Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra

Season Preview Event

CUSO 2025-26 SEASON PREVIEW CELEBRATION!

Saturday, May 31, 2025

11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana

To thank you for your special support, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors cordially invites you to be our guest for CUSO’s 2025-26 Season Preview Celebration!

Join CUSO friends for a festive gathering that starts with mimosas and ends with Piazzolla to toast the orchestra’s 66th season of music! The celebration begins at 11:30 a.m. with a buffet brunch served by Michael’s Catering.

The program will feature chamber music performances by Maestro Stephen Alltop, concertmaster Maria Arrua, and CUSO principal musicians. Stephen will then preview CUSO’s exciting 2025-26 season, “The Thrill of the Orchestra,” presenting special insights into the music and the composers, with musical illustrations at the piano.

CUSO’s Season 66 promises music that is exhilarating, inspiring, passionate, and hopeful. We look forward to celebrating the thrill of the orchestra with you!

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Reservations are required. Please make your reservation by May 21 by completing the reservation form found here:

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Location & Parking
Alice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S. Lincoln Ave.) offers ample free Saturday parking in Lot D22, directly south of the building. Access Lot D22 from either Oregon Street or the front circle drive, which also serves as an accessible drop-off point.

Questions? Email Keith Moore, Director of Development, at development@cusymphony.org

PROGRAM

Molly Madden, harp
Carlos Salzedo: Suite of Eight Dances for Solo Harp
III. Polka
VI. Seguidilla
VII. Tango

Maria Arrua, violin
Stephen Alltop, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

Amanda Pond, flute
Stephen Alltop, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035
I. Adagio ma non tanto
II. Allegro

Maestro Stephen Alltop
Presentation of CUSO 2025-26 Season Preview

Percussion Finale

William Moersch, marimba
Ricardo Flores, vibraphone
Astor Piazzolla: Adiós Nonino (arr. Lincoln Antonio)