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Led by Douglas Droste, the newly appointed Director of Orchestras, the School of Music’s all-student orchestra performs music from all genres and periods. Faculty soloists are featured on all three fall semester concerts.

For ticket information contact: Emens Auditorium at 765-285-1539 or 1-877-99-EMENS; Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets go on sale August 12, 2013.

Contact: Van Nelson                                                          

Tel. 765-748-1851

Email: vnelson38@att.net

Join the Orchestra for their First Concert of the Season

On November 15, the East Central Indiana Chamber Orchestra will be performing in the Colonnade Room at the Cornerstone Center for the Arts. The concert will begin at 7:30 that evening. 

Teaming up with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of East Central Indiana, the ECICO will perform songs that Van Nelson, the president of the group, said he hopes will take the audience on a fantastic adventure. Starting with Verdi’s “Hymn and Triumph March from Aida,” the listeners will be taken to Egypt where the Egyptian prince has fallen in love with an Ethiopian princess enslaved there—the triumphal music reflecting the prince’s love for the princess.

Following this, Nelson explained, the journey will then head to Scotland as the group performs Mendelssohn’s “Hebride’s Overture,” also known as “Fingal’s Cave.” The music will paint the scenery of the Scottish countryside in the minds of the listeners as they are then transported to an eerie graveyard in the middle of the night. In will come “Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saëns whose piece will evoke the image of skeletons dancing on their own graves, Nelson said.

Finally, the audience will be taken on a voyage into space as the Youth Orchestra plays a selection form Holst’s “The Planets.” Ending the journey, Nelson concluded, will be a performance of the theme from the popular television series Star Trek whose motto was “To boldly go where no man has gone before.”

The ECICO is composed of around 30 musicians—both young and old—from around the area. The orchestra provides an opportunity for musicians who may not have majored in music in college to play in a small symphonic orchestra setting. The group receives support from the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, the Indiana Arts Commission, and Indiana Public Radio. Nelson said there is even a small number of Ball State students—music majors and non-music majors—who participate in the group.

The Youth Symphony Orchestra of East Central Indiana was founded in 1964 to provide an outlet for middle school and high school orchestral musicians.

The night’s performance is free and open to the public. All are welcome to join the orchestras on this musical journey. For more information about the performance or the orchestras, contact Van Nelson.

The Campus Band and Campus Orchestra, two all-student ensembles, are led by doctoral and graduate student conductors.

For ticket information contact: Emens Auditorium at 765-285-1539 or 1-877-99-EMENS; Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets go on sale August 12, 2013.

Led by Douglas Droste, the newly appointed Director of Orchestras, the School of Music’s all-student orchestra performs music from all genres and periods. Faculty soloists are featured on all three fall semester concerts.

For ticket information contact: Emens Auditorium at 765-285-1539 or 1-877-99-EMENS; Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets go on sale August 12, 2013.

The winners of the Graduate Solo/Concerto Competition perform with the orchestra.

For ticket information contact: Emens Auditorium at 765-285-1539 or 1-877-99-EMENS; Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets go on sale August 12, 2013.

The winners of the Undergraduate Solo/Concerto Competition perform with the orchestra.

For ticket information contact: Emens Auditorium at 765-285-1539 or 1-877-99-EMENS; Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets go on sale August 12, 2013.

An outdoor concert for the whole family to enjoy! Come celebrate a Muncie "town and gown" musical experience with the MSO and the "Pride of Mid-America" Marching Band. It's one last summer celebration before winding down for the school year.

Douglas Droste, conductor 
Charles Stewart, graduate assistant conductor 
Brittany Hendricks, trumpet

Repertoire to include: 
Giuseppe VERDI: Overture to La Forza del Destino 
Eino TAMBERG: Concerto No. 1 for Trumpet and Orchestra 
Cesar FRANCK: Symphony in D minor

Douglas Droste, conductor 
Katrin Meidell, viola

Repertoire to include: 
Bela BARTOK: Viola Concerto 
Camille SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 ("Organ")

The symphony orchestra and jazz ensembles come together to present a performance of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite paired with Duke Ellington's jazz adaptation in a "back and forth" concept.

Douglas Droste, conductor 
Mark Buselli, conductor

Douglas Droste, conductor

Repertoire TBD