7:00 PM, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall
The SIU Clarinet Studio, under the direction of SIU Visiting Professor of Music and Distinguished Scholar Eric Mandat, will present its annual Outside the Box concert. The featured guest for the evening will be international performing artist and Stetson University clarinet professor Dr. Jessica Speak. The concert will feature several of Mandat’s chamber works for clarinets, including the premiere of his new duet, Five Miniatures (2022).
(Photos of Artists left to right: Eric Mandat, Jessica Speak)
Eric Mandat, Clarinet, Composer
7:00 PM, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall
Directed by Eric Mandat, the Southern Illinois University Improvisation Unit will present a concert of mostly improvised music, with a special tribute to groundbreaking composer Morton Feldman.
11:00 AM, Shryock Auditorium
Outside The Box featured guest artists The Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra will demonstrate the captivating sounds and contemporary techniques of traditional Chinese musical instruments, speaking about the role they play in new music performance. Open to all SIU students, faculty, and the general public.
7:00 PM, Shryock Auditorium
Come hear this kaleidoscopic concert of new electroacoustic works by a variety of contemporary composers including SIU faculty members Christopher Butler, Dick Kelley, and Eric Mandat, joined by members of featured guest artists The Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra.
7:00 PM, Shryock Auditorium
Please welcome Outside The Box 2024 featured guest artists from Taipei, Taiwan, The Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra. Led by internationally acclaimed conductor Chih-Sheng Chen, the orchestra will perform five newly commissioned world premieres by composers Kathleen Ginther, Gregory Glancey, Zoe Lin, Eric Mandat, and Christopher Walczak. Specializing in the musical fusion of traditional Chinese instruments and western orchestral instruments, the group will be joined on stage by bassist Joe Bauer and SIU faculty performers the Altgeld Chamber Players featuring Robert Allison, trumpet, Christopher Butler, percussion, Jessica Butler, trombone, Anthony Gray, piano, Yuko Kato, piano, Richard Kelley, saxophone, Jiyeon Lee, piano, Eric Mandat, clarinet, and Jennifer Presar, horn. Not to be missed!
(Photos of Artists left to right: [Row 1] Chih-Sheng Chen, Kathleen Ginther, Gregory Glancey, Zoe Lin, Joseph Bauer, [Row 2] Robert Allison, Christopher Butler, Jessica Butler, Anthony Gray, Yuko Kato, [Row 3] Richard Kelley, Jiyeon Lee, Eric Mandat, Jennifer Presar, Christopher Walczak)
