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Jazz Ensembles I & Ii: Dr. Tom Marko, Director; February 20, 2026, Dr. Tom Marko

School of Music Programs

This is the one hundredth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Center for the Performing Arts

February 20, 2026

Friday Evening

8:00 p.m.

Convocation Recital: February 20, 2026, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

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

Kemp Recital Hall

February 20, 2026

Friday Afternoon

1:00 p.m.

2025-2026 Junior Recital - Noah Suarez (Clarinet), Noah Suarez, Rebeca Sierra

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Junior Recital - Meixi Zhou (Violin), Meixi Zhou, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Master Of Music Recital - Roey Dushi (Cello), Roey Dushi, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

First Annual David Gresham Chamber Concert: February 19, 2026, David Gresham, Kim Risinger, Ben Stiers, Momoko Gresham, Steuart Pincombe

School of Music Programs

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

Kemp Recital Hall

February 19, 2026

Thursday Evening

7:30 p.m.

John Hersey High School Symphonic Band And Isu Wind Symphony: Februar 18, 2026, Spencer Hile, Anthony C. Marinello Iii, Wesley Anderson

School of Music Programs

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

Center for the Performing Arts

February 18, 2026

Wednesday Evening

7:00 p.m.

2025-2026 Master Of Music Recital - Derek Lund (Bassoon), Derek Lund, Nabil Hetman, Jacob Lomboy, Julia Jacobsen, Christian Curran, Nathaniel Jones

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Junior Recital - Isabella Swalm (Violin), Isabella Swalm, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Hugo Valverde ('16) And Enriqueta Somarriba In Recital, Hugo Valverde Villalobos, Enriqueta Somarriba

Guest Recitals

No abstract provided.

Performance Forum - February 13, 2026, Dj Combs, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Derek Lund, Nabil Hetman, Roey Dushi, Isabella Swalm, Zion Pe Montebon

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Symphonic Winds: Dr. F. Mack Wood, Conductor: Fevruary 13, 2026, Dr. F. Mack Wood, Colby Powers

School of Music Programs

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

Center for the performing Arts

February 13, 2026

Friday Evening

8:00 p.m.

Reimagining Musical Improvisation Through Poetic Inspiration: A Creative Practice Investigation, Sean Foran

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

Presentation at University of Aberdeen Research Seminar Series.

This presentation explores creative practice as research through an innovative approach to musical improvisation and recording that challenges traditional boundaries between music and literature. Working with experienced improvising musicians, this study investigates how poetic texts serve as inspiration and catalysts for new creative processes and musical outcomes. Using a practice-based research framework, the project positions poetry as both creative stimulus and constraint in a 'comprovisation' process, resulting in a suite of short recorded works. The collaboration with a poet prompts a reconsideration of process, recording, and audience experience, with the final release …

Moments

DePaul Magazine

Photo spread of The Fullertones, a DePaul student a cappella group, performing on the Lincoln Park Campus for DePaul Days and the launch of the university's Mission: Forward philanthropic campaign 

2025-2026 Seventh Annual Alumni Recital: Tinca Belinski ('19) And Guzal Isametdinova ('19 And '21), Tinca Belinschi, Guzal Isametdinova

Alumni Concerts

No abstract provided.

Guest Artist Recital: Chi Yong Yun, Piano: February 8, 2026, Chi Yong Yun

School of Music Programs

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

kemp Recital Hall

February 8, 2026

Sunday Evening

7:00 p.m.

String Project Honors Recital: February 8, 2026, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

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

Kemp Recital Hall

February 8, 2026

1:00 p.m.

Mignone, Fernandez, Guarnieri: Brazilian Guitar Music After Villa-Lobos, Fabio Zanon

Soundboard Scholar

This article challenges the widespread perception of Heitor Villa-Lobos as an isolated peak in Brazilian musical culture with no natural successors. The author focuses on the composers who followed Villa-Lobos—Francisco Mignone, Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, and Camargo Guarnieri—arguing that their works deserve far more attention in international concert life, not least their contributions to the guitar repertoire.

These twentieth-century Brazilian composers are situated within a broader historical narrative that traces the impact of European colonial models, the delayed and contested formation of musical nationalism in Brazil, and the shifting aesthetic and political conditions of the twentieth century. Analytical discussions of representative …

2025-2026 Junior Recital - Virgilio Vazquez (Violin), Virgilio Vazquez, Rebeca Sierra

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

Performance Forum - February 6, 2026, Juan Diaz Quijano, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Santiago Moreno, Rebeca Sierra, Andrew Bures, Kade Gordon, Dj Combs, Jonathan Monk

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Junior Recital - Elizaveta Goryunova (Violin), Elizaveta Goryunova, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Master Of Music Recital - Brooke Gunter (Violin), Brooke Gunter, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Andrés Cárdenes, Ana-Maria Uzunova

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Junior Recital - Liyang Liu (Violin), Li Yang Liu, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Nabil Hetman

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

Guest Artist Recital: William Jason Raynovich: February 4, 2026, William Jason Raynovich

School of Music Programs

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

Kemp Recital Hall

February 4, 2026

Wednesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Matthew Sourwine, Tuba: February 1, 2026, Matthew Sourwine, Lu Witzig, Andrew Sniegowski, Xavier Buford, Sean Wright, Graham Miller

School of Music Programs

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

Kemp Recital Hall

February 1, 2026

Sunday Afternoon

2:00 p.m.

2025-2026 Master Of Music Recital - Gabrielle Siena (Piano), Gabrielle Siena

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

Performance Forum - January 30, 2026, Jose Ignacio Diaz, Ay Kawasaki, Jonathan Monk, Roey Dushi

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Junior Recital - Aidan Quintana (Piano), Aidan Quintana

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

Isu Symphony Orchestra Concerto-Aria Competition Finals: January 28, 2026, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

This is the ninety-first program of the 2025-2026

Center for the Performing Arts

January 28, 2026

Wednesday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Jury Recognition Recital: January 26, 2026, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

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

Kemp Recital Hall

January 26, 2026

Monday Evening

7:30 p.m.