UPCOMING CONCERTS

                          

                           Illinois State UniversitySymphony

                                   2019– 2020 Concert Season

                           Dr. Glenn Block, Music Director and Conductor

                                      (as of September 1, 2019)              

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                                  FIRST SEMESTER

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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

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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

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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.