Here is what is coming your way this week as part of the School of Music's Virtual Concert Series! These daily rebroadcasts include several select performances from the past few years.
Monday, April 13 | 7:30 p.m.
The Nutcracker
rebroadcast from December 8, 2018
The age-old tale of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker provides the setting for a collaboration between Ball State's Department of Theatre and Dance and the School of Music. With live music by the Ball State Symphony Orchestra, performers tell the story of Clara, the Mouse King, and the Nutcracker Prince.
Tuesday, April 14 | 7:30 p.m.
Pianopalooza X
rebroadcast from September 27, 2019
This recital by our Ball State piano faculty includes works by Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, and CPE Bach.
Wednesday, April 15 | 7:30 p.m.
Dimensions in Jazz featuring Bria Skonberg
rebroadcast from March 2, 2019
Winners of the 46th Annual Larry McWilliams Dimensions in Jazz Festival perform with the Ball State Jazz Lab Ensemble and guest trumpeter/vocalist Bria Skonberg. Program includes selections by Cole Porter, Johnny Green, Bria Skonberg, Cohen/Campbell, and Adler/Ross.
Thursday, April 16 | 7:30 p.m.
Ball State Symphony Orchestra
rebroadcast from October 30, 2018
This performance features Ball State trombone professor Chris Van Hof performing Henri Tomasi's Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra. Other selections on the program include Libby Larsen's Deep Summer Music, excerpts from Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, and Leonard Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.
Friday, April 17 | 7:30 p.m.
Ball State Wind Ensemble
rebroadcast from March 14, 2017
As a preview to their invited performance at the 2017 National CBDNA Conference, the Wind Ensemble performed Ernst Toch's Spiel für Blasorchester, Ball State music composition professor Chin Ting Chan's Falling Stars, Paul Dooley's Mavericks, David Maslanka's Piano Concerto No. 3 (featuring Ball State piano professor James Helton), and Gustav Holst's First Suite in E-flat.
Saturday, April 18 | 7:30 p.m.
Hansel and Gretel
rebroadcast from November 17, 2018
One of the world’s most famous children’s stories gets a beautiful operatic treatment performed by our Ball State Opera Theatre. Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel combines lots of whimsy and fun with lessons about faith and the importance of family.
Sunday, April 19 | 3 p.m.
Ball State Chamber Choir and Concert Choir
rebroadcast from April 23, 2017
The program titled "Callings and Remembrances" explores music that, in some way, issues forth a call or a command or invites us into a place of memory…and sometimes both. Selections by René Clausen, Edward Elgar, Norman Dello Joio, Carol Barnett, Stephen Foster, and more.