The Music program is located in the Visual and Performing Arts Building, which houses numerous student resources, including classrooms equipped with whiteboard technology; a modern music technology lab; instrument storage facilities; practice rooms with pianos; the Polly Roesch Rehearsal Room and a Steinway Piano Practice Room. Music performances take place in the Polly Roesch Rehearsal Room, Studio Theatre, Television Studio and the Sangamon Auditorium.
The UIS Music program offers Individual Music Lessons for students at the beginning and intermediate/advanced levels. Students may register for MUS 141/341 Instrumental Lessons. Additional fees apply.
Music courses and ensembles fulfill a variety of UIS General Education Requirements including Visual, Creative, and Performing Arts; Engaged Citizenship Common Experience; Comparative Societies Humanities; U.S. Communities. No prerequisites.
The UIS Flute Choir is available to UIS students, faculty and staff, and community members. This small chamber ensemble performs a wide variety of music for flutes including traditional repertoire, new music, and transcriptions. The UIS Flute Choir gives at least one performance each semester.
The UIS Cello Choir is available to UIS students, faculty and staff, and community members. A small ensemble with between five to ten players, the UIS Cello Choir performs a wide variety of music for several cellos including traditional repertoire, new music, and transcriptions. The UIS Cello Choir gives at least one major performance each semester.
The UIS Jazz Ensemble is available to UIS students, faculty and staff, and community members. The ensemble performs a wide variety of jazz repertoire including classic standards, new compositions, and innovative arrangements. The Jazz Ensemble gives at least one major performance each semester and often performs in the community.
The UIS Orchestra is composed of UIS students, faculty/staff, and community musicians that perform a variety of works from the standard orchestral repertoire as well as new and innovative compositions.
The UIS Chorus is a mixed choral ensemble that invites participation by UIS students, faculty/staff, and community members. Choral repertoire includes a broad variety of styles and genres ranging from standard works with ensemble accompaniment to popular song repertoire. The Chorus performs at least one concert each semester.
The UIS Band is available to students, faculty/staff, and community members. As a traditional concert band, the ensemble performs a variety of repertoire for large ensemble. The band is particularly welcoming to general education students and to high school students that want to improve their performance skills.