson will perform the complete solo piano works by Robert Schumann. More -
Interval: The Duke of Uke and His Novelty Orchestra
Friday, March 2, 2012, at 12:00pm | Lobby | free
Billed as supplying “ukulele funk for all occasions,” this band has a little bit of everything: optimism, melodies with that sweet summer feel, wit, a uke leader, violin, tuba, saxophone, bass, rock drums, Latin percussion, plus a set of songs bursting with energy that are perfect for your afternoon refresh. More -
Krannert Center Debut Artist
Sunday, April 15, 2012, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$36
Since 1984, the recital by the Krannert Center Debut Artist has been the first stop on a storied career for award winners, distinguished professors, and musicians who grace the world’s stages. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 12, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, May 10, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked with Deak Harp One Man Band, blues
Thursday, April 5, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked with Don’t Ask, klezmer
Thursday, March 15, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Evocative and unexpected, the klezmer from Don’t Ask mingles the string band music of Eastern Europe with sounds from the Middle East, the Balkans, and other joy-filled cultures. More -
Krannert Uncorked with Kevin Elliott, singer/songwriter
Thursday, February 16, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
A performing regular around the region, Kevin Elliott tells stories with his guitar and a contemporary folk sound at this week’s Krannert Uncorked. More -
Krannert Uncorked with Los Guapos, Afro-Cuban jazz
Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Groove with Opening Night Party 2010 stars Los Guapos and be prepared for an overwhelming urge to break out your best dance moves at Krannert Uncorked this week. More -
Krannert Uncorked with the Dan Pierson Trio, jazz
Thursday, May 17, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked with The Young and the Fretless, old-time mountain music
Thursday, May 3, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Take a jaunt to Appalachian when The Young and the Fretless spin out catchy mountain music and old-time tunes at this week’s Krannert Uncorked. More -
Krannert Uncorked with the Young Kim/Jonathan Beckett Duo, jazz
Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
A wine sample in hand and this jazz duo on Stage 5 will give your March a warm start. More -
Kronos Quartet
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$32
Kronos Quartet has culled sensations from Jimi Hendrix or Thelonious Monk or Shostakovich for its 45 recordings and has collaborated with Nine Inch Nails, Wu Man, Twyla Tharp, and a host of fearless thinkers in between for live performances, multimedia experiences, and film scores. More -
Lady Macbeth: A Kabuki Play
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at 7:30pm | Studio Theatre | $9-$16
Presented in the style of kabuki theatre, Lady Macbeth retells the Scottish Play from the power-driven perspective of the would-be queen. More -
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 3:00pm | Studio Theatre | $9-$16
Funny, sly, and resonant, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot will provoke you to consider the nature of good and evil, guilt and innocence, freedom and fate from a unique point of view. More -
Libretto: Paradises Lost
Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 6:30pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
One hour before the performance, you’ll be treated to insights into the new opera Paradises Lost. More -
Libretto: The Barber of Seville
Saturday, March 3, 2012, at 6:30pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
Go behind the scenes of The Barber of Seville through a conversation before the show. More -
Mark Morris Dance Group
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$38
“Simply beautiful” (The New York Times). The appraisal of Mark Morris’ trenchant choreography has been as simple as that for more than 30 years, and for more than a decade his company has made our community its Midwest home. More -
Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, February 4, 2012, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$35
“This is America’s music.” Irvin Mayfield trumpets with the mighty heart of New Orleans that pumps with the blues, funk, Afro-Cuban beats, modern jazz, Dixieland, gospel, Creole zest, and parade celebrations. More -
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Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Cycle Part 5
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$20
Commanding “musical gifts held in ideal balance,” the Pacifica Quartet prevails with concertgoers and critics no matter what it undertakes (Washington Post). More -
Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Cycle Part 6
Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$20
Commanding “musical gifts held in ideal balance,” the Pacifica Quartet prevails with concertgoers and critics no matter what it undertakes (Washington Post). More -
Paradises Lost
Friday, April 27, 2012, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $8-$26
What happens when you spend your whole life—entire generations—traveling toward a goal until the endpoint becomes otherworldly and unattainable? As passengers on the starship Discovery are born and die on a trip to colonize a distant planet, their metal-encased universe becomes more tangible to them than Earth, their old home, or their plans to design a society from scratch. More -
Pilobolus
Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $10-$36
The “push-me-pull-you surprises of the physicality” can make Pilobolus part vegetable (in its bursting seed heads and wriggling flower stalks), part animal (in its morphing elephants and sun-soaked fungus namesake), and all dreamy ingenuity (The New York Times). More -
Pre-concert Beethoven Talk
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 6:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | free
Professor William Kinderman provides insight into Beethoven’s compositions before the Pacifica Quartet performs part 5 of the complete string quartet cycle. More -
Pygmalion Afterglow: Common Loon and Elsinore
Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 9:30pm | Lobby | free
The Pygmalion Music Festival jump-starts its 2012 edition with a double header of locals Common Loon and Elsinore in a late-night set. More -
Ragamala Dance: Sacred Earth
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$25
The indigenous Warli of western India revere the land, where their shelters derive, their food is grown, their lives find bounty and harmony. More -
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at 12:30pm | Studio Theatre | $4.50
Its CD Ranky Tanky won the 2010 Parents’ Choice Award, and onstage this band injects loads of fun into its funky roots grooves and dance-along songs. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: American Spirit
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$34
Sinfonia explores American composers’ contributions to classical music from the whimsical style of Gillis to the iconic jazz-influenced sounds of Gershwin. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: More Mozart
Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$34
Sinfonia dedicates an evening to the music of Mozart, one of the most notable and recognizable figures of classical music. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: Rush Hour—Northern Lights
Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 5:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | Free-$10
By popular demand, Sinfonia’s Rush Hour concert returns with spirited and energetic music inspired by northern climes. More -
Spirit of Uganda
Friday, February 10, 2012, at 7:00pm | Colwell Playhouse | $10-$28
It’s hope lit up onstage. Spirit of Uganda beams with the essence of East African children who are staunch and tender and see a world full of possibilities. More -
Spirit of Uganda Preview
Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 6:00pm | Stage 5 | free
This children of Spirit of Uganda present a free 15-minute preview of their high-stepping dances and exuberant music. More -
St. Olaf Choir 100th Anniversary Tour
Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$25
“We paint a picture for the audience to hear and visualize. More -
The St. Olaf Choir: A Centennial Retrospective
Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 6:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | free
This 30-minute film documents the choir’s history and its notable performances. More -
Student Playwrights Outreach Theatre (SPOT)
Friday, February 17, 2012, at 7:00pm | Studio Theatre | free
Student Playwrights Outreach Theatre (SPOT) is a collaborative effort between the UI Department of Theatre and Booker T. More -
Studiodance I 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 7:00pm | Studio Theatre | $7-$14
Master of Fine Arts candidates Betsy Brandt, Nibia Pastrana Santiago, and Rebecca Walter present new works in this self-produced concert. More -
Studiodance II 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012, at 9:00pm | Studio Theatre | $7-$14
Faculty and students select the fresh pieces from Dance at Illinois choreographers that will be performed at Studiodance II. More -
Tschaikowski St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, February 25, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$48
Before the performance, enjoy a special dinner service at Intermezzo. More -
UI Black Chorus Mom’s Day Concert
Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $8-$11
Join this outstanding ensemble for its annual Mom's Day performance. More -
UI Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
This elite orchestra performs works that span the Baroque period to today. More -
UI New Music Ensemble
Friday, February 17, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
The experimental environment fostered by the members of the UI New Music Ensemble allows students to explore diverse works as well as their own creative impulses. More -
UI Philharmonia
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
The supple musicians of this orchestra can play avant-garde works and classics of the literature with ease. More -
UI Wind Orchestra
Sunday, February 19, 2012, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
Linda Moorhouse conducts this fine ensemble in the esteemed Illinois Bands program. More -
UI Wind Symphony
Saturday, February 18, 2012, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
The premier ensemble of the country’s largest band program brings together the finest wind, brass, and percussion players for innovative concerts. More -
UI Women’s Glee Club Mom’s Day Concert
Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 2:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
Join this outstanding ensemble for its annual Mom's Day performance. More
