Workshop Description:Are you planning to pursue an advanced degree abroad in music? Or thinking of transferring to an undergraduate program overseas?This workshop will provide important information and strategies about how to get accepted to a top college or university music program in the USA.Professor Tom Stein is from Berklee College of Music in Boston and is new at UIC. He will bring his de...

Event Description:Improvisation was a central part of a musician's training in 17th and 18th century Europe. Many of the great composers whom we revere today were also renowned performers, teachers, and improvisers. However, as musicians began to specialize in various musical subdisciplines, the art of improvisation began to recede to the point that many classical pianists today can play the mo...

Bio of the Speaker: Learning from Zhonghua SHENG,  Jiyang ZHAO,  Zhinuo DING, Ivry Gitlis, Zakhar Bron. Ms.Zhengyu WU is former concertmaster of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and former Guest Concertmaster of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (2010). Bachelor's degree of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, winner of Golden Bell Award, winner of Fu Chengxian Scholarship. Master's degree of the Ro...

Bio of the Speaker: Choi Sown Le, an ABRSM scholar, graduated from the Royal College of Music, London and the Conservatoire de Musique, Geneva where he was awarded the Premier Prix de Virtuosité with Distinction in piano performance.

第95届普利策音乐奖、美国艺术文学院终身成就奖、纽约林肯中心室内乐协会颁发的斯托格国际大奖获得者, 现任美国密苏里大学堪萨斯城音乐学院邦菲尔斯杰出作曲教授。

The concert will be performed by the UIC Orchestra and Choir. With two conductors and students' efforts, the orchestra and choir will give a wonderful performance for you. We hope our music can heal you in this cold night, please join us to witness a wonderful artistic feast.The choir will perform five pieces by Dvorak and Jin Chengzhi. And the orchestra will play works, which are Holst and Sho...

Abstract: Composing joy in suffering and composing music in joy is the portrayal of Beethoven's life. Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies in his life, each of which is a masterpiece, and this ninth symphony is recognized as the highest achievement of symphony. It is the culmination of Beethoven's life. To say that he is a symphony, it should be called the history of Beethoven's life struggle against f...