30 past events with the woodwind tag

Maestro Droste weaves the dynamic visuals of our beloved movies with the moods and rhythms of their theme songs in this family-friendly concert. Make your own magic before the concert by taking photos with your favorite characters. Patrons are encouraged to attend dressed as their favorite movie character

Rejoice in the sounds of the season with holiday favorites and movie music from Elf and It’s a Wonderful Life. Celebrate with an afternoon filled with holiday classics with guest artists West View Elementary Children’s Choir and Ball State University Singers. Enjoy the quintessential festivity of chestnuts roasting on an open fire and hot cider, and before the concert bring the family for free activities. And don’t forget to get your family photo with Santa!

American-Folk band, Hey Mavis’, newest work is a book/CD of original songs and illustrations based on stories of the Ohio and Erie Canal. Families will be tapping their toes and delving into the heart of music and the stories of the Midwest with great symphonic accompaniment. Come early to view the beautiful artwork on display in the lobby that will enhance the concert experience

Be the first to hear all three medal winners of the 2018 10th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, held only once every four years with competitors from around the world.

This special evening will start with a side-by-side performance with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of East Central Indiana. Listen to the accomplishments of these talented young musicians as they take the stage with a professional orchestra for a special evening.

Music for All has been providing positively life-changing experiences at its summer camp for over 40 years. It’s America’s Camp: the national summer learning experience for band and orchestra students, and teachers. We bring together the best faculty, exciting concerts and events, and students from band and orchestra programs from coast-to-coast who share a love of music-making, performance, and student leadership.

To learn more visit, camp.musicforall.org, or by calling 800.848.2263.

Music for All has been providing positively life-changing experiences at its summer camp for over 40 years. It’s America’s Camp: the national summer learning experience for band and orchestra students, and teachers. We bring together the best faculty, exciting concerts and events, and students from band and orchestra programs from coast-to-coast who share a love of music-making, performance, and student leadership.

To learn more visit, camp.musicforall.org, or by calling 800.848.2263.

The Muncie Symphony Orchestra begins the season by bringing home Muncie-native and one of the first MSO Young Artist Competition winners, Angelin Chang.  Dr. Chang is a Grammy award-winning classical pianist and the City of Muncie, Indiana Honorary Cultural Ambassador for Goodwill.

Continuing to bring to Muncie an inclusive selection of repertoire, this performance will include Blue Cathedral  by American composer and teacher Jennifer Higdon. Higdon has received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music and two Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Blue Cathedral was written in memory of Higdon’s younger brother, Andrew Blue Higdon.

Pre-Concert Talk begins at 6:30pm.

Contact:

Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director

JJohnson@MuncieSymphony.org

765-285-5531

You, our audience, had the opportunity to select the repertoire for this special concert. This concert will offer a four-course meal of great music which will be paired with delicious food from Vera Mae’s at a separate event. The 2019 MSO Young Artist Competition winners will whet your appetite with their selections!

Contact:

Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director

JJohnson@MuncieSymphony.org

765-285-5531

Listen to the good fight when the Muncie Symphony Orchestra presents a musical battle between heroes and villains. Who will win? Join us to find out! Patrons are encouraged to attend dressed as their favorite hero or villain character.

Contact:

Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director

JJohnson@MuncieSymphony.org

765-285-5531

Celebrate an afternoon filled with holiday classics featuring guest artists the Youth Symphony Orchestra of ECI and Ball State University Singers. We have an extra treat this year, actors from Muncie Civic Theatre will be on stage to perform as the orchestra delights the audience with music from Frozen Jr. And don’t forget to get your family photo with Santa!

Contact:

Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director

JJohnson@MuncieSymphony.org

765-285-5531

Celebrate an afternoon filled with holiday classics featuring guest artists the Youth Symphony Orchestra of ECI and Ball State University Singers. We have an extra treat this year, actors from Muncie Civic Theatre will be on stage to perform as the orchestra delights the audience with music from Frozen Jr. And don’t forget to get your family photo with Santa!

Contact:

Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director

JJohnson@MuncieSymphony.org

765-285-5531

Dress to impress for the Halloween Variety Show at Cornerstone!

Comedians, dancers, poets, singers, and musicians welcome!

$20 gets you a 10-minute performance slot and 10 advance tickets that you can sell for $5 each.

Invite your family and friends to come and support your talent at a historic and prestigious venue!

There will be a costume contest...the winner will receive free entry or a performance slot at our next variety show!

$5 advance tickets will be available at the reception desk on the 2nd floor of Cornerstone Center for the Arts (520 E Main St, Muncie, IN).

The event will take place on Friday, October 29th at the E.B. Ball Auditorium. Cover is $6 the night of the show.

About

A new initiative for the College of Fine Arts, CFA Talks invites students to explore and learn about specific topics as it relates to career development by engaging with professionals as they share about their experience inside, around, and beyond the arts. This semester, the center of the conversation will be on entrepreneurship. Four professionals will share in a moderated panel discussion their experiences and lessons learned. CFA invites students from all over Ball State’s campus to join in this event to learn more about entrepreneurship.

Panelists

Braydee Euliss, Owner/Director of COMPANION and Director of Curatorial Affairs for BUTTER Fine Art Fair by GANGGANG, School of Art Alum

Braydee Euliss is a conceptual artist and arts & culture practitioner with fifteen years of professional experience in curation, artist advocacy, arts administration, and nonprofit leadership. She works with objects, spaces, and frameworks to explore the often-inconspicuous ways they hold us up and hold us back. Her curatorial and consultation work examines the interdependence of artists and institutions across public, private, and nonprofit entities.

Braydee is the Owner/Director of COMPANION, an exhibition, project, and gathering space guided by artist-centered mutualism. She is the Director of Curatorial Affairs for BUTTER Fine Art Fair by GANGGANG and has led the curatorial team since its inaugural year in 2021. Since 2020, she has served as the Indiana Arts Commission Region 5 Arts Partner through the Community Foundation of Randolph County. Her jewelry line WORN embraces a slow approach to celebrating industrial, found, and salvaged materials. Braydee holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the School of Art at Ball State University. She lives in and works out of a previously long-passed-over home in Indianapolis, IN.

Eric Salazar, Clarinetist, Performer, Composer, and Leader, School of Music Alum

Eric Salazar (The Clarinet Guy) is a performer, composer, and career coach. He performs recitals and concertos of classical music that he feels connected to. Sometimes what he plays isn't all-classical, but a merging of different genres, like jazz and ambient. As a career coach, he focuses on teaching people who don't consider themselves to be "business people" how to be effective managers or leaders in the business world, while still staying true to themselves.

When performing, he embraces being vulnerable on stage as he shares stories in a way that makes the listener feel like they can be vulnerable too. Sharing this experience together produces a magical effect where all come away with a better understanding of themselves. Salazar always jokingly says “I owe you an explanation for what you’re about to hear” when he presents music that he writes, but at the heart of it all, Salazar simply writes music that will tell you a story, so you can feel seen and feel connected to those around you. His music isn’t necessarily in the classical style, though it is cinematic and merges inventive electronic sounds with familiar instruments.

Salazar's number one career advice is to be yourself. A lot of people think that you have to be an aggressive extrovert to be successful in leadership positions, but he takes a different approach. It is entirely possible to run a business purely based on authentic connections and gentle sales tactics - and he’d love to show you how.

Beverly Bautista, Dance Artist, University Educator, Choreographer, and Co-Owner of Dance Education Equity Association, Department of Theatre and Dance Alum

Beverly Bautista is a dance artist, university educator, choreographer, and co-owner of Dance Education Equity Association. She received a bachelor's degree from Ball State University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California-Irvine. Drawing from her years of experience in the entertainment hub of Los Angeles, Beverly has also had the privilege to work on projects with Disney, Pepsi, the Billboard Music Awards, Lip Sync Battle, and iHeart Radio to name a few. With her extensive dance education and industry experience, she aims to foster the connection between dance academia students and the entertainment industry. Continuously driven by her unwavering dedication to the dance community, Beverly remains an ardent advocate for fellow choreographers as a Choreographers Guild Advisory Member, striving to cultivate a sense of unity within the collective dance industry. In the dynamic world of dance, Beverly stands as a beacon of creativity, professionalism, and transformative artistry, inspiring generations to push boundaries and reach new heights.

Brad Root (He/Him), Owner and Director of Roots' School of Theatre, Department of Theatre and Dance Alum

Brad Root is a small business owner and youth theatre instructor from Indianapolis. He received his BFA in Acting from Ball State University in 2013. After graduating he moved to New York City, but came back to Indiana every June to teach Mud Creek Theater’s summer program with his wife Mindy. Brad quickly found a real passion for teaching. He continued to run and expand that program over the next nine summers, as well as serve on their board of directors. In 2017 he and his wife decided to take a chance with their newfound passion, and started their own youth program in Fishers Indiana called Roots’ School of Theatre. The school has continued to grow and improve over the last six and a half years. Brad is very grateful for the opportunity to help young performers find their voice, and for the incredible partnership he has with his wife Mindy.

ACTIVITIES
 

• Option to conduct the Ball State Wind Ensemble in Concert! See "Conductor - Audition Track" below to apply.
• Option to receive a conducting lesson with our featured clinician! See "Conductor - Audition Track" below to apply.
• Conduct the Ball State University Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony in beautiful Sursa Hall in a workshop setting.
• Work and collaborate with outstanding conductors and educators.
• Attend an open rehearsal with renowned conductors and composers.
• Participate in discussions dealing with repertoire, score study, rehearsal techniques, conducting technique, gesture and movement, and personal growth.
• Attend a performance by the Ball State Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony

REGISTRATION

To Register and submit payment, please fill out this form:

REGISTER & SUBMIT PAYMENT

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Friday (Optional Rehearsal Attendance)

• 7:00p.m. - 10:15 p.m. – Open Rehearsal with Ball State Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble with Guest Clinician and Selected Auditionee

Saturday

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. – Welcome and Continental Breakfast (Hahn Hall)
• 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. – Conducting Session with Wind Ensemble (Sursa Hall)
• 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. – Wind Ensemble open rehearsal
• 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Lunch (Provided)
• 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. – Lecture/Discussion Sessions (Band Room, MIB Room 152)
• 7:30 p.m. – Ball State Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony Concert Performance (Sursa Hall)

Sunday

• 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Open Rehearsal with Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble
• 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Conducting Session with Wind Symphony (Sursa Hall)
• 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Wrap up Lecture/Discussion session (MIB Room 152)

About

The Wind Ensemble is under the direction of Thomas Caneva, director of bands. The Wind Symphony is under the direction of Jeremy Harmon, director of athletic bands.

Learn more about the Ball State University Bands.

Program

To be announced.

Tickets

Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall starting August 1. 

Prices

• General Public: $8 in advance / $10 at the door
• Seniors: $5 in advance / $7 at the door
• BSU Faculty/Staff: $5 in advance / $7 at the door
• Students: free* in advance / $5 at the door
  *One (1) free student ticket per ID is available in advance (before 5 p.m. on the night of the concert) at the College of Fine Arts Box Office

Purchase Options

• ONLINE
• Phone: 765-285-8749
• In person: Monday through Friday from Noon to 5 p.m., or starting 1 hour before the performance

**Please note: As part of our commitment to sustainability, all College of Fine Arts tickets are paperless and are accessible via email confirmation. Your confirmation email contains your digital tickets which can be scanned at the door from your mobile device, or you can print your digital tickets at home to be scanned. There is no need to visit Will Call prior to the performance. 

Parking

Parking is available in the McKinley Parking Garage (entrance on Ashland Avenue) located immediately south of Sursa Hall. Metered parking ($1/hr) is available on the first floor of the garage until 7 p.m. at which time parking is free.

ACTIVITIES
 

• Option to conduct the Ball State Wind Ensemble in Concert! See "Conductor - Audition Track" below to apply.
• Option to receive a conducting lesson with our featured clinician! See "Conductor - Audition Track" below to apply.
• Conduct the Ball State University Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony in beautiful Sursa Hall in a workshop setting.
• Work and collaborate with outstanding conductors and educators.
• Attend an open rehearsal with renowned conductors and composers.
• Participate in discussions dealing with repertoire, score study, rehearsal techniques, conducting technique, gesture and movement, and personal growth.
• Attend a performance by the Ball State Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony

REGISTRATION

To Register and submit payment, please fill out this form:

REGISTER & SUBMIT PAYMENT

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Friday (Optional Rehearsal Attendance)

• 7:00p.m. - 10:15 p.m. – Open Rehearsal with Ball State Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble with Guest Clinician and Selected Auditionee

Saturday

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. – Welcome and Continental Breakfast (Hahn Hall)
• 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. – Conducting Session with Wind Ensemble (Sursa Hall)
• 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. – Wind Ensemble open rehearsal
• 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Lunch (Provided)
• 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. – Lecture/Discussion Sessions (Band Room, MIB Room 152)
• 7:30 p.m. – Ball State Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony Concert Performance (Sursa Hall)

Sunday

• 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Open Rehearsal with Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble
• 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Conducting Session with Wind Symphony (Sursa Hall)
• 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Wrap up Lecture/Discussion session (MIB Room 152)