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Flute Day

Saturday, March 15th at 9:00 AM

Dunham Hall

50 Hairpin Dr, Edwardsville, IL 62026

Event Policy: This event has a no refund policy.

Join the local flute community for a day of exciting events featuring this year's guest artist, Laurel Zucker, world renowned recording artist and teacher. 

  • For Middle School, High School, College, Adult
  • Middle & High School masterclass with Paula Bernhardt
  • High School and College Young Artist Competition - Final Round
  • Lectures
  • Flute Choir reading session
  • Exhibitors
  • Masterclass and Recital with Laurel Zucker
    • World premiere performance of Daniel Dorff's Blue Jacaranda featuring Laurel Zucker and Dr. Shelly Monier, flutes and Matthew Mazzoni, piano. Daniel Dorff will be in attendance

For more information, visit flutesocietyofsaintlouis.com or email Dr. Monier at smonier@siue.edu

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Essentially Ellington Festival Concluding Concert

Friday, March 21st at 5:30 PM

Dunham Hall Theater

50 Hairpin Dr Edwardsville, IL 62026

Event Policy: This event has a no refund policy.

The concluding concert is open to the public and will feature participating bands, clinicians, SIUE Jazz Faculty, and The SIUE Concert Jazz Band. 

About the Festival

High school jazz ensembles throughout the region will swing their way onto the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to participate in a day of performances and workshops. 

Co-sponsored by New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center and The St. Louis Jazz Club, the regional festival is a non-competitive, education-focused festival designed to offer high school jazz bands of all levels the opportunity to perform the music of Duke Ellington and other seminal big band composers and arrangers.

BANDS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING: Visit HERE for more information.

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The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

Friday, March 28 at 7:30 PM

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The Pirates of Penzance

Saturday, March 29 at 7:30 PM

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The SIUE choirs present: "The World Around Us"

Friday, April 11th at 7:00 PM

St. Boniface Catholic Church

110 N Buchanan St, Edwardsville, IL 62025

Event Policy: No refunds or exchanges - This event has a no refund policy.

Join the SIUE Choirs choirs as they present choral music that talks about us and the world around us. Our choirs will present selections that address concepts like justice, equality, empathy, soulfulness, as well all these aspects of life that make us who we are, fill us with joy, and allow us to treat the world around us as genuine agents of change.

featuring

The SIUE Choirs

Concert Chorale, Choral Union - Nikos Myrogiannis Koukos, director

Kyna - Alicia Canterbury Vorel, director


Rebecca Koebbe and Charlie Brockus - collaborating pianists

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Trombone Day

Saturday, April 12th at 9:00 AM

DUNHAM HALL ROOM 1115

SIUE

Event Policy: This event has a no refund policy.

Join Dr. Matt Hoormann for the inaugural Trombone Day at SIUE. The day will include:

Group warmup

Masterclass

Trombone choir

Faculty Recital

Student/Community concert

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SIUE Undergraduate Jazz Combos at The Dark Room

Wednesday, April 16th at 6:00 PM

Dark Room STL

3610 Grandel Square, St. Louis, MO 63103

SIUE Undergrad Combos will be featured at the Wednesday night jam session hosted by Bob Deboo. 

Free Admission!

For more info visit: kranzbergartsfoundation.org/the-dark-room 

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World Music Ensemble Spring Concert

Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:30 PM

DUNHAM HALL ROOM 1115

SIUE

Event Policy: This event has a no refund policy.

SIUE World Music Ensemble presents its Spring 2025 concert, “Island Music”, featuring music from different islands around the world, including within Greece, Ireland, Hawaii and more!

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SIUE Graduate Jazz Combo at The Dark Room

Wednesday, April 23rd at 6:00 PM

Dark Room STL

3610 Grandel Square, St. Louis, MO 63103

SIUE Grad Combo will be featured at the Wednesday night jam session hosted by Bob Deboo. 

Free Admission!

For more info visit: kranzbergartsfoundation.org/the-dark-room 

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SIUE Suzuki Spring Festival Concert

Sunday, April 27th at 2:00 PM

Meridian Ballroom

SIUE, 60 Hairpin Drive, Edwardsville, IL 62026

Event Policy: This event has a no refund policy.

SIUE Suzuki Spring Festival Concert

Sunday, April 27, 2 PM, Meridian Ballroom

Free Admission

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SIUE Bands present: Emotions

Monday, April 28th at 7:30 PM

Dunham Hall Theater

50 Hairpin Dr Edwardsville, IL 62026

Event Policy: This event has a no refund policy.

Join the University Concert Band, the SIUE Wind Symphony, for the final concert of the academic year. Monday, April 28th, 2025, 7:30 PM, Dunham Hall Theater. 

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Cavalleria Rusticana presented by the SIUE Department of Music, featuring guest soloists from Opera Edwardsville

Cavalleria Rusticana presented by the SIUE Department of Music, featuring guest soloists from Opera Edwardsville

Friday, May 2 at 7:30 PM

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Cavalleria Rusticana presented by the SIUE Department of Music, featuring guest soloists from Opera Edwardsville

Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 PM

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SIUE Jazz Studies Recital Day 1 of 2

Saturday, May 3rd at 1:00 PM

DUNHAM HALL ROOM 1115

SIUE

May 3 Recitals

  • 1pm Owen Williams (Junior Jazz Saxophone Recital)
  • 2pm Trenton Murphey (Junior Jazz Saxophone Recital)
  • 3pm Roman Wells II (Junior Jazz Drums Recital)
  • 4pm Mikey Fernandez (Junior Jazz Saxophone Recital)
  • 5pm Dalton Morgan (Junior Jazz Bass Recital)
  • 6pm Gavin Colp (Senior Jazz Saxophone Recital)

Free Admission to All Recitals!

MAY

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SIUE Jazz Studies Recital Day 2 of 2

Sunday, May 4th at 1:00 PM

DUNHAM HALL ROOM 1115

SIUE

May 4 Recitals

  • 1pm Johari Kimeu (Junior Jazz Trombone Recital)
  • 2pm Josh Last (Junior Jazz Bass Recital)
  • 3pm Owen Weber (Junior Jazz Drums Recital)
  • 4pm Abe Calixto (Senior Jazz Bass Recital)
  • 5pm Blake Rice (Senior Jazz Trumpet Recital)
  • 6pm Chuck Smotherson (Graduate Jazz Piano/Drums Recital)
  • 7pm Jesse Gannon (Graduate Jazz Piano Recital)

Free Admission to All Recitals!

MAY

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Ruth Slenczynska Centennial Celebration Symposium Concert

Sunday, May 4th at 3:00 PM

Dunham Hall Theater

50 Hairpin Dr Edwardsville, IL 62026

Event Policy: No refunds or exchanges - This event has a no refund policy.

Join us to celebrate the 100th birthday of Ruth Slenczynska, world-renowned concert pianist and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Artist-in-Residence and music professor emerita. The last surviving student of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ruth Slenczynska has performed more than 3,000 recitals and concerts in many countries around the world and has appeared with most of the world's great orchestras. She retired from the SIUE music faculty in 1987 and continued to teach until the year 2001, culminating in a brilliant 37-year career at SIUE. The concert will feature performances from former SIUE Slenczynska students, including Drs. Stan Ford and Randy and Mary Jo Pembrook, and current SIUE pianists, notably Dr. Angela Kim.

Instead of purchasing tickets, we invite you to make a donation to the SIUE Department of Music. All contributions will directly support students majoring in piano studies at SIUE, both undergraduate and graduate.

To donate, please use the link below and select Fund 7078 – Department of Music General Scholarship. In addition, if you'd like to support the Ruth Slenczynska Award, an award that supports a senior with superior contributions in chamber music, you can select Fund 8106 and contribute. Your generosity is greatly appreciated! Thank you for supporting our students.

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MAY

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SIUE Summer Jazz Camp

Monday, July 14th – Thursday, July 17th

Dunham Hall

50 Hairpin Dr, Edwardsville, IL 62026

SIUE Summer Jazz Camp 2025

Join us on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville for four days of music-making and expert instruction with SIUE Jazz faculty and students. Open to students entering grades 8–12 and beyond!

Dates:
Monday–Thursday, July 14–17, 9:30am-3:45pm
Final concert: 4:00 p.m., Thursday, July 17
Location:
Dunham Hall, SIUE Campus

Session Options:

1. Morning Big Band
2. Afternoon Combo
3. Both Morning & Afternoon (with dorm option available)

Register or Learn More: tinyurl.com/Jazz-Camp-2025

We hope you’ll join us for an inspiring week of jazz!

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