Chic-Sheng Chen and The Little Giant Chinese Orchestra
Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/19/2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Shryock Auditorium
Categories
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, Chris Butler, percussion, Jessica Butler, trombone, Anthony Gray, piano, Yuko Kato, piano, Richard Kelley, saxophone, Eric Mandat, clarinet, and Jennifer Presar, horn. Not to be missed! MORE INFO: https://music.siu.edu/festivals/outside-the-box/
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