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My Music. My Story. Jake Sheets. Words by Jessie Edwards “There are a lot of relationships I have built based on similar tastes in music”, says Jake Sheets, an engineer from Dayton, Ohio. Jake moved to Indianapolis two years ago and has since been able …
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 …
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. …
Conductor JoAnn Falletta’s recording with the Buffalo philharmonic of Respighi’s Roman Trilogy was recently released by Naxos. She sat down with Classical Music Indy’s Michael Toulouse to talk about some of the highlights of the Third part of this tril …
JoAnn Falletta will be conducting the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra the weekend of April 26th. Among other works on the program, she’ll conduct what she told NPR was her favorite symphony, Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1, Op. 9. She sat down recently …
The concert series “Sacred Arts at Second” continues at 2nd Presbyterian Church March 8-10 when they will feature a weekend devoted the music of African-American composer Florence Price. Classical Music Indy’s Michael Toulouse recently sat down with th …
The holiday season will be upon us in no time at all. One perennial favorite in the classical music repertory is Handel’s oratorio Messiah. The Director of Music and Fine Arts at Second Presbyterian Church, Dr. Michelle Louer, spoke with Classical Musi …
The music and fine arts series “Sacred Arts at Second” taking place at Second Presbyterian Church will feature, among other things, a concert of Leonard Bernstein’s music on October 18 in celebration of his centenary, along with the integration of some …
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.
