April 2018
SIUE orchestra featuring special guest Rachel Barton Pine
4/23/2018 -

The 2017-18 Arts & Issues season comes to a close when SIUE and SIUC combine their orchestras for a special concert.

The orchestras of both Southern Illinois University campuses will be combined for an exceptional musical event in Dunham Hall. Michael Mishra, professor of music and director of Orchestral Studies at SIUE, and Edward Benyas, music director of the SIUC Symphony Orchestra, will conduct this concert with special guest artist Rachel Barton Pine.

Pine has appeared as a soloist with many of world’s most prestigious ensembles and holds prizes from several of the world’s leading competitions, including a gold medal at the J.S. Bach International Violin Competition in Leipzig, Germany.

In a review, “The Washington Post” described Pine as “An exciting, boundary-defying performer – Pine displays a power and confidence that puts her in the top echelon.”