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Event Schedule

For directions to all venues please click here.

For tickets to events please click here.

Friday, June 5
9:00 am One-hour Festival Preview on WSIU

91.9 FM, 90.3 FM & 88.9 FM

Friday, June 12
8:00 am Friday Morning with the Arts on Classic99
99.1 FM

Saturday, June 13
6:00 pm WSIU Fantasy Auction
visit wsiu.org, or call 453-4287 for more information.

Sunday, June 14
2:00 pm Chamber Music - Free
Brass Trio
Mélange

7:30 pm Chamber Music & Festival Preview- Free
Oboe and Piano Recital:  Ed and Kara Benyas
First United Methodist Church, Carbondale

Monday, June 15
7:30 pm Chamber Music - Free
Clarinet Recital: Boja Kragulj
Old Baptist Foundation, SIUC

Wednesday, June 17
10:00 am Klassics for Kids - Free
String Quartet
First United Methodist Church, Johnston City

10:00 am Jive with Jazz - Free
New Arts Jazztet
Herrin Civic Center

7:30 pm New Arts Jazztet - Free
Herrin Civic Center

7:30 pm Chamber Concert - Free
Wind Quintet & Wind Octet
Liberty Theater, Murphysboro
Reception following concert at The Gallery Space

Thursday, June 18 
10:00 am Klassics for Kids
- Free
Wind Quintet
Marion  

10:00 am Klassics for Kids - Free
Tango Sextet
Carterville Community Center    


Friday, June 19 
7:30 pm: Ballet:  Coppelia - $20/6
SIFest Dance Company, Sydelle Fulk & Susan Barnes Directors
Heath Gill, principal
Katie Syfert, principal
Marion Civic Center

 
Saturday, June 20
2:00 pm: Ballet:  Coppelia - $20/6
SIFest Dance Company, Sydelle Fulk & Susan Barnes Directors
Heath Gill, principal
Katie Syfert, principal
Shryock Auditorium

7:30 pm: Chamber Music Soiree - $50
Music by multiple chamber groups
Wine by members of the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail
Hor d'oeurves by Newell House and Hunan Restaurants
Varsity Center for the Arts, Carbondale


Sunday, June 21
2:00 pm: Chamber Music - Free
Wind Quintet
Mélange

Tuesday, June 23
10:00 am: Klassics for Kids (ages 0-8) - Free
Wind Quintet
Peoples Bank, Benton  

10:00 am: Klassics for Kids - Free
Tango Sextet
Youth & Recreation Center, Murphysboro

4:00 pm: Chamber Music - Free
String Quartet
Bank of Herrin

7:30 pm: Haydn's The Creation - $20/6
First United Methodist Church, Mt. Vernon, IL    
 

Wednesday, June 24
10:00 am: Klassics for Kids - Free
String Quartet & Piano Quintet
Sesser Opera House

4:00 pm: Jive with Jazz - Free
A. S. Stafford Memorial Library, Cairo

7:30 pm: Chamber Music - Free
Wind Octet & Tango Sextet
Rustle Hill Winery  

7:30 pm: New Arts Jazztet - Free
A. S. Stafford Memorial Library, Cairo

7:30 pm: Chamber Music - $10/3
String Quartet & Piano Quintet
Sesser Opera House


Thursday, June 25
10:00 am: Klassics for Kids - Free
String Quartet
DuQuoin Middle School

10:00 am: Jive with Jazz - Free
New Arts Jazztet
Eurma Hayes Center

7:30 pm: Haydn's The Creation - $20/6
First Baptist Church, Carbondale
 

Friday, June 26
7:30 pm: The Eroica Trio - $20/6
Erika Nickrenz, Piano
Susie Park, Violin
Sara Sant'Ambrogio, Cello

Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture
Jay Greenberg: Triple Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 1
Shryock Auditorium


Saturday, June 27
10:00 am: Klassics for Kids - Free
Wind Octet
Altgeld Hall  Room 112

7:30 pm: The Eroica Trio - $20/6
Erika Nickrenz, Piano
Susie Park, Violin
Sara Sant'Ambrogio, Cello

Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture
Jay Greenberg: Triple Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 1

SEMO's River Campus, Cape Girardeau, MO 
   
For tickets please call the River Campus Box Office at (573) 651-2265
http://www.semo.edu/rivercampus/tickets/index.htm

Sunday, June 28
2:00 pm: Chamber Music - Free
String Quartet & Tango Sextet
Mélange
 

2:00 Chamber Music - $12/10/5
Wind Octet & Piano Quintet
Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, McKendree University, Lebanon, IL
  
For tickets please call the Hett Box Office at (618) 537-6863
http://www.mckendree.edu/News_and_Events/Hett.aspx

7:30 pm: Chamber Music - $10/3
Wind Quintet & Piano Quintet
Ceadarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon      

Monday, June 29
7:30 pm:  Shryock: The Next Century - Free
Presentation by Ryan Keutzer
Quigley Auditorium, SIUC


Tuesday, June 30 

10:00 am: Klassics for Kids - Free
Wind Quintet
Eurma Hayes Center

4:00 pm: Klassics for Kids - Free
Brass Trio
A. S. Stafford Memorial Library, Cairo

7:30 pm: Chamber Music - Free
Wind Quintet and Brass Trio
A. S. Stafford Memorial Library, Cairo

7:30 pm: Verdi's La Traviata - $20/6

Laura Portune, Violetta
Jay Morrissey, Alfredo
David Dillard, Germont
John Lipe, Director
SIFest Chorus, Karen Clayton, Director

Shryock Auditorium


Wednesday, July 1
10:00 am: Jive with Jazz - Free
New Arts Jazztet
Sesser Opera House

10:00 am: Klassics for Kids - Free
String Quartet
Herrin Civic Center

10:00 am: Klassics for Kids - Free
Tango Sextet
Altgeld Hall Room 112

7:30 pm: Chamber Music & Jazz - $10/3
New Arts Jazztet & Tango Quartet
Sesser Opera House

7:30 pm: Chamber Concert - $10/3
Wind Octet & Piano Quintet
Herrin Civic Center


Thursday, July 2
10:00 am: Klassics for Kids- Free
Wind Quintet
Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, McKendree University, Lebanon, IL


7:30 pm: Verdi's La Traviata - $18/15/10

Laura Portune, Violetta
Jay Morrissey, Alfredo
David Dillard, Germont
John Lipe, Director
SIFest Chorus, Karen Clayton, Director

Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, McKendree University, Lebanon, IL
For tickets please call the Hett Box Office at (618) 537-6863
http://www.mckendree.edu/News_and_Events/Hett.aspx