On October 28th, I attended a concert of the Illinois Wind Symphony. Prior to this, I had attending another concert of the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra (UISO), where I got to see Yuyuan (after many months) play (UISO listing).
In both concerts, I, by coincidence, met Jack. Jack is a PhD student in the Braun group.
Illinois Wind Symphony at Krannert.
The music was very nice. The music played by the Wind Symphony was much more "alive". The UISO felt like some spooky/Halloween theme.
The Wind Symphony program is here:
Gao Hong: Celebration
Joaquin Turina, arr. John Krance and Kevin Geraldi: Eight Miniatures, Op. 52
Vincent Persichetti: Masquerade
Jules Strens: Danse Funambulesque
Leaving Krannert. Above is a "circle lamp".
Leaving Krannert, I had a wonderful night waiting for me. Some rain that was both very light and prominent to keep me thinking, a wonderful smell, and some clouds running around.
After walking home, I enjoyed a walk around the Urbana "circle lamp district". I'm a big fan of the circular lamps all over town (e.g., the ones spread around Carle Park).