Bon Voyage! Join us for a musical journey to Paris at our Concerts for Kids! Concerts for Kids is our educational outreach concert that allows school children throughout central Illinois to experience LIVE classical music.

The Illinois Symphony Orchestra and our two musical tour guides—George Gershwin and the Chevalier de Saint-Georges—invite you to join us for a Parisian adventure! With your passport in hand, we will head across the Atlantic to the jazzy grooves of Gershwin’s American in Paris. Projections guide us as we stroll the streets of the French capital, encountering a street singer, popping into the Paris Ballet to hear a rehearsal, and even joining a street parade on the Champs-Élysées. If we are lucky, the Chevalier may even give us a demonstration of his famed fencing prowess, to the tune of his own music. And for the finale, we won’t just enjoy the sights and sounds of Paris but might even have a small taste. Bon voyage!

Jacobsen Woollen, Conductor

Gershwin An American Paris – Piaf La Vie en Rose – Stravinsky Infernal Dance from The Firebird - Debussy Fêtes from Nocturnes - Chevalier de Saint-Georges Overture from L'amant anonyme

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 @ 10:00 AM
UIS Performing Arts Center

Ordering Information: Classes should have one chaperone for every 15 students, every 16th ticket is complimentary. Everyone must be included in your total if they want to watch the performance. When placing your order, inform the Ticket Office if anyone in your group needs accessibility services.

Financial Assistance: If a student or class needs financial assistance, contact Beth Wakefield at (217) 522-2838 Ext. 4 or bwakefield@ilsymphony.org.

Springfield Ordering Information:
1. Call Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office at (217) 206-6160 or https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1640173837.
2. After your reservation is processed, you will receive a letter requesting that you confirm the details of the order and submit payment. Reservation confirmation is due three weeks prior to the concert and payment is due two weeks prior to the concert.
3. When confirmation and payment are received by the Ticket Office, your group will be placed in the best available seats.
4. A voucher with your seating information will be mailed to you. Please bring the voucher with you to the performance.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. We are not able to give refunds or exchanges. Only if a school officially closes on the day of a planned performance will the venue allow an exchange for another performance within the same season, in Springfield, or for another performance within 12 months, in Bloomington.

For more information, go to ilsymphony.org/concertsforkids.