It's been six months since I graduated
from college and what do I miss the most? Well, that might be a
trick question. But one thing I do miss A LOT is student ticket
prices. Gone are the days when I can attend world class arts events
on the cheap. Or are they?
With Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's Cyber Monday special, all
(well, most) tickets to Classical, Pops, Symphonic Hits and Happy
Hour performances are priced at the student rate of $12. Now, I
don't mean to get preachy, but this is a...
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I
love having contests on this blog. Contests allow us to give
away cool stuff like tickets and gift cards. Contests allow us to
get the word out about Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra concerts,
events and programs so that more people attend. Most importantly,
contests allow us to hear from you - our blog readers - and
interact with you.
But when it comes time to pick the winner, I'm not a fan of our
contests. It's the old cliche...you're all winners in my
book. So, I will follow my own rules,...
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Unfortunately,
this is my last week as an
ISO intern.
I have had a great three months learning from the wonderful
people here at the Symphony, exploring orchestral music, meeting
the musicians and doing
lots of writing for them.
What a fun experience!
Although I'm graduating and moving on to new opportunities,
I have a feeling I will never really 'get away' from the
Symphony. I know I'll be back to chat with the people I've met here
and, of course, to attend some of the great upcoming
concerts!
Th...
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The
title says it all. Making music and changing lives is what the
Indy Symphony does. And now, you have a very special chance to
help us change the lives of deserving children.
On April 15, the Indianapolis Symphony and the Columbia Club will
host "Making Music Changing Lives," a fundraising event
for the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra (MYO), and we would love for
you to join us!
MYO is an amazing program sponsored by the ISO's Learning Community
that provides individual and chamber music lessons...
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This is my sixth week at the Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra and I am finally starting to get my desk organized.
Just a little behind, right?
It does my Type A heart good to see a freshly-organized stack
of manila file folders labeled and stuffed and sitting in my desk
organizer next to my stacks of ISO program books
and collateral materials. What can I say, I'm a neat
freak.
The best part of organizing my desk was that as I separated my
messy stack of papers, I realized just how many...
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The season of 2000 Yuletide Celebration was the first time any of
my family had been to the Celebration but one we will never forget.
My daughter was 8 1/2 months pregnant at the time (Sydney was born
December 18th) and from the beginning to the end of the show my
unborn grandchild loved the show. She moved and kicked to the beat
of the music thruout the show!!! It was amazing to see and feel my
daughters tummy jump and move-the baby loved the symphony and the
show! She quieted between acts and...
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My husband and I have attended the Coffee Pops Concert Series since
before he retired in 1991. In 2000, Yuletide Celebration was a part
of the Pops Series and I was really looking forward, as always, to
the event. Unfortunately that week, our daughter-in-law's
grandfather died and his funeral was the day of the concert. We
offered to keep both grandsons that day while she and our son
traveled to northern Indiana to be with her family. But what to do
about our Yuletide tickets! After talking it...
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When I think back on past Holiday seasons, the Yuletide Celebration
always holds priority in my rolodex of memories. I'm 26 years old
now and still remember, vividly, my visits to the Yuletide
Celebration as a little girl. The giddiness covered over me as my
family filed through the doors of the Hilbert Circle Theater. Out
of the crisp December air and away from the streets where horse's
hooves could be heard trotting around Monument Circle. Colorful
hues of light radiated from the top of the...
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Here's round two from our guest blogger and Pink Martini
super-fan, Jayne Glick. Jayne is a student at IUPUI at the Herron
School of Art & Design, majoring in Visual Communication
Design. She has been a Pink Martini fan for about five
years.
I’ve been a Pink Martini fan for a while and although I know their
albums well, I didn’t really know too much about the people in the
band and how it all began. So I decided to do some research and
share my results. Believe it or not, how they got started is...
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My fondest memory of Yuletide is going as a whole family last year
in 2009. My husband and I had gone to see the Yuletide show several
years back and I cried most of the way through the show, thinking
how I would love to be able to come back one day and bring the
whole family. We have three boys and they all love music and
dancing, but especially our youngest. The problem is that our
youngest son has autism. Being in a public place with a lot of
people and crowd noise is very troubling to him....
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My mother was diagnosed with SVID (Small Vessel Ischemic Disease) a
few years ago and eventually went into a nursing home. Since she
didn't have much space for "things" we tried to give her gifts that
might make memories that would survive the disease (symptoms are
similar to Alzheimers and Parkinsons). Her first Christmas in the
nursing home was very difficult for her, so we chose the Yuletide
Celebration as her gift that year. She enjoyed it so much that it
made that Christmas one of her...
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Symphonic Hits and Sound Off are
back! This week we open our second season with
one of the most exciting concerts yet including more symphonic
hits and our resident ensemble, Time for Three (Tf3). This
season
Sound Off (our pre-concert event held in the
theater at 6:30 before the performance) also has a new host.
While I'm now in my third season as a staff conductor at the
ISO, I'm thrilled to be joining
Sound Off to bring you a
behind-the-scenes look at our concerts. For my first
Sound
Off we...
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I'm
now pleased and proud to be posting the thoughts from our SECOND
winner of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's
Opening Night
Gala contest last week - Kristy McPike. Kristy sent in
the following photo and review of the concert.
Dear ISO: Wow, what a wonderful evening! I just wanted to
write to say thank you so much for the concert tickets for the
Opening Gala Event. I have attached a picture of myself and
my guest after the concert. She is also a violinist and
had never seen Itzhak...
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This
morning the rarest of occurrences for a new parent took place in my
home. My wife and young daughter were leaving the house for
the morning, and since my 2 month old boy was a bit under the
weather, I stayed home with him. As soon as the girls were
gone, my boy presented me with a precious gift. He fell
asleep for two whole hours! Now anyone reading this who has a
child knows that these moments where the house is silent are
fleeting and to be cherished.
Given my sudden and unexpected,...
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It’s certainly not unusual to have many musicians in one
family. The Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra is proud to tout its many family
connections—husbands, wives, children and siblings—in our
ensemble.
But we’ve never had this family connection.
As of this moment, we are in the midst of one of the most
prestigious musical competitions in the world. The
quadrennial “Olympics for the Violin,” otherwise known as the
International Violin Competition of
Indianapolis, is taking place and 40 of the...
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I
can’t believe summer is almost over. I can’t believe
Marsh Symphony on the Prairie is ending. But I
do believe that we will see the 100,000th
patron enter those Conner Prairie gates this weekend.
In 2009, we celebrated with Debra Fleetwood, as she was the lucky
100,000th patron to arrive.
If patron number 100,000 walks through our gates (we think on
Thursday evening), it will be the third time in history that we
have achieved that feat. What helped bring us to this magic
number? Amazing...
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ISO
intern Ben Luttrell provides an update on the Circle the City for
the Symphony walk/run.
Things are beginning to fall in place.
That’s not to say it hasn’t been
stressful. I’d liken it to one of those big domino exhibitions:
it’s fun and amazing to watch and you can’t help but admire the
hard work that goes into it, but it gets more stressful as each
element is revealed and open to the public.
**Something I think needs to be
overstated before we go any further: this blog is only one...
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Intern
Ben Luttrull is feeling the momentum now, as we near the home
stretch for the planning of the Circle the City for the
Symphony event on Aug. 7.
If my internship was with the Indianapolis 500, we
would be at about lap 350 right now: over halfway through and time
to start really focusing on pushing as hard as possible down the
stretch.
Some exciting things are happening with the Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra's Circle
the City event presented by Finish Line on Aug. 7.
For example, our...
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ISO
Development intern Ben Luttrell gives us another glimpse into
planning for the ISO's Circle
the City for the Symphony event Aug.
7.
Between Conner Prairie trips, Circle the City for the
Symphony duties, internship adventures and the dreaded
“professional development," I’d say I’m having quite the summer so
far at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The honeymoon of
“Wow, I have my own phone line!” has faded into the “I’m expected
to do real work” feeling, but I’m quite excited to report that...
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