Illinois Ballet and Bradley Chorale present Brahms Waltzes

Peoria, Illinois Ð April 9, 2003 Ð The Illinois Ballet and the Bradley University Chorale will present Johannes Brahms's Liebeslieder (lovesong) Waltzes, Opus 52, on Thursday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m., in the Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue.

Admission is $5 for adults and free for students.

Mary Price Boday, artistic director of the Illinois Ballet, is choreographer, and Richard Weil is technical director for the production. The Chorale is directed by Dr. John Jost, and the piano-four hand accompaniment will be provided by Edward and Janet Kaizer.

Besides the waltzes, the program will include other Brahms piano and choral selections performed by the Kaizers and by the Bradley Madrigal Singers.

The Illinois Ballet, formerly the Central Illinois Ballet, is a professional company made up of adult professional dancers who are paid for their work as artists. Edward and Janet Kaizer are both members of the music faculty at Bradley and are well known both locally and internationally. The 46-member Chorale has performed extensively across the United States and Europe, winning national and international recognition. The Chorale and Madrigal Singers recently returned from an eight-day tour, presenting concerts in Louisville, Nashville, Atlanta, and the Tampa and Sarasota areas in Florida.