The Texas Tenors join the THSO in a unique blend of country, classical, Broadway, and current pop music with breathtaking vocals, humor, and a touch of cowboy charm. Since appearing on America’s Got Talent in 2009, the group has released 5 albums, 2 PBS specials, 4 DVDs, and multiple singles that have earned them 3 Emmy Awards, multiple #1 debut albums on the Billboard Charts, and an induction into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 2022. This is a concert you do not want to miss!

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A new fundraiser hosted by the Terre Haute Symphony League! Artistry in Sound will feature a musical recital performed by the Angelus Duo centered around Paul Jenkins’ painting Phenomena Near Baber Woods on display at the Swope Art Museum. The peak of the recital will showcase the world-premiere of “…yet so close” written by Terre Haute native and award-winning composer Jack Nesser. Patrons will also enjoy a gorgeous display of hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar catered by The Saratoga.

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Celebrating Terre Haute’s total solar eclipse in April 2024, the THSO joins the community’s A Total Eclipse of the Haute collaborative event. The symphony will perform a wide variety of musical styles including selections from The Planets by Gustav Holst, John Williams favorites like E.T. and Star Wars, music from Apollo 13 by James Horner, the X-Files theme, and much more heavenly music. Integrated video projections will take us out of this world!

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String Spring Fling features members of the THSO Strings and Principal Harp, Melanie Mashner, under the direction of Artistic Director, Dr. David Bowden, for an afternoon of exceptional chamber music! Relax and bask in the beauty of the lush sound of your THSO string section married to the warmth and beauty of harp vibrations. Hatfield Hall’s superb acoustics enhance the experience. The THSO welcomes back former Concertmaster, Elina Rubio, as a guest artist for this performance. Ms. Rubio will join THSO Concertmaster, Erina Buchholz, for a special duo performance!

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The THSO returns to Terre Haute Brewing Company for another fun-filled evening of chamber music and brews! Mozart & Mixology will feature chamber ensembles of THSO musicians performing works by Mozart, influenced by Mozart, or written by contemporaries of Mozart. All tickets include buffet provided by Honey’s Bar and Grill. VIP and Gold ticket holders also receive a complimentary glass of beer or wine from Terre Haute Brewing Company.

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Join Artistic Director David Bowden and internationally-acclaimed guest artist Angela Brown for this Christmas concert for the entire family.  Enjoy delightful holiday classics, familiar tunes, and a surprise or two!  Share in the joy of the season with the THSO!

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The THSO welcomes Brazilian phenom, Choro Das 3, to Hatfield Hall on the campus of Rose-Hulman this November! Featuring a talented trio of sisters, audiences will enjoy their lively and soulful performance. Choro Das 3 is also excited to welcome Terre Haute musicians, Solly Burton and Brent McPike.

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When was the last time you heard the entire 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky? We all love the familiar ending complete with cannon shots, but this is your chance to come hear the complete work LIVE! The THSO will also feature Principal Oboist Rebecca McGuire performing Eric Ewazen’s stunningly beautiful concerto titled Down a River of Time. McGuire’s performance will be dedicated to Dr. Stephen Gage, a THSO Board Member and ISU School of Music professor who passed away in February 2023. In addition, the THSO will play two of Richard Strauss’ famous tone poems, Don Juan and Death & Transfiguration.

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Exciting young charismatic pianist, Drew Petersen, returns to perform Edvard Grieg’s gorgeous piano concerto. Petersen performed with the THSO on short notice in May 2021 and wowed audiences with his impeccable charm and phenomenal musicality. The evening opens with Florence Price’s bluesy, toe-tapping Juba Dance and concludes with the beautiful and lush melodies of Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2.

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When Elina Rubio debuted as our THSO Concertmaster playing the solos in Scheherazade in 2021, the audience was abuzz with excitement. In our final concert, Elina will be featured in Brahms Violin Concerto. The Coleridge-Taylor piece is light and effervescent, and Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony is simply thrilling!!

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Hear GREAT music – many styles and periods drawn from audience requests, familiar favorites, and works featuring our THSO musicians. Both the players and the music are ”Musical Treasures!“

Among the pieces included are: Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Fauré’s Sicilienne, Rossini’s The Silken Ladder, Smetana’s The Moldau, Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave Overture, Coates’ Knightsbridge March, and even a rockin’ tuba solo performed by Principal Tuba, Glen Dimick!

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Moonlight Serenades features members of the THSO under the director of Artistic Director, Dr. David Bowden, for an afternoon of exceptional chamber music! Enjoy two beautiful serenades by Dvorak & Brahms at Hatfield Hall on the campus of Rose-Hulman.

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Enjoy a cold brew (or glass of wine) and pizza while you listen to members of the THSO perform chamber works by Joseph Haydn and his contemporaries (like Mozart!). Experience firsthand the collaborative spontaneity that makes chamber ensembles some of the most exciting to watch.

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This beloved annual tradition embraces the season with Christmas classics and enchanting discoveries! Plan now to let the music of the season weave another magical memory for you and your family. Caroline Goodwin dazzled last year in her cameo appearance with the THSO. This year she takes the stage as our featured Guest Artist.

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Czech Dances, Hungarian Dances, Jazz & Blues, and even Highland folk dances! It’s an evening made for dance-lovers and toe-tappers! Much of Florence Price’s superb music was hidden away in an attic, unknown and unperformed, until it was discovered less than three decades ago. Her extraordinary Piano Concerto, filled with American dance rhythms, will be played by the THSO’s own Principal Pianist, Tim Stephenson.

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Triple threat singer/pianist/songwriter, Tony DeSare takes you on a journey that celebrates timeless piano legends who have become the cornerstone of pop music culminating with Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue. The program highlights perennial favorites of Elton John, Ray Charles, and the Bee Gees. Plus, the enduring songs of Billy Joel top off a show of piano music like none other.

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The Terre Haute Symphony League is pleased to host a fundraiser benefitting the THSO featuring Solly Burton, mandolin, and Brent McPike, guitar on Friday, July 15, 2022 at the Terre Haute Brewing Company!

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On April 30, 2022, award-winning, charismatic and immensely talented Drew Petersen takes the stage to perform Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, considered by many to be the world’s favorite piano concerto. The concert opens with a favorite work composed by Dan Powers, the THSO’s composer-in-residence, and concludes with Brahms’ astonishingly powerful first symphony.

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Come be enchanted by Disney in Concert Magical Music from the Movies with the THSO, conductor Dr. David Bowden, projected video clips from iconic Disney films, and four leading vocalists. Every new generation has a favorite Disney musical, whether it’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, or Frozen. And then there are the classics, from a Mary Poppins medley to the “Yo ho” of Pirates of the Caribbean. 

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Adventures in Music is a special educational concert opportunity for elementary students to explore the orchestra, both in the classroom and in the concert hall. This program includes two concerts performed at Tilson Auditorium annually for thousands of 4th graders, private school students, and homeschool students in the Wabash Valley followed by Google Meet engagement sessions allowing students to meet directly with our professional musicians.

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Classic Innovations features members of the THSO for an afternoon of exceptional and innovating chamber music! Enjoy several of the most passionate, riveting, and moving musical works ever written for small ensembles. Audiences will experience firsthand the collaborative spontaneity that makes chamber ensembles thrilling to watch. Program includes: Louise Farrenc's Trio, Op. 44 for clarinet, cello, and piano; George Crumb's An Idyll for the Misbegotten for flute and percussion; Ewald's Brass Quintet No. 1; and Barrett's Music for a Happy Occasion for brass quintet.

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Enjoy a brew while you listen to some of Beethoven's greatest works for small ensemble! This event will feature members of the THSO for an intimate performance of some of the world's greatest chamber music. Enjoy several of the most passionate, riveting, and moving musical works ever written. Audiences will experience firsthand the collaborative spontaneity that makes chamber ensembles some of the most exciting to watch. Program will include Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1, Sextet Op. 17 arranged for woodwind quintet, Trio Op. 87 for two oboes and English Horn, and more!

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Baritone Rick Vale joins the THSO for Candlelit Holidays, singing favorites including The First Noel, O Holy Night, and Angels We Have Heard on High. Rick will be joined on stage by Caroline Goodwin, who will sing several duets with Vale and will also be featured in Adele’s Laughing Song from Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, a New Year’s celebration musical theater work. The concert also features an exciting new Hanukah piece by Peter Jaffe and our trumpet section in Bugler’s Holiday.

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On November 6, 2021, the THSO presents Brahms & Beach and will welcome cellist Natania Hoffman and violinist Benjamin Hoffman for Brahms’s Double Concerto, a piece that was written by Brahms to repair a strained friendship. Also on the program is Amy Beach’s superb “Gaelic” Symphony, the first symphony published by a female American composer. Amy Beach was an extraordinary woman. In a time when women rarely considered a music career, Amy was one of the greatest composers in our country. Her “Gaelic” Symphony is filled to the brim with passion, power, beauty, and lyrical melodies.

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The Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra is excited to re-launch their THSO Presents! series featuring members of the THSO for an intimate performance of some of the world's greatest chamber music. Enjoy several of the most passionate, riveting, and moving musical works ever written for small ensembles. Performed without a conductor, audiences will experience firsthand the collaborative spontaneity that makes chamber ensembles some of the most exciting to watch. Programs will feature brass quintets, woodwind quintets, string quartets, and more!

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The THSO’s 96th season kicks off on September 25, 2021 with Scheherazade Tells Stories which includes Rimsky-Korsakov’s brilliantly colorful Scheherazade, Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, Wagner’s famous Flight of the Valkyries, and the recognizable Raiders March from the movie Indiana Jones by John Williams. Rimsky-Korsakov brilliantly represents Scheherazade and the tales she told in his piece filled with orchestral color and virtuosity, forging it as one of the most compelling and exciting works ever written!

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Humor is not the first thing you think of when you hear the name of Ludwig van Beethoven. And yet, the brash young composer loved tweaking his audience’s funny bone. The THSO presents Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 which is filled with musical jokes. To the audiences of his day, the work brought giggles as well as snorts of disgust at the first performance.

The concert will invite all 2020-2021 season ticket holders to attend in-person at Tilson Music Hall. A limited number of single tickets are available.

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Experience symphonic excerpts from GREAT music everyone should know, including Light Cavalry Overture, Harry Potter, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, and Fanfare for the Common Man. Rossini’s electric William Tell Overture provides the exclamation point to an exciting evening. Woven into the program are demonstrations of the instruments and their families. Sponsored by Union Health and the Vigo County Public Library as part of the Big Read.

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