Music IS Language ~ Come HEAR for yourself!

Language has been around for millenniums, and it is more than
the sound produced by human vocal folds.

Language is communication in many forms. Some language has no sound.

Morse Code

Cuneiform

body Language

Braille

Music is language, too.

Using rhythm, tempo, and volume music can express or evoke any emotion,
create pictures, convey stories,
 change moods, and stimulate imagination and creativity.

Rhythm

It's very simply accomplished, really.

This Saturday, November 17, 
the Muncie Symphony String Quartet
will give FREE interactive performance presentations
demonstrating how music is language.

You can catch us at the Maring-Hunt branch of the Muncie Public Library at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Then try your hand (or mouth) at musical language yourself.

After each presentation, string and wind instruments are 
available for you to make music-
or at least make sounds!  Music students from Ball State University will be there to 
help you coax as much from each instrument as you can.

Music on the Move's Music is Language is presented by Muncie Symphony Orchestra
in partnership with Ball State University School of Music as part of MSO's education and outreach initiatives.

We could not do this without generous support from these businesses:

     

Pop Over for Picnic and Pops!

Summer outdoor concerts are a dime a dozen.  Well, not literally.  Admission prices in the three-state area begin at $15 (Lexington) and go up . . . Symphony on the Prairie ($22), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ($25) to name a couple.

NOT IN MUNCIE!!  Bring the whole family, share a picnic, dance on the lawn, gaze at the clouds (no rain please!); sip a refreshing, favorite beverage.  It’s all about one last summer celebration before winding down for the school year.

Enjoy the Muncie Symphony Orchestra’s

PICNIC AND POPS

at the Summer Stage Fest at Minnetrista

Wednesday 22^nd August @ 7pm

Can’t make it to the whole concert?  That’s okay! Come when you can, leave when you must.

Now what you have been waiting for….What are you going to hear?

Richard Sowers, now in his 22^nd season music director/conductor Anderson Symphony Orchestra, will direct the MSO in an eclectic mix of old and newer favorites.  There is something for everyone.

The concert opens with the Overture from Die Fledermaus

http://youtu.be/E3T3xTxVg-c

http://ia600504.us.archive.org/23/items/StraussDieFledermaus-Overture/StraussDieFledermaus-Overture_vbr.m3u

Followed by music from Carmen

Carmen Suite No. 1 by Georges Bizet

1.    Prelude      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruiizMGuO-Q

1a.  Argonaise  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCCLiuOQF88

2.    Intermezzo  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3G_6_R2ObE

4.    Les dragons d’Alcala     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC_atQK8eNI

5.    Les Toreador  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNGMoMNLRY

Highlights from Wicked – Schwarts/Rickets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OvYuFF1QzI

 When I Fall in Love – Selden/Custer

Duke Ellington! – arr. Custer

Beach Boys Medley – arr. Custer

Pirates of the Caribbean – Badelt/Rickets

 

 America the Beautiful – Bates/Reed
Stars and Stripes – Sousa

Help your community & enjoy the MSO Holiday Concert
Food items will benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana

Bring 10 non-perishable food items and receive 1 free ticket to the MSO Holiday concert!

or

 Anyone who brings at least 1 non-perishable food item to the MSO’s Picnic & Pops concert at Minnetrista will have a chance to be entered into a raffle to win a family pack (4 tickets) for the MSO Holiday Concert in Dec.

Find MSO and this event on facebook .

The event is brought to you by:

George and Frances Ball Foundation

The Westminster Concert Series

The response to the first Westminster Concert was very positive. 

The venue was packed, and the music wonderful. 

You don't want to miss the next Westminster concert on Tuesday next week.

Come as you are. No ticket or reservation required.

The Muncie Symphony Orchestra proudly presents

The Westminster Concert Series

Athena Gretchen Seojeong Nagel, piano

February 28 at 2pm. 

at   

Westminster Village

5801 W. Bethel Avenue. 

Listen to Athena play: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfUCBUKPx2Q

Questions? Call Cindee at 765-702-8596

MSO presents the Westminster Concert Series

Westminster Village      5801 West Bethel Avenue     Muncie, IN 47304

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January 25 at 2 pm.  

Dr. Liz Seidel 

Liz Seidel will be the first pianist to play in a series of four concerts located at Westminster Village.  The free concert will highlight favorites from Baroque to Contemporary.

Liz Seidel Biography: Liz Seidel enjoys a successful career as pianist, teacher and chamber musician. A native of Reading, PA, Dr. Seidel manages The Seidel Studio, a highly successful private piano studio in Muncie, IN. She has held adjunct faculty positions at the Miami University (Ohio), University of Wisconsin (Superior), University of Minnesota (Duluth) and Ball State University. She has served on the board of the Indiana Music Teachers Association and was a member of the summer piano faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (Michigan) for thirteen years.

In 1999 Dr. Seidel was the recipient of a Teacher Enrichment Grant, awarded by the MTNA Foundation. She has served thrice as an adjudicator for Musicfest Northwest, a week-long festival for young artists in Spokane (WA). Dr. Seidel has performed as a guest pianist for the Pacific Rim Summer Chamber Music Festival, Ucluelet (British Columbia) and the St. Petersburg College (Florida) Piano Concert Series. As a collaborative artist she has performed with Carsten Svanberg, Gail Williams and Sherry Kloss – and is currently Collaborative Pianist in Residence for the Jascha Heifetz Symposium at Connecticut College.

Dr. Seidel’s students have won regional/state honors, and have been accepted as performance majors to notable schools and summer workshops within the United States.

Dr. Seidel is founder/artistic director of Pianoforte, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing young musicians in East Central Indiana with opportunities in chamber music, festivals and guest master classes. For more information, please visit www.pianoforteinc.org.

February 28 at 2 pm. 

Athena Gretchen Seojeong Nagel

Athena Nagel (14) was born in Muncie, Indiana.  She is homeschooled and is now in 9th grade.  Athena loves to play classical piano and also to participate in Muncie Ballet, Inc.  During summer of 2011, she attended the "Young Artist World Piano Festival" in St. Paul for her second year in a row, and she spent three weeks at the piano camp at Interlochen in Michigan.  While at Interlochen, Athena was chosen to play the harpsichord with the intermediate Interlochen Symphony Orchestra, and the ensemble performed a concerto grosso by Handel.  In May of the same year, she won the local "Junior Festival" playoffs, and then in June she won first place in her age category at the state level of the "Junior Festival" competition.  She also won first place in the local "Hoosier Auditions"  competition, and went on to win an honorable mention at the "Hoosier Auditions" state level.  Athena's playing has been heard on WBST radio several times over the last few years, as part of the "Young Artist Showcase" series presented by PianoForte, Inc.  She regularly plays on MTNA pre-college recitals hosted by Ball State, and on spring recitals coordinated by her principal piano teacher, Liz Seidel.  She has also been the piano/harpsichord player with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of East Central Indiana for the last three years.  Athena takes supplemental piano lessons with Jean-Louise Hagenauer at Indiana University.

March 28 at 2 pm.

Dr. Liz Seidel

April 23 at 2 pm.

Mrs. Gloria Griner

Mrs. Gloria Griner, retired professor of piano, music education and piano for conductors at Ball State University, will be performing for the Muncie Symphony Orchestra as part of the Westminster Concert Series.

Mrs. Griner, a local pianist, is known for her long time dedication to the arts within the Ball State Community.  A founding board member of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, Gloria has dedicated both her time and talents to the symphony.  Mrs. Griner is also an active member at the Ball State University Museum of Art as a sustaining member and past president of the Ball State University Art Alliance.  Both Gloria and her husband Ned have been long time supporters of the museum.   Mrs. Griner has also developed a significant part of the community engagement on behalf of the Museum of Art, as a former member of the Art Museum’s Benefactors Society.  Mrs. Griner will perform works by Debussy, as well as a host of the worlds most beautiful classical pieces.  The concert will be a unique and beautiful experience, as Mrs. Griner shares a portion of her vast background from a spectrum of visual and musical artistry.

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