UIS music groups to present Spring Showcase Concert

April 19, 2006

SPRINGFIELD – Music groups at the University of Illinois at Springfield will present their annual Spring Showcase Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, in the Studio Theatre, located on the lower level of the Public Affairs Center on the UIS campus.

The concert will feature the UIS Band, Chorus, Chamber Orchestra, and World Percussion Ensemble in a varied repertoire.

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The UIS Band will perform works ranging from traditional Dixieland jazz to Beethoven’s Military March in D to the UIS Fight Song. The UIS Chorus will perform a variety of traditional, popular, and folk pieces and will join with the UIS Chamber Orchestra to perform Bach’s Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude and Stanley and Shaw’s I am a Man of Constant Sorrow from the motion picture O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Chamber Orchestra will perform a number of other pieces and will also join with the UIS World Percussion Ensemble for Marsha Chusmir Shapiro’s African Accent.

Tickets are $5 and are available through the Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office, phone 206-6160 or go to www.sangamonauditorium.org/. All proceeds benefit the UIS Music Student Merit Award.

UIS musical ensembles are directed by Sharon Graf, assistant professor of ethnomusicology, and Todd Cranson, music specialist, and are open to all students, faculty, staff, and community members. For more information about the concert or about music at UIS, contact Graf or Cranson by phone at 206-6790 or by e-mail at music@uis.edu.

The University of Illinois at Springfield, one of three U of I campuses, is a small, public liberal arts university that offers 42 degree programs – 21 bachelor’s, 20 master’s, and the Doctorate of Public Administration. UIS has a special mission in public affairs and service and is known for extraordinary internships, a wireless campus, extensive online offerings, and a commitment to teaching.

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