Along with 6 other schools, the Unity Point School Band and Choir will be presenting a concert at Shryock Auditorium on April 5, 2024 to celebrate the solar eclipse as part of SIU's Eclipse Celebration. The concert will feature 3 world premiers of new pieces of music and an Illinois premier! The composers of the new music will be in attendance! The concert is free and open to the public with tickets available at the door beginning at 6pm on that evening.

The new music was written especially for this event with the featured piece being a new work for band written for the eclipse, "Into the Darkness" by composer Caroline KyungA Ahn.

https://eclipse.siu.edu/into-the-darkness-celebrating-the-eclipse-with-music/