Review: Stand and Shout! with Leonardo Altino

Review: ‘Stand and Shout!’ brings Philharmonic audience to its feet GUEST CELLIST MAKES A BIG NOISE By J. Kevin Butler, For The Republic – 11/16/17 7:53 PM View Article Here The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic presented its “Stand and Shout!” concert Saturday at...

Review: Celebrating The Reformation

Standing ovation for Philharmonic’s music celebrating the Reformation By Staff Reports, For The Republic – 10/31/17 11:33 PM View Article Here The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and Festival Chorus, with three outstanding vocal soloists, treated a large and...

Review: I Love A Piano with Tony DeSare

Piano man DeSare wows audience By J. Kevin Butler,  For The Republic – 9/21/17 11:07 PM View Article Here The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic opened its 2017-18 season Saturday at Columbus East High School’s Clarence Robbins auditorium with its “I Love a Piano”...

Review: Bernstein & Gershwin with Drew Petersen

Rising pianist and others earn ovations in Philharmonic concert opener By: Charles Webb, For The Republic – 9/18/18 9:44 PM View Article Here Maestro David Bowden, music director of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, inaugurated the 2018-19 season by featuring...

Guest Artist: Dan McKinley

Raised in Borden, Indiana, Dan attended Indiana University School of Music, receiving his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in organ performance.  He was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate.   In addition to keyboard studies, Dan played the tuba...

Brown Scholarships

Hiroki Kato – Winner of the Betty F. Brown Award for Instrumental Excellence Winner of the 2012 Betty F. Brown Award for Instrumental Excellence, Hiroki Kato started playing saxophone when he was living in Japan.  He writes, “My dad was listening to saxophone...