The DePauw University Institute of Music is home to five unique large ensembles: University Orchestra, University Band, Jazz Ensemble, Festival Choir and Vox Animae. These large-scale collaborations give each student an opportunity to perform, with their peers, great classic as well as contemporary masterworks. Pictured here is a photo from a Concerto Winners’ concerts — an annual event that allows each student to participate through friendly competition for a chance to perform concerto-style repertoire alongside the University Orchestra!
In addition to the requisite large ensembles, DePauw also has various smaller ensembles and chamber groups, and its Symphonic Band, a Institute of Music and College of Liberal Arts collaborative ensemble that includes student performers from both schools, as well as faculty. The Festival Choir, co-sponsored by the Greencastle Arts Council, is another opportunity for DePauw-Greencastle collaborations as voice majors, CLA students, faculty, staff, and community members come together with a single voice to create truly incredible performance experiences.
Representative Repertoire
DePauw University Orchestra:
Pines of Rome — Ottorino Respighi
Symphony No. 7 — Ludwig van Beethoven
Pictures at an Exhibition — Modest Mussorgsky
Voices Shouting Out — Nkeiru Okoye
Hansel and Gretel — Engelbert Humperdinck
DePauw University Band:
Aurora Awakes — John Mackey
Symphony No. 6 for Band — Vincent Persichetti
magneticfireflies — Augusta Read Thomas
Hip Hop Etudes — Daniel Bernard Roumain
The Dog Breath Variations — Frank Zappa
DePauw Jazz Ensemble
“African Skies” — Michael Brecker, arr. Riss
“Dear Rudy” — Terell Stafford, arr. Gray
“Blame It on my Youth” — Oscar Levant, arr. Cunliffe
“Hey, It’s Me You’re Talkin’ To” — Victor Lews, arr. Sharpe
Festival Choir
Carmina Burana — Carl Orff
Song of Democracy — Howard Hanson in collaboration with the University Band
“The Music of Z. Randall Stroope”
Vox Animae
“It Isn’t a Dream” — Melissa Dumphy
“Deer Song” — Craig Hella Johnson
“Not While I’m Around” — Stephen Sondheim