![A lone student practices in the abnormally empty Dvorak Concert Hall at the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, performances like Composerss Forum, Missoula Childrens Theatre, Spring Bloom by the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, and a combination concert of Easterns jazz, orchestra, concert band, and symophnic band were canceled.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dovorak_EW-900x554.jpg)
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![The percussionist part of the Panther Marching Band perform two different pieces, the first from Cuba, and the second from Brazil, at the Dia De Los Muertos Gala.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gala_band_01_AT_O-900x600.jpg)
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• November 9, 2022
![The Jazz Showcase performs in the Theatre Thursday night.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jazzshowcase_performance_01_AT_O-900x600.jpg)
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![August Frisby, a music performance major and alto saxophone player, performs a solo during the Jazz Ensemble performance on Tuesday night in Doudna Fine Arts Center.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/22-04-26_Jazz_05_AT_O-600x900.jpg)
Eastern Jazz Ensemble performs final, ‘best’ performance
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• April 26, 2022
![Xander Wilson, a freshman history major, plays the baritone saxophone at the jazz concert alongside Chuck Israels in the Dvorak Concert Tuesday night](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/22-03-22_Jazz_03_TD_O-900x739.jpg)
‘Jazz icon’ Chuck Israels visits Eastern Tuesday
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• March 22, 2022
![Bob Sheppard, an American saxophonist, solos at the 62nd Annual Jazz Festival in the Dvorak Concert Hall in The Doudna Fine Arts Center on Saturday. Sheppard played alongside EIU students and faculty during the performance.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/22-02-05_JazzFest_09_RL_O-900x670.jpg)
Eastern’s 62nd Annual Jazz Festival hosted postponed concert Saturday
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• February 5, 2022
![Angela Gausmann, a junior vocal performance major, and Makayla McPhedran, (right) a senior music major, talk with Mrs. Claus during the Holiday Winter Fest in Doudna Fine Arts Center Thursday night.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/21-12-2_WinterFest_06_JN_C-900x600.jpg)
Holiday Winter Fest at Doudna
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• December 2, 2021
![Kirsten Hetzel, a sophomore music education major, plays the saxophone in honor of National Saxophone Day. Hetzel has been playing saxophone for nine years Hetzel said she plays because of the self improvement quallities. “I fell in love with playing it for myself and now I really enjoy playing it and challenging myself with new areas of the instrument.”](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/21-11-08_Saxophone_02_RL_color--900x600.jpg)
Saxophonists talk playing, learning about saxophones
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• November 7, 2021
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