Season Schedule
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Led by four distinguished guest conductors vying to become the ISO’s next Music Director, your acclaimed Illinois Symphony Orchestra is joined by world-renowned guest artists in a season that has something for everyone. And it’s your turn to be part of the ISO’s legacy by helping us choose our next Music Director!
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Key code: Symphony Orchestra: SO | Chamber Orchestra (CO) | Pops (P)
Fire & Fanfare (SO)
Taichi Fukumura, Conductor | Brannon Cho, Cello
Friday, October 20, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
UIS Performing Arts Center, Springfield, IL
Concert Comments: 6:30 PM Concert Hall
Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
ISU Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, IL
Concert Comments: 6:30 PM Concert Hall
Marquez Danzon No. 2 – Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Romantic Rendezvous (SO)
Yaniv Dinur, Conductor | Alexander Korsantia, Piano
Saturday, November 4, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
ISU Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, IL
Concert Comments: 6:30 PM Concert Hall
* Sunday, November 5, 2023 @ 3:00 PM
UIS Performing Arts Center, Springfield, IL
Concert Comments: 2:00 PM Concert Hall
* Note Sunday afternoon performance
Hailstork An American Port of Call – Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 - Hanson Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”
Sizzling Strings (CO)
Naomi Woo, Conductor | Roy Meyer, Violin
Friday, December 1, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, IL
Join us for Coda Conversations after the concert.
Saturday, December 2, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, IL
Join us for Coda Conversations after the concert.
Shaw Entr’acte – Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 – Beethoven Grosse Fuge
Holiday Pops in the Heartland (P)
Taichi Fukumura, Conductor
Friday, December 15, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
UIS Performing Arts Center, Springfield, IL
Saturday, December 16, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
ISU Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, IL
Tunes from the Toons! (P)
Yaniv Dinur, Conductor
Friday, January 26, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
UIS Performing Arts Center, Springfield, IL
Saturday, January 27, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
ISU Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, IL
Mickey Mouse March - 101 Dalmatians - Tom and Jerry - Wagner Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure - Rossini Finale from William Tell - Mancini Pink Panther - Newman When She Loved Me from Toy Story - Menken The Little Mermaid - Menken Beauty and the Beast Overture - Menken Aladdin Suite - Lopez Remember Me from Coco - Miranda How Far I'll Go from Moana - Zimmer Lion King Suite
Captivating Contrasts (SO)
Tania Miller, Conductor | Timothy Chooi, Violin
Friday, February 16, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
UIS Performing Arts Center, Springfield, IL
Concert Comments: 6:30 PM Concert Hall
Saturday, February 17, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
ISU Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, IL
Concert Comments: 6:30 PM Concert Hall
Beethoven Leonore Overture #3 – Barber Violin Concerto – Nielsen Symphony No. 5
Lush & Lyrical (CO)
Tania Miller, Conductor | Russell Hoffman, Oboe
Friday, April 12, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, IL
Join us for Coda Conversations after the concert.
Saturday, April 13, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, IL
Join us for Coda Conversations after the concert.
Elgar Introduction and Allegro – Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto – Schubert Symphony No. 5
Opposites Attract (SO)
Naomi Woo, Conductor | Joyce Yang, Piano
Friday, May 3, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
UIS Performing Arts Center, Springfield, IL
Concert Comments: 6:30 PM Concert Hall
Saturday, May 4, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
ISU Center for the Performing Arts, Normal, IL
Concert Comments: 6:30 PM Concert Hall
Saariaho Lumiere et Pesanteur “Light and Matter” – Grieg Piano Concerto – Boulanger D’un Soir Triste “Of a Sad Evening” – Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
[ Dates & Program are subject to change]