University of Illinois Philharmonia Orchestra and Illini Strings

Name: University of Illinois Philharmonia Orchestra and Illini Strings
Start: 2025-10-09T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL, United States, Illinois 61801

Schedule

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL, United States, Illinois 61801 | Urbana, IL

Illini Strings
Noah Burch, graduate conductor
Angie Howell, graduate conductor
University of Illinois Philharmonia Orchestra
Dr. Rebecca B. MacLeod, conductor
Victor Yip, graduate conductor
Program
Illini Strings
Gustav Holst: Brook Green Suite
Béla Bartók: 10 Dances for Children
Jack Jarrett: Meditation
Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Airs
Illini Strings proudly features students from all colleges across the U of I campus. This ensemble performs staples of the string orchestral repertoire and explores the music of emerging and lesser-known composers from across the globe.
University of Illinois Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to Nabucco
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Idyll
Florence Price: Dances in the Canebrakes
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: March Slav
The University of Illinois Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia) performs major literature from the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. It is comprised of students representing upwards of 35 majors from throughout the university community. The orchestra rehearses twice weekly and typically performs two concerts a semester.