Arts and Cultural Events in Sursa Performance Hall

Robert Young is on faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and has performed with ensembles such as the PRISM Saxophone Quartet, Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and the Wichita and Charleston Symphony Orchestras. Program to include music by Ned Rorem, Evan Williams, William Grant Still, Tyson Davis, Fernande Decruck, Michael Kopf, and Andy Scott. This recital is free and open to the public.

Enjoy a concert of standard jazz favorites and original compositions with the Ball State Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Mark Buselli, Freddie Mendoza, and Aron Callard. Program to include music by John Clayton, Alan Baylock, Luiz Bonfa, Harry Allen, Steven Feifke, F.W. Meacham, Thad Jones, Bob Mintzer, Doug Beach & George Shutack, Joe Green, and Brian Setzer. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Under the direction of Douglas Droste, the Ball State Symphony Orchestra is one of the School of Music's flagship ensembles. Program to include music by Antonín Dvořák, Florence Price, and Aaron Copland. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The 10th Annual Showcase Concert presents a sampling of our outstanding large ensembles, chamber groups, and soloists in conjunction with Family Weekend. We invite you to witness the exceptional talent of our students and help support student scholarships. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The Faculty Artist Series allows School of Music faculty to share their talent and passion for music with the campus and community. Performing with Cara Chowning (piano) and Joanne King (harp), program to include music by Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Guy d’Hardelot [Helen Rhodes], Bernard Herrmann, Viktor Ullmann, Maurice Ravel, Sam Kubina, and Nakul Krishnamurthy. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

Under the direction of Thomas Caneva and Caroline Hand, Ball State's top two concert bands present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music. Program to include music by Antonio Gervasoni, Ralph Vaughan Williams, J.S. Bach, Ron Nelson, Oscar Navarro, Morton Gould, Gilda Lyons, and Malcolm Arnold. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The Faculty Artist Series allows School of Music faculty to share their talent and passion for music with the campus and community. This recital will feature Mihoko Watanabe (flute), Zoran Jakovcic (viola), and Cara Chowning (piano). Program to be announced. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

Guest saxophonist Bob Eason will perform with his duo partner, pianist Michael Seregow, assistant teaching professor of music at Ball State. Program to be announced. Event is free and open to the public.

The Faculty Artist Series allows School of Music faculty to share their talent and passion for music with the campus and community. Program to include music by Frédéric Chopin, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Robert Schumann. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

Multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón is widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation. Program to be announced. Event is free and open to the public.

Endowed with a rich, warm, and expressively direct lyric coloratura voice, Deborah Lifton is one of today’s most compelling performers of contemporary American opera and song. Program to be announced. Event is free and open to the public.

Douglas W. Shadle is associate professor of musicology at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. His award-winning scholarship interrogates the roles played by symphony orchestras and orchestral music in American culture, past and present. Lecture is titled “Florence Beatrice Price: The Untold Story of Civil Rights Law in the Career of a Distinguished Black Composer.” Event is free and open to the public.

Benny Kim has performed as soloist with the orchestras of Chicago, Boston, Saint Louis, Cincinnati, Hong Kong, and South Africa to name a few. In recital, he has performed in virtually every major city including two critically acclaimed recitals at the 92nd St. Y in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Program to be announced. Event is free and open to the public.

Enjoy a concert of standard jazz favorites and original compositions with the Ball State Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Mark Buselli, Freddie Mendoza, and Aron Callard. Program to be announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The Faculty Artist Series allows School of Music faculty to share their talent and passion for music with the campus and community. Program to be announced. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

The Faculty Artist Series allows School of Music faculty to share their talent and passion for music with the campus and community. This recital will feature Chris Van Hof (trombone) and Michael Seregow (piano). Program to be announced. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

Under the direction of Andrew Crow and Kerry Glann, the Ball State Choirs present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music from around the world and across the centuries. Program to be announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Under the direction of Douglas Droste, the Ball State Symphony Orchestra is one of the School of Music's flagship ensembles. Program to be announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The Faculty Artist Series allows School of Music faculty to share their talent and passion for music with the campus and community. This recital will feature Keith Sweger (bassoon) and Patricia Sweger (piano). Program to be announced. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

Under the direction of Thomas Caneva and Caroline Hand, Ball State's top two concert bands present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The Faculty Artist Series allows School of Music faculty to share their talent and passion for music with the campus and community. Program to be announced. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

This event features creative and innovative musical compositions written by our Ball State music composition faculty. Program to be announced. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

Under the direction of Andrew Crow, Kerry Glann, and Mark Statler, the Ball State Choirs present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music from around the world and across the centuries. Program to be announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Now in its 58th season, the Ball State University Singers have been entertaining audiences young and old through its songs of faith, hope, laughter, and love. The ensemble kicks off the season with its annual Fall Concert. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office.

The Campus Band and Campus Orchestra are student ensembles led by doctoral and graduate student conductors. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Ball State alumnus Misha Tumanov is a frequent performer as a soloist and collaborative pianist and is currently a teaching artist at George Mason University's Mason Arts Academy. Program to be announced. Event is free and open to the public.

The Faculty Artist Series allows School of Music faculty to share their talent and passion for music with the campus and community. This recital will feature Yu-Fang Chen (violin) and Peter Opie (cello). Program to be announced. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

Based on a book by Tom Philpott, Glory Denied tells the true story of Colonel Jim Thompson, America’s longest-held prisoner of war. The opera deals not only with Thompson’s suffering in the jungle of southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, but also the tragic aftermath that followed his liberation. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This performance will also be livestreamed.

Based on a book by Tom Philpott, Glory Denied tells the true story of Colonel Jim Thompson, America’s longest-held prisoner of war. The opera deals not only with Thompson’s suffering in the jungle of southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, but also the tragic aftermath that followed his liberation. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This performance will also be livestreamed.

The Faculty Artist Series allows School of Music faculty to share their talent and passion for music with the campus and community. This recital will feature Mei Zhong (soprano) and James Helton (piano). Program to be announced. Free and open to the public with livestream available.

Enjoy a concert of standard jazz favorites and original compositions with the Ball State Jazz Ensembles. A jazz scholarship is also awarded at this annual concert in memory of Ralston C. "Morgy" Craig, an outstanding solo saxophonist who worked on a variety of projects with the Ball State band program in the 1950s and 1960s. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Under the direction of Thomas Caneva and Caroline Hand, Ball State's top two concert bands present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Kick off your holiday season with an evening of lights and fun with the University Singers. The ensemble will share traditional favorites of the season in festive group numbers, solos, and specialty acts fit for the entire family. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office.

Under the direction of Douglas Droste, the Ball State Symphony Orchestra is one of the School of Music's flagship ensembles. Program to be announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Ball State’s choral ensembles present two concerts in celebration of the winter holidays featuring well-known seasonal favorites and holiday music from a wide variety of traditions. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Now in its 58th season, the Ball State University Singers have been entertaining audiences young and old through its songs of faith, hope, laughter, and love. The ensemble warms up the month of January with its annual Winter Concert. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office.

Under the direction of Douglas Droste, the Ball State Symphony Orchestra is one of the School of Music's flagship ensembles. Program to be announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Enjoy a concert of standard jazz favorites and original compositions with the Ball State Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Mark Buselli, Freddie Mendoza, and Aron Callard. A jazz scholarship is also awarded at this annual concert in memory of School of Music alumnus Uttamlal “Tom” Shah. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Under the direction of Thomas Caneva and Caroline Hand, Ball State's top two concert bands present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The Symphony Band is under the direction of Caroline Hand and the Campus Band is conducted by graduate and doctoral student conductors. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

This concert will feature standalone performances by several Ball State Choirs and the Ball State Symphony Orchestra ending with combined performance of Antonín Dvořák's Te Deum. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Under the direction of Thomas Caneva, the Wind Ensemble presents a preview concert of their invited performance at the American Bandmasters Association Convention. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Under the direction of Mark Buselli, this concert features the Ball State Jazz Lab Ensemble with guest artist TBA. Winners of the 47th Annual Larry McWilliams Dimensions in Jazz Festival will also perform at the beginning of the concert. Tickets will be on sale to the public at a later date TBA.

This concert will feature the Wind Symphony under the direction of Caroline Hand, as well as several selections from members of the Wind Ensemble that form the Chamber Winds. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Under the direction of Andrew Crow, Kerry Glann, and Mark Statler, the Ball State Choirs present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music from around the world and across the centuries. Program to be announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The Ball State Opera Theatre present their Spring main-stage production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale with full sets, costumes, and full orchestra. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office.

The Ball State Opera Theatre present their Spring main-stage production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale with full sets, costumes, and full orchestra. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office.

Enjoy a concert of standard jazz favorites and original compositions with the Ball State Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Mark Buselli, Freddie Mendoza, and Aron Callard. Program to be announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Under the direction of Andrew Crow and Kerry Glann, the Ball State Choirs present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music from around the world and across the centuries. Program to be announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The Symphony Band is under the direction of Caroline Hand and the Campus Band is conducted by graduate and doctoral student conductors. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

Under the direction of Thomas Caneva and Caroline Hand, Ball State's top two concert bands present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music. Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.

The Ball State Symphony Orchestra and Choirs will present Johannes Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem). Tickets are available for purchase in person or online through the College of Fine Arts Box Office. This concert will also be livestreamed.