Symphonic Dances and Young Artists

SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2023 | 7:30 P.M.

Kirkland Fine Arts Center | $15-$25

Along with performances by the winners of Millikin’s annual Concerto/Aria Competition, the MDSO will present New Guinea Horizons by Millikin alumnus Michael Karasis and Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Each dance features a different sound, mood and color from the orchestra, including a rustic folk-like melody, a waltz and a highly energized finale featuring the haunting Dies Irae from the Requiem Mass.

Masterworks IV

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023 | 7:30 P.M.

Kirkland Fine Arts Center | $15-$25

The MDSO’s season finale will open with a perfect blend of modern and neoclassical orchestral images, with American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Concerto Grosso 1985, followed by pianist Pei-I Wang in her debut solo performance with the MDSO in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor. The program will conclude with Sibelius’s Symphony No.2, which received its U.S. premiere in 1904 at a time when composers such as Schoenberg and Stravinsky were advancing modernist styles.

Millikin Choirs

Alumni Concert

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2022 | 3 P.M. Central Christian Church | Free

Alumni from all Millikin choirs join in community and song! University Choir presents its first extended concert of the year while the Alumni Choir completes the program.

Fall Choral Concert I

Collegiate Chorale and Treble Choir

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2022 | 4 P.M. Central Christian Church | Free Fall Choral Concert II

University Choir and True Blue Chorale

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2022 | 6 P.M. Central Christian Church | Free

The first full-length concerts of the semester; each of the choirs provides a program of varied choral literature from a broad range of cultures and histories.

Vespers

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2022 | 2 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2022 | 2 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.

Kirkland Fine Arts Center | $12-$16

Millikin’s most beloved event returns, signaling the beginning of the holiday season with a sumptuous evening of carols, choirs and candlelight. Over 200 musicians join for this joyous musical feast. Songs from past centuries, combined with familiar carols and arrangements, create an evening of seasonal warmth for the whole family.