{"id":2352002,"date":"2026-03-30T21:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2352002"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:27:16","slug":"school-of-music-alumni-are-invited-to-catching-up-with-cookies-events-in-april-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/school-of-music-alumni-are-invited-to-catching-up-with-cookies-events-in-april-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Music alumni are invited to Catching up With Cookies events in April 2026 &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Illinois State University School of Music alumni are warmly invited back to campus for <strong>Catching Up with Cookies<\/strong>, a casual pre-concert gathering held before select final spring ensemble concerts.<\/p>\n<p>Join us one hour before each concert to reconnect with fellow alumni, reminisce, and satisfy a sweet craving before settling in for a great performance!<\/p>\n<p>Alumni are welcome to attend any and all of the concerts listed below. As a special thank you, the first 20 alumni to RSVP for each concert will receive a complimentary ticket to that performance. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catching Up with Cookies\u2013Concert Options<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sunday, April 19, 3 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ISU Symphony Orchestra Concert (Samuel Chen, conductor), featuring student concerto competition winners Kahauri Brown-Givens (cello) and Alexandra Adrowski (flute), and Ottorino Respighi\u2019s <em>Pines of Rome<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 22, 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ISU Wind Symphony (Anthony Marinello, III, conductor), featuring student concerto competition winner Nicole Schmidt (clarinet) and John Chance\u2019s <em>Variations on a Korean Folk Song<\/em> with the Metea Valley High School Korean percussion ensemble.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, April 26, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 p.m.: University Glee &amp; Belle Voix Choirs (Andrew Bruhn and Tim Fredstrom, conductors), including a special performance of \u201cFor Good\u201d from <em>Wicked<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m.: Treble Choir &amp; Concert Choir (Andrew Bruhn and Mark Grizzard, conductors), featuring Hye-Young Cho\u2019s <em>Azaleas<\/em>, a new work commissioned by the Illinois State University Concert Choir.<\/p>\n<p>For questions or additional information, please email Athena King, music business alumni engagement intern, at amkin14@IllinoisState.edu.<\/p>\n<p>If you need accommodations to fully participate in the program, please contact the Center for the Performing Arts Box Office at (309) 438-2535. Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.illinoisstate.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois State University School of Music alumni are warmly invited back to campus for Catching Up with Cookies, a casual pre-concert gathering held before select final spring ensemble concerts. Join us one hour before each concert to reconnect with fellow alumni, reminisce, and satisfy a sweet craving before settling in for a great performance! 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