THSA Board Kicks Off Season 101! (2026-27)

David Chapman | August 14, 2026 | history@thso.org

On the evening of August 13, 2026, the Board of Directors for the Terre Haute Symphony Association met to kick off its 101st season. The meeting capped several weeks of extraordinary effort by THSA staff and volunteers to move the THSA offices from 6th and Cherry to a newly renovated facility near 6th and Walnut. It was a moment to celebrate how far we have come in the last century and to begin focusing our attention on the challenges ahead in the next 100 years.

This board is an extraordinary group: doctors, lawyers, teachers, entrepreneurs, financial advisors, musicians, professionals and community members of all stripes, active and retired, united by a love for and faith in Terre Haute and its Symphony Orchestra. We are above all a THSO fan club made up of devoted audience members eager to contribute “time, talent, and treasure” toward sustaining the arts in our hometown. Terre Haute has an orchestra because generations of Hautians decided to have one and to keep it. A board like ours represents that community ownership in action.

I wrote recently on this blog that an orchestra doing its best work is an orchestra with great needs, and that is as true today as it was decades ago. I’m extremely proud of the way this board embraces the responsibility to meet those needs with creativity and commitment. The needs are many and varied. They include supporting our musicians, expanding access for audiences of all ages and abilities, strengthening our financial foundation, and so much more. In short, we aim to ensure that our beloved Symphony remains a vibrant cultural force for the next hundred years.

And so, our second century has begun! The work ahead is substantial, but so is our determination. And there is a role for all of us in that work… even you! We hope you’ll join us as we write the next chapters of the Terre Haute Symphony story.

Help us celebrate our 100th birthday by joining us for dinner and a concert at our Centennial Gala on September 10, 2026!

But hurry! Tickets are going fast!

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