Join us for a festive evening of Greek music, dancing, food, and community, featuring the Rebetiko Roots Ensemble and Springfield International Folk Dancers!

Enjoy an evening of live traditional Greek music, delicious Greek treats and drinks, and the opportunity to experience Greek music and dance up close. Everyone is invited to join the dance floor—no previous dance experience is needed! Whether you are an experienced dancer or have never tried a Greek dance before, come listen, learn, and dance along.

Date Night With Jazz

Jade Kastel, sax; David McEathron, piano

Travel the world through jazz as saxophonist Jade Kastel and pianist David McEathron share a vibrant collection of music inspired by cities and cultures across the globe, highlighting the genre’s remarkable journey across time and place

Get Free Music Series: Dan Clucas

Dan Clucas (b. 1966) is a cornet and violin player from Los Angeles. He has played and recorded with countless musicians in diverse Jazz, creative music, and free improvisation settings for decades. Performing in trio with Richard Gilman-Opalsky on drums and Adam Larison on guitar.

You'll be inside the music when twenty-one performers ring the UIS Colonnade, surrounding the audience, as we present Terry Riley's mesmerizing experimental work "In C." While fully notated, "In C" is never the same twice. You'll be encouraged to shape your own unforgettable audience experience by moving throughout the space.

FREE!

Rain location: UIS Student Union

Join us as the UIS Band presents a powerful and imaginative program inspired by painting, literature, poetry, and dance. Each work transforms a different art form into sound, creating a vivid, multi-sensory journey for the audience.

The program includes:
• Pictures at an Exhibition – Mussorgsky (paintings, sculpture, architecture)
• The Lord of the Rings – DeMeij (literature/novel)
• The Echo Never Fades – Gillingham (poetry)
• Danzón – Valencia (dance)

Come see UIS students and faculty as well as members of the Springfield community perform experimental works by composers Pauline Oliveros, Cornelius Cardew, and Steve Reich, as well as a world premiere composed collaboratively by everyone in the Make A Noise Ensemble!

FREE and Open to the Public!

VPA 33, Visual and Performing Arts Building
Parking in UIS Parking Lot B

Join us for a Chamber Concert on April 26 at 7:00 PM, featuring UIS Camerata students in an evening of creative and collaborative music-making. The program highlights student-composed works performed by the UIS Camerata Student Band, alongside a variety of intimate chamber ensembles that showcase the artistry and versatility of UIS musicians. The concert also includes a performance by the UIS Flute Choir. Not to be missed!

Join us for the UIS Solo Concert, an end-of-semester recital showcasing our talented student performers! Enjoy an inspiring evening of music as UIS students take the stage to share solo works across a variety of instruments and styles. Come help us celebrate our fabulous student musicians!

Join us on Sunday, April 12, 6pm for the first annual UIS Community Music Concert! The concert features the 2026 UIS Music Solo Competition winners as soloists with the UIS Orchestra; the UIS Jazz Ensemble; UIS Flute Choir; UIS String Academy; and UIS Community Music School students. The concert is FREE and open to the public. Join us in this celebration of our talented community musicians!