Bloomington Symphony Orchestra - Indiana

Between Silence and Strauss - Concert at Buskirk-Chumley Theater
2026-03-08 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN, 47408, United States
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available through the Buskirk-Chumley Box Office.
Children FREE, Students $16, Adults $29.
General Admission Seating
Soloist Shawn Tairyu Head joins the orchestra for Hosokawa’s Autumn Wind for Shakuhachi and Orchestra as a collaboration with IU Asian Culture Center. Also on the program is songs from the Strauss’s Rosenkavalier Suite, and 2026 Youth Concerto Competition winner Ella Hightower performing Dvorak’s Concerto for Violin, Allegro ma non troppo.
4:15pm pre-concert talk
5:00pm concert – Repertoire:
Songs from Richard Strauss
Feierlicher Einzug
“Morgen!” Op. 27, No. 4, with vocalist Siyi Yan
“Allerseelen”, with vocalist Danielle Long
from Der Rosenkavalier:
“Presentation of the Rose”, with vocalists Siyi Yan and Danielle Long
Final trio, with vocalists Siyi Yan, Danielle Long, and Rachel Spodek
Antonín Dvořák, Concerto for Violin, Allegro ma non troppo, with Ella Hightower – 2026 BSO Youth Concerto Competition Winner
Kosaku Yamada, Flower of Mandala
Toshio Hosokawa, Autumn Wind for Shakuhachi and Orchestra, with Shawn Tairyu Head – shakuhachi soloist

Resounding Joy: Beethoven 9 at the MAC
2026-05-16 19:00 - 20:30 | IU Musical Arts Center, 105 N Eagleson Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47406, United States
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Adults: $25, Students: $12, Children under 18: Free
Saturday May 16, 2026, 7pm at the IU Musical Arts Center

What is it about Beethoven’s 9th Symphony that sets it apart? Maybe it’s the innovative musical structure. Maybe it’s the way Beethoven blends themes of chaos, redemption, grace, and struggle so effortlessly. Or it could be that this piece culminates, as John Henken of the LA Philharmonic writes, “expressing our highest aspirations with music of life-affirming exaltation.”
For the first time in our history the BSO will perform Beethoven’s iconic 9th Symphony. Joined by a 100-member community chorus on the stage of Indiana University’s Musical Arts Center (MAC), this is shaping up to be an unforgettable concert experience.

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