THSO to Perform Music of the Heavens Celebrating the Total Solar Eclipse

On April 6, 2024, at 7:30pm, the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra presents Music of the Heavens featuring music from Star Wars, Apollo 13, Star Trek, Holst’s The Planets, The Mandalorian, E.T. and more to kick of the Total Solar Eclipse weekend in Terre Haute. Audiences will enjoy their favorite space-inspired music complete with fully integrated video projections created by José Francisco Salgado for an out-of-this-world experience!

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Bowden Announces Retirement from THSO in 2025: Kalia Appointed Artistic Director-Designate

Dr. David Bowden, who has directed the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra since 1997, announces his retirement as Artistic Director effective June 30, 2025, completing 28 years of service to the Terre Haute community. The Terre Haute Symphony Association (THSA) Board of Directors is excited to announce that Dr. Roger Kalia has been appointed Artistic Director-Designate.  He will begin his tenure as Artistic Director on July 1, 2025.

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THSO to Honor Bob Brown with Gift of Music Award

The Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra announces a gala award ceremony and dinner to honor long-term THSO-supporter and multi-year THSO president, Bob Brown, with the organization’s Gift of Music Award. The award ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at the Terre Haute Country Club. Guests will enjoy a cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvres at 5pm and a gourmet three-course meal with an intimate musical performance by Principal Harp Melanie Mashner at 6pm.

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Bowden Excited to Work with Rubio Again

“I am very excited to work with violinist Elina Rubio again,” said Artistic Director, David Bowden. “She is a superb artist, as we all saw in April of 2023 when she played the Brahms Violin Concerto with the THSO. Ravel’s "Tzigane” is a fiery display piece based in Gypsy music that is perfect for Elina. It starts with her playing solo, then the harp enters coordinating its own virtuoso part with the violin. The orchestra enters and round and round we all go until the wild thrilling finish.”

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Elina Rubio Returns!

Beloved former concertmaster, Elina Rubio, is returning to Terre Haute on March 17, 2024, as a special Guest Artist to perform Ravel’s fiery and virtuosic Tzigane (“Gypsy Dance”) with the strings of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra (THSO). This concert at Hatfield Hall on the Rose-Hulman campus is the third in the 2023-24 “THSO Presents!” concert series which features widely varying repertoire in venues around Terre Haute…

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