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Illinois Symphony Orchestra presents a night of holiday cheer with Holiday Pops concert | Community Voices

Jacobsen Woollen will conduct the Holiday Pops in the Heartland concert.
Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Jacobsen Woollen will conduct the Holiday Pops in the Heartland concert.

UIS professor Yona Stamatis interviewed Illinois Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Trevor Orthmann and Assistant Conductor Jacobsen Woollen about the Holiday Pops in the Heartland concert and the various holiday musical selections which will be featured. The concert takes place at the UIS Performing Arts Center on Dec. 16 and at the ISU Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 17.

Yona Stamatis hosts and produces special arts coverage of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra on NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS including interviews and music engagement events.
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