Illinois Symphony Orchestra

The Illinois Symphony Orchestra opens its season this week with some of classical music's spookiest selections. The orchestra plays at Illinois State University on Halloween night, officially christening its newly enlarged concert hall stage.

Plus, stars from Broadway's Wicked, a Gershwin tribute and a Shakespeare-inspired overture.

The orchestra's dual presence in Bloomington-Normal and Springfield, plus the 100th anniversary of the Mother Road in 2026, present a perfect opportunity to debut Michelle Isaac's 'Reverie on the Mother Road.'

Fukumura's second season begins in earnest with a trio of works by Beethoven, Bartók and Rózsa.

The Illinois Symphony has released the schedule for the upcoming season, beginning with a guest conductor sending the audience to a galaxy far, far away.

Plus, 2022 Van Cliburn Medal Winner Anna Geniushene makes her Illinois Symphony debut this weekend playing Ravel's Piano Concert in G Major.

Ecology Action Center has organized two service days this Earth Month cleaning up plastic waste in McLean County. The first is this Saturday at ISU Farm in Lexington.

Peoria and Washington are among the teams competing for the top prize in high school girls' basketball at CEFCU arena this weekend.

The Illinois Symphony's former maestro left in 2022 for a job he couldn't refuse—he is now director of orchestral studies at Juilliard's first satellite campus in China.

'Eat, Pray, Love' meets Christopher Guest in a new mockumentary film by Coalescence Theatre Project, showing this weekend at the Normal Theater.