It's hard to believe we are in the final
weekend of Symphony on the Prairie! The
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians have been on a 3 week
vacation, which began after the Tribute to Michael
Jackson. Conner Prairie has still been a busy place
without us, presenting the music of Duke Ellington, The Beatles,
Buddy Holly and now River City Brass Band. Every September
one of the assignments I was always given in school was to write a
paper on what I did over vacation. It's been decades...Read More » It's hard to believe we are in the final
weekend of Symphony on the Prairie! The
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians have been on a 3 week
vacation, which began after the Tribute to Michael
Jackson. Conner Prairie has still been a busy place
without us, presenting the music of Duke Ellington, The Beatles,
Buddy Holly and now River City Brass Band. Every September
one of the assignments I was always given in school was to write a
paper on what I did over vacation. It's been decades...Read More »
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...
It's a bittersweet goodbye. Ben Luttrell has worked as the
Symphony's intern this summer for the fundraising event,
Circle the City for the Symphony. Thanks for all
the hard work Ben!
As I stood looking at the Circle the City for the
Symphony finish line when I took a picture, the first thing
that came to my mind was “I’m looking at the Finish Line-sponsored
Finish Line.” The next thought was “This is really surreal.”
From what I’ve gathered from other interns and friends from BSU, many internship...
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As
you’ve probably heard by now, my time as Associate Conductor of
the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is quickly
drawing to a close – I’ll be conducting the last concerts of my
tenure this weekend at Marsh
Symphony on the Prairie, before I head to Boston to take
up a new position. As I reflect on my two years here in Indy, I’m struck by how fortunate I’ve been to have had an incredible diversity of opportunities with the ISO, conducting on every concert series, from the classical subscription...Read More »
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...
Ben
Luttrell gives us his third installment of his thoughts about the
ISO's Circle the City for the Symphony event. Perhaps
I need to give him his own blogroll?
I was a team captain for Ball State University's Relay for Life
this past April. The opportunity I had to work with the BSU chapter
of PRSSA (the public relations group for students) was good, but
the real pleasure for me came from the opportunity to tell people
all about this wonderful event and the cause it supports. It wasn’t
about me...
Ben
Luttrull is an intern with the ISO this summer and is working on
the Symphony's Circle
the City for the Symphony event in
August. I've turned my blog over to him for his second
installment!
If being competitive is defined as hating to lose, then
I consider myself a fairly competitive person. I’ve been known to
attach allegiance to teams for a month only to disavow any
relationship upon the missing of playoffs. I still follow my high
school marching band and cringe upon seeing any ranking other...
A Day
at the "Strings and Jazzy Things" Camp
Regina Henderson, ISO Learning Community/MYO Intern
Valparaiso Univerity '11
On Tuesday June 8th, I had the wonderful opportunity to
observe the annual summer music camp called “Strings and Jazzy
Things.” After creating quite a journey for myself on my way
to Broad Ripple High School, I wasn’t sure what I should be
expecting and had no idea where I was going once I walked into the
school. However, I finally found the registration area and...
I
have had a fascination with foreign languages since high school and
have attempted to learn several – whether in school, at home, in
full-immersion summer courses, or just by hanging out with foreign
people in general. To much avail, I speak no other language
well, apart from a few phrases which amuse my 5-year-old son.
This fascination occurred when I read Ciardi’s translation of
Dante’s Inferno and simultaneously (and coincidentally)
learned a phrase in my Latin class, omni...
Ben
Luttrull is an intern with the ISO this summer and is working on
the Symphony's Circle
the City for the Symphony event in
August. I've turned my blog over to him to talk about this
important fundraising event for the ISO.
When I first found out I was going to be an
intern with the ISO this summer, I started mentally racing
through what my first assignment was going to be. I’d like to say I
was prepared for the 35,000-plus people at the Mini-Marathon Expo,
but I had sadly focused on more...
A
big advantage to music is the share-ability
factor. Of course this applies to books and
movies as well, two of my other great loves. Many of us are
passionate about these avenues of expression and enjoy lending out
our collections to friends and colleagues. In the past few
months, several composers have come up in conversation, Camille
Saint-Saens, Jean-Philippe Rameau and Samuel Barber to name a
few. Of these, I delved into Samuel Barber pieces after a
colleague lent me the second...Read More »
Hi
All:Got an email from Rita Steinberg's husband - Rita is a key member of our terrific Development Department. Larry wanted to know what I was "bowing" during the concert last weekend.
I was using a cello bow on crotales (antique cymbals) - they are tiny metal disks and pitched just like 2 octaves on a piano. They are hard to play because, though mounted on a metal rod, they can spin. I guess you need to be a percussionist to understand that part of the difficulty.
Friday and Saturday's...Read More »
Lucina is a pianist of great accomplishment. At 91 years
young, she still teaches several students, performs various
two-piano concerts and recitals, and remains very active in the
musical community in Indianapolis. She attends many of the ISO’s
Coffee Classical performances.
Lucina shares her love of music in the community by being generous as well. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra was the recipient of that generosity this summer, as Lucina purchased a new Steinway Concert Grand Piano and...
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It’s nice to have an announcement like this when a season is
complete:
Headline:
INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY SETS NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD AT MARSH SYMPHONY ON THE PRAIRIE
Copy:
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced that it set a new all-time attendance record of 107,281 for its Marsh Symphony on the Prairie season of outdoor concerts this summer, exceeding the previous mark of 107,245 set in 1999. (We beat it by 36 people!)
· Total season attendance of 107,281, the largest full-season...
Read More »The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra turns over
its stage to other musical ensembles in August and early September
during
Marsh Symphony on the
Prairie. During
this period, our Symphony musicians take a much-needed,
well-deserved break away from their year-round schedule.
So, we’re sometimes asked… where are the ISO musicians during this
time and what are they up to? Here's a sample!
“[Our vacation plans are] certainly not exotic -- we plan to stay in Indy, work on cleaning up/organizing our...
Read More »This weekend we're performing two concerts of Mozart at Conner Prairie, our summer home just a few miles up the road from Indianapolis. In honor of the Wolfie, here's my favorite scene from Amadeus, which also happens to be one of my favorite movie scenes period:
It's barely longer than a minute, but it's quite possibly the best summation of why Mozart specifically, and music in general, is just so powerful. Because an old man, reduced to a shadow of his former self, forgotten in his...Read More »
So, I was at the Prairie earlier this month and was struck by this
really familiar looking guy... So, who is this guy? I was
told he was Jeff Johnson's intern (in Group Sales) for the
summer... and, as he walked up closer, I realized it was
Dylan Riley who soloed with the ISO on a Side-By-Side
concert several years ago. OMG! Of course!! (I haven't
gotten older, have I? Only he has, right?)
Side-By-Side is an annual ISO Learning Community program for high school musicians. Students audition,...Read More »
Side-By-Side is an annual ISO Learning Community program for high school musicians. Students audition,...Read More »
Last week Brian Hoover - IPS teacher from Center for Inquiry - stopped by to drop off some letters from students who attended The Sallie Mae Fund Young People's Discovery Concerts in April. Unfortunately, Linda Noble who primarily works on this program wasn't here to accept the letters, so I stepped in.
Brian said he was in the area and apologized for the delivery lateness. P-shaw!! No need to apologize - we love to hear from our patrons no matter how young or old or... late!!! In the...Read More »
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