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Center for the Performing Arts

351 S. School Street
Normal, IL 61761 United States Get Directions

The construction of the Center for Performing Arts cost $19.8 million and was completed and dedicated in the Fall of 2002. An 800-seat concert hall and a 450-seat theatre are the building’s main features.

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Guest Artist Recital: Shawn Roy, voice and Chan Kiat Lim, piano

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

A native of Louisiana, Shawn Roy graduated with a B.M.E. from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and a M.M. in Voice Performance and Artist Diploma in Opera from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and is currently employed with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as Coordinator of the Vocal Area, as well as […]

$6 – $10

ISU School of Music Collage Concert

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

For additional information contact Dr. Adriana Ransom (309) 438-8920 To purchase tickets

$6 – $10

Jazz Ensemble I & II

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

Join Illinois State University Jazz Ensembles I and II for an evening of jazz. Directed by Tom Marko, these two outstanding groups will play a wide variety of concert music written for the large jazz ensemble. Numerous student soloists on various instruments will be featured throughout the concert. For additional information contact Dr. Tom Marko […]

$6 – $10

Choral Showcase

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

The semi-annual Choral Showcase concert is an opportunity to hear the five choirs Treble Choir, Men’s Glee, Belle Voix, Madrigal Singers and Concert Choir each present short performance sets, highlighting the semester’s repertoire as well as the unique personality of each ensemble. This fall’s concert will include folk music from the Philippines, contemporary music from […]

$6 – $10

ISU Symphony Orchestra

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

The ISU Symphony Orchestra opens its 2022-2023 concert season with music by Wagner and Schumann, and featuring ISU artist Benjamin de Kock, professor of double bass, in a performance of the concerto for double bass by Serge Koussievitzky. For additional information contact Dr. Glenn Block (309)438-2540 or gblock@ilstu.edu To purchase tickets

Wind Symphony Concert

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

For additional information contact Dr. Tony Marinello (309) 438-1702   To purchase tickets

$6 – $10

Symphonic Winds and Symphonic Band Concert

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

For additional information contact Dr. Mack Wood (309) 438-8834 To purchase tickets

$6 – $10

Afternoon of Brass

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

For additional information contact Dr. Andy Rummel (309) 438-5817 To purchase tickets

$6 – $10

ISU Symphony Orchestra, Choruses, and Faculty Vocal Soloists

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

After a period of three years of quarantine, the ISU Symphony Orchestra will join forces with the ISU Concert Choir, Civic Choir, and faculty vocal soloists: Michelle Vought, Elizabeth Thompson, Justin Vickers, and John Koch to perform the Joseph Haydn "Mass in the Time of War". The concert will also include a performance of the […]

$6 – $10

Help Me to Fly: Treble Choir, Men’s Glee, and Belle Voix in Concert

Center for the Performing Arts 351 S. School Street, Normal, IL

Join three Illinois State choirs as they sing joyful music that admits we can't do it on our own. From around the world and across the spectrum of choral repertoire, these ensembles will share songs that ask for help without any shame, reminding us all to lean on each other to get to where we […]

$6 – $10