FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: January 16, 2003
Contact: Sharon Graf, 206-6570
SPRINGFIELD
– Members of the community who are interested in sharing their musical
talents are invited to join one or more of the five campus ensembles currently
available through the music program at University of Illinois at Springfield.
Auditions are not required to join the groups outlined below, which can also be
taken for academic credit. All rehearsals are held in room 208 of the Health
and Sciences Building on the UIS campus.
The UIS All Campus
Choir made its debut in fall 2001 and has given several performances in
a variety of musical genres, ranging from 16th-century madrigals to Broadway
classics. Choir rehearsals are 7 to 9:15 p.m. Tuesdays and, for those who are
not able to make the Tuesday rehearsals, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays.
The UIS Chamber Ensemble is comprised of string and wind instruments and performs classical music ranging from Renaissance to modern. Ensemble rehearsals are from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursdays.
The UIS World Percussion Ensemble, offered ONLY for academic credit,
is for students interested in hand-drumming techniques of various cultures. No
experience is necessary to join. The group meets from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays.
The
UIS Native American Flute Circle meets from 7 to 9 p.m. on Mondays.
Monthly meetings will be also be sponsored by the Central Illinois Flute
Circle.
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The UIS Pep Band,
open to anyone who plays a musical instrument, performs at UIS home basketball
games. Rehearsals are 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 6 to 8 p.m. Fridays.
Academic
credit for these programs is available to those who have been admitted to study
at UIS. Registration for the spring 2003 semester is ongoing through January
19; late registration is available after that date. Those who wish to earn
academic credit in the All Campus Choir should enroll in UNI 291 Vocal Music
Ensemble. For academic credit for any of the other groups, enroll in UNI 292
Instrumental Music Ensemble.
For more
information about music at UIS, contact Sharon Graf, UIS assistant professor of
ethnomusicology, by telephone at 206-6570 or by e-mail at graf.sharon@uis.edu,
or go to www.uis.edu/music/.
For
more information about registration or academic credit, call the UIS
Registration Office at 206-6174 or go to www.uis.edu.
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