The McNeese State University Department of Performing Arts will present a guest recital featuring Ensemble Ilusis at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in Ralph Squires Recital Hall. A pre-concert talk will take place at 7 p.m., also in Squires Recital Hall.

Ensemble Ilusis is a collective performance ensemble project from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond and is directed by three composer/performers: Jeremy Sagala, Jay Batzner and Philip Schuessler. The ensemble is dedicated to the presentation of contemporary music and is performing at McNeese as part of its inaugural tour.

Ilusis will be joined by pianist Kenneth Boulton and saxophonist Richard Schwartz. Each of the composers will be performing acoustic and electro acoustic works as well as discussing the program’s music in pre-concert talks.

The program will include: Batzner’s “Blue Jaunte”for fixed media, “Miniatures” for piano and fixed media, and “Calling”for tenor saxophone and drone; Sagala’s “Stratum” for fixed media, “les cloches isolees, la vuit vide”for cello and electronics and “le parallele est devenu oblique” for alto saxophone and piano with electronics; and Schuessler’s “Interruptions II”for solo piano and “Void Chapel”for fixed media.

Ensemble Ilusis consists of a mutable instrumentation involving professional soloists, composers and students of new music. Through community outreach programs involving concerts, talks, lectures and master classes, the group hopes to open the ears of the public to the richly varied music of our time and support the growth of young composers and musicians.

Admission is $5. For more information, call the McNeese Department of Performing Arts at 475-5028. Persons requesting accommodations in accordance with the ADA should contact the Office of the ADA Coordinator at least 72 hours before the event. Additional information is available from: the Office of the ADA Coordinator, Smith Hall, Room 127; Voice: (337) 475-5428; Fax: (337) 475-5960; TDD/TTY, Hearing Impaired: (337) 562-4227; or adacoordinator@mcneese.edu.