2025 Youth Concerto Competition Auditions
Deadline to apply is January 4, 2025 at 11:59pm EST. In-person auditions are Saturday, January 18, 2025, 10am-2pm at Faith Lutheran Church The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra invites local youth musicians to participate in the 2025 Youth Concerto Competition, with a chance to perform a solo with the BSO and win up to $300. Any instrumentalist […]
American Voices for All Times
Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN, United StatesTake a tour of the American musical landscape with the BSO and our partners from the Bridges Youth Orchestra and the IU Archives of African-American Music and Culture (AAAMC). Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America, and Banfield’s Symphony No. 6: “Four Songs for Five American Voices” showcase the rich variety of […]
“Simply Brilliant” – A Free Performance of Hansel and Gretel April 5, 2025
Monroe County Public Library Downtown - Auditorium 303 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, INTimothy McShea of the Johns Hopkins News-Letter called Nicholas Hersh's adaptation of Hansel and Gretel "absolutely flawless." "The classical vocal performances paired with heavy jungle beats and jazz solos created a clash of musical traditions that seemed so outrageous on paper yet absolutely thrived onstage. The more quirky, whimsical performance of the singers, with their […]
BSO Past, Present, and Future
Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN, United StatesThe capstone of our 55th anniversary season begins with a trip down memory lane, as we recreate the opening of the BSO’s very first concert with Nicolai’s Merry Wives of Windsor Overture. Our Youth Concerto Competition Winner, Catelijne Hunt, shows us the talent of future musical generations with Saint-Saëns’s Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and we […]