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