49 upcoming events with the ball state university tag

Take a midday break with Dr. George Wolfe, professor emeritus, to experience meditation at the David Owsley Museum of Art. This event is free and open to the public with no registration required.

The School of Art invites the public to attend as Master of Fine Arts degree candidates present their thesis exhibitions from March 25-April 11 in The Ned and Gloria Griner Art Gallery. Artwork being displayed is by Mary Vozenilek (ceramics), Anna Grabowski (glass), and Michelle Pokorny (glass). A reception will be held on April 3rd from 4-6pm in the gallery, AJ101. This is a great chance to see the exciting art being made by some of our seniors!

Show Titles:

Mary Vozenilek: “You Are Not Alone”
Michelle Pokorny: “Conversations About Conservation”
Anna Grabowski : “I Can’t See Through My Thoughts”

Celebrate 61 fabulous years with the Ball State University Singers, Indiana’s Official Goodwill Ambassadors! The University Singers have been recognized since 1964 as one of America’s top collegiate entertainment organizations. You won’t want to miss this gold-studded, toe-tapping, finger-snapping, and hand-clapping two-hour extravaganza!

The Children's show will be Friday, April 4 at 10 a.m.

About

For their spring performance, Ball State’s Opera Theatre program will present Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot.

Learn more about the Ball State Opera Theatre program, director Jon Truitt, and vocal coach Cara Chowning.

Other Performances

There will be two performances. The first performance is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4 and the second performance is at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 6.

Tickets

• General Public: $18 in advance, $20 at the door
  Students: $5 in advance, $8 at the door
  Seniors (62+)/ BSU Faculty/Staff: $15 in advance, $17 at the door

Tickets are sold through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall. 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 at the performance venue

**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. This garage is free on weekends.

Celebrate 61 fabulous years with the Ball State University Singers, Indiana’s Official Goodwill Ambassadors! The University Singers have been recognized since 1964 as one of America’s top collegiate entertainment organizations. You won’t want to miss this gold-studded, toe-tapping, finger-snapping, and hand-clapping two-hour extravaganza!

The Children's show will be Friday, April 4 at 10 a.m.

About

For their spring performance, Ball State’s Opera Theatre program will present Cendrillion by Pauline Viardot.

Learn more about the Ball State Opera Theatre program, director Jon Truitt, and vocal coach Cara Chowning.

Other Performances

There will be two performances. The first performance is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4 and the second performance is at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 6.

Tickets

• General Public: $18 in advance, $20 at the door
  Students: $5 in advance, $8 at the door
  Seniors (62+)/ BSU Faculty/Staff: $15 in advance, $17 at the door

Tickets are sold through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall. 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 at the performance venue

**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. This garage is free on weekends.

Sydney Gastman measuring a Western Hemlock, H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, 2023

Nancy Floyd has been a visual artist for over 40 years. Her interests include the aging female body, the passage of time, barren landscapes, and trees. She uses photography, video, and mixed-media to address the ways in which lens-based media can connect deeply with experience and memory. Floyd has received numerous grants and awards including a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, the 2019 International Center of Photography / GOST Books First Photo Book Award, a 2018 Aaron Siskind Photography Fellowship and a 2014 John Gutmann Photography Fellowship.

Floyd holds a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin, an MA from Columbia College Chicago, and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. She is Emerita Professor in the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University in Atlanta and lives in Bend, Oregon.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. is an electrifying tribute celebrating the music of the legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. This concert experience takes audiences on a journey of love, tragedy, courage, and triumph. Starring a live band and supreme vocalists, come experience a night of music by one of the greatest artists of all time. 

The concert features all your favorite hits in one evening, including "Natural Woman,” “Think,” “I Knew You Were Waiting for Me,” “Chain of Fools,” “RESPECT,” and many more. You’ll be out of your seat and dancing in the aisles as you lose yourself in the music that inspired a generation.

Enjoy a guided meditation experience with views of an amazing sunset as you travel to the North Pole to relax under a night sky filled with stars and glimpses of the Northern Lights.

Perfect for ages 12+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Learn about the Sun’s powerful magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the solar system: Coronal Mass Ejections.
Perfect for ages 10+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Support our Theatre Education students as they present As If, Cassandra by Jason Pizzarello at Muncie Civic Theatre!

• April 11th, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
• April 12th, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
• April 13th, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

A modern twist on the ancient Cassandra story, we follow cheerleader and high school senior Cassie as she attempts to thwart a tragic fate. Prom is approaching, which Cassie is dreading because of a dark and deadly premonition. Is it possible to convince her friends she's not nuts and avoid the inevitable.

This production is done in partnership with Muncie Civic Theatre.

Blood Wedding

Choreographed by Veronica Santoyo and Susan Koper

Korsgaard Dance Studio

• April 11-12, 15-18 at 7:30 p.m.
• April 13, 19 at 2:30 p.m.

Blood Wedding explores the inevitability of fate and the passionate forces that drive human actions. In a series of poetic and haunting scenes, this story captures the profound and often tragic emotions of love, betrayal, and destiny.

Tickets

Tickets are available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office in person, online, and via phone at 765-285-8749.

General Public/Faculty/Staff/Students/Seniors: $6 in advance, $8 at the door

About

Concluding their season in style, Chamber Choir members demonstrate their virtuosity and expressive talents with an ambitious program of music both old and new. Led by conductor Andrew Crow.

The Chamber Choir is the university’s most prestigious concert choir, typically comprised of 32 singers: mostly upper-level music majors and graduate students.

Program

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. Parking in this garage is free on weekends.

About

The Wind Ensemble is under the direction of Thomas Caneva, director of bands. Thomas Caneva has held the position of Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Ball State University since 2006. At Ball State, Dr. Caneva’s responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble, coordinating the graduate wind conducting program, teaching undergraduate conducting and administering the entire band program. He served as the Coordinator of Ensembles and Conducting from 2007-2024. This concert will be a celebration of his career as he plans to retire at the end of the semester.

The Wind Ensemble will be accompanied by Mihoko Watanabe (flute), Elisha Willinger (clarinet), Anna Vayman (violin), Peter Opie (cello), and guest artists. 

Learn more about the Ball State University Bands.

Program

Program to include pieces by Paul Dooley, Steven Bryant, Gala Flagello, Percy Aldridge Grainger, and Gustav Holst. Several faculty members and colleagues will also make remarks during the concert.

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.

Livestream

This concert will be offered as a livestream - visit the Concert Livestream Page to watch live. Streaming begins approximately 15 minutes prior to scheduled concert start time.

Enjoy a guided meditation experience with views of an amazing sunset as you travel to the North Pole to relax under a night sky filled with stars and glimpses of the Northern Lights.

Perfect for ages 12+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Learn about the Sun’s powerful magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the solar system: Coronal Mass Ejections.
Perfect for ages 10+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Support our Theatre Education students as they present As If, Cassandra by Jason Pizzarello at Muncie Civic Theatre!

• April 11th, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
• April 12th, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
• April 13th, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

A modern twist on the ancient Cassandra story, we follow cheerleader and high school senior Cassie as she attempts to thwart a tragic fate. Prom is approaching, which Cassie is dreading because of a dark and deadly premonition. Is it possible to convince her friends she's not nuts and avoid the inevitable.

This production is done in partnership with Muncie Civic Theatre.