Turn an ear to podcast host and radio broadcaster Michael Toulouse and you’ll make a personal connection with classical music. Words by Crystal Hammon. As regional celebrities go, it’s hard to find a more self-effacing personality than Michael Toulouse …

Podcasts: A Very Basic Guide for Beginners Words by Crystal Hammon. 155 million Americans listen to podcasts regularly. What about you? Maybe you’ve never listened to a single podcast. Nothing surprising about that. Especially if you’re over the age of …

https://classicalmusicindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/final-fest.mp3   The holidays are always a busy time for musicians. This is just as true for the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra as it is for any other ensem …

Canadian Brass performs at Clowes Auditorium November 19 with the Butler University Wind Ensemble. One member of this esteemed brass ensemble, Jeff Nelsen, is an adopted Hoosier: he’s on the faculty at the IU School of Music. He recently talked with Mi …

Michael Toulouse Interviews Gemma New Photo by Roy Cox Conductor Gemma New makes her ISO debut this Thursday at Conner Prairie. She sat down recently with CMI’s Michael Toulouse to talk about the music that will be featured during the upcoming concert. …

Violinist Jennifer Koh sat down with Michael Toulouse to talk about the concerto she’ll be performing with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and why this composer’s music means so much to her.

For the New Year we thought we’d ask our staff and Music Unites Artists to share their New Year’s Resolutions. A new year is always a good time to take a fresh look at life, what are you hoping to accomplish in 2018?

This week we asked Classical Music Indy’s own Program Director, Michael Toulouse, to reflect on emotions in music. Read below about the long history of music describing human expression, and how though our modern attention spans have shortened, music can almost instantaneously evoke a feeling.

For Classical Music Month, Classical Music Indy pulled out all of the stops to bring music to the community of Indianapolis. We shared music with over 379,000 people during the month of September. We hope you’ll celebrate with us again next year!

Classical Music Indy has been broadcasting classical music on the radio for over 49 years. We reach over 4.5 million Hoosiers through the four stations that play our radio content. Michael Toulouse is our Program Director and on-air host. He has been w …

As we approach the end of this year, we take time to contemplate the successes of our organization. Classical Music Indy’s President and CEO, Molly Deuberry Craft, writes that 2016 was “a notable year.” Read below to see all that CMI has achieved this year in the name of music. Happy New Year and best wishes for 2017!