PHOTO BY CARYN BROOMBY Springfield Ballet Company presents a merging of ballet, modern jazz and other dance styles with classic rock from 1975-76 during Rockballet, Sept. 13-14, at Sangamon Auditorium UIS. Featuring live music by the eight-piece band Downstate, two productions showcase talent from the company and special guests. Guest choreographers include Hernan Justo and […]
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Comedic concert
Blue Man Group is a wildly popular stage act consisting of three guys who paint themselves blue and perform a theatrical show that combines comedy, music and multimedia. If you’ve never seen Blue Man Group, they take the stage in Springfield, Sept. 5-6, at Sangamon Auditorium UIS. The New York Times touted the group’s concert […]
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Japanese drumming
This isn’t just drumming – this is an amazing combination of percussion instruments that look like beautiful sculptures, explosive and hypnotizing sounds of Taiko drumming and the perfectly in sync, choreographed movements of drummers with costumes and bodies that resemble fine art. You will marvel at the athletic energy, stamina and skill these Japanese musicians […]
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Shakespeare and percussion
Illinois Symphony Orchestra has a spectacular concert planned for Saturday, Feb. 22, at Sangamon Auditorium UIS that includes a special guest percussionist and a dramatic performance. ISO is joined by Illinois Shakespeare Festival players who will bring Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” to life. Multi-percussionist Joseph Gramley joins the concert playing different percussion instruments in Chen […]
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PBS Kids sensation
PHOTO BY PATRICK KOLTS Kids are in for a treat as Steve Roslonek of SteveSongs performs two concerts at Sangamon Auditorium UIS. A rising star on the national kids music scene, Roslonek has performed at the White House, the Kennedy Center and Boston’s Fenway Park. But he is best known as Mr. Steve, co-host of […]
