EVENTS AROUND ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY'S KRANNERT CENTER PERFORMANCE
a) Sunday, September 14 at 6:30pm • Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center • Free
Pre-concert Talk
David Robertson, music director of the St. Louis Symphony, presents a free talk just for U of I students, immediately preceding the St. Louis Symphony's Krannert Center performance. Robertson is a consummate musician, master communicator, and dynamic presence whose passion for music is contagious. Dress is informal and no prior musical experience is necessary! Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/841693269185310/
b) Sunday, September 14 at 7:30pm • Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center • $10 for U of I students (U of I student tickets still available!)
St. Louis Symphony Performance
Fusing a rich history with exhilarating vision, the St. Louis Symphony and its music director, David Robertson, inspire and enthrall audiences and fellow musicians alike. Founded in 1880, the St. Louis Symphony is the second-oldest orchestra in the country and is widely considered one of the world’s finest. For this concert, the orchestra is joined for Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 by Yefim Bronfman, "a regal bear of a pianist with seemingly limitless technique" (New York Times). The program also features violinist Erin Schreiber on Vaughan Williams’ gorgeously ethereal The Lark Ascending, which was named in a recent BBC poll as Britain’s favorite “desert island disc,” and Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Symphony, which was composed against the backdrop of World War I and which at its first performance bore the program note “Music is life, and like it inextinguishable.” Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/678027118932022/
c) Sunday, September 14 after the concert • Southeast Terrace, Krannert Center • Free
Meet-the-musicians After-concert Party!
After the concert, celebrate your experience! Join fellow students, as well as sponsors of the evening's performance and faculty and staff "co-adventurers" into classical music, for a post-concert party. Meet and visit with members of the St. Louis Symphony while enjoying *free* food and soft drinks. Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1553875831498974/
d) Monday, September 15 at 11am • Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center • Free
Masterclass with St. Louis Symphony Trombone Section
See members of the St. Louis Symphony up close, working as master teachers with University of Illinois School of Music students. All U of I students are invited to observe these masterclass teaching sessions. Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/706375709416435/
e) Monday, September 15 at 11am • Music Building: Room 1201 (lower level--"The Fishbowl") • Free
Masterclass with Andrew Cuneo, bassoon (St. Louis Symphony)
See members of the St. Louis Symphony up close, working as master teachers with University of Illinois School of Music students. All U of I students are invited to observe these masterclass teaching sessions. Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1485800141667426/
f) Monday, September 15 at 11am • Smith Music Hall: Memorial Room (upstairs)• Free
Inside View: Masterclass with Diana Haskell, clarinet (St. Louis Symphony)
See members of the St. Louis Symphony up close, working as master teachers with University of Illinois School of Music students. All U of I students are invited to observe these masterclass teaching sessions. Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/494587594008718/
EVENTS AROUND CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S KRANNERT CENTER PERFORMANCE
a) Monday, October 6 at 5pm • U of I Music And Performing Arts Library• Free
Music and Performing Arts Library Tour
The University of Illinois Music and Performing Arts Library offers amazing resources for all students. Check out musical scores, listen to recordings, watch performances online, read arts periodicals, find a new favorite study space, and more. Head librarian John Wagstaff will give you a special tour to introduce you to these services! The library is in the Music Building, just east of the intersection of Goodwin and Oregon in Urbana; enter from the Oregon Street side for easiest access to the library. Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/146325858871102/
b) Saturday, October 11 at 3pm (time tentative) • Locations TBD • Free
Masterclasses with Members of the Chicago Symphony
Stay tuned as details develop: members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will work as master teachers with University of Illinois School of Music students, and all U of I students are invited to observe these teaching sessions. Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/342097112582090/
c) Saturday, October 11 at 7:30pm • Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center • $10 for U of I students (U of I student tickets still available!)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performance
One of the finest orchestras in the world performing in one of the finest concert halls in the world—what a magnificent combination. Add to that one of the finest conductors—Musical America’s 2012 Conductor of the Year, the in-demand and engaging Jaap van Zweden, who for 17 years was concertmaster (the youngest ever) of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra—and you have an electrifying installment of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s annual engagement with Krannert Center. Bartók’s virtuosic violin rhapsodies, inspired by Hungarian folk music, feature CSO concertmaster Robert Chen, while the monumental Fifth Symphony of Mahler carries us on a transcendental journey from tragedy to triumph. Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/713501912053360/
d) Saturday, October 11 after the concert • Southeast Terrace, Krannert Center • Free
After-concert Party!
After the concert, celebrate your experience! Join fellow students, as well as sponsors of the evening's performance and faculty and staff "co-adventurers" into classical music, for a post-concert conversation while enjoying *free* food (a "Chicago Dog" bar, including vegetarian selections) and soft drinks. (A cash bar will be available.) Join the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/355305801300340/
Other handy things to know:
• If you have any questions, feel free to contact CHP alum Maureen Reagan at reagan@illinois.edu!
• Learn about Krannert Center events each month in the U of I Library Guides at http://uiuc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=613188
• Join the Krannert Center email list and more at http://www.krannertcenter.com/getthescoop.aspx
• Krannert Center offers free building tours almost every day when classes are in session. Get to know the Center better!
