About the Summer Symposium Community Engagement Program
FREE Community Drum Circle at Cornerstone – June 26, 2019
The 2019 Summer Symposium Concert Series includes:
Yamaha Young Performing Artists
Monday, June 24, 2019 • 8 p.m.
Emens Auditorium
Free Admission
Music for All is proud to open its Summer Symposium Concert Series with the Yamaha Young Performing Artists (YYPA) in concert! The YYPA program recognizes outstanding young musicians from the world of classical, jazz, and contemporary music. Winners of the competition perform in concert at the Summer Symposium, with guest Yamaha Performing Artists.
United States Army Jazz Ambassadors
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 • 8 p.m.
Emens Auditorium
The Soldiers’ Chorus, founded in 1957, is the vocal complement of the United States Army Field Band of Washington, DC. The 29–member mixed choral ensemble travels throughout the nation and abroad, performing as a separate component and in joint concerts with the Concert Band of the “Musical Ambassadors of the Army.” The chorus has performed in all fifty states, Canada, Mexico, India, the Far East, and throughout Europe, entertaining audiences of all ages.
Grace Kelly
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 • 8 p.m.
Emens Auditorium
Yamaha Performing Artist
As a songwriter, Kelly has won multiple ASCAP Composer Awards, Boston Music Awards, and International Songwriting Awards, including placing second in the 2017 International Songwriting Competition (Adult Contemporary category). Her original composition “Blues for Harry Bosch” was recorded by the legendary vocal group Manhattan Transfer on their album “The Junction.” As a saxophonist, she was the winner of the 64th Annual 2016 Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll in the category “Rising Star – Alto Saxophone,” voted #4 Alto saxophonist in 2016 Downbeat Magazine Readers Poll, named “Jazz Artist of the Year” in the 2016 Boston Music Awards, and “Alto Saxophonist of the Year” by NYC Jazz Fans Decision 2016. She has been featured on CNN.com, Glamour Magazine’s Top Ten College Women 2011, Forbes, Billboard, Huffington Post, and many appearances on NPR.
Ahn Trio
Thursday, June 27, 2019 • 8 p.m.
Emens Auditorium
Hailed as “exacting and exciting musicians” by the LA Times, the three sisters of the Ahn Trio (Lucia on the piano, Angella on the violin, and Maria on the cello) have earned a distinguished reputation for embracing 21st century classical music with their unique style and innovative collaborations.
Partner Organizations:
Ball State University
Contact: Emens Auditorium
Phone: 765-285-1539
Boys and Girls Club of Muncie
Contact: Qiana Clemens
Email: qclemens@bgcmuncie.org
Phone: 765-282-4461,ext.108
BY5
Contact: Missy Modesitt
Email: missy@muncieby5.org
Phone: 765-216-7426
Cornerstone Center for the Arts
Contact: Sarah Shaffer
Email: sshaffer@cornerstonearts.org
Phone: 765-281-9503, ext. 23
Indiana Association of Home Educators
Contact: Linda Rose
Email: rr7@inhomeeducators.org
Phone: 317-467-6422, ext. 207
Minnetrista
Phone: 765-282-4848
Motivate Our Minds
Contact: Linda Rose
Email: lrose@motivateourminds.org
Phone: 765-289-1990
Muncie Downtown Development
Contact: Cheryl Crowder
Phone: 765-282-7897
Muncie Public Library
Contact: Susan Fisher
Email: sfisher@munpl.org
Phone: 765-741-7336
Muncie Symphony Orchestra
Contact: Jennifer Johnson
Phone: 765-285-5531
Email: jhjohnson@bsu.edu
Ross Community Center
Contact: Jacquie Hanoman
Email: jhanoman@rosscentermuncie.org
Phone: 765-702-6420
Music for All
Contact: Karissa Mills
Phone: 317-636-2263
Email: karissa.m@musicforall.org
Upward Bound Program
Youth Symphony Orchestras of East Central Indiana
Looking for tickets to the DCI Central Indiana show Friday night?
DCI tickets are not part of the community ticket program. For ticket information for the DCI show, visit dci.org.
This initiative received a Bronze Pinnacle award for Best Community Outreach at the 2019 International Festival & Events Association Convention in Williamsburg, VA.