Group: Directors

Dr. Stephen G. Peterson was appointed Director of Bands at the University of Illinois in the fall of 2015.  As Director of Bands, he conducts the Wind Symphony, leads the graduate wind conducting program, teaches courses in wind literature, and guides all aspects of one of the nation’s oldest, largest, […]

Director of the Marching Illini Director of Fighting Illini Athletic Bands Associate Director of Bands Barry L. Houser is the Director of the Marching Illini & Fighting Illini Athletic Bands, Associate Director of Bands and Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  His duties […]