Performances
Performance, both as a soloist and as part of an ensemble, is at the core of the AU Music major. Throughout the academic year, students have opportunities to participate whether through performance or observation in-person or virtually.
2024–2025 Music Events
October 16, 2024
Instrumental Ensembles Concert | Crimi Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
Reservations are not required for this free presentation.
October 25, 2024
Choral Invitational Concert | Crimi Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
Reservations are not required for this free presentation.
December 8, 2024
Winterfest: A Christmas Concert | Crimi Auditorium | 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The annual holiday concert takes on a new twist! Winterfest will feature all of the ensembles in the Music Department of Aurora University. The audience will be delighted by a continually changing landscape of ensembles including Aurora Singers, SpartanCor and University Chorale, the AU Band, the AU Orchestra, Flute Ensemble, and Percussion Ensemble. Each group will offer pieces of their own and in collaboration with other ensembles. Excerpts from Vivaldi's Gloria, O Holy Night, Holberg Suite, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Audience Sing along, pieces on AU's magnificent organ, and culminating with Leroy Anderson's A Christmas Festival performed by all of the musicians.
February 8, 2025
Music Scholarship Auditions for New Students | Parolini 119
February 13, 2025
Student Honors Recital | Crimi Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
Reservations are not required for this free presentation.
March 12, 2025
Chamber Music Concert | Crimi Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
Aurora Singers, SpartanCor, and small groups from AU Band, Percussion Ensemble, and Orchestra present an evening of chamber music. Reservations are not required for this free presentation.
March 15, 2025
Music Scholarship Auditions for New Students | Parolini 119
April 23, 2025
Instrumental Ensembles Concert | Crimi Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
Reservations are not required for this free presentation
April 24, 2025
Spring Choral Concert | Crimi Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
Reservations are not required for this free presentation.
April 27, 2025
Fox Valley Orchestra Concert featuring AU Choirs | Crimi Auditorium | 3:00 p.m.
Tickets are required.
Visit the Fox Valley Orchestra page for information and to purchase tickets.
AU Concerts and Recitals
Discover your passion for music through performance. Not only do students partake in concert settings, but AU faculty are highly-trained professionals and accomplished performers themselves. Watch the videos of Associate Professor of Music Cristian Pastorello, Adjunct Music Instructor Joyce Lawson, and the AU Chorale perform in concert.
Touring
Every year during the spring semester, the AU choirs embark on a concert tour to numerous locations across the United States. The tours allow students to experience a commitment to musical excellence, peer camaraderie, building teamwork skills, and learning how to consistently communicate to new audiences.
In May 2023, the AU Chorale embarked on the first-ever choir tour abroad in the history of the university to Ireland. Watch the video below or click here to learn more about the overseas tour.
