2025 Festival Schedule

7:00 PM, Shryock Auditorium

The festival this year opens up with SIU Wind Ensemble conducted by Christopher Morehouse. The evening also features the Altgeld Chamber Players. Michael Barta (violin), Christopher Butler (percussion), Anthony Gray (piano), Yuko Kato (piano), Richard Kelley (Saxophone), Jiyeon Lee (piano), Junghwa Lee (piano), and Eric Mandat (clarinet) will perform the music of special guest composers Kathleen Ginther, Stephen Andrew Taylor, and Christopher Walczak, along with interactive intermedia large-screen projection by digital animator Paul Hertz.

"Pictured in order, left to right, top to bottom: Christopher Morehouse, Richard Kelley, Eric Mandat, Christopher Butler, Christopher Walczak, Yuko Kato, Anthony Gray, Jiyeon Lee, Kathleen Ginther, Stephen Andrew Taylor, Paul Hertz"

3:00 PM, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall

A recital of new music for clarinet by guest artist Erin Cameron.

5:00 PM, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall

Award-winning pianist Angela Kim offers an evening of contemporary works for solo piano.

10:00 AM, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall

Presentation and workshop with pianist Angela Kim. Open to all SIU faculty, students and the public.

12:00 PM, OLD Baptist Foundation Recital Hall

Join us for an improvisation workshop as SIU Improvisation Unit welcomes guest artists Ryan Gaston and Sarah Belle Reed.

7:00 PM, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall

Outside The Box welcomes an exciting evening of improvisation by Ryan Gaston and Sarah Belle Reed.

7:00 PM, Altgeld Hall Room 112

Get ready for a concert of cutting-edge solo modular electronic music by guest artist Tim Crist.

7:00 PM, Shryock Auditorium

Come hear SIU Percussion Ensemble throw down OTB-style, led by Christopher Butler.

7:00 PM, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall

Outside The Box new music festival concludes with a performance by award-winning composer and multi-woodwind performer Vinny Golia