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Tag: percussion

NEW CLASSICAL – SŌ PERCUSSION

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Salvador Perez Lopez

LOCAL CLASSICAL – COREY DENHAM

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Salvador Perez Lopez

Story Time at the Symphony

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Kennedy Douglas

Story Time at the Symphony Words by Kate Hamori One of my most vivid musical memories is from my very first orchestra rehearsal in high school. I won’t lie—I was totally panicking. But as soon as we started to play, all my thoughts and worries disappea …

LOCAL CLASSICAL – ROB FUNKHOUSER

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Salvador Perez Lopez

New Classical – Andy Akiho

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Kennedy Douglas

Local Classical – Classical Pairings

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Kennedy Douglas

Local Classical – Rob Funkhouser

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Kennedy Douglas

The Quest for the Perfect Timpani

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Eric Salazar

In the early 1980s two enterprising women set out to design and build the perfect timpani. Rebecca Kite and Barbara Allen met when both were graduate students at Indiana University (IU), Bloomington. They believed that they could improve upon timpani a …

From Porch Pickin’ to Percussion

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Eric Salazar

Corey Denham grew up in Appalachia, in the mountains of North Carolina, watching his cousins and great-grandfather come together to play bluegrass music in the living room, or, when the family crowd got too big, on the porch. “I learned early on that t …

Music in Nature

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Eric Salazar

What better way to celebrate one of Indiana’s most-beloved state parks than by having a special piece of music written? Classical Music Indy has commissioned Indianapolis composer Rob Funkhouser to write Three Peacetime Images for Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park as part of the Indiana Arts Commission’s Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites program. We hope you will join us on April 28th at 2pm at the Sycamore Shelter of Fort Harrison State Park to celebrate the distinct aspects of the park!

Rhythm! Discovery Center: Learn Something. Try Something.

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Eric Salazar

Rhythm! Discovery Center is the creative vision of the Percussive Arts Society. Described as “the world’s first fully-interactive drum and percussion museum,” Rhythm! Discovery Center takes an innovative approach to experiencing the universality of rhythm and percussion. We spoke with Joshua Simonds, Executive Director of the Percussive Arts Society and Rhythm! Discovery Center, to learn more about this unique institution in Indianapolis.

#RandomActsofMusic: Taking Music to the Streets

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Eric Salazar

Over the past year, Classical Music Indy provided 45 spontaneous concerts with our #RandomActsofMusic, serving 7,428 people. Learn more about these pop-up concerts that beautify Indy!

2016: One for the Record Books

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Eric Salazar

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!

Jen Richards on Innovation at Eighth Blackbird

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Eric Salazar

Eighth Blackbird is an innovator in modern contemporary classical music, through championing new music and supporting risk-takers in contemporary classical, they are a leader for the future of the genre. Jen Richards is the former Managing Director of …

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