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Graduate Collaborative Piano Recital: Li, Piano; November 16, 2025, Xinyi Li, Zeph Mussman, Yuzhuo Wang, Lucia Santore

School of Music Programs

This is the seventy-second program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 16, 2025

Sunday Evening

9:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Hitt, Trombone; November 16, 2025, Joanie Hitt, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

This is the sixty fourth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 16, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

12:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Gussman, Horn; November 16, 2025, Carly Gussman, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

This is the seventieth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 16, 2025

Sunday Evening

7:30 p.m.

A Lost Culture Of Touch And Sound: The Contribution Of Visually Impaired Musicians To The Evolution Of The Spanish Guitar, Marco Ramelli

Soundboard Scholar

In the story of music-making, blind musicians have played an intrinsic role, helping to drive the development not only of musical styles but also of instruments, instruction, and aesthetics. Many musical practices were cultivated first within blind communities and adopted only later by sighted musicians, often with a gradual erasure of their original context. The history of the Spanish guitar offers a compelling case study of this progression, demonstrating how the contribution of blind musicians could be both wide-reaching and yet, over time, forgotten. The history of this contribution is challenging to recover, for in Spain as elsewhere, blind musicians …

Sophomore Recital: Wyble, Double Bass And Piano; November 16, 2025, Averil Wyble

School of Music Programs

This is the sixty-eighth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 16, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

5:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Mussman, Piano; November 16, 2025, Zeph Mussman

School of Music Programs

This is the sixty-seventh program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 16, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Saxophone Studio Recital: Dr. Paul Nolen; November 16, 2025, Dr. Paul Nolen

School of Music Programs

This is the sixty-ninth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 16, 2025

Sunday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Guilfoyle, Saxophone; November 15, 2025, Thomas Guilfoyle, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-eighth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Cremer, Euphonium; November 15, 2025, Zander Cremer, Charlie Machamer

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-seventh program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

1:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Powers, Voice; November 15, 2025, Laila Powers, John Klimczak, Spencer Armistead

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-ninth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

4:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Davis, Flute; November 15, 2025, Chelsea Davis, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

This is the sixty-third program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Evening

8:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Guilfoyle, Saxophone; November 15, 2025, Thomas Guilfoyle, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-eighth program of the 2025-2026 season.

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Richards, Euphonium; November 15, 2025, Alison Richards, Charlie Machamer

School of Music Programs

This is the sixtieth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

5:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Rench, Soprano; November 15, 2025, Abigail Rench, Pepe Guillen-Prados

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-sixth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

12:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Vazquez-Barragan, Voice; November 15, 2025, Miguel Vazquez-Barragan, Pepe Guillen-Prados

School of Music Programs

This is the sixty-first program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Evening

6:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Garcia, Voice; November 15, 2025, Emma Garcia, Nadia Jensen

School of Music Programs

This is the sixty-second program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

Saturday Evening

7:30 p.m.

2025-2026 Master Of Music Recital - Nabil Hetman (Collaborative Piano), Nabil Hetman, Li Yang Liu, Aneliya Novikova, Isabella Swalm, Elizaveta Goryunova, Elena Swalm, Peter Pao

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Ppc Recital - Devin Foster (Tuba), Devin Foster, Rebeca Sierra

PPC/PSDP Recitals

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Ppc Recital - Patrick Hengstler (Trombone), Patrick Hengstler, Sheng Yuan Kuan

PPC/PSDP Recitals

No abstract provided.

Senior Recital: Miller, Clarinet; November 14, 2025, Charlie Miller, Momoko Gresham

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-fifth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 14, 2025

Friday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Convocation Recital: November 14, 2025, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-second program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 14, 2025

Friday Afternoon

1:00 p.m.

Piano Studio Recital: Dr. Geoffrey Duce; November 14, 2025, Dr. Geoffrey Duce

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-third program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 14, 2025

Friday Afternoon

5:30 p.m.

Isu Jazz Ensemble I And Ii: Lewis, Conductor And Williams, Conductor; November 14, 2025, Dr. Reginald Lewis, Noah Berkshier, Glenn Williams

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-fourth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Center for the Performing Arts

November 14, 2025

Friday Evening

7:00 p.m.

2025-2026 Performance Forum - November 14, 2025, Ethan Thompson, Aidan Quintana, Emma Joyce, Julia Jacobsen, Christian Curran, Nathaniel Jones, Verse Tomac, Betania Canas, Mia Cotton, Keegan Neely, Ethan Sanchez, Aneliya Novikova, Meixi Zhou, Peicen Qin, Lillian Platte, Anttuan Rios Pelaez, Dina Bikzhanova, Paola Nava

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Ppc Recital - Dina Bikzhanova (Violin), Dina Bikzhanova, Sheng Yuan Kuan

PPC/PSDP Recitals

No abstract provided.

Haydn's Canonic Minuets, James S. Mackay

HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America

Haydn composed many hundreds of minuets during his long career, enriching the courtly dance with compositional skill and ingenuity. One of the ways in which he sought to elevate the minuet genre was through contrapuntal artifice, including canon. The famous “Hexenmenuett” (“Witches’ Minuet”) from his “Quinten” Quartet, Op. 76 no. 2, dating from 1797, is the most famous of these works, in which the viola and cello duplicate the leading voice of violins I and II at the distance of an octave. Haydn’s interest in canonic minuets dates back to the early 1760s, however. Minuets from three early symphonies (Nos. …

Music Technology As A Medium To Stem Education, Sophia Grace Moon

Masters Theses

This project researched how music technology programs can be implemented in high schools of low-income communities to act as a medium in teaching STEM education. The point at which students are first introduced to STEM concepts is critical in terms of their interest. The project explored the ways we can help students not only excel in school, but also help to interest them in subjects that have lucrative job markets as well. The number of jobs related to STEM fields continues to grow as our society relies more and more on technology. Getting students interested in STEM almost guarantees a …

A Comparative Analysis Of K–12 Public School Music Teacher Burnout From 1986 To 2025, Veronica A. Rovatti

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This historical comparative analysis assessed five different sources to understand the effect stress and burnout have had on public school music educators over the last fifty years. In the United States, music educators are facing stress and burnout in their teaching careers, which can result in attrition from their profession. In this research study, four studies pertaining to music educator burnout are analyzed through a narrative compilation of research already established. Also analyzed is a supplementary recent article providing contemporary relevance. The criteria for source selection included studies or articles that primarily researched stress and burnout among K-12 public school …

Come, Heavy Sleep: Motive And Metaphor In Britten’S Nocturnal, Opus 70, Stephen Goss

Soundboard Scholar

"The prevailing melancholy [of Britten’s Nocturnal] is as natural to the guitar’s sonorities as it is appropriate in a tribute to John Dowland."

—Peter Evans, The Music of Benjamin Britten.

Such summary remarks characterise what little has been written about Britten’s Nocturnal outside the guitar world. The reader’s reaction might be one of passive agreement or mild irritation, but there is rarely dialogue because discourse is limited: Nocturnal after John Dowland is often passed over by Britten scholars with scant discussion or no mention at all. In fact, little has been added to Evans’ reliable commentary, written only three …

Chamber Music Recital: November 13, 2025, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-first program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 13, 2025

Thursday Evening

7:30 p.m.