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April 2, 2012
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UI Wind Symphony
Robert W. Rumbelow, conductor
James Pugh, trombone
Sunday, April 1, 2012, at 3pm
The premier ensemble of the country’s largest band program brings together the finest wind, brass, and percussion players for innovative concerts.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
Lady Macbeth: A Kabuki Play
By Karen Sunde and conceived by Shozo Sato
Shozo Sato, guest director
Thursday-Saturday, March 29-31, 2012, at 7:30pm; Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 2pm; Sunday, April 1, 2012, at 3pm; Wednesday-Saturday, April 4-7, 2012, at 7:30pm
Shozo Sato returns to campus for a final presentation of Lady Macbeth: A Kabuki Play, which paints in visual poetry the story of the lonely, power-driven Lady Macbeth.
Studio Theatre
Flex: 15 / SC 14 / Stu 14 / UI & Yth 9
Single: 16 / SC 15 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
On Wednesday-Thursday, get 2 tickets for the price of 1!
Ian Hobson Presents the Complete Solo Piano Works of Robert Schumann: Prophetic Visions
Monday, April 2, 2012, at 7:30pm
In a series of 10 concerts during the 2011-12 season, Ian Hobson will perform the complete solo piano works by Robert Schumann.
Smith Memorial Hall (805 S. Mathews, Urbana)
Single: 10 / Stu & Yth 5
Series: 70 / Stu & Yth 35
Individual tickets may be purchased in cash at the door
Series tickets are available through the Sinfonia da Camera office (909 West Oregon, Suite 202, Urbana)
UI Symphony Orchestra
Donald Schleicher, music director and conductor
Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 7:30pm
This first-rate orchestra performs works by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Norman, and Barber.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
Krannert Uncorked with Deak Harp One Man Band, blues
Thursday, April 5, 2012, at 5pm
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine.
Lobby
Free
UI Trombone Choir
Elliot Chasanov, director
Thursday, April 5, 2012, at 7:30pm
More than 25 trombone players will blend their sounds in glorious brass works during this concert.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
Dance for People with Parkinson’s
Marianne Jarvi and Kate Kuper, instructors
Beverly Hillmer, accompanist
Friday, April 6, 2012, at 10am; Friday, May 18, 2012, at 10am
Experience the fellowship of communal dance with instructors Marianne Jarvi and Kate Kuper of Dance at Illinois. If you or a loved one is living with Parkinson’s, join us to explore gentle movement in a safe, welcoming environment. Set to uplifting, familiar music, this 70-minute monthly class may assist with the preservation and improvement of balance, flexibility, and strength. Please dress comfortably for this full-body workshop.
Drama Rehearsal Room (Level 2)
Free
Friends of Theatre: Shozo Sato Retrospective
Saturday, April 7, 2012, at 2pm
This retrospective of the work of kabuki master Shozo Sato is held in conjunction with his production of Lady Macbeth: A Kabuki Play.
Studio Theatre
Free
Rochelle Sennet, piano
Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 7:30pm
After receiving her DMA from the U of I, Rochelle Sennet joined the faculty as a teaching associate in piano. Sennet’s recitals showcase her versatility through works by Bach, Beethoven, and African American composers such as H. Leslie Adams, Adolphus Hailstork, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Walker.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 12, 2012, at 5pm
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine.
Lobby
Free
Our Town
By Thornton Wilder
Henson Keys, director
Thursday-Saturday, April 12-14, 2012, at 7:30pm; Thursday-Saturday, April 19-21, 2012, at 7:30pm; Sunday, April 22, 2012, at 3pm
Let the Stage Manager guide you to your seat for a trip to Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, and into the lives of Emily Webb and George Gibbs. Their daily routines and small-town sensibilities show that ordinary moments are what create a profoundly meaningful life.
Colwell Playhouse
Flex: 15 / SC 14 / Stu 14 / UI & Yth 9
Single: 16 / SC 15 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
On Thursdays, get 2 tickets for the price of 1!
Traffic Jam: Ryan Ideus and The Feudin Hillbillys
Friday, April 13, 2012, at 5pm
This all-out party band and Urbana Sweet Corn Festival headliner has tunes from Waylon Jennings, Bob Seger, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and Elvis and has been named the Illinois Country Music Association Dance Band of the Year four times.
Lobby
Free
UI Percussion Ensemble
Ricardo Flores, director
Friday, April 13, 2012, at 7:30pm
The versatile members of this ensemble showcase percussion traditions from across the globe.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Pre-concert Discussion with Steven Larsen
Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 6:30pm
Join Steven Larsen, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra’s music director and conductor, for a discussion before the concert.
Foellinger Great Hall
Free, but concert tickets will be collected at the door
Dessert and Conversation: Our Town
Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 6:30pm; Sunday, April 22, 2012, at 2pm
Get insight into the intimate community created in Our Town with a conversation before the show.
Krannert Room
6.50 (ticket includes dessert and a beverage)
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Struggles and Triumphs
Steven Larsen, music director and conductor
Alon Goldstein, piano
Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 7:30pm; free talk in the Great Hall at 6:30pm
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: Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini performed by Alon Goldstein and Shostakovich’s daring Symphony No. 5.
Foellinger Great Hall
31 / SC 28 / Stu & Yth 5
Krannert Center Debut Artist: Wuna Meng, piano
Sunday, April 15, 2012, at 3pm
Pianist Wuna Meng holds a bachelor’s degree from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China, and a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music.
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: 34 / SC 29 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
Single: 36 / SC 31 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
*Balcony: 10 / UI & Yth 5
Sunday Salon Series: 128 / SC 108 / Stu 60 / UI & Yth 40
*Balcony tickets do not include food and beverage
Sinfonia da Camera: Rush Hour—Northern Lights
Ian Hobson, piano
Sherban Lupu, violin
Jeffrey A. Spenner, guest conductor
Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 5:30pm
By popular demand, Sinfonia’s Rush Hour concert returns with spirited and energetic music inspired by northern climes. Please note that the program changed in January 2012.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / Yth (17 and under) Free
Sinfonia da Camera Series: 138 / SC 134 / Stu 40
Krannert Uncorked with Los Guapos, Afro-Cuban jazz
Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 5pm
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.
Lobby
Free
Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin
Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 7:30pm
Feel “ear-tingling joy” with music from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Joshua Bell on an all-Beethoven program of Coriolan Overture, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, and the stately Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (Times of London).
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: 48 / SC 43 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
Single: 50 / SC 45 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
Choral Balcony: 15 / UI & Yth 10
Great Hall Series: 224 / SC 199 / Stu 75 / UI & Yth 50
Studiodance II 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 7:30pm; Friday-Saturday, April 20-21, 2012, at 7pm and 9pm
Faculty and students select the fresh pieces from Dance at Illinois choreographers that will be performed at Studiodance II. Please note that this production may contain adult content.
Studio Theatre
Flex: 13 / SC 12 / Stu 12 / UI & Yth 7
Single: 14 / SC 13 / Stu 13 / UI & Yth 8
Dance at Illinois Series: 53 / SC 49 / Stu 49 / UI & Yth 28
UI Women’s Glee Club Mom’s Day Concert
Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 2pm
Join this outstanding ensemble for its annual Mom’s Day performance.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Black Chorus Mom’s Day Concert
Ollie Watts Davis, conductor
Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 7:30pm
Join this outstanding ensemble for its annual Mom’s Day performance.
Foellinger Great Hall
11 / SC 10 / Stu 8
UI Wind Orchestra
Linda Moorhouse, conductor
Sunday, April 22, 2012, at 3pm
Linda Moorhouse conducts this fine ensemble in the esteemed UI bands program.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
Ian Hobson Presents the Complete Solo Piano Works of Robert Schumann: Last Reflections
Monday, April 23, 2012, at 7:30pm
In a series of 10 concerts during the 2011-12 season, Ian Hobson will perform the complete solo piano works by Robert Schumann.
Smith Memorial Hall (805 S. Mathews, Urbana)
Single: 10 / Stu & Yth 5
Series: 70 / Stu & Yth 35
Individual tickets may be purchased in cash at the door
Series tickets are available through the Sinfonia da Camera office (909 West Oregon, Suite 202, Urbana)
UI University Band and UI Campus Band
Michael Chester, Christopher Dye, J. Ashley Jarrell, and Dale Pointon, conductors
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at 7:30pm
These traditional concert bands are far from ordinary when they play contemporary pieces, popular works, and the classics.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Steel Band and I-Pan
Ricardo Flores, director
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at 7:30pm
These groups perform calypso, soca, jazz, and popular works.
Colwell Playhouse
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Jazz Trombone Ensemble
Jim Pugh, director
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at 7:30pm
It’s a brass celebration when the UI Jazz Trombone Ensemble heats up the Studio Theatre.
Studio Theatre
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Harding Symphonic Band and UI Hindsley Symphonic Band
Barry L. Houser and Abel Ramirez, conductors
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 7:30pm
The dedicated musicians in these two ensembles showcase the beauty and energy of symphonic band music with performances of transcribed works, traditional marches, and other stirring pieces from the standard repertoire.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Jazz Combo I
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 7:30pm
The Studio Theatre becomes an urban club when this tight-knit group serves up jazz.
Studio Theatre
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 5pm
At Krannert Uncorked, Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine.
Lobby
Free
Chanticleer
Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 7:30pm
The 12 male voices of Chanticleer are “luxurious perfection” on songs of love from across time (Los Angeles Times).
Foellinger Great Hall
Flex: 32 / SC 27 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
Single: 34 / SC 29 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
Choral Balcony: 15 / UI & Yth 10
Classical Mix Series: 158 / SC 135 / Stu 70 / UI & Yth 50
Paradises Lost
Libretto by Marcia Johnson, based on the novella by Ursula K. Le Guin
Music by Stephen Andrew Taylor
Eduardo Diazmuñoz, artistic director
Robert W. Rumbelow, conductor
Ricardo Herrera, director
Thursday-Saturday, April 26-28, 2012, at 7:30pm; Sunday, April 29, 2012, at 3pm
In this new opera by University of Illinois composer Stephen Andrew Taylor, Hsing and Luis know their lives will end on board the starship Discovery as they hurtle toward a distant planet ready for colonization. The followers of Bliss—a religion emerging from their cocoon in space—teaches instead that the travelers are angels who should remain inside that spaceship heaven for eternity.
Tryon Festival Theatre
Flex: 24 / SC 20 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 8
Single: 26 / SC 22 / Stu 17 / UI & Yth 10
School of Music Opera Program Series: 66 / SC 54 / Stu 39 / UI & Yth 18
UI Jazz Ensemble III
Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 7:30pm
The jazz groups from the School of Music launch high-energy charts, cool improvisations, and tight harmonic tunes.
Studio Theatre
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
Pilobolus
Friday-Saturday, April 27-28, 2012, at 7:30pm
With more than 100 works in their bodies and the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement in choreography in hand, the Pilobolus crew will create a night when “acrobatics are liquefied into poetry” (The New York Times).
Colwell Playhouse
Flex: 34 / SC 29 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
Single: 36 / SC 31 / Stu 15 / UI & Yth 10
UI Concert Jazz Band
Chip McNeill, leader
Friday, April 27, 2012, at 7:30pm
You’ll hear old and new favorites from this classic jazz ensemble.
Studio Theatre
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Latin Jazz Ensemble
Tito Carrillo, director
Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 3pm
South American, Caribbean, Afro-Cuban, and traditional jazz rhythms will entwine in this kinetic improv session with Tito Carrillo and the UI Latin Jazz Ensemble.
Studio Theatre
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
Libretto: Paradises Lost
Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 6:30pm; Sunday, April 29, 2012, at 2pm
One hour before the performance, you’ll be treated to insights into the new opera Paradises Lost.
Krannert Room
6.50 (ticket includes dessert and a beverage)
UI Varsity Men’s Glee Club 125th Anniversary Concert
Barrington Coleman, conductor
Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 7:30pm
In this special anniversary concert, more than 100 alumni will take the stage, and a work for double male chorus commissioned by and dedicated to the Varsity Men’s Glee Club by Michael Richardson, a former accompanist and assistant conductor of the VMGC, will have its world premiere.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Jazz Ensemble II
Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 7:30pm
Get ready for jazz in free-flowing style from this School of Music group.
Studio Theatre
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Wind Orchestra: Concert for Families with Children on the Autism Spectrum
Linda Moorhouse, conductor
Sunday, April 29, 2012, at 3pm
In this special one-hour concert, families with children on the autism spectrum are invited to experience the joys of concert music in a friendly, relaxed, and specially designed atmosphere.
Foellinger Great Hall
Free
UI Jazz Saxophone Ensemble and UI Jazz Guitar Ensemble
Sunday, April 29, 2012, at 3pm
Reeds and strings take charge when these jazz ensembles head into the Studio Theatre for a night of cool charts and hot improvisation.
Studio Theatre
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Philharmonia
Louis Bergonzi, conductor
Sunday, April 29, 2012, at 7:30pm
The supple musicians of this orchestra can play avant-garde works and classics of the literature with ease.
Foellinger Great Hall
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
UI Jazz Combo II
Sunday, April 29, 2012, at 7:30pm
Shimmy into the night with a serving of cool and hot tunes from this jazz combo at the School of Music.
Studio Theatre
10 / SC 7 / Stu 4
