Interlude - April 14
April 14, 2020
#LoveHC resources, World Voice Day, virtual film fest, global jazz concert and more
Welcome back to Interlude, your twice-weekly dose of stay-at-home arts and culture from the Center and our friends. Below, you’ll find fun and inspiring material for all ages.
#LoveHC from a distance
Our friends at Visit Hamilton County are collecting resources, uplifting stories, job openings, local restaurants offering delivery and carryout and more at LoveHamiltonCounty.com. Visit for ideas about how to connect with your community and #LoveHC.
Follow the hashtag on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see what folks are up to.
Hurry up and sing!
#CPAQuarantineKaraoke videos keep rolling in, and we want to see YOURS! Submit by the end of the day today (Tuesday, April 14) for a chance to win tickets to a Center Presents performance and to be included in our community compilation for World Voice Day!
Today's featured submissions (below) include a delightfully '80s lip-sync, and a Disney cover by one of the Songbook Foundation's own staff members!
Songbook Academy alums connect and create
Last Thursday, the Great American Songbook Foundation hosted a Zoom chat for over thirty 2019 Songbook Academy® alums, so that staff members and founder Michael Feinstein could offer their support and create an outlet for some much-needed social engagement during this isolating time for young artists.
Songbook Academy, a program of the Great American Songbook Foundation, is a national music intensive hosted every summer at the Center for the Performing Arts. The impact lasts much longer than one week in Carmel – alums, staff and mentors stay connected year-round. Especially now, the connections and friendships made possible by this program continue to inspire and create a sense of belonging.
Songbook Academy alums also are taking part in the Instagram challenge #SongbookMyWay by submitting covers of Songbook standards. Visit the Songbook Academy’s feed to listen to alums from as far back as 2012 perform timeless standards reimagined in their own unique ways. These are the voices of tomorrow – let’s encourage them to keep creating!
Indiana Humanities virtual film fest
This month, the nonprofit cultural organization Indiana Humanities is showcasing its new INseparable Films series, commissioned from Indiana filmmakers to explore the Hoosier experience along urban, suburban and rural divides. After each Facebook premiere, the films will be available for streaming on INseparableFilms.org.
Weekly Facebook premiere parties will feature Q&As, further insight into the films' characters, discussion of the films' ideas and more.
Upcoming Facebook premieres include:
- April 14 at 7 p.m.: Hometown Media (Wayne County)
- April 21 at 7 p.m.: The Earthkeepers (Bloomington)
- April 28 at 7 p.m.: Raised in Contrast (Lebanon)
Jazz at Lincoln Center presents “Worldwide Concert”
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, a perennial favorite here at our Center, has lined up jazz artists and celebrities from throughout the world for a special online musical celebration Wednesday night.
The two-hour Worldwide Concert for Our Culture, an alternative approach to JALC’s annual Spring Gala, will feature performers from Japan, Brazil, Russia, Pakistan, South Africa, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Cuba and the United States joining the orchestra from remote locations to perform the songs that made them fall in love with jazz.
The presentation will premiere at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at this link, where more information on the event is available. The archived concert also will be viewable afterward on the JALC Facebook and YouTube accounts.
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