The festival brings together some of Western's performing faculty, guest artists and student composers and performers in a round of lectures, concerts and workshops that explore exciting facets of today's new music world, according to music professors and festival co-coordinators Paul Paccione and James Caldwell .
All events are open free to the public.
50th Anniversary Conference will be held Thursday, March 22 at Western. The conference will feature three national mathematics education leaders. Faculty and staff can attend any of the conference sessions free of charge but need to pre-register. The WIU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dugle, will present a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 in the Browne Hall Hainline Theatre. Admission to all events is open free to the public.