I I I I I I
Conductor and Professor
Summer, 2019 International Concerts
1) May 14 - June 1, 2019 - Posadas, Misiones ARGENTINA
Grilliltos Sinfonicos - Concierto y Seminario in
Direccion
Orquesta del Teatro de Conocimiento
2) June 4-5 - San Miguel, Ezeisa ARGENTINA
Festival Orquesta and Seminario in Direction
3) June 6-10 - Orquesta de la Ciudad de Asuncion (OCMA)
Asuncion PARAGUAY
4) June 18-21 - Festiva Internacional IGUAZU IN CONCIERTO
Iguazu, Brazil/Paraguay
5) June 21 - Orquesta de la Policia Nacional
Asuncion PARAGUAY
6) July 1-3 - Sao Paolo BRAZIL Alpha Seminario in Direccion
7) July 8-22 - Londrina BRAZIL International Festival in Music, Music Director Camerata Orquesta, Seminario in Direccion
8) July 23 - August 1 - Guadiagrele ITALIA Opera Festiva, conducting Monteverdi opera
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Illinois State UniversitySymphony
2019– 2020 Concert Season
Dr. Glenn Block, Music Director and Conductor
(as of September 1, 2019)
FIRST SEMESTER
1.Sunday, September 29, 2019 – 5:00 PM – IMEA CLINIC: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (CPA)
Samuel Barber – SecondEssay for Orchestra (12’)
Gounod – Ballet Music from “Faust” (18’)
Dvorak – Symphony No. 8, Op. 88 in G Major (38’)
Maestro James Liu, guest conductor (Wuhan,China)
2) Sunday, November 3, 2019 – 3:00 PM – Choral/Orchestral Program (CPA)
Michael Tippett – A Child of Our Time (60’)
Karyl Carlson, conducting
Faculty Vocal Soloists
3. Wednesday, November 6 – Thursday, November 7 – ISU Symphony Chicago Tour
Yorkville, York High Schools, more schools TBA
Gounod – Ballet Music from “Faust” (18’)
Dvorak – Symphony No. 8, Op. 88 in G Major (38’)
4) Saturday, November 9, 2019 – 10:00 AM – MUSIC FOR ALL CONCERT - Special Needs Concert
Gounod – Ballet Music from “Faust” (18’)
Movie/Broadway Repertoire TBA
5) Saturday, December 7, 2019 – 3:00 PM, 7:00 PM -
Sunday. December 8, 2018 #3/3 - 3:00 PM
(3 performances)
29th Annual MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS Concerts (CPA)
Anderson –Sleigh Ride (4’)
Shaw/Bennett – Many Moods of Christmas #4 (12’)
Handel – “Worthy is the Lamb” and final “Amen” from Messiah
Richman – Hannukah Festival Overture (6’)
Williams – Home Alone Suite (8’)
Hollywood Christmas – Steven Allen Fox, guest conductor
SECOND SEMESTER
1) “GUYS AND DOLLS” – staged musical: February 28, 2020 – March 6, 2020 – CPA Theater
Performances: Fri. February 28 #1/7, Sat. February 29 #2/7 (7:30 PM)
Sun. March 1 #3/7 (2:00 PM) – Matinee
Tues. March 3 #4/7, Wed. March 4 #5/7, Thurs. March 5 #6/7, Fri. March 6 #7/7 (7:30 PM)
2)Sunday, March 29, 2020 – 7:00 PM - ISU Symphony, Maestro Maurizio Colasanti, guest conductor (Italy)
Rossini – Overture to “William Tell”(8’)
Mahler – Ruckert Lieder (20’) – Elizabeth Thompson, mezzo-soprano
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” (45’)
3) Saturday, April 18, 2020 – 7:00 PM Lincoln Trustees Concert Braden Auditorium
Rossini – Overture to “William Tell”(8’)
Copland – A Lincoln Portrait(15’)
President Larry Dietz, narrator
4)Sunday, April 26, 2020 – 7:00 PM: Concerto-Aria Concert (CPA Concert Hall)
Concertos TBA
Respighi – Festae Romanae (22’)
NOTE: All dates, repertoire and artists are subject to change.
BIOGRAPHY
DR. GLENN BLOCK is in his 29th year as the Director of Orchestras and Opera and Professor of Conducting at Illinois State University (appointed 1990). Born in Brooklyn, Dr. Block was educated at the Eastman School of Music. He also received his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego. From 1972 - 1974, he was Music Director of the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and from 1968 - 1974; he served as Principal Double Bass of the San Diego Symphony and Opera Orchestras. Prior to coming to Illinois in the fall of 1990...