A-Z
-
The African Company Presents Richard III
Saturday, February 5, 2011, at 7:30pm | Studio Theatre | $8-$15
Thrumming with ire, The African Company Presents Richard III encounters African Americans and whites at a crossroads in history. More -
Afterglow: Nathaniel and Friends
Saturday, September 18, 2010, at 9:30pm | Lobby | free
More -
Afterglow: Salvatore Martirano Composition Award Concert
Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at 9:30pm | Lobby | free
Linger after this year’s Salvatore Martirano Composition Award Concert for a free performance. More -
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Thursday, March 10, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$36
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin—“early music’s Bang on a Can All Stars” (Los Angeles Times)—elicits the breathtaking transparency and frenetic fluency of the Baroque period. More -
Allerton Music Barn Festival 2010: Evening Serenade
Monday, September 6, 2010, at 8:30pm | Allerton Music Barn, Monticello | $20-$26
Despite two centuries of separation, Mozart's "Grand Partita" and Richard Strauss' Symphony for Wind Instruments—the two pieces offered in this final performance of the 2010 series—offer listeners a chance to hear the earlier composer's influence on Strauss' work. More -
Allerton Music Barn Festival 2010: Ian Hobson: Iberia
Sunday, September 5, 2010, at 8:30pm | Allerton Music Barn, Monticello | $20-$26
Join us for a tour of Spain when the renowned pianist Ian Hobson will, for the first time, perform Isaac Albéniz's tour de force, Iberia. More -
Allerton Music Barn Festival 2010: Johann Sebastian Bach
Sunday, September 5, 2010, at 10:00am | Allerton Music Barn, Monticello | $20-$26
Stefan Milenkovich will be featured on Bach’s Sonata No. More -
Allerton Music Barn Festival 2010: Jon Faddis: Remembrances
Friday, September 3, 2010, at 8:30pm | Allerton Music Barn, Monticello | $20-$26
Jazz trumpet virtuoso Jon Faddis, known for his sonorous ballad tone and skill in the high register, will join University of Illinois jazz faculty for an evening of Ellington, Hancock, Coltrane, and Brubeck arrangements by Carlos Franzetti, the 2001 Latin Grammy Award winner for the score of the film The Mambo Kings. More -
Allerton Music Barn Festival 2010: Pacifica Quartet and Friends
Saturday, September 4, 2010, at 8:30pm | Allerton Music Barn, Monticello | $20-$26
In a unique mix of compositional styles, the Allerton Music Barn Festival will present three works spanning the 19th and 21st centuries, including a world-premiere performance of the festival's first commissioned work. More -
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$40
Classical music is not obsolete. This seven-time Grammy nominee, Gramophone Award winner, and youngest curator and performer of the Carnegie Hall Perspectives concerts reasserts this truth every season with concert stops from Japan to the United Kingdom and his amassed recordings at 30 discs and growing. More -
The Bald Soprano and The Lesson
Saturday, October 16, 2010, at 7:30pm | Studio Theatre | $8-$15
In two plays that escape the boundaries of reality, playwright Eugène Ionesco indulges in absurdity. More -
The Baseball Music Project
Friday, November 12, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$35
With the chants of the crowd and the organ’s rally cries, baseball and music have always fit like a ball in a glove. More -
Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at 7:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$25
“Working together for the common good” is not simply the translation of this troupe’s name—it’s a philosophy that links indigenous dance, music, and art in an outpouring of Filipino pride and grace. More -
Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concerts
Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$42
The past, present, and future of the blues collide at the crossroads when living legends, bluesy country rockers, and house party hip-hop masters meet for a celebration of Delta blues icon Robert Johnson’s musical legacy. More -
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Saturday, September 18, 2010, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$35
Performing in Champaign-Urbana for the first time since her shining appearance with Jazz Threads—2003-04’s season-long celebration of this community’s jazz past, present, and future—Dee Dee Bridgewater pays loving tribute to the pioneering jazz stylist and incomparable singer Billie Holiday. More -
La Calisto
Friday, April 29, 2011, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $8-$24
Brazen, ornate, sly, trilling, and loaded with panache, La Calisto plays as a nuanced study of desire packaged as a sensuous Baroque romp among the Roman gods. More -
-
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Classics I
Saturday, September 25, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$31
For its 51st season, this ensemble begins its concerts at Krannert Center with A Thanksgiving Overture by Earl George, Mark Lathan’s Concerto for Trumpet, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. More -
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Classics II
Saturday, January 22, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$31
The orchestra begins the new year with Elgar’s Cockaigne (In London Town), Op. More -
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Classics III
Saturday, March 5, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$31
Please note that this program has changed since the printed materials were prepared. More -
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Classics IV
Saturday, April 2, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$31
For its final Krannert Center performance of the season, the orchestra presents Honegger’s Pacific 231; Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. More -
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: CUSO Holiday Concert
Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$31
Ring in the holidays with this extravaganza of seasonal classics and exciting musical guests. More -
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, October 30, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$52
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra was born when Thomas Edison first displayed his kinetoscope, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky served as guest conductor for the debut of what is now Carnegie Hall, and the first tracks were laid for the Trans-Siberian Railway. More -
Cirque Éloize: ID
Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 7:00pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$29
The dancer-athletes of Cirque Éloize mash comic book vividness, science fiction possibility, elastic bodies, and fearless innovation in a super-real vision of an urban world. More -
Corporate Circuit Night 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at 7:30pm | Lobby | Free, reservation required
Corporate Circuit Night is not just the hippest party of the year—it’s a chance to connect with other business owners and plug into a vibrant network of energy and ideas. More -
Dance for Parkinson’s Disease
Friday, December 17, 2010, at 10:00am | Drama Rehearsal Room (Level 2) | free
For the past eight years, the Mark Morris Dance Group has worked with the Brooklyn Parkinson Group to blend music and dance into an empowering movement class for patients with Parkinson’s disease. More -
Death and the Ploughman
Saturday, January 29, 2011, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$35
This Drama Desk Award-nominated play is based on a text that was written in 1401 as the Renaissance was just unfolding and that is considered to be one of the first major German prose works. More -
Dessert and Conversation: A Midsummer Night’s Dream—It’s a Bacchanal!
Saturday, March 5, 2011, at 6:30pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
Hear more about the provocative production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream—It’s a Bacchanal! at this conversation event one hour before the performance. More -
Dessert and Conversation: February Dance
Friday, February 4, 2011, at 6:30pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
A dialogue before February Dance will let you hear more about this dance concert. More -
Dessert and Conversation: Macbeth
Saturday, October 16, 2010, at 6:30pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
Gain new perspectives on Macbeth and get insight into the choices made for this production during a conversation before the play. More -
Dessert and Conversation: November Dance
Friday, November 5, 2010, at 6:30pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
This pre-performance dialogue lets you peek behind the scenes at November Dance. More -
-
Drumline LIVE
Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $10-$25
A bold and brash show-style marching band will high step into the Colwell Playhouse for an evening of funk-infused dances, walloping brass rips, amped-up hip-hop rhythms, and riveting choreography. More -
Ebène Quartet
Thursday, April 14, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$34
The musicians of the Ebène Quartet—Pierre Colombet and Gabriel Le Magadure on violin, Mathieu Herzog on viola, and Raphaël Merlin on cello—play with “refinement and poise” and “a rare degree of expressive subtlety, blended sonorities and electrifying joy” (The Times, London). More -
February Dance
Saturday, February 5, 2011, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $9-$17
Please note that the program has changed since the printed materials were prepared. More -
Global Transfer Afterglow: Paul Wertico’s Mid-East/Mid-West Alliance
Saturday, October 30, 2010, at 9:30pm | Lobby | free
More -
Global Transfer Afterglow: Trio Tarana
Saturday, January 22, 2011, at 9:30pm | Lobby | free
More -
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello, and Charlie Albright, piano
Sunday, March 13, 2011, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$36
In March, we welcome two in an illustrious line of Young Concert Artists International Audition winners—stemming from Pinchas Zukerman, Emanuel Ax, Richard Goode, and Dawn Upshaw. More -
Marvin Hamlisch: Broadway’s Greatest Moments
Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$40
Who better to shuffle us off to Broadway than the creator of A Chorus Line himself? With a Pulitzer Prize, three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, three Golden Globes, and a Tony on his shelf, composer and pianist Marvin Hamlisch has made history while he’s made great music. More -
Ben Heppner, tenor
Thursday, April 28, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$46
Ben Heppner has it all: a “lean, burnished and powerful voice,” “raw emotional fervor,” and “scrupulous” musicianship (The New York Times). More -
Holi: An Indian Festival of Colors
Saturday, February 26, 2011, at 7:30pm | Studio Theatre | $10-$28
When winter is ending, the Hindu festival Holi announces the season of renewal as people light bonfires, playfully throw colorful powders, smear one another with paint, sing, squirt water, dance, flirt, and partake in feasts. More -
How Can You Stay In The House All Day And Not Go Anywhere?
Thursday, September 16, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $10-$33
Defined by Ralph Lemon as a “speculative fiction epic,” How Can You Stay In The House All Day And Not Go Anywhere? crafts a vision of tomorrow through investigations of loss, transcendence, and human partnerships. More -
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Thursday, September 23, 2010, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$40
With nuance and vigor, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago banks the fires of modern dance through its spacious approach toward distinctive choreographers, perspectives, and collaborations. More -
Interval: Ball in the House
Friday, February 11, 2011, at 12:00pm | Lobby | free
More -
Interval: The Chenille Sisters
Friday, October 29, 2010, at 12:00pm | Lobby | free
More -
Iphigenia and Other Daughters
Friday, October 29, 2010, at 7:30pm | Studio Theatre | $8-$15
What ever happened to the women left behind, to those who waited like Penelope for the men to return from the Trojan War? Ellen McLaughlin peeks at these invisible players in a history determined by others. More -
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Thursday, February 3, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$48
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra “crackles and chatters” with electricity on bebop and soul, Dixieland and Latin, and jazz that’s cool and smoking (The New York Times). More -
Kashu-juku Noh Theater
Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$28
In the 600-year-old storytelling tradition of Noh theatre, masked actors in sumptuous costumes use exquisite simplicity to convey the essence of humanity. More -
Kindur: The Adventurous Journey of Two Icelandic Sheep
Saturday, April 30, 2011, at 11:00am | Colwell Playhouse | $10-$25
A pioneer in interactive theatre spaces and the creator of Farfalle (Butterflies), which transported Krannert Center audiences into an enchanting garden, Compagnia TPO crafts “paintings in movement”—immersive atmospheres for performers and audiences that are brought to life when walls and floors are touched and respond with music, colors, sounds, or images. More -
Krannert Center Debut Artist
Sunday, April 17, 2011, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$36
What is a sweet ending for the Sunday Salon Series is an auspicious beginning for a young artist. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, October 28, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, December 16, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, November 18, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, October 14, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, November 4, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, November 11, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, December 9, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, December 2, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, September 9, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, September 23, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked with artists TBA
Thursday, October 21, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked with artists TBA
Thursday, September 16, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Krannert Uncorked with artists TBA
Thursday, October 7, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Unfettered. Unhurried. Uncomplicated. Uncorked. Stage 5 is the crossroads to gather, make connections, linger for the music, and try a new wine. More -
Libretto: La Calisto
Saturday, April 30, 2011, at 6:30pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
Hear more about La Calisto at a pre-performance conversation held one hour before the show. More -
Libretto: Man of La Mancha
Saturday, February 26, 2011, at 6:30pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
For background information and the cultural context of Man of La Mancha, head to a pre-performance conversation. More -
Libretto: Rigoletto
Saturday, November 13, 2010, at 6:30pm | Krannert Room | $6.50
Learn more about Rigoletto through a pre-performance conversation. More -
-
Man of La Mancha
Friday, February 25, 2011, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $8-$24
From his dungeon, the novelist Miguel de Cervantes faces a mock trial by the murderers and thieves also awaiting judgment from the Spanish Inquisition. More -
Mark Morris Dance Group
Saturday, March 5, 2011, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$38
With intelligence and audacity, Mark Morris has made dances that are “uproariously funny” (San Francisco Chronicle) or “sensuously attractive” (The New York Times) and always “astonishingly honest” (The New York Times). More -
Meditation
Thursday, September 16, 2010, at 10:00am | Studio Theatre | free
Ralph Lemon created Meditation—the fourth and final chapter of How Can You Stay In The House All Day And Not Go Anywhere?—in collaboration with video designer Jim Findlay, who is also a collaborator on the staged component of How Can You Stay. More -
A Midsummer Night’s Dream—It’s a Bacchanal!
Friday, March 11, 2011, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $8-$15
Bacchanal: A riotous or drunken festivity. Synonyms: misbehavior, disobedience, indiscretion, contravention. More -
Misalliance
Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at 7:30pm | Studio Theatre | $8-$15
Bored Hypatia Tarleton desperately craves “to be an active verb,” although her father snorts that she actually just “wants adventures to drop out of the sky. More -
Night Music: John the Revelator
Saturday, February 19, 2011, at 9:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$35
A Mass for the 21st century, Phil Kline’s John the Revelator pulses with mystery and the warmth of salvation as it blends traditional hymns and contemporary compositions with the evocative qualities of Gregorian chant, while words from David Shapiro, Samuel Beckett, and the Old Testament weave through texts from the Latin Mass. More -
November Dance
Friday, November 5, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $9-$17
Please note that the program has changed since the printed materials were prepared. More -
The Nutcracker
Friday, December 3, 2010, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $15-$34
You can almost smell the nutmeg, cinnamon, and hot chocolate when Deana Doty’s fresh choreography, Tchaikovsky’s ambrosial music, the sweeping sounds of Sinfonia da Camera led by Ian Hobson, and good-enough-to-eat stage settings from Andy Warfel are whipped together into a delectable confection. More -
Opening Night Party 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010, at 7:00pm | Lobby and Amphitheatre | $5
Last year you immersed yourself in exhilarating ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival. More -
Opole Philharmonic of Poland
Thursday, February 24, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$48
In the aftermath of six brutal years of sabotage, bombings, disease, hunger, and labor camps, the Opole Philharmonic of Poland was founded. More -
Pacifica Quartet Shostakovich Cycle Part 1
Thursday, October 21, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$34
Taut, brutally ironic, austere, humorously biting, turbulent, searing. More -
Pacifica Quartet Shostakovich Cycle Part 2
Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $12-$20
This event was originally scheduled to occur on November 18. More -
Pacifica Quartet Shostakovich Cycle Part 3
Thursday, January 27, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $12-$20
Taut, brutally ironic, austere, humorously biting, turbulent, searing. More -
Pacifica Quartet Shostakovich Cycle Part 4
Tuesday, February 22, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $12-$20
Taut, brutally ironic, austere, humorously biting, turbulent, searing. More -
Parker Quartet
Sunday, January 30, 2011, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$36
As January ends, the powerhouse Parker Quartet fills the Great Hall with “silver-toned elegance” (Washington Post). More -
Itzhak Perlman, violin, and Rohan De Silva, piano
Sunday, October 3, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$48
Itzhak Perlman holds many trademarks: “the opulent sound, the silken tone, the supple bow arm, the effortless technique” (The New York Times). More -
Post-show Celebration with Ralph Lemon
Thursday, September 16, 2010, at 10:00pm | Stage 5 | free
More -
Pygmalion Music Festival Afterglow: Cap’n Jazz
Saturday, September 25, 2010, at 10:30pm | Stage 5 | free
The raw energy of this Chicago-based emo band is irresistible, its retrospective Analphabetapolothology is nearly unpronounceable, and for a simple quintet of Bohemian punk fellas, the huge influence that Cap’n Jazz has exerted on the indie scene is undeniable. More -
Pygmalion Music Festival: Roky Erickson with Okkervil River; Opening Act: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Saturday, September 25, 2010, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$23
Harnessing the vigor of Champaign-Urbana’s music scene with the abundant riches of groups on tour, the Pygmalion Music Festival has been showcasing indie rock since 2005. More -
-
Russian National Ballet Theatre
Thursday, January 20, 2011, at 7:00pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$39
With a lightning bolt’s urgency, love crashes into Verona, where the impulsive Romeo and the impetuous Juliet are helpless to prevent its damage. More -
The Seasons Project
Thursday, October 14, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$38
In the Italy of 1723, Antonio Vivaldi created a sublime musical portrayal of the seasons around him, and his sound-painting in The Four Seasons still intrigues nearly 300 years later. More -
Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro de Cuba
Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$38
Banned from the United States since 1933, the Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro de Cuba landed in New York in 2009 with the succulent sound of a contemporary Cuban band and the savory wisdom of a decades-long tradition. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: Brief Encounters
Saturday, September 18, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $7-$34
Pianist and conductor Ian Hobson is recognized internationally for his masterly performances of the Romantic repertoire, his deft and idiomatic readings of piano music, and his assured conducting from both the piano and the podium. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: Croatia to the Canary Isles
Saturday, February 5, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $7-$34
Featuring the colorful and rhythmic use of the strings and percussion from lyric to dynamic, Sinfonia performs works celebrated and new. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: Extraordinary Voices
Friday, November 5, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $7-$34
“In Schuman’s pieces you have the feeling that only an American could have written them. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: Nature’s Majesty
Saturday, March 12, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $7-$34
Sinfonia extols the beauty and majesty of the natural world around us with familiar works used in numerous films, suggesting tumbling brooks and violent thunderstorms, sunrise and bird calls, woodland walks and canyon hikes. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: Rush Hour—Play It Again!
Thursday, April 7, 2011, at 5:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | free-$10
Sinfonia da Camera’s 27th season concludes with a special rush hour concert paying tribute to music that evokes enduring images from our past. More -
-
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday, March 31, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$50
Larger-than-life conductors like Richard Strauss, incandescent soloists like Sergei Prokofiev, and resoundingly vigorous composers like Gustav Mahler—the St. More -
Studiodance I
Friday, March 11, 2011, at 9:00pm | Studio Theatre | $7-$14
Emerging choreographic artists and Master of Fine Arts candidates Hallie Aldrich, Nicholas Duran, Sarah Haas, and Joseph Hutto present their work in this self-produced concert. More -
Studiodance II
Saturday, April 23, 2011, at 9:00pm | Studio Theatre | $7-$14
Always expect delightful surprises in Studiodance II when Dance at Illinois students present their dance-making investigations curated by a panel of faculty and students. More -
Tango Buenos Aires: Fire and Passion of Tango
Thursday, February 10, 2011, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$32
Without combustive passion and the fiery heat of seduction, there can be no tango. More -
Those Darlins,The Duke of Uke and His Novelty Orchestra, and The Mean Lids
Thursday, September 23, 2010, at 7:30pm | The Independent Media Center (202 South Broadway, Urbana) | $10 at the door, free with festival wristband
A trio of presenters assembles a triple lineup that celebrates the vibrancy of the CU festival scene. More -
A Time to Speak
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at 7:30pm | Studio Theatre | $10-$25
Helen Lewis’ life as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer is lacerated when the Nazis annex Czechoslovakia and Jews are no longer allowed to frequent public places, must carry identification at all times, and eventually are forced to sew yellow stars on their clothes. More -
TPO Virtual Playground
Thursday, April 28, 2011, at 5:00pm | Colwell Playhouse | Free, tickets required
Navigate mystical Iceland in a demonstration and exploration of TPO’s motion-activated setting for Kindur: The Adventurous Journey of Two Icelandic Sheep. More -
Traffic Jam: Candy Foster and Shades of Blue
Friday, October 22, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
More -
Traffic Jam: The Brat Pack
Friday, February 18, 2011, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
More -
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $10-$36
Ever a maverick, Trisha Brown has never harbored assumptions about movement, space, or sound. More -
UI New Music Ensemble
Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
The experimental environment fostered by the members of the UI New Music Ensemble allows students to explore diverse works as well as their own creative impulses. More -
UI New Music Ensemble
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
This evening’s concert will feature selections by Mei-Fang Lin, UI faculty member Zack Browning, and visiting guest composer Ching-Wen Chao. More -
UI Symphony Orchestra
Friday, September 24, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
This first-rate ensemble presents works that range from classics to avant-garde pieces to contemporary compositions. More -
UI Wind Orchestra
Sunday, September 19, 2010, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
Linda Moorhouse, the newest assistant director of bands, takes the stage with this fine ensemble of the esteemed U of I bands program. More -
UI Wind Symphony
Sunday, September 26, 2010, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
The premier ensemble of the country’s largest band program brings together the finest wind, brass, and percussion players for innovative concerts. More -
Chucho Valdés with The Afro-Cuban Messengers
Saturday, October 9, 2010, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$38
A giant of jazz piano returns to the United States after a seven-year absence with his “thunderous dexterity” on the rapid-fire rhythms and African-infused melodies he pioneered in Cuba (All about Jazz). More -
Suzanne Vega
Friday, April 1, 2011, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$45
Suzanne Vega’s disarmingly powerful singing has been everywhere: The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Seinfeld, The Truth about Cats and Dogs, Second Life, Dead Man Walking, and Lilith Fair. More -
Winter Lights Festival 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010, at 4:00pm | Lobby | free
Celebrate the colors, music, and spirit of winter with this free showcase of the season by the Krannert Center Student Association. More -
Youth Literature Festival
Saturday, October 9, 2010, at 10:00am | Lobby | free
Joy and passion unite during the Youth Literature Festival’s celebration of reading. More
