The School of Music at Illinois State University presents a portrait concert in honor of distinguished guest composer Augusta Read Thomas. Ms. Thomas is one of the most important and widely celebrated American composers working today. She is featured on a Grammy winning CD and is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, has been championed by such […]
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The ISU Faculty Brass Quintet will be performing works by Kevin McKee, Zoe Cutler, Morley Calvert and a premiere of a brand new work by Joe Jaxson, commissioned by Dr. Rachel Hockenberry. Performers: Dr. Anne McNamara and Madison Mueller-Howell, trumpets; Dr. Rachel Hockenberry, horn; Dr. Mark Babbitt, trombone; and Dr. Andy Rummel, tuba For additional […]
Student recital
Student recital
ISU Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. David Collier and Dr. Ben Stiers, present their fall concert. The fall program explores the unique rhythmic and timbral combinations that are possible with smaller percussion groupings but begins with a larger work for percussion – Cross Currents by Lynn Glassock. Cross Currents is a work for […]
Student recital
Student Recital
Student Recital
Chloe is the recent recipient of the ISU Bone Scholarship. She currently is studying Music Education and plans to teach as an elementary music teacher in the Chicago area upon graduation. Her favorite thing about the music being performed is Alexandra Pakhmutova's Trumpet Sonata is beautifully and traditionally Russian with its large peaks, broad vibrato, […]
Charlie is currently studying Music Education, Trumpet Performance, and Jazz Studies. This recital is a requirement of performance degree. Charlie has received several scholarships including Presidential Scholarship, James Major and Amy Gilreath Music Scholarship, and Robert Fred Kern Music Scholarship.
Husband and wife piano duo of Michael Rector and Sylvia Hong will perform a program of some of the greatest piano duo works: Mozart's: Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448Rachmaninoff: Suite #1, Op.5 (“Fantaisie-Tableaux”)Brahms: Sonata for Two Pianos in F Minor, Op. 34b