Tag: live music

Sinfonia da Camera music director Ian Hobson wears a tuxedo and conducts the orchestra

Sinfonia da Camera hosts piano institute, announces season 40

The University of Illinois Summer Piano Institute returns during the week of July 24.

A woman sits in front of a mural in a brightly lit restaurant, looking at her phone.

Congolese music icon Ferré Gola performs in CU

Because this is Gola’s first performance in the United States as a solo artist, people are traveling to Champaign-Urbana from across the country to see the performances this weekend.

Allerton Concert Series Returns With A Few Adjustments

MONTICELLO — Live music is coming back to the University of Illinois’ Allerton Park and Retreat Center outside Monticello for the center’s annual concert series. But this year’s concerts are a little different than the ones guests might have experienced before the COVID-19 pandemic, says Allerton Event Coordinator Ashley Sims. The series began in 2013,