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:

     

MSO's Opening Season Concert a Sell Out . . . . . . . . . **Don't Miss the Remaining Season Concerts**

600 very happy people enjoyed the Muncie Symphony Orchestra's season opening concert last Saturday night, the 15th of October.  

If you were among them bring your ticket to the MSO office for credit toward a full season of music.  MSO will apply your ticket price toward Season Tickets to the three remaining concerts of the

 2011-2012 Season under the baton of Bohuslav Rattay:

Always popular, the Holiday Concert on December 3rd at 4 p.m. in Emens Auditorium has the highest attendance of the concert season.  

Come back to Sursa Hall for a breath-taking experience when Anna Vayman performs Shostakovich's first Violin Concerto with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra.  The intimacy and acoustics of Sursa Hall  make for an extraordinary musical experience. Romantic Hero

is March 31st at 7:30 p.m.

Shostakovich      Violin Concerto No.1 in a minor, op.77 (99)

                           Anna Vayman, violin

Beethoven           Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major,  op. 55 (Eroica)

A Swashbuckling Adventure! MSO's Season Finale is your first chance to hear the World Premiere of composer Jody Nagle's "From Days of Yore." The concerto for flute and orchestra features Mihoko Watanabe, MSO's principal flute. Listen to a short clip of "From Days of Yore" here. 

Nagle                    From Days of Yore                      World Premiere
                                Mihoko Watanabe, flute

Shostakovich         Symphony No.5 in d minor, op. 47

MSO  office  ~ 765.285.5531~ Ball State University ~ 2000 University Ave. AC-112

All About the New Season

SEASON SCHEDULE         TICKETS

Choices! is the word for 2011-2012

Four Concert Series

Classical Series
The MSO you know.  Three Classical concerts and the Holiday Concert

October

    15             Sursa at Sursa                             Classical Series             Tickets

                    Ann Carney Sursa, Organ              7:30 p.m.

                                                                      Sursa Hall

December      Fisher-Shafer Holiday Concert      Classical Series               Tickets

       3            Special Guests                           4:00 p.m.

                                                                    Emens Auditorium  

March

   31             Romantic Hero!                        Classical Series                Tickets

                    Anna Vayman, violin                 7:30 p.m.

                                                                 Sursa Hall          

28           A Swashbuckling Adventure         Classical Series                  Tickets

                  Mihoko Watanabe, flute               7:30 p.m.

                  Jody Nagle, composer                 Emens Auditorium                       

                     World Premiere



Rattanovy Series
The MSO you don't want to miss.  Two Chamber concerts in unusual venues.

November

     19           Baby You Can Drive My Car!         Rattanovy Series              Tickets

                                                                     9:00 p.m.            Emens B.O. 765-285-1539

                                                                     Toyota Scion of Muncie  

April

    7            Ono Oboe                                 Rattanovy Series               Tickets

                                                                 9:00 p.m.                      Emens B.O. 285-1539

                                                                 Muncie Power Products Pershing Warehouse

Community Series
The MSO Free events.  Outdoor concerts family, fun, food.

June

    9           Festival on the Green                 Family Fun Series              Free/not ticketed

                 Guest Artists                            5:30 p.m.

                  MSO                                       7:30 p.m.

                                                               BSU Arts Terrace Lawn

August

  22       Picnic and Pops!                       Family Fun Series            Free/not ticketed

                 Guest Artists                            5:30 p.m.

                 MSO                                       7:30 p.m.

                                                               Lawn at Minnetrista      

Educational Series


MSO Young Peoples' Concert
This concert is not scheduled due to lack of funding.
Click here to read about the Spring 2011 Young Peoples' Concert

Music on the Move!
Graduate String Quartet visits schools and day care centers   Schedule  765.285.5531
Click here for more about last year's program.

Young Artist Competition

January

     14           Young Artist Competition           Education Series            Free/reservations

                     Application                              2:00 p.m.                      765-285-5531

                                                                  Sursa Hall                     e-mail MSO

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