Community & Preparatory Programs
Center for Experimental Music
The SIUC School of Music has a history of composition via technology that extends back to the early 1960's, when the late Robert Moog, at the beginning of his ground-breaking career, personally built his third MOOG SYNTHESIZER for the university. The Center for Experimental Music (CEM) was established in 1990 to continue this tradition into the computer age. To learn more about the center, CLICK HERE.
Southern Illinois Children's Choir
The Southern Illinois Children's Choir program, now in its second decade, is open to singers in grades 3 through 9. The organization is made up of two auditioned treble ensembles: the Apprentices, which is a training choir, and the Choristers, which is a more advanced group. The Director is Alice Berry. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. To learn more about the program, CLICK HERE.
Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra
For over one hundred years, the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra (SISO), composed of faculty and students of Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), as well as talented community members and area professionals, has brought outstanding music to Southern Illinois. To learn more about SISO, CLICK HERE.
Southern Illinois Civic Orchestra
Design for young musicians, the Civic Orchestra is both an educational and social experience for the students from the Southern Illinois region. The orchestra is under the direction of Dr. Eric Lenz and Jennifer Presars. To learn more about the program, contact Eric Lenz or Jennifer Presar.
Southern Illinois Summer Festival
The annual Southern Illinois Music Festival features more than 50 performances in venues from Mt. Vernon to Cairo and Murphysboro to Marion, including a six-concert series at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Shryock Auditorium. Musicians from throughout the United States, Europe and Asia perform orchestral and chamber music, opera, ballet, musical theater, jazz, patriotic and new music, in an informal atmosphere. Casual dress is welcome! This program is supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. To learn more about the festival, CLICK HERE.
Southern Illinois Chamber Music Society
Presentations in various venues by an ever-changing group of our talented faculty and guest artists. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.To learn more about the society, CLICK HERE.
SIUC Community Music School
Comprehensive music education for all ages from 0 to adults-we offer violin, viola, cello, guitar, and piano lessons as well as kindermusik. To learn more about the Community Music School, CLICK HERE.
Summer Music Camps 2008
The SIUC School of Music offers summer music camps in Guitar, Music Theater, Senior High Band, Jazz Improvisation, Junior High Band, Youth Band, and Children's Choir! Visit our Summer Music Camp page for detailed information: Summer Music Camps 2008
Klassics 4 Kids
Strollers welcome! A free concert series designed to expose youngsters (and their parents), from birth through preschool, to live classical music and jazz. Concerts held on Tuesdays in Altgeld Hall, Rm. 112 at 10:00am: Oct. 9, Nov. 6, Dec. 4, Feb. 5, March 4, April 1. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. To learn more, email k4kids@siu.edu.
Kindermusik
Kindermusik is an award-winning system for newborns through age seven and their parents. In a Kindermusik class, educators lead a group of parents and their children through activities, using music and movement, that nurture skills in the whole child: cognitive, physical, social, emotional, and language.