The annual LaRita Boren Children's Concert, this year titled “Let the Music Move You,” is a free educational program especially designed to introduce elementary grade school children of Grant County and surrounding counties to orchestral music.

This concert is free and open to the public! Doors open at 9:30 am.

Under the direction of Dr. Chris Bade and Dr. Jason Thompson, this concert features the combined orchestras of Indiana Wesleyan University and Taylor University, side-by-side with members of Orchestra Indiana. The program will include lively works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Arturo Marquez, Handel, Stravinsky, and more. High school cellist Ethan Murphy from Bloomington, IN, will be a featured soloist. Ethan was the 2022 winner of the Steve Dingledine Senior Division of the Patricia Tretick Young Artist Competition.

Let the Music Move You
LaRita Boren Children's Concert

Featuring the combined orchestras of Indiana Wesleyan University, Taylor University, and Orchestra Indiana
Jason Thompson, conductor
Chris Bade, conductor
Ethan Murphy, cello

PROGRAM:

Procession of the Nobles from Mlada - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Merle J. Isaac

Hungarian Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 - David Popper

Ethan Murphy, cello

Winner of the Steve Dingledine Senior Division of the 2022 Patricia Tretick Young Artist Competition

Galop from Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra - Igor Stravinsky

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major - George Frideric Handel
          Allegro
          Alla Hornpipe
          Minuet
          Lentement
          Bourrée

Conga del Fuego Nuevo - Arturo Márquez