The Illinois Symphony’s 2024-25 season in Bloomington-Normal kicks off Saturday at Illinois State University’s Center for Performing Arts. And it's a program of firsts:

Maestro Taichi Fukumura takes the podium for the first time as Illinois Symphony's new music director. A crop of new musicians has joined the orchestra, too. It's also the Illinois Symphony debut for violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason, who plays Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto. The program, titled Festive Fanfare, also features works by fellow British composer William Walton and Antonin Dvorak.

The Illinois Symphony’s <a href="https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-08-07/taichi-fukumuras-inaugural-season-broadens-illinois-symphonys-repertoire-as-familiar-faces-return" data-cms-ai="0">2024-25 season</a> in Bloomington-Normal kicks off Saturday at Illinois State University’s Center for Performing Arts. And it's a program of firsts:
Maestro Taichi Fukumura takes the podium for the first time as Illinois Symphony's <a href="https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-06-06/taichi-fukumura-picked-to-lead-the-illinois-symphony" data-cms-ai="0">new music director</a>. A crop of new musicians has joined the orchestra, too. It's also the Illinois Symphony debut for violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason, who plays Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto. The program, titled Festive Fanfare, also features works by fellow British composer William Walton and Antonin Dvorak.

Sound Ideas is WGLT's flagship news program. Every weekday, WGLT reporters go beyond soundbites for deeper conversations with Bloomington-Normal newsmakers, musicians, artists, and anyone with a story to share. This 30-minute newsmagazine is produced Monday through Friday.

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WGLT's Sound Ideas is our flagship news program. Every weekday, WGLT reporters go beyond soundbites for deeper conversations with newsmakers, musicians, artists, and anyone with a story to share. This 30-minute newsmagazine is produced Monday through Friday. You can also subscribe to the Sound Ideas - Full Episodes podcast.

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