22nd Annual Southern Illinois Music Festival - AMERICA AT 250

June 18-July 4, 2026 | www.SIFest.com

Tickets for all events listed (except those that are admission free) are $25 general and $10 students of any age and are always available at the door 30 minutes before each performance. You may also purchase an All-Festival Pass for $150 which includes admission to all events and a free 60-page program booklet ($200 value). Festival passes and individual tickets will be available in advance using the SIFest 2026 Brochure Ticket Order Form, which will be available in March on our website.

Tuneful 20th Century Masterpieces (Tuesday, June 30 at 7pm)

Carterville High School, Carterville, Illinois

Charles Ives/William Schuman: Variations on America (1891/1962)

William Grant Still: “Afro-American” Symphony (1930)

Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait (1942)

Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide (1956)

Leonard Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story (1957)

John Adams: Chairman Dances from Nixon in China (1987)

John Williams: Tango por una cabeza (1993) (Michael Barta, Violin Soloist)