URBANA — Jonathon Smith will never forget walking across the University of Illinois Quad and hearing the bells in the Altgeld Hall tower for the first time.
Topping our arts-and-entertainment expert’s chart this week: Three Dog Night at the Effingham Performance Center.
The King’s Singers, a six-member group from King’s College, Cambridge, came to Foellinger Great Hall on Tuesday and gave a concert called “Finding Harmony.” This event was, in their own words, an effort, “ to use their art form, singing, as a tool to find unity in a world that feels more fr…
Visitors to the Sousa Archives often ask me how John Philip Sousa’s original and published music found its way to the University of Illinois.
Unit 4 art teacher Shannon Percoco nominated Keenan Dailey for the Student ACE Award he'll get today 'for creating multifaceted, impressive and thought-provoking work that speaks to a variety of viewers on themes.'
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DANVILLE — Danville High School’s madrigals will present the 45th annual Madrigals Dinner from Dec. 3-5 at St. James United Methodist Church.
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'We've done it the wrong way and the right way, and we're the best we've ever been,' said lead singer Bart Millard.
Champaign Central band director John Currey laughed as he looked at the pile of dirt at the edge of the practice field at Centennial.
URBANA — If you’ve ever enjoyed listening to improvisational and avant garde jazz, Balinese gamelan, Spanish flamenco, music from Mali or the sounds of instruments made from recycled materials, right here in Champaign-Urbana, then you probably have Jason Finkelman to thank.
Topping our arts-and-entertainment expert's chart this week: The Craft League of C-U's 37th annual art fair.
The concert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the Foellinger Great Hall on Oct. 26 was a stunner. The level of playing was revelatory, and the climactic moments of the music were gloriously unforgettable, a high water mark in this listener’s experience in the concert hall.
The concert — set for 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Urbana — will feature the Parkland Chamber Secrets and hundreds of high school students from the area performing more than 20 selections in a range of genres.
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The community radio station plays music and other programming not found elsewhere 24/7 from a small studio in downtown Champaign and is now entirely run by volunteers after a lack of funds meant doing without a paid station manager.
Topping our A&E expert’s chart this week: Three different (and unique) male vocal groups coming to town.
The Sinfonia da Camera concert on Oct. 19 was dedicated to two longtime supporters of the orchestra who had passed away recently: Howard Osborn, professor of mathematics, and Robert Bartlett Riley, professor of landscape architecture, both at the University of Illinois.
With Illinois football on the road at Purdue on Saturday, Memorial Stadium will be packed with musicians participating in the annual Illinois Marching Bands Championships.
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'We all write together in this band, a collaboration on lyrics, melody,' guitarist and vocalist Eric Cannata said from Los Angeles, where he's preparing for the end of this tour and the start of the next.
Topping our arts-and-entertainment expert’s chart this week: The 11th annual CU Folk & Roots Festival.
Apollo’s Fire, the baroque chamber orchestra based in Cleveland, came to the Foellinger Great Hall on Oct. 3 and gave a guided tour through Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.”
In conjunction with University of Illinois homecoming weekend, Hua Nian of Urbana, whose son is a member of the Marching Illini is showing her artwork about the band this week at the Harding Band Building.
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Carl Orff’s most famous piece, “Carmina Burana,” (“Songs of Beuern”) begins with a chorus “Fortune, Empress of the World,” which depicts mankind afflicted by the fickle moods of Lady Luck, one minute up and the next moment, in the depths.
George Thorogood — who's been rocking with his Destroyers for 45 years and 8,000 live shows — is set to perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Virginia Theatre.
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