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NewsUniversity alum and professor of music at Princeton, Donnacha Dennehy (MM '94, DMA '14) won his first Grammy in “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance” for his composition “Land Of Winter.” The piece was also nominated for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
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NewsThe Krannert Center's 2026 Hip Hop Convene was featured in three different articles in The Daily Illini.
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2025 DMA in flute graduate Peiyao Cheng was recently offered a tenure track position at the acclaimed Tianjin Conservatory of Music in Tianjin, China.
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NewsUniversity of Illinois Bands alum, Joe Inman (BM 1968), was inducted into the US Figure Skating "Golden Class" Hall of Fame on January 9th in St. Louis, Missouri, in front of 8,000 people.
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NewsSangwon Lee's electroacoustic work, "Torturing Piano," was recently awarded the First Prize at the 2025 Música Viva International Electroacoustic Composition Competition in Portugal.
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NewsBrittany Viola received one of the 2026 Distinguished Service Awards from the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras.
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University of Illinois School of Music alumni Joy Yang and Lisa Moore joined eight other pianists to perform the Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes.
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NewsUniversity of Illinois School of Music alum Steve Hackman conducted the orchestra and chorus for Charlie Puth's National Anthem at Super Bowl LX.
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NewsComposition Alum Donnacha Dennehy (MM '94, DMA '14) won a 2026 Grammy in "Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance" for his composition "Land Of Winter."
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NewsThe University of Illinois School of Music is proud to recognize our faculty, staff, and students who presented at the Illinois Music Educators Conference in Peoria, Illinois this January.
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NewsSchool of Music alum Joy Yang (DMA '24) was featured both in The Daily Illini and WILL for her work with the Interdisciplinary Institute, bringing jazz performance to the community through local businesses.
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NewsThe University of Illinois School of Music is proud to recognize our faculty, staff, students, and alumni who presented at The 79th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois this past December.