Concerts for Kids 2025
- Date February 11th, 2025 Time 11:45am Venue UIS Performing Arts Center - Springfield
When an alien zoologist from Mars lands on Earth, she makes an astonishing discovery: animals on Earth make music! Join the Illinois Symphony Orchestra for a magical journey through the animal kingdom, as we visit Swan Lake, Baba Yaga’s hut, a swarm of Flying Bumblebees, Old MacDonald’s Farm and much more. With conductor Jacobsen Woollen and special guest Tiffany Williams, we will uncover the thing that unites all living things: the magic of music!
Jacobsen Woollen, Associate Conductor
Holst Mars, from The Planets - Tchaikovsky Finale from Swan Lake - Rimsky-Korsakov Tale of the Tsar Sultan from Flight of the Bumblebee - Bradley (Arr. Marc Reift) Tom and Jerry, Blue Cat Blues - Mussorgsky Baba Yaga from Pictures at an Exhibition - Anderson Old MacDonald Had a Farm
FREE!
Springfield
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 @ 10:00 AM & 11:45 AM
UIS Performing Arts Center
Bloomington-Normal
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 @ 9:30 AM & 11:45 AM
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
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Support Provided By:
Illinois Arts Council, An Agency of the State of Illinois +, National Endowment for the Arts +, McLean County Arts Center *, Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc., Pete & Melinda LaBarre, Dr. Stephen & Lisa Stone, Susan Cook House Educational Trust, Sandra & Kenneth Jesse Endowment Fund for Schoolchildren
Springfield Venue UIS Performing Arts Center - Springfield
1 University Plz #397, Springfield, IL 62703
Your Illinois Symphony Orchestra performs Symphony Orchestra and Pops concerts at the UIS Performing Arts Center in Sangamon Auditorium.
Physical Address:
220 Ernest Hemingway Dr | Springfield, IL 62703
Mailing Address:
1 University Plaza, MS PAC 292 | Springfield, IL 62703
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Saturday - Sunday: Closed
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Featured:
Jacobsen Woollen Conductor - ISO Associate Conductor and ISYO Conductor
Jacobsen Woollen is a conductor, cellist, and tenor residing in Springfield, Illinois, where he serves as Associate Conductor of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Conductor of the Illinois Symphony Youth Orchestra, Director of the Springfield Choral Society, and Director of the UIS Orchestra.
An Indiana native, Jacobsen returns to the Midwest after spending six years in Vienna, Austria, where he completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in orchestral conducting under the tutelage of Prof. Mark Stringer at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, conducted professional ensembles including the Polska Filharmonia Baltycka and Ensemble Ultreia, served as assistant conductor of the Vienna Opera Festival, and led the Schlosschor Hadersfeld. During his Vienna years, Jacobsen was frequently called back to the Midwest to work at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, where he served as assistant conductor and led several workshops for new works, including Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones.
Jacobsen also maintains an active career as a tenor: he recently produced and performed a musical-theatrical concert evening, Lovelace Weave, which explores the father-daughter pair of Lord Byron and Ada Lovelace. As a member of the Grammy-winning Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Jacobsen has participated in opera productions at Theater an der Wien, as well as concerts in Europe’s most renowned venues, including Vienna’s Musikverein and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie.
Prior to his European sojourn, Jacobsen completed a Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan under the guidance of Kenneth Kiesler. During this time, he was active in the Ann Arbor musical community as well, serving as founder and director of Paradigm Shift Chamber Orchestra, music director of the Ann Arbor Camerata, and assistant conductor of the Michigan Life Sciences Orchestra.
As a cellist, Jacobsen was a student of Susan Moses in the Indiana University String Academy and later completed a Bachelor’s Degree with Richard Aaron at the University of Michigan. He has appeared as a soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, Musical Arts Youth Orchestra, and Voces Novae Chamber Choir. As a chamber musician, he has had the pleasure of collaborating with Joshua Bell, Jaime Laredo, Soovin Kim, and many others. From 2013-16, Jacobsen was cellist and artistic curator with the new-music sextet Latitude 49, and he continues to serve on their Board of Directors.