School of Music News & Events

To view our most current events, recitals, and concerts, click on our Music Calendar.  The On Tour link gives information on when and where our ensembles tour for the current year.  There is also information available about our Jazz Festival and Symposium of Contemporary Music, held annually since 1976 and 1952, respectively.  Our New Music Series is a list of our current programs that feature 20th century and contemporary compositions.

NEW Jazz Ensemble CD

The Illinois Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble, founded and directed by Thomas Streeter, IWU professor of bass instruments and theory, has completed its latest CD, Smack Dab in the Middle.  Full Story

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

2001 IWU Music graduate Amy McCabe finds herself in full military dress, performing as the newest member of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band.  Full Story

Professor Todd Tucker to Retire; Named Professor Emeritus

Dr. Todd Tucker, Associate Professor of Theory, will be retire at the end of this academic year.  Dr. Tucker began his career at IWU in 1981 and thus will soon complete twenty-five years of service.  Full story

Kate Tombuagh Named First Recipient of Dr. David Nott Scholarship

Illinois Wesleyan University's Katherine Tombaugh, a junior English literature and music double major from Streator, Ill., received the first David Nott Collegiate Choir Scholarship at the annual spring concert on April 9.  Full story

Wood and lead and tin and wind

These are the ingredients that Jeffrey Dexter ’85 uses to shape the magnificent sounds of a Schantz pipe organ.  Click here to read his story.

IWU Trustee Featured in New York Times article

Illinois Wesleyan Trustee Todd French, a 1993 graduate of the University and an IWCO alum, is featured in a story about entrepreneurs in the October 27, 2005, edition of The New York Times.  Todd recently performed on our October 7 Chamber Orchestra concert.  more info

Magazine Article Feature on the School of Music

In the Winter 2003 issue of Illinois Wesleyan Magazine, the School of Music was featured in an article titled "In Concert".  Click here to view the article.

Presser Hall and Westbrook Auditorium Presser Hall, constructed in 1929-30, houses Illinois Wesleyan's School of Music. Its 550-seat Westbrook Auditorium contains a Schantz three-manual pipe organ. Other facilities include studios, practice rooms, classrooms, and listening rooms. Presser Hall is located at 1210 North Park Street, Bloomington, IL.