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Hid den Gems’ will be easily found at Southern Illinois Music Festival, May 25 - June 11
For the past 18 years, the nationally recognized Sout hern Illinois Music Festival (SIFest) has given the region the finest p rofessional singers and instrumentalists from the United States and Europe, mixed in with SIU Carbondale faculty and students. The 19th annual festiv al, which runs May 25 - June 11, will feature orchestral and chamber music, opera, jazz, and educational programs, and promises to not disappoint duri ng its nearly three-week run.
E dward Benyas, SIFest artistic director and conductor, said the “Hidden Gems ” theme is to highlight lesser-known works that are still beautiful. “In the spirit of 21st century openness, l et’s expand our musical palette a little: This is still really good music, full of beautiful melodies and harmonies,” Benyas said. “I predict that m any patrons will discover with delight a composer or a piece that they’ve n ever heard before.”
The festival features the works of well-known composers, including Alexander Glazunov, Karl Goldmark, George Frideric Handel, Vasily Kalinnikov, Franz Liszt, Camille Saint-Saëns, Robert Schumann, Pyotr Ilyic h Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, and Richard Wagner. Audiences both young and old will have myriad opportunities to be immersed in classics performed by wind tri os, string quartets, wind and brass quintets, and more.
Artist biographies and the full schedule of concerts are available on the festival website: sifest.com.
The fest ival kicks off May 25 with a free voice and cello recital featuring mezzo s oprano and Carbondale native Emily Hughes and William Cernota, an assistant lecturer in SIU’s School of Music, at Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, 105 N. Parrish Lane, Carbondale. The concert begins at 7 p.m. with donations accepted to benefit the Carbondale Warming Center. Other performances will be held in Carterville, Cairo, Anna, Marion, and Murphysboro.
Tickets to most festival events are $20 for general admission and $10 for students of any a ge, with some performances being free. A season pass is available for $150 and includes an SIFest program booklet.
Advance tickets are available by contacting Benyas at benyas@siu.edu or 312-560-2094. Checks for the total amount payable to “Southern Illinois Music Festival” may be sent to E dward Benyas, SIU School of Music, Mailcode 4302, Carbondale, Illinois 6290 1.
Patrons will receive an emai l confirmation of their order and instructions.
PROGRAM SCHE DULE
Thursday, May 25
7pm: Cernota-Hughes Recital at Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship
(Donations accepted to benefit the Carbondale Warming Center)
Saturday, May 27
4pm: Chamber Music Soirée at Guyon Home ($50)
Farrenc Trio; Fermi Quartet; Tchaikovsky and Verdi Excerpts
Tuesday, May 307pm: Orchestra Concert at Carterville High School ($25/10)
Glazunov Autumn; Goldmark Rustic Wedding Symphony; Tchaikovsky Violin
Concerto
Wednesday, May 31
3pm: Chamber Music in Lutes Gallery at University Museum (Free)
Music for flute and violin (Kelly Sulick, flute; Kiril Laskaro
v, violin)
Thursday, June 1
3pm: String Chamber Music at Liberty Estates, Carbondale (Free) Hummel String Trio, Emilie Mayer String Quartet
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span style="font-size: 12pt;">4pm: Chamber Music at Harold Jones Fi
ne Arts Center in Cairo (Free)
Debussy and Florence Price St
ring Quartets
Friday, June 2
7pm: Verdi’s Ernani at Carterville High School ($25/10)
Saturday, June 3
7pm: Orchestra Concert at Carterville High School ($25/10)
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/strong>Haydn Sinfonia Concertante; Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capr
iccioso
Liszt Les Preludes; Kal
innikov 1st Symphony
Sunday, June 4
2pm: Chamber Music Concert at First United Methodist Chur
ch, Carbondale ($20/10)
Martinu Revue de Cuisine, Brahms Str
ing Quintet
6pm: Chamber
Music at Chandra Chateau (Invitation only)
Hummel String Trio, Emilie Mayer Str
ing Quartet
Monday, June 5
5pm: Chamber Music at Harold Jones Fine Arts Center in Cairo (Free
)
Martinu Revue de Cuisine; Fermi String Quartet
7pm: Chamber Music at Anna Arts Cen
ter ($10/5)
Ewazen Wind Quintet; Schumann String Quartet; Ve
rdi String Quartet
Tuesday, June 6
10am: Jive with Jazz at Anna Arts Center (Free)
7pm:
Chamber Music at Artspace 304 ($20/10)
Verdi String Quartet;
Ewazen Wind Quintet; Florence Price String Quartet
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span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt;">Wednesday, June 7
1pm: Jive with Jazz at
Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale (Free)
3pm: Semiatin Collection Dedi
cation Chamber Concert (Morris Library) (Free)
Chamber music
from the Lionel Semiatin Collection
7pm: Chamber Music at Anna Arts Center ($10/5)
Hummel String Trio, Mayer and Borodin String Quartets
Thursday, June 8<
br />1pm: Jive with Jazz at Boys and
Girls Club Marion (Free)
3pm: Fermi String Quartet at Liberty Estates
, Carbondale (Free)
Boccherini and Beethoven String Quartets
7pm: Young Artists with
Orchestra Concert at Carterville High School ($25/10)
Opera
tic arias and ensembles from Handel to Wagner
Friday
, June 9
Noon: Jive with
Jazz at Murphysboro Youth and Recreation Center (Free)
7pm: Puccini’s
La Rondine at Shryock Auditorium ($25/10)
Saturday
, June 10
Noon: Klassics
for Kids at Artspace 304 (Free)
2pm: American Music Orchestra Concert
at Marion High School (Free)
7pm: Maestro at 60 Party (ArtSpace304) (
$60)
Sunday, June 11
2pm: Puccini’s La Rondine at Shryock Auditorium ($25/1
0)