# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Illinois State Wind Symphony with John Hersey Symphonic Band
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: We would like to invite you to our fourth performance of the 2025/2026 concert season on Wednesday, February 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts. We are excited to be joined in concert by the John Hersey High School Symphonic Band and their conductor Spencer Hile. The program is listed below.

You can also view this concert via our livestream. Information can be found at https://finearts.illinoisstate.edu/live/ 

In our hearts, our minds, our souls
We travel from life to life to life
In time and eternity.
David Maslanka

John Hersey High School Symphonic Band
Spencer Hile, conductor

Illinois State University Wind Symphony
Anthony C. Marinello, conductor
Wesley Anderson, graduate conductor

Wednesday, February 18, 2026; 7:00 P.M.
Illinois State University Center for Performing Arts

John Hersey High School Symphonic Band
Alfred Reed (1921-2005) – Armenian Dances Part One (1972/1974)
Alfred Reed (1921-2005) – Armenian Dances Part Two (1978)

Intermission

Illinois State University Wind Symphony
Brian Balmages (b. 1975) – Fanfare Canzonique (2003)
Howard Hanson (1896-1981) – Chorale and Alleluia (1954)
Wesley Anderson, graduate conductor
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) – Mysterium (2002/2011)
David Maslanka (1943-2017) – Traveler (2003)
Donald Grantham (b. 1947) – Honey in the Rock (2008)
Carlos Simon (b. 1986) – Amen! (2017)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/normal/illinois-state-wind-symphony-with-john-hersey-symphonic-band/200029671618749
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, concerts, performances, virtual, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 29

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://illinoisstatefinearts.evenue.net/events/ARTSSOM?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=normal-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Normal
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Center for the Performing Arts at Illinois State University
- **lat**: 40.507386825423
- **long**: -88.98991304475
- **full address**: Center for the Performing Arts at Illinois State University, 400 W Beaufort St,Normal, Illinois, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Illinois State University Bands (https://allevents.in/org/illinois-state-university-bands/14562045)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Center for the Performing Arts at Illinois State University, 400 W Beaufort St,Normal, Illinois, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Illinois State University Bands
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, concerts, performances, virtual, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Illinois State Wind Symphony with John Hersey Symphonic Band ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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