The Prairie Ensemble
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Members:
Our players come from throughout the extended community surrounding Champaign-Urbana. We have local professional musicians, gifted amateurs, graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Illinois School of Music, and faculty musicians from the U of I and other nearby universities. And we often invite one talented student from the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra to join our ranks each season.

We collaborate with only the best!
Genre:
Classical
Hometown:
Urbana-Champaign, IL
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The Prairie Ensemble

 

Basic Info
 

Members:
Our players come from throughout the extended community surrounding Champaign-Urbana. We have local professional musicians, gifted amateurs, graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Illinois School of Music, and faculty musicians from the U of I and other nearby universities. And we often invite one talented student from the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra to join our ranks each season.

We collaborate with only the best!
Genre:
Classical
Hometown:
Urbana-Champaign, IL

Detailed Info
 

Website:
http://www.prairieensemble.org
Current Location:
Urbana-Champaign, IL
General Manager:
Christine Klindworth
Biography:
The Prairie Ensemble:
Expanding the Boundaries of Classical Music

Why we exist: to make our musical life more interesting, a little different from the norm.

How are we different? It's the feel of the concert event, the colorful visual image of the musicians and the close intimate quarters. (That intimacy, and the wonderful acoustics, are the reasons we play in churches--they're the best small concert halls in town.)

It's also the perpetual motion of the ensemble, with ever-changing... (read more)