Upcoming Performances
Summer 2024 Faculty Performances:
Sunday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m.
A variety of solos and duets tba
Thursday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Hummel -- Piano Quintet in Eb Major
Kernis -- Air for violin and piano
Boukinik -- Fantasie for cello & bass
Sunday, July 14 at 3 p.m.
Beethoven -- "Archduke" Piano Trio
Piazzolla -- duet for violin & double bass
Sunday, July 21 at 3 p.m.
Dean -- String Quartet
Mendelssohn -- Piano Trio in D minor
Wednesday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Brahms -- Piano Quartet in A Major
Piano Trio tba
Students Concerts:
Saturday, July 13 at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 26 at 5 p.m. (final student concert)
Summer 2023 Faculty and Guest Artist Performances:
Thursday, July 20 at 7:30 pm
Leo Abeliovich — Aria for cello and piano
Missy Mazoli — Dissolve, Oh My Heart for solo violin
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Symphonie concertante in G Major, Op. 13 for two violins
Lyubomir Pipkov -- Lullaby & Ruchenitsa for violin and cello
Sunday, July 23 at 3 pm
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 19
Ernst von Dohnányi — Serenade for String Trio, op. 10
Tuesday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Broadview Mansion (1301 S. Fell Ave., Normal)
Faculty and student chamber music ensembles
Wednesday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington (1617 E. Emerson, Bloomington.)
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Faculty and student chamber music ensembles
Donations accepted for The Center for Hope Food Pantry
Thursday, July 27 at 7:30 pm
Franz Schubert — Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb Major
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet in G minor
Saturday, July 29 at 3 pm
Student Concert
Sunday, July 30 at 3 pm
César Franck — Piano Quintet in F minor
Performances are held in Westbrook Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University, Presser Hall, 1210 N Park St, Bloomington, IL, unless otherwise stated. All concerts are free and open to the public.
Past Faculty & Guest Artist Performances 2022
Saturday, July 16 (Opening Concert) at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 24 at 3 p.m.
Friday, July 29 (Student/Faculty Concert) at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Heritage Health.
2022 Student Concerts
Thursday, July 21, 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 23, 3:00 pm
Thursday, July 28, 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 31, 1:00 pm – Final Concert
Sunday, March 27 at 3 p.m.
R. Kent Cook will be performing a recital on Sunday, March 27 at 3 p.m. Cook is an Illinois Wesleyan University Piano Professor Emeritus and a long-time member of the Illinois Chamber Music Festival faculty. The performance is in Westbrook Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University, Presser Hall, 1210 N Park St, Bloomington, IL and is free and open to the public.
German music opens the recital, with preludes and fugues by J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn. The exploration of counterpoint continues with Beethoven’s sublime Sonata #30 in E Major, Op. 109. The second half of the program offers American music by Charles T. Griffes, William Bolcom, and a world premiere by Michael Schelle.
Wednesday March 9
at 7:30 p.m.
Solideo Quartet playing string quartets by Haydn, Mozart, and Shostakovich.
Thursday
March 10
at 8 p.m.
Segei Kvitko, piano, playing an all-Schubert program with candles.
Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
This concert is free and open to the public. Westbrook Auditorium is located in Illinois Wesleyan University's Presser Hall, 1210 N Park St, Bloomington, IL.
IWU Faculty/Guest Artist
Chamber Music Recital:
Bulgarian Piano Trios Concert performed by:
Ilia Radoslavov, piano
Miroslav Hristov, violin
Marta Simidtchieva, cello
Our Concert Series is July 13-25, 2021. All concerts are free and open to the public and take place in Westbrook Auditorium, IWU, 1312 Park St, Bloomington, IL. Due to construction, patrons should enter Presser Hall from the back (south) doors. We ask that you wear masks and sit in family units. We hope you will join us for what promises to be a memorable evening!
Sunday, July 18 at 1 p.m.
Friday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m.
2021 Student Concerts
Thursday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 25 at 1 p.m. (Final Concert)
Virtual Concert #2 - July 2020
Virtual Performance #2 - Q & A with the performers - Saturday, July 25 at 11 a.m.
Zoom link for the Q & A's at 4 p.m. July 19:
Sunday, Jan. 19 at 3 p.m.
Please join us for a free IWU Guest Artist/Faculty Recital at Illinois Wesleyan University's Presser Hall, Westbrook Auditorium featuring Michael Isaac Strauss, viola; R. Kent Cook, piano.
This program surveys three of the greatest works written for the viola, all written in 1919. Each created in the shadow of WWI, these deeply expressive works celebrate a Neo-Romantic musical language. Two pieces were inspired by a competition championed by renowned arts patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge.
Ernest Bloch earned first prize for his exotic and spiritual Suite for viola and piano. Second prize went to the unknown Rebecca Clarke for her sensuous and revolutionary Sonata for viola and piano. The third offering is Paul Hindemith’s “Brahmsian” effort—the Sonata in F, Op. 11, No. 4—written shortly after the composer served at the Western Front.
All faculty, guest and student concerts will be held in the Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music’s Westbrook Auditorium, 1312 Park St, Bloomington, IL, unless otherwise noted.
All concerts are free and open to the public.
2019 Past Concerts
Wednesday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m. Featuring Victoria Bond's "Dancing on Glass" for string trio and Gabriel Faure's Piano Quartet in C minor. Anna Cromwell, violin; Lisa Nelson, viola; Mira Frisch, cello; John Orfe, piano
Friday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m. Michelle Lee Elliott & Leanne League, violins
Lisa Nelson, viola; Nina Gordon, cello
Nancy Pounds, piano
Program Bruch's Kol Nidrei for cello and piano
Dvorak's Terzetto for two violins and viola
Frank Martin's Piano Quintet in D minor
Sunday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Brahms Sextet in Bb Major
Dvorak Romantic Pieces
Thursday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor
Debussy Piano Trio Lou Harrison Varied Trio for violin, piano, and percussion
Sunday, July 14 at 3 p.m. (Faculty/Student Concert)
Mozart Piano Quartet in Eb Major
Andre Previn Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Thursday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Beethoven Archduke Piano Trio
Brahms C minor Piano Quartet
Saturday, July 20 at 3 p.m.
Guest Artists: Griffon String Quartet
Griffon String Quartet
Each member of the Griffon String Quartet has advanced degrees and significant professional experience, both as teachers and performers. Furthermore, they bring to this residency passion, commitment, and the desire to see their quartet become a cultural cornerstone in the Northeastern Wisconsin area.
Activities:
2:30 p.m. Pre-Concert Craft
Make your own instrument with the help of our Chamber Camp counselors and staff!
3 p.m. Free Educational Concert
Instrument demos
Audience participation
Performance of chamber music in a variety of styles
3:45 p.m. Instrument Try-Outs
Post-concert opportunity to try out the instruments heard and demonstrated during the concert
*Times are approximate.
This concert is free and open to the public! Children of all ages are welcome.
Special Concert
Monday, July 22, 7 p.m. Concert Program - Student & Faculty Ensembles
Mennonite Church of Normal
805 South Cottage Avenue
Normal, IL 61761
This upcoming July 22, the Illinois Chamber Music Festival is proud to present a special concert as part of Music For Food, a musician-led initiative for local hunger relief. The Illinois Chamber Music Festival has been a proud participant of Music for Food for the past four years. This year’s concert will be on Monday, July 22 at 7 p.m. and is held at the Mennonite Church of Normal, 805 South Cottage Ave., Normal. Our faculty and students will perform pieces by Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms and others. Free-will offerings are encouraged and all donations are tax-deductible. All proceeds will benefit Home Sweet Home Bread For Life Co-Op, a locally owned organization that helps families struggling with chronic food security issues. More information about Music for Food can be found at http://musicforfood.net.
Thursday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Hindemith Sonata for Cello and Piano
Martin Piano Quintet
Saturday, July 27 at 3 p.m. Final Concert
Student Illinois Chamber Music Festival Concerts
Saturday, July 13 at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m. - Pre-final Concert
Saturday, July 27 at 3 p.m. - Final Concert
Martin Piano Quintet Thursday, April 4 at 8 p.m. Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music, Free Where: Westbrook Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University campus
Guest Recital Series.
The Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music presents Dr. Silvan Negrutiu, piano, in its Guest Recital Series.
Sunday, April 7th at 3 p.m. Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music, Free Where: Westbrook Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University campus
Chamber Music Recital featuring
Michelle Lee Elliott, violin
Nina Gordon, cello
Ilia Radoslavov, piano
Sunday, March 24 at 3 p.m. Illinois Chamber Music Festival & Illinois Wesleyan University Concert, Free Where: Westbrook Auditorium, Illinois Wesleyan University campus Featuring Indianapolis Piano Quintet. The String Quartet (https://indianapolisquartet.uindy.edu/biography/) will be performing string quartets by Haydn and Grieg, and they will be joined by pianist R. Kent Cook for Robert Schumann's glorious Piano Quintet.
The Indianapolis Quartet, 2019
Saturday, February 2 at 7 p.m. Illinois Chamber Music Festival Concert Where: Capitol Lakes Grand Hall, Madison, WI Brahms Sextet in B-flat Major and Dvorak Four Romantic Pieces Leanne League & Michelle Lee Elliott, violins; Lisa Nelson & Jen Paulson, violas; Nina Gordon & Benjamin Whitcomb, celli
Sunday, February 3 at 3 p.m. Illinois Chamber Music Festival Concert Where: Light Recital Hall in the Greenhill Center for the Arts, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Brahms Sextet in B-flat Major and Dvorak Four Romantic Pieces Leanne League & Michelle Lee Elliott, violins; Lisa Nelson & Jen Paulson, violas; Nina Gordon & Benjamin Whitcomb, celli
Sunday, January 27 at 1 p.m. Illinois Chamber Music Festival Concert IWU’s Evelyn Chapel, 1301 N. Park St., Bloomington Brahms and Dvorak String Sextets Illinois Symphony Orchestra String Sextet featuring: Roy Meyer and
Erik Rohde, violins; Nicholas Jeffery and Lisa Nelson, violas; Ruth Marshall and Amy Catron, Celli
2018 Past Concerts
Sunday, July 8 at 7:30 pm (opening night)
Shostakovich Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
Gounod "My Beloved Spake" for soprano, cello, piano
Lutoslawski Epitaph for Oboe and Piano
Mahler Piano Quartet
student concert, icmf 2016
Thursday, July 12 at 7:30 pm
Dvorak Piano Trio in F minor
Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano
Sunday, July 15 at 3:00 pm
Children's Concert
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Tuesday, July 17 at 7:30 pm
Gaubert Aquarelle No. 1
Shostakovich Piano Quintet
learning a new instrument, children's concert 2016
Sunday, July 22 at 3:00 pm
Schubert Fantasy in F minor for piano four-hands
Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3
Brahms Sextet in B-flat Major
Thursday, July 26 at 7:30 pm
Brahms C Major Piano Trio
Luhmann Ergo for English Horn and Piano
Borodin Piano Quintet
Saturday, July 28 at 3:00 pm
Final Faculty/Student joint concert
Student Performances, Summer 2018:
Saturday, July 14 at 3:00 pm
Wednesday, July 18 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 21 at 3:00 pm
Wednesday, July 25 at 7:30 pm
Friday, July 27 at 7:30 pm -- Pre-Final Concert
Saturday, July 28 at 3:00 pm -- Final Concert
Music for Food
Monday, July 23, 7:00 pm -- Concert Program TBA
Mennonite Church of Normal
805 South Cottage Avenue
Normal, IL 61761
This upcoming July 23, the Illinois Chamber Music Festival is proud to present a special concert as part of Music For Food, a musician-led initiative for local hunger relief. The Illinois Chamber Music Festival has been a proud participant of Music for Food for the past three years. This year’s concert will be on Monday, July 23 at 7:00 pm, located at the Mennonite Church of Normal, 805 South Cottage Ave., Normal, IL 61761. Our faculty and students will perform pieces by Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, and others. Free-will offerings are encouraged, and all donations are tax-deductible. All proceeds will benefit Home Sweet Home Bread For Life Co-Op, a locally owned organization that helps families struggling with chronic food security issues. More information about Music for Food can be found at http://musicforfood.net.
Please join us for our fall/spring concert series! All faculty, guest artist, and student concerts take place on campus at IWU, unless otherwise mentioned, and are free and open to the public.
Illinois Chamber Music Festival at IWU
PO Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
ilchambermusicfestival@gmail.com
(309) 556-3547