University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra plays Oct. 28; free Uncorked show with Modern Drugs Oct. 29

Events desk
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026In the Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 edition

URBANA - The University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Krannert Center's Foellinger Great Hall, according to the center's event page. Kevin Noe conducts, with graduate conductor Victor Yip.

The program is Missy Mazzoli's Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres), Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Tickets are listed at $10 standard, $7 for seniors and $4 for students and youth.

The next evening, Thursday, Oct. 29, Champaign-Urbana band Modern Drugs plays Krannert Center Uncorked at 5:30 p.m. on Stage 5 in the center's lobby, the center's page for that show says. The center describes the band, formed in 2020, as a power-pop group and notes its second album came out in August. All Uncorked shows are free.

Source: Krannert Center, University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, https://krannertcenter.com/events/university-illinois-symphony-orchestra-16; Krannert Center Uncorked: Modern Drugs, https://krannertcenter.com/events/krannert-center-uncorked-modern-drugs

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