Illinois Symphony Orchestra

Woo was unable to visit due to a family emergency. Guillén leads the orchestra in her first of two programs, with works by Mozart, Beethoven and Caroline Shaw.

Saturday's concert begins and ends with two of America's most prolific classical composers.

Fort Worth Symphony assistant conductor Taichi Fukumura declined a new contract, looking for the next big thing in his career — a possible directorship with Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

The 2023-24 season will be a mix of classical, contemporary and popular works, with each candidate for music director leading the orchestra twice. And a new monthly Sips & Sounds series pairs cold brews and music at Keg Grove Brewing Company.

A festive season finale at ISU features music by Béla Bartók, Antonin Dvořák and living composer Michael Torke.

Andrew Joon Choi makes his Illinois Symphony debut with chamber orchestra works highlighting three composers' global, cross-genre influences.

In a first-ever collaboration, Bloomington-based opera company MIOpera teams up with the Illinois Symphony on Saturday for a Shakespearean evening of opera and orchestral music.

The Illinois Symphony's popular "Holiday Pops in the Heartland" comes to Illinois State University's Concert Hall Saturday with a combined orchestra, joining players from Bloomington-Normal Youth Symphony, Springfield Choral Society and more.

With a third work, Jacques Ibert’s 1956 “Hommage a Mozart,” Saturday evening's concert creates a chronology of three generations of canonical composers.

Guest conductor Rei Hotoda leads the Illinois Symphony in “Virtuosic Voices,” kicking off the 2022-23 season Oct. 15 at Illinois State University’s Center for the Performing Arts. The engagement is the first since Ken Lam's departure and a move to Illinois State University after nearly two decades in downtown Bloomington.