DoCha 2017: Bottesini's Gran Duo Concertante
Michael Cameron and Stefan Milenkovich perform with Camerata Illinois during the DoCha festival 2017.
Orpheum Theater, Champaign, Illinois.
Winners Announced in Sinfonia da Camera's Concerto Competition
Two current students and a member of the High School Chamber Music Academy were selected to perform with Sinfonia da Camera.
Zhen Piao Wins 2nd Place in International Organ Competition
Zhen Piao (AD in organ, 2017, and MM in piano) has won 2nd prize in the Shanghai International Organ Competition. The Competition took place September 14-15, 2017 at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center.
Harpists take on Teaching Positions
Harpists are making it happen now and for the future.
Flutists Amass College Positions
Flute alumnae and students are making it happen now, and for the future.
Flutist Pauline Jung Places 3rd in National Competition
Pauline Jung, MM 2017, recently placed 3rd in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition. As the world's most prestigious annually recurring competition for flute, Pauline excelled through three rounds of live auditions at the Minneapolis convention.
Chamber singers, laughter and schnitzel with music: A few of my favorite things
The University of Illinois Chamber Singers performed with the chamber choir of the Vienna School of Music as part of a 12-day European trip this summer.
Read the full account by undergraduate Grace Currie.
UI to be represented in Shanghai International Organ Competition
Zhen Piao, an artist diploma organ student of Dana Robinson, has been selected as one of six finalists in the First Shanghai Conservatory of Music International Organ Competition. He will perform in Shanghai, China, for the two final rounds of the competition on September 14-15, 2017.
Thornton Miller among Fourteen Fulbright Awardees for Illinois
Thornton Miller, PhD Student in Musicology is among fourteen current students and recent alumni who have been awarded Fulbright grants for the coming academic year.
Thornton will travel to Russia to conduct research and teach.
Jazz Trombone Ensemble and Competition Finalist, Connor Frederick, perform at International Trombone Festival
This past February, it was announced that the U of I Jazz Trombone Ensemble, directed by Professor Jim Pugh, had been selected winners of the Kai Winding Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition, sponsored annually by the International Trombone Association.