Paris Impressions
- Date November 8th, 2024 Time 7:30pm Venue UIS Performing Arts Center - Springfield
Be moved by the power of our Symphony Orchestra concerts!
Alastair Willis, Conductor | Robert Mangialardi, Actor
Selections from Franck Symphony in D minor
Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Stravinsky Firebird – Petrushka – Rite of Spring
Poulenc Les Biches
Ravel La Valse and more!
Join us one hour before the concert for a pre-concert discussion and join us after the concert for our Play On After Party!
Listen LIVE with us!
Tickets: $65 / $45 / $30
Students (Age 24 & Under): $10
Springfield
Friday, November 8, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
UIS Performing Arts Center
Concert Comments @ 6:30 PM
Bloomington-Normal
Saturday, November 9, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
ISU Center for the Performing Arts
Concert Comments @ 6:30 PM
Support Provided By:
Debra & Daniel Brownstone, M.D., The Landmark Automotive Group, Ken & Laura Berk, Illinois Symphony Guild of Bloomington-Normal in memory of Suzanne Readey
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
UIS Ticket Office Information
Tickets for all Illinois Symphony Orchestra season concerts are sold through the UIS Ticket Office. Tickets may be purchased by in-person, by phone, or online.
- In-Person: UIS Ticket Office is located in the lobby of the Public Affairs Center Building on the UIS Campus.
- Phone: (217) 206-6160
- Online: uispac.com
UIS Ticket Office Hours
Monday through Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday: Closed
Performance Days: Opens Two Hours Prior to Performance
UIS Performing Arts Center Event Parking
Free parking is NOW available for all events held at UIS Performing Arts Center. Click here to view a map of the parking lots closest to the UIS Performing Arts Center. There will be no premium parking for donors who give $1,000 or more to the Illinois Symphony Orchestra due to UIS offering FREE parking to events held at the UIS Performing Arts Center.
Featured:
Alastair Willis Conductor -
Grammy nominated conductor ALASTAIR WILLIS is in his eighth season as Music Director of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and in his fourth season as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of The Symphonia Boca Raton. In past seasons, Willis has guest conducted orchestras around the world including the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Mexico City Philharmonic, Orquestra Sinfonica de Rio de Janeiro, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchestra Berlin, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, China National Orchestra (Beijing), and Silk Road Ensemble (with Yo-Yo Ma) among others. His recording of Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les Sortileges” with Nashville Symphony and Opera for Naxos was Grammy nominated for Best Classical Album in 2009.
Last season Willis was re-engaged by the Qatar Philharmonic, Salute to Vienna, and made his debut with Vienna’s Imperial Philharmonic. This season he returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Qatar Philharmonic, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Seattle’s Music of Remembrance, Illinois Symphony and Salute to Vienna.
Previous positions include Music Director of the Illinois Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor with the Florida Orchestra’s Coffee Concert series, Associate Conductor of the Seattle Symphony, Assistant Conductor with the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras, and Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Born in Acton, Massachusetts, Willis lived with his family in Moscow for five years before settling in Surrey, England. He received his bachelor’s degree with honors from England’s Bristol University, an Education degree from Kingston University, and a Masters of Music degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Willis currently resides in South Bend, Indiana, with his wife and daughter.