The Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1926, is the oldest professional orchestra in the state of Indiana. Started as a volunteer group of musicians who provided community entertainment, the Terre Haute Symphony has evolved into a group of highly-skilled, paid professional musicians who complete auditions to demonstrate their skill level. We offer a subscription series of concerts from September through May as well as educational concerts for approximately 3,000 fourth graders from the Wabash Valley.
Our musicians are featured in stunning double concertos including Bach’s beautiful Concerto for Oboe and Violin, the brilliant Concerto for Flute and Harp by Mozart, and Paul Whear’s moving Elegy for MLK, Jr., for Oboe and English Horn. Barber’s familiar Adagio for Strings rounds out this 75-minute program.
The THSO is thrilled to share our annual music education program with over 3,000 Wabash Valley elementary students on March 25, 2025 at Tilson Auditorium on the campus of Indiana State University. The Adventure Concerts are a special educational concert opportunity for elementary students to explore the orchestra, both in the classroom and in the concert hall. This program includes three concerts performed at Tilson Auditorium annually for thousands of elementary school students, private school students, and homeschool students in the Wabash Valley. Students in VCSC also receive an opportunity to meet our musicians in-person via Adventure Preview school tours with up to six musicians, as well as during Adventure Encore virtual engagement sessions on Zoom, which allow students to ask questions about a professional musician’s career.
The final concert of the THSO's 2024-2025 season, as well as the final performance of retiring 28-year conductor David Bowden. Featuring Lumbye's Champagne Galop, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 with Sean Chen, the Third Prize winner at the 2013 Van Cliburn Competition, and Rachmaninov's Symphony no. 2.