Muncie Community Tickets
We work with our local partner organizations (listed below) to provide members of the Muncie community with FREE tickets to the Monday – Thursday concerts at Emens Auditorium. Please contact one of the local partners to request your tickets to the following concerts.
About the Summer Symposium Community Engagement Program
The Summer Symposium Community Engagement Program, which started in 2018, engages community organizations in Muncie to partner with Music for All during the week of June 24 – 29, 2019. Music for All is committed to being a catalyst to encourage community connectivity and serve as a resource for Muncie community organizations and programs, as well as those they serve.
FREE Community Drum Circle at Cornerstone – June 26, 2019
Cornerstone Center for the Arts will be hosting a community drum circle with Music for All’s staff member, Matt Savage. All ages are welcome, no experience is necessary, and it is FREE! If you are interested in attending this event, please register here.
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 25, 2019 • 8 p.m.
Emens Auditorium
The Jazz Ambassadors is the official touring big band of the United States Army. This 19-member ensemble has received great acclaim at home and abroad performing America’s greatest original art form, jazz. Concerts by the Jazz Ambassadors’ diverse repertoire includes big band swing, bebop, Latin, contemporary jazz, standards, popular tunes, Dixieland, vocals, and patriotic selections, many of which are written or arranged by members of the Jazz Ambassadors. The Jazz Ambassadors’s rigorous touring schedule and reputation for excellence has earned it the title “America’s Big Band.”
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
Contact: Rebecca Parker
Email: rparker113@ivytech.edu
Phone: 765-702-7529
Youth Symphony Orchestras of East Central Indiana
Contact: Tiffany Arnold
Phone: 765-702-7529
Email: tarnold@ysoeci.com
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.
