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Ensemble Concerts

The DePauw University Institute of Music is home to five unique large ensembles: University Orchestra, University Band, Jazz Ensemble, Festival Choir and Vox Animae. These large-scale collaborations give each student an opportunity to perform, with their peers, great classic as well as contemporary masterworks. Pictured here is a photo from a Concerto Winners’ concerts — an annual event that allows each student to participate through friendly competition for a chance to perform concerto-style repertoire alongside the University Orchestra!

In addition to the requisite large ensembles, DePauw also has various smaller ensembles and chamber groups, and its Symphonic Band, a Institute of Music and College of Liberal Arts collaborative ensemble that includes student performers from both schools, as well as faculty. The Festival Choir, co-sponsored by the Greencastle Arts Council, is another opportunity for DePauw-Greencastle collaborations as voice majors, CLA students, faculty, staff, and community members come together with a single voice to create truly incredible performance experiences.

Representative Repertoire

Pines of Rome — Ottorino Respighi

Symphony No. 7 — Ludwig van Beethoven

Pictures at an Exhibition — Modest Mussorgsky

Voices Shouting Out — Nkeiru Okoye

Hansel and Gretel — Engelbert Humperdinck

Aurora Awakes — John Mackey

Symphony No. 6 for Band — Vincent Persichetti

magneticfireflies — Augusta Read Thomas

Hip Hop Etudes — Daniel Bernard Roumain

The Dog Breath Variations — Frank Zappa

African Skies — Michael Brecker, arr. Riss

Dear Rudy — Terell Stafford, arr. Gray

Blame It on my Youth — Oscar Levant, arr. Cunliffe

Hey, It’s Me You’re Talkin’ To — Victor Lews, arr. Sharpe

Carmina Burana — Carl Orff

Song of Democracy — Howard Hanson in collaboration with the University Band

The Music of Z. Randall Stroope

It Isn’t a Dream — Melissa Dumphy

Deer Song — Craig Hella Johnson

Not While I’m Around — Stephen Sondheim 

 

DePauw University Orchestra

The University Orchestra, conducted by Orcenith Smith, will open the Green Center’s 2024-25 concert season on Sunday, Sept. 15 with “Theatrical Music!” The program explores ways in which the power of the orchestra produces sonic reference points in the fabric of a theatrical presentation. The concert will feature, among other works, the Prelude to Act II of Carl Nielsen’s opera Saul and David and the famous Viennese overture to the operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Jr. 

Sunday, Sept. 15 • 3 PM • Kresge Auditorium 

 

 

University Band and Orchestra Strings

Join us for a combined concert by the DePauw University Band, conducted by Craig Pare, and our Orchestra Strings, directed by Orcenith Smith! This one-hour concert is free and open to the public.

Sunday, Oct. 27 • 3 PM • Kresge Auditorium 

DePauw Fall Choral Concert

The DePauw University Institute of Music is the home of three choral ensembles: DePauw Chamber Singers, Vox Animae, and the Festival Choir. This concert, conducted by Prof. Byron Black II, will feature all three ensembles performing individually as well as en masse to showcase a wealth of repertoire and talent!

Sunday, Nov. 3 • 3 PM • Kresge Auditorium

Percussion and Saxophone Ensembles

Our percussion and saxophone studios join forces to bring you a different kind of ensemble concert! This semesterly combo is always a blast!

Saturday, Nov. 9 • 3 PM • Kresge Auditorium

DePauw Symphonic Band

Our come-one, come-all ensemble gives what is sure to be a stunning performance! This ensemble features Institute of Music students on secondary instruments, DePauw faculty and staff, and College of Liberal Arts students coming together to make marvelous music!

Sunday, November 17 • 3 PM • Kresge Auditorium

DePauw Jazz Ensemble Concert

A part of our yearly Jazzfest, the DePauw Jazz Ensemble will give an afternoon performance — between workshopping with visiting high school bands, master classes and our evening Green Guest Artist Concert!

Friday, Nov. 22 • 4:20 PM • Moore Theatre