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35th Annual Concert Season: 2011-2012

All concerts, except the Summer Concert in the Park and the Children's Concert, are held in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the Music Building of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Program Notes for subscription concerts are available here.

 

Summer Concert

When: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Where: NIU Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra will be performing a variety of light classical, Broadway and Silver Screen selections. Bring the entire family to this fun and exciting free concert of popular music!

Fall Concert: Dance the Night Away

When: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Where: NIU Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
  • Danse Bacchanale- Camille Saint-Saëns

  • Concerto for Trombone- Samuel Jones

            Kirk Lundbeck, Trombone
  • Rounds- David Diamond

  • Firebird Suite- Igor Stravinsky

This performance is sponsored in part by the Kishwaukee Symphony Associates.

Halloween Concert

When: Saturday, October 29, 2011
5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Where: NIU Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

The KSO will present a FREE concert of music with a Halloween theme and appropriate for children and adults. There will be trick-or-treating a half hour before the 5:30 concert.

Children's Concert

When: Closed to the general public
Where: Egyptian Theatre

Each year, the KSO presents a concert, not open to the general public, that is specifically for 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-grade students and their teachers from elementary schools in our region.

 

Holiday Pops Concert: Winter Wonderland

When: Saturday, December 10, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Where: NIU Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

Let the KSO warm your hearts with the music of the holiday season. Many holiday favorites including Haydn's Toy Symphony and a seasonal sing-a-long are included in this traditional family concert.  Who knows, maybe the “Big Guy in Red” will make an appearance…..?

This performance is supported in part by the George and Betty Dutton Foundation

 

ADM Young Artists Concerto Competition Winner Concert

When: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Where: NIU Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

Be spellbound by the amazing talent found among Illinois young musicians. The winner of the KSO’s annual Young Artists Concerto Competition will perform with the orchestra.

  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 2- Johann Sebastian Bach                
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra- Aram Khachaturian
    Claire Bourg, Violin, Winner of the Concerto Competition 
                                    
  • Symphony No. 3, Op. 97 ("Rhenish")- Robert Schumann

This performance is supported in part by the Mary E. Stevens Concert Trust.


Spring Concert: Roman Impressions

 
When: Saturday May 5, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Where: NIU Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

 

  • Petite Suite- Claude Debussy
  • Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102- Johannes Brahms Elisa Barston, Violin and Amy Barston, Cello
  • Pines of Rome- Ottorino Respighi

This concert is supported in part by the Ideal Industries Foundation with a generous gift from Jean Juday.

 
 

 

 

WNIU and WNIJ are station sponsors of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

 

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