About
The Faculty Artist Series features School of Music faculty sharing their talent and passion for music with the campus and community.
Learn more about Marko Petričić.
Marko Petričić holds D.Mus and M.M. degrees from Indiana University where he studied with Dr. Christopher Young. He is a newly appointed Assistant Teaching Professor of Organ/Generalist at Ball State University. Prior to this appointment, he taught at the Univesity of Indianapolis. As an active church musician, he is Music Associate/Organist at Northminster Presbyterian Church and was previously Assistant Organist and Choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral and Choir Director/Organist at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Indianapolis. He has presented recitals and master classes at Shanghai Normal University in China, University of Toronto, Canada, and University of Belgrade, Serbia. As an accomplished organ and bayan-accordion performer, Marko Petričić has won top prizes at International and National competitions in Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia, and the United States. He was a member of the jury for the Fort Wayne National Organ Competition twice, and his CD recordings French Accent (organ), and The Years of Pilgrimage (bayan), have received excellent reviews.
As an accomplished keyboard performer, he has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions featuring a wide range of repertoire.
His newest CD recording of J. S. Bach’s Clavierübung III on organ and bayan featuring the Northminster’s C. B. Fisk Op. 154 pipe organ was recently released on the MSR Classics label.
The bayan is an instrument that has a similar operating principle and design to the accordion. The most notable difference is in the design of the right-hand keyboard; instead of the piano-like keys of the accordion, the bayan has five rows of buttons. It was invented in Russia in 1870, and during the last fifty years a great body of literature has been composed for this instrument worldwide. Consequently, the increased quality and quantity of music has led to a number of excellent performers that have elevated the status of the accordion from a purely folk instrument to a legitimate concert instrument.
Program
Program to include music by Bach, Repnikov, Conte, and more.
Livestream
This recital will also be offered as a livestream - visit the Concert Livestream Page to watch live. Streaming begins approximately 15 minutes prior to scheduled concert start time.
Free Admission
This recital is free and open to the public.
Parking
Parking is available in the McKinley Parking Garage (entrance on Ashland Avenue) located immediately south of Sursa Hall. On weekdays, metered parking ($1/hr) is available on the first floor of the garage until 7 p.m. at which time parking is free. This garage is free on weekends.