Tag: "music"

David Kim and Ed Benyas performing together at Dunham Hall

SIUE-SIUC join for concert

[Video] Last Wednesday, the SIUE and SIUC orchestras came together for a combined concert. Put on by Arts and Issues, the concert was part of this spring’s CAS colloquium, “Thinking About Space.”
The combined orchestras played to a packed house. Ed Benyas from SIUC started off conducting for the evening with “Russian Easter Festival Overture” by […]

A Little Nightmare Music being performed at Dunham Hall Theater

SIUE Opera Theater presents: An Evening of Tragedy and Comedy

[Video] March 23rd and 24th, SIUE Opera Theater demonstrated their range in both musical ability and content with two one-act operas.
The evening began with a tragedy, “Suor Angelica,” by Giacomo Puccini. The opera, performed in the original Italian, tells the woeful tale of a nun who learns of the death of her illegitimate child. Stricken […]

SIUE Choir performing at Center Grove Presbyterian Church

SIUE Presents: Music of Cuba and Latin America

[Video] March 1, 2012 the SIUE Concert Choir and the Choral Society performed at Center Grove Presbyterian Church. Their concert titled “The Music of Cuba and Latin America,” included songs performed by the SIUE Concert Choir on their trip to Cuba last December.
Leading the choir were Joel Knapp, SIUE Director of Choral Activities, and Carolyn […]

Dr. David Maslanka and Dr. John Bell rehearsing with the SIUE Wind Symphony

SIUE Wind Symphony and St. Louis Brass Band In Concert

Wednesday February 29, 2012 The SIUE Wind Symphony and the St. Louis Brass Band performed together in Dunham Hall Theater.
The St. Louis Brass band, conducted by John Bell, professor of music at SIUE, is composed largely of high school and middle school band directors along with other enthusiast.
They kicked the evening off with four pieces: […]

Manuel Ramos Performing at SIUE

Manuel Ramos Performs at SIUE

 On February 17, 2012, SIUE was treated to a musical event 60 years in the making as special Guest Manuael Ramos took to the Abbot Auditorium stage. This performance was part of Ramos’ 60th birthday tour in which he aims to give performances of all the Paganini caprices, Beetoven sonatas, and Bach sonatas and partitas.
Born in Mexico, […]

Ben Rardin performing at the Second Annual Honors voice recital at SIUE

Second Annual Honors Voice Recital

 Students from the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Music performed last Friday for the second annual Honors Voice Recital at SIUE.
The recital was created as a way for students in the vocal department who made great strides during the fall semester to show their improvements before a live audience and to acknowledge their […]

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors

 The SIUE music department performed “Amahl and the Night Visitors” December 10th and 11th at St. Boniface Catholic Church.
Origionally created for NBC in 1951, the opera tells the story of a young, crippled boy and his mother shortly before the birth of Christ. They receive a surprise when three kings show up on their doorstep […]

The Cast of SIUE's Rita

Rita

Marc Shapman, Richard Ladd, Kyrstan Langer, Daniel Wertz, and John Gross
Last Friday and Saturday the SIUE Opera Theatre presented Gaetano Donizetti’s Rita. This short comedy set in eighteenth century Turin was written in 1841 and first performed in 1860 after the death of it’s creator. This production of Rita was directed by Marc Schapman with […]

Violinist Rebin Ali at the Music from the Middle East workshop held at SIUE

Music from the Middle East

Last Wednesday, October 19, American Voices, a performing arts group dedicated to sharing culture from around the world, held their “Music from the Middle East” workshop at SIUE campus. The workshop featured live musical performances, a presentation of the group’s activities around the world, and a segment from “Camp Unity” a documentary filmed about the […]

Upcoming faculty music showcase highlights quirky talents

Upcoming faculty music showcase highlights quirky talents

This semester’s Faculty Showcase of the Department of Music will feature more than just the popular classical pieces of music on instruments such as the piano and saxophone. Some of the faculty will also be performing music on unusual instruments.
The event, which will be begin at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Abbott Auditorium in […]

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