Art, Music and Theatre

Performances by Dr. Adam Larison, Richard Gilman-Opalsky and Guests

Soprano Kristina Bachrach and pianist Winston Choi perform music by Armando Bayolo about love, identity and what it means to be Hispanic. The program includes two recent largescale works: the song cycle Neruda Enamorado, setting Pablo Neruda's Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, and the autobiographical piano cycle, Memorias Vagabundas, which Nico Muhly has called “a gift to pianists” and Vicky Chow declares as “a masterpiece.”

Performances by UIS and Community Musicians

Fourteen years ago, a stack of music was found amongst the papers of the black Chicagoan composer Florence Price: it was her long-lost cantata "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight," set to the poem by Springfield native Vachel Lindsay. And now this lost & found masterpiece will be heard for the first time in Springfield, the city of both Lincoln and Lindsay. The UIS Orchestra will join forces with the Springfield Choral Society and baritone soloist Justin Johnson, under the baton of Jacobsen Woollen. Admission is free. No reservations required. Program: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 8, Allegro Aperto (featuring UIS Solo Competition winner Ruoshui Cai) Florence Price: Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight This concert is the culminating event of Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight: A Springfield Festival. For more information about the festival, including a full line-up of events, please visit the festival webpage: https://www.springfieldchoralsociety.org/post/abraham-lincoln-walks-at-midnight-a-springfield-festival-february-22-24-2024

Performances by UIS Camerata Students

Performances by Dr. Adam Larison and Richard Gilman-Opalsky

Performances by Adib Young and Eli Naragon

Join the UIS Visual Arts Gallery for an exhibition reception Thursday, January 25 from 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 'Turn On Every Light,' a mixed-media installation by Heather Brammeier, opens January 16 and runs through February 8. This event is free and open to the public.

In conjunction with International Education Week, Naghmeh Farzaneh will present an artist talk and screening at the Visual Arts Gallery. This event is free and open to the public!

Join us for a final bidding reception in-person at the gallery! Take the opportunity to see auction items in person before placing your bid online. All proceeds support annual gallery programming throughout the year. Food and drinks will be provided; this event is free and open to the public.