Mocktails & Masterpieces

Composer of Solidarity Symphony - Jorge Muñiz

Get to know the CMI composition winner, Jorge Muñiz. Jorge has composed "Solidarity Symphony" for premiere and recording with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra on February 1, 2025. This piece centers around the inspirational texts and poetry of Pope Francis, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Langston Hughes.
 
Learn more and Get Tickets: https://www.icomusic.org/concerts/joyful-solidarity-featuring-sirena-huang-violin/

A Talk with Bella Hristova, Violin, and past IVCI Laureate

Join us for a look back at a recent collaboration with past IVCI (International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Laureate), Bella Hristova.  ICO Executive Director, Dana Stone, talks with with Bella about her career, connection to Indiana, and her love of Prokofiev.
Don't miss our next partnership with IVCI on February 1, 2025 with 2023 Gold Medalist, Sirena Huang. Sirena will join the ICO with Beethoven's Violin Concerto on the "Joyful Solidarity" concert. This concert also features a world premiere by Jorge Muñiz. 
Tickets and Information - https://www.icomusic.org/concerts/joyful-solidarity-featuring-sirena-huang-violin/
 

A Treasured Collaboration, The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and the ICO

Join ICO Executive Director, Dana Stone, and ISC Artistic Director, Eric Stark, for a conversation about artistic collaborations. ISC and ICO's most frequent collaboration is Festival of Carols which is coming up later in December. 

Maestro Kraemer and Chorus Master, Eric Scmidt, on Bach's Christmas Oratorio & Handel's Messiah

A look back on our first concert with chorus master, Eric Schmidt, with Maestro Matthew Kraemer. Learn about choral preparation, Messiah vs. Bach Christmas Oratorio, and its role in the Christmas repertoire in the USA and Europe. 
 
Don't miss this year's Classical Christmas on Saturday, December 14 (7PM) at Indiana Landmarks and the Sing-Along on Sunday, December 15 at 3PM.
Classical Christmas - https://ci.ovationtix.com/36694/production/1199550?performanceId=11462812
Sing-Along - https://ci.ovationtix.com/36694/production/1199552?performanceId=11462813
Combination Packages  - https://ci.ovationtix.com/36694/store/bundledPackages/143116
 

Principal Oboe and Featured Soloist, Leonid Sirotkin

ICO Music Director, Matthew Kraemer, sits down with ICO Principal Oboe and our next concert's soloist, Leonid Sirotkin.
Learn more about the concert and get tickets for November 23 at 7:3pm
https://www.icomusic.org/concerts/autumn-sketches-vaughan-williams-mozart-and-leonid-sirotkin/

Kenny Broberg, APA 2020, Season Opener 2022

A throwback episode to this interview from October 2022 with Kenny Broberg, the most recent winner of the APA Classical Competition.
 
We're celebrating our APA partnerships as ICO kicked off the 2024 Classical Competition earlier this month. 
 Check out the APA concert lineup this season, featuring the ICO: https://lnkd.in/gS6fS7Jk

Mezzo-Soprano, Ashley Dixon, and Matthew Kraemer on Berlioz' Les nuits d'été

ICO welcomes guest artist and Mezzo-Soprano, Ashley Dixon, to discuss her background, love for Berlioz and the Barqoeu music. Maestro Matthew Kraemer interviews. Enjoy a performance by Ashley, Rossini "La Cenerentola" Non piu mesta.
 
Don't miss Summer Nights with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra on October 19 at 7:30 pm. 
Tickets & Info: https://www.icomusic.org/concerts/summer-nights-with-ashley-dixon/

ICO Presents Link Up: The Orchestra Moves

Learn about the new ICO education field trip program created by Carnegie Hall: Link Up. ICO is offering this culminating concert and educational curriculum for free to schools in Indianapolis.
If you want to bring your class, sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePg8NWXvCUUHDYM7HZHGp9AZq1jAGIP--QVTOhYk0Svgni_Q/viewform
New Virtual Education Program: Black Keys the Evolution of the Black Classical Arts is available for free after October 1, 2024. Sign up for classroom access here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddJRRcHvYqUTrF4o6xGfAK6f3COGVMK53KgkL0Wn7aRToIxw/viewform