Thursday, November 17, 2011

Music Notes: UIS music showcase set Friday

The University of Illinois Springfield’s chorus, chamber ensemble and band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Sangamon Auditorium.

UIS Music’s Fall Showcase Concert features music from around the world.

The chorus is to perform Christopher Tin’s “Baba Yetu,” the chamber ensemble will perform Sooon Hee Newbold’s “Egyptian Legacy” and Jeremy Woolstenhulme’s “The Creation of Stonehenge,” and the band will perform Eric Whitacre’s “October” and Vasilij Agapkin’s “A Slavic Farewell.”

Admission is free but donations will be accepted on behalf of the UIS Music Student Merit Award.

The concert was spotlighted in an November 17, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.

Read the article online