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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.
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Deanne Bryant steps down after nearly 30 years leading McLean County's youth orchestra.
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In a rare Bloomington performance at Illinois Wesleyan University on Saturday, the Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana share music by Bonds, Burleigh and Boulanger.
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A festive season finale at ISU features music by Béla Bartók, Antonin Dvořák and living composer Michael Torke.
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Andrew Joon Choi makes his Illinois Symphony debut with chamber orchestra works highlighting three composers' global, cross-genre influences.
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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.
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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.
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With a third work, Jacques Ibert’s 1956 “Hommage a Mozart,” Saturday evening's concert creates a chronology of three generations of canonical composers.
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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.
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Normal First United Methodist Church music director Nander Novaes will play a solo recital of classical guitar works, starting at 7 p.m. Friday. The concert features Brazilian composers — with cookies to follow.