Orchestra Indiana Will Present Hollywood’s Golden Age at Rediger on Friday

Orchestra Indiana will conclude its 2022-2023 season with a pair of concerts featuring music from Hollywood’s “Golden Age.” In his final appearances as Artistic Director Matthew Kraemer will lead the orchestra in highlights from Gone with the Wind, High Noon, The Magnificent Seven, and Vertigo, plus Hollywood composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Violin Concerto with former Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Zachary DePue as soloist.

Performances are Friday, April 28 at 7:30 pm in Taylor University’s Rediger Chapel/Auditorium and Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 pm in Ball State University’s Emens Auditorium.

Tickets for both performances start at $20 and are available online now. Tickets for the Muncie concert may also be purchased by calling the Emens Auditorium Box Office at 765-285-1539, open 9 am – 6 pm weekdays.

ABOUT ZACHARY DEPUE: Currently Concertmaster of the Naples Philharmonic, Zachary DePue became one of the youngest concertmasters in the country when he was appointed to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) in 2007. For more than a decade, Zachary served the orchestra as a passionate and dedicated leader both in and outside the concert hall. He was named a member of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, connecting Indianapolis’ emerging leaders to the issues and needs of the community. He rose to international prominence as a founding member of Time for Three, with whom he performed for 15 years. Zachary graduated in 2002 from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he served as concertmaster of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and studied with renowned violinists Ida Kavafian and Jaime Laredo. He is a former member of The Philadelphia Orchestra, where he performed in the first violin section for five years.

ABOUT ORCHESTRA INDIANA: Orchestra Indiana began in March 2022 when the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and Marion Philharmonic Orchestra merged into one organization. Both the MSO and MPO have rich histories in our region, and Orchestra Indiana is fortunate to continue their legacies.

The Muncie Symphony Orchestra began when Dr. Robert Hargreaves was hired by the Ball State Teachers College to lead the college’s music program in the 1940s. He thought Muncie needed an autonomous orchestra. Hargreaves led the first professional orchestra with two concerts in the spring of 1948. By January 1950, more than 50 musicians met and approved a constitution for the Muncie Civic and College Symphony Association. For more than 70 years, the Muncie Symphony Orchestra flourished thanks to a strong relationship with Ball State University, with BSU music faculty and talented music students making up a large portion of the orchestra.

The Marion Philharmonic was formed in 1969 under the direction of Benjamin G. Del Vecchio. The orchestra was comprised of students and local area musicians until it became a semi-professional ensemble within a five year period. Mr. Del Vecchio was an Indiana University doctoral student when he joined the music faculty at Taylor University. Little did he know founding an orchestra would become a major priority. With the assistance of Dr. Edward Hermanson of Taylor University and a group of committed Marion businessmen, the orchestra quickly became a passion of Del Vecchio and together they developed the MPO.

The musicians of Orchestra Indiana include musicians from both the former MSO and MPO. They are professors, students, and professional musicians who hail from east central Indiana, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Cincinnati. Many musicians also have “day jobs” as farmers, teachers, EMTs, and executive directors. All are passionate about bringing live orchestral music to you!