An Imaginary Journey

Imagine . . . the music . . . . . . . taking you on an imaginary journey . . . . conjured up in your mind . . . as you listen to the dynamic range of the golden flute of Mihoko Watanbe and the Muncie Symphony Orchestra perform the World Premier of a new composition by Jody Nagel .  .    .     .      .       .        .         .

"A Swashbuckling Adventure . . . From Days of Yore".

That is just what each student in the Metal Art studio of Professor Pat Nelson did.  The myths in each part of Jody Nagel's composition, Sea Voyage in Search of a Fairy Queen, The Enchanted Castle, The Dungeon and the Beast, The Hero's Three Impossible Deeds, and The Battle for Virtue and the Celebration Feast were the inspiration for the sheet metal artwork will be on display in the lobby of Emens Auditorium for the concert this Saturday.

Metal Art by students of Pat Nelson, Professor of Art, Ball State University

       imagine a fairy Queen

Metal Art by students of Pat Nelson 

                                                              imagine a hero warrior

Metal Art by students of Pat Nelson 

                          imagine a mermaid  on a sea voyage...........

Metal Art by students of Pat Nelson

imagine an archer in a battle for virtue....................

Metal Art by students of Pat Nelson Ball State University

           imagine a beast in the dungeon

Ball State students from Pat Nelsonʼs Metals class, were challenged to design and create a figure from sheet metal that represented some of the musical characters within the concerto. The figures are mounted and displayed with a “Pied Piper” created by Pat Nelson.

Dr. Jody Nagel
Cindee Cox, photographer

Susan Athertonʼs 4th grade music students from Storer Elementary, produced an artistic representation of the 3rd movement of Nagelʼs piece, creating a large paper diagram that illustrated the dynamic range and storyline of the music within the 3rd movement. Their artwork will be on display in the lobby of Emens Auditorium for the concert.

Dr. Nagel explains music of Part 3 from

"A Swashbuckling Adventure...From Days of Yore".

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Muncie Symphony Orchestra

Season Finale Concert

A Swashbuckling Adventure

Bohuslav Rattay, conductor

Mihoko Watanabe, flute

A Swashbuckling Adventure...From Days of Yore

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in d minor op. 47

April 28, 2012

6:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk

7:30 p.m. Concert

Emens Auditorium, Ball State Universtiy

Tickets at Ticketmaster  and Emens Box Office

$18 - $30 for Adults

$5 for students and youth

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Standby Tickets for Romantic Hero tomorrow

We are offering STANDBY TICKETS 

 at the Sursa Box Office one hour prior to the concert. 

adults $15 (half price) and students $5  

Standby seating is based on available seating immediately before the beginning of the concert. Please purchase your standby ticket by 7:15 p.m. and be in the Mueller Lobby 10 minutes before the concert.  Standby patrons will be escorted to their seats and must be seated quickly. In the event that no seats are available for standby patrons, a full refund will be given immediately at the Sursa Box Office.

of a most URGENT nature

In just ten days, violinist Anna Vayman takes the stage for Romantic Hero! 

a Muncie Symphony Orchestra classical concert 

The concert is in the extraordinary Sursa Hall.  

Sursa Hall is a musical jewel for the entire community, blending first-rate acoustical design with musical intimacy. It is designed to foster a close connection between performers and audiences, and its acoustical tuning capabilities allow performers to adjust the hall's sound qualities to suit their individual preferences.  The cornerstone of Ball State University's Music Instruction Building  is named in honor of benefactors David and Mary Jane Sursa.  credit

Tickets to performances in 600-seat Sursa Performance Hall, sell out fast.  

Seating is general admission.

ADULTS $ 30 

Students tickets are FREE with BSU or IVY Tech Student until March 30th. 

All student tickets at the door $5

 Buy tickets at Emens Box Office or Ticketmaster.  

Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 Mvt.1 - Sayaka Shoji 

A pre-concert talk by Bohuslav Rattay and guests at 6:30 p.m. in Sursa Hall is free with a concert ticket.
Guests:
Peter Blume, director of the David Owsley Museum of Art
Laura Kuykendall, assistant professor of art history at Ball State University.

More detail about the MSO concert, Romantic Hero! HERE