THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY
ABOVE: Illinois-based composer Tim Corpus was commissioned to create a work celebrating Vermilion County history. The result, ‘Where the Rivers Meet’, will debut at a 7:30 p.m. Saturday concert at Danville High School’s Dick Van Dyke Auditorium. (
DANVILLE — Saturday’s Danville Symphony Orchestra concert, titled “Celebration,” will feature selections that pay tribute to Vermilion County and its history of military and civic service, agriculture and industry, hometown Hollywood entertainers and more.
The concert, set for 7:30 p.m. at Danville High School’s Dick Van Dyke Auditorium, will feature the world premiere of “Where the Rivers Meet,” a piece the orchestra commissioned last year from Illinois-based composer Tim Corpus to highlight the essence of the county.
Tickets may be purchased online at: https://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/entrypoint.aspx?guid=095851e7-ac55-4eec-93f7-a4165ef59849& by calling 217-443-5300; or at the DSO office, 715 W. Fairchild St., from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays.
The News-Gazette sat down with the Filipino American composer, whose music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre and the Kennedy Center, as well as on BBC Radio 3 and NPR, to learn more about him and his new piece.
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