Art, Music and Theatre

Performance by UIS Camerata Musicians

Performance by Flower City Trombones

The Mother Road Bones are a trombone quartet that performs in all genres of music from Classical and Jazz to Broadway and Pop. The trombone is one of the most versatile brass instruments, coming in many different shapes and sizes,  allowing for a wide range of musical possibilities. This program will show off the variety of sounds and styles possible on the trombone. Come enjoy an evening of familiar tunes with a brassy twist!

This is part of the UIS Studio Theatre Date Night Series. $15.

The UIS Music Program is co-hosting the final concert of the Springfield Violins of Hope initiative: The Music of Hope concert will feature uplifting popular songs by Jewish composers from around the world and include beloved hits such as Bei Mir Bist du Schon, the main theme from Fiddler on the Roof, Ocho Kandelikas, and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.

Join UIS Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Yona Stamatis in a lecture/recital titled "A Violin's Journey." This event is part of the Violins of Hope initiative. It will focus on material culture, like a collection of violins, as a means of revealing information about the past and the present. In addition, it will examine diverse roles of music during the Holocaust. Co-hosted by Lincoln Land Community College and the Jewish Federation of Springfield.

The Music of Survival concert is part of the Springfield Violins of Hope initiative. The concert is a unique opportunity to hear live performance on violins from the Violins of Hope collection that consists of instruments that were owned by Jewish musicians before/during the Holocaust and that have now been restored, and travel around the world in a kind of live exhibit. This concert features three violinists playing six violins from the collection.

The UIS Music Program is cohosting a string quartet concert by members of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. The concert will feature rarely-heard works by Holocaust composers. The concert is free of charge and will take place at Temple Israel on Friday, Sept 8, 12pm.

The Illinois State Museum is hosting the opening event of the Springfield Violins of Hope initiative, a lecture/recital with an intimate local connection. UIS Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Yona Stamatis and her sister Katrin Stamatis share the story of their family violin of hope in a lecture/recital punctuated by performances of relevant repertoire by a string trio featuring Katrin Stamatis, violin; Lisa Nelson, viola; Jacobsen Woollen, cello.

The UIS Music Program is collaborating with the Jewish Federation of Springfield to host the Violins of Hope exhibit featuring 12 violins that survived the Holocaust. The violins have been lovingly restored and have traveled the world to give voice to the victims and reinforce messages of hope, harmony, and survival.

Six of these violins will be on display at the Illinois State Museum Violins of Hope Exhibit, Sept. 7-13.

The Visual Arts Gallery presents "A Public Commons," a new and experiment exhibition by Service Works.