6 Past Events at Ball State University

The 44th Music for All Summer Symposium, presented by Yamaha, returns to Muncie and the Ball State University campus June 22-29, drawing more than 1,800 music students and teachers from 38 states and Queensland Australia.

Ball State University, which has hosted Music for All Summer Symposium since 2011 have a commitment through 2023, and Ball State is a Corporate Sponsor of Music for All.

Music for All has been providing positively life-changing experiences at its summer camp for over 40 years. It’s America’s Camp: the national summer learning experience for band and orchestra students, and teachers. We bring together the best faculty, exciting concerts and events, and students from band and orchestra programs from coast-to-coast who share a love of music-making, performance, and student leadership.

To learn more visit, camp.musicforall.org, or by calling 800.848.2263.

Music for All has been providing positively life-changing experiences at its summer camp for over 40 years. It’s America’s Camp: the national summer learning experience for band and orchestra students, and teachers. We bring together the best faculty, exciting concerts and events, and students from band and orchestra programs from coast-to-coast who share a love of music-making, performance, and student leadership.

To learn more visit, camp.musicforall.org, or by calling 800.848.2263.

Ball State’s Integrated Cultural Committee will kick-off the holiday season on Saturday, December 7th with events, holiday productions, demos, a Luminaria Walk, and more. A Ball State shuttle will travel between campus and Minnetrista throughout the night, with stops near the Glick Glass Center and the Minnetrista Orchard Shop lot (on St. Joseph Street). 

Please note that each venue may have different hours throughout the evening. Holiday Arts & Culture Night campus events and activities include: 

Charles W. Brown Planetarium

Holiday Programs and Science Activity

Saturday, Dec. 7 | Big Bird's Adventure at 3:30pm & The Christmas Star at 5pm & 6:30pm

The Brown Planetarium offers a showing of the family favorite program where Big Bird and Elmo explore the Moon as well as two showings of their popular Christmas Star program. Come early for seats and to enjoy a holiday themed science activity.

Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass, School of Art

Holiday Glass Sale & Demonstrations | 4pm-8pm

Glick Center for Glass joins the holiday festivities with an Open House, offering a glass arts sale by the BSU Glass Alliance and live glass working demonstrations throughout the evening.

FSEEC

Holiday in Bloom | 6-9pm

The BSU Field Station and Environmental Education Center will be open for our annual evening program, Holiday in Bloom, on December 7th from 6-9pm. Visitors can tour the Rinard Orchid Greenhouse, decked out for the holidays; create nature-inspired ornaments in the Nature Lab; and explore Christy Woods along our Luminaria Trail. Listen Closely, BSU’s all-female a capella group, will be performing (tentative) throughout the evening.

David Owsley Museum of Art

Holiday Community Open House | 6-8pm

DOMA joins in the annual community holiday festivities with refreshments, children’s art activities, and live holiday music.

Holiday performance by the University Singers | 7pm 

Rinker Center

Global Holiday Booths | 5-9pm | 1st Floor Riverside Entrance Lobby of the Fine Arts Building

The Rinker Center Global Holiday Booths invite you to celebrate the season with hands-on origami and coloring crafts while exploring educational displays on holiday traditions from around the world. Join us to discover unique cultural celebrations and make a festive keepsake! There will be booths from The Rinker Center, University Libraries, and the Integrated Cultural Committee. There will also be ticket giveaways for a basketball game and for Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland at Emens Auditorium!

School of Music

Carillonneur John Gouwens will play songs of the season from the Bell Tower for the whole campus to hear! | 8pm