When the Marching Illini report to preseason camp in August, the UI band won't be provided with sheets of music for upcoming shows. Instead, band members will be using eFlip, a device that ...

Barry Houser, director of the Marching Illini, was sitting in an empty seat of Memorial Stadium on the eve of the Illinois Marching Band Championships, an annual event where 42 high school marching ...

College marching bands are ditching sheet music for smartphone apps in an effort to save time, money and the environment. By Katherine Knott You have / 5 ... The Marching Illini at the University of ...

As a high school senior, Kim Lareau wouldn’t audition for any other music school before she heard back from Illinois. Whether the answer was “yes” or “no,” Lareau wanted to hear for sure that she ...

The school's band, the Marching Illini, had played the cadence at football games. Illinois made the decision in an effort to be more inclusive and because students haven't responded to it as much ...

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Marching bands from across the area showed off their skills Monday evening for the third-annual Champaign-Urbana Marching Showcase. Four different schools took part in the ...

Why the Marching Illini band won't take the field for the Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Wyoming football game on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022.

Cogdal is the oldest living Marching Illini alum at 107 years old. Advertisement Cogdal’s daughter, Ann Hoops, said music has always been a part of her father’s life.

More than 100 middle school band students from the northwest suburbs joined the Marching Illini and St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights to celebrate music education. “We wanted to ...