In this segment of Dialogue, Illinois Public Media’s David Pierce sits down with Terence Blanchard to discuss “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” the opera composed by Blanchard. As the first Black composer to take New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Blanchard brought the music to central Illinois. __ GUESTS: Terence Blanchard American Jazz trumpeter and composer
Illinois Soul began airing February 1, 2024 on WILL-FM 101.1 and 90.9 HD2. It streams on illinoissoul.org.
The Branford Marsalis Quartet is coming to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m.
URBANA — The ninth CU Jazz Festival takes place this weekend with a variety of shows and events around Champaign-Urbana. One of those performances will celebrate the memory of a local jazz legend this weekend. Morgan Powell, a former professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music, was revered as a trombonist in the
Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Owen Henderson talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m.
URBANA – Jazz legend Christian McBride visited the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana campus in Spring 2022. He spent the majority of the week working with students in the School of Music through masterclasses, culminating in a performance of his work, “The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons,” at Krannert Center for the Performing
URBANA — Vocalist and composer Somi grew up in Champaign-Urbana, and her mother still lives here. Somi was in St. Louis working on a theater project when the pandemic forced it into hiatus. Rather than fly back to her home in New York City, the early epicenter of the pandemic, she drove three hours to