
Aubrie Powell named Research Live! Competition Finalist
Aubrie Powell, PhD student in Musicology, is one of twelve finalist from across campus in the Grad Gollege's annual Research Live! Competition.
Watch the special live event where Illinois graduate students share their remarkable research in three minutes or less.

School of Music Welcomes Professor William Eddins
The School of Music is thrilled to announce the appointment of William Eddins as Visiting Director of Orchestras and Conductor of the UI Symphony Orchestra for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Illinois composer's new work, performed by the Jupiter String Quartet, depicts pandemic experience
By Jodi Heckel, UI News Bureau
Illinois music professor Stephen Andrew Taylor writes music that represents scientific data, including the structures of some coronavirus proteins.

Illinois and UK Researchers Team Up to Digitally Preserve Digital Performances
By Jodi Heckel, UI News Bureau

Illinois Alum Wins Grammy!
The Experiential Orchestra, conducted by James Blachly (MM Orchestra Conducting, 2013), has earned its first Grammy award. The EXO's recording of

Musicology Student Granted Fellowship to Conduct Research in Republic of Georgia
Justin Balcor, PhD student in Musicology, has been awarded a fellowship from the American Councils Combined Research and Language Training (CRLT) Program to conduct up to nine months of research on the gendered relationships between sports, music, and musical instruments in the Republic of Georgi

Presenting "Illini Stories"
What is it like to be a student at the University of Illinois School of Music?

Helping the Marching Illini March Forth on March 4th!
This year's March 4th campaign to support the Marching Illini quickly surpassed goals to reach 515 gifts totaling $62,714.
An anonymous donor offered a March Forth Challenge Grant of $3000 for reaching the initial goal of $37,000.

Flutist Wins National Competition
Peiyao (Pei) Cheng, DMA Flute, recently won the Flute Society of Washington's Mid-Atlantic Young Artist Competition.

NEH Grant to support Artificial Intelligence for Jazz Research in Digital Age
Gabriel Solis, Professor of Musicology, and Adriana Cuervo, Head Archivist at the Rutgers-Newark Institute of Jazz Studies, will le