In this week’s playlist, we feature Indianapolis-born composer, Orion R Farrar! He wrote most of his marches around the turn of the century like Bombasto and Indiana State Band, which are still very popular.

This week’s playlist is especially important. We’ll honor the life of  Marianne Williams Tobias who we lost on July 12th. We’ll hear Marianne Tobias as a pianist with The Indianeapolitan Players, and recordings by the ISO with commentary coming straight from Marianne’s program notes.

This week on CMI Streaming, we feature music by John Williams, an iconic American composer who has been nominated for 51 Academy Awards for his work on music for films dating back to 1967. His first win in the Best Original Score category came in 1975 with his score for Jaws. Just two years later, perhaps Williams most iconic work earned him another Oscar win, with his score for 1977’s Star Wars.

In this week’s playlist, we bring you performances by saxophonist, Joe Lulloff in honor of his new album, New Stories! Acclaimed internationally for his innovative style and musical virtuosity, Yamaha and Vandoren Performing Artist Joseph Lulloff enjoys a prolific career as both a performing saxophone artist and teacher. He holds the position of Professor of Saxophone at Michigan State University where his students have won multiple prestigious national competitions.