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Interlude - September 24

September 24, 2020

Over an exterior photo of the Center for the Performing Arts' campus, the text reads "Interlude: Virtual Arts and Entertainment from the Center"

IWS returns, songs about voting, meet our events director and more

 

Welcome back to Interlude, where we sometimes struggle to think of a clever introduction to the Center’s weekly assortment of campus news and online arts opportunities.

 

Serving You: Ramona Adams, Director of Events

It’s time for another episode of Serving You sponsored by The National Bank of Indianapolis, the video series that shines a well-deserved spotlight on the creative and hardworking staffers who keep things hopping at the Center.

 

Today’s interview features Ramona Adams, who puts her hospitality experience and organizational skills to use for rental clients as the Center’s Director of Events. Whether it’s a big wedding or business conference in the Palladium or an intimate gathering for friends in one of the smaller spaces on campus, her goal is to provide exceptional service and “make people feel special.” Enjoy the clip.

 

 

Why support the Center? Let’s find out

Financial support from corporate partners and individual donors is an essential part of the performing arts economy. These days, philanthropic support is increasingly vital in enabling the Center to continue providing enriching arts experiences for the Central Indiana community and a growing online audience.

 

Many options are available for donors and sponsors who want to enhance the public impact of the arts, and those same supporters also enjoy a range of tangible and intangible benefits themselves. To learn more about how and why they support the Center, read the new issue of our Ovation newsletter.

 

 

Note the Vote: Campaign Songs in America

With election season on the horizon, the Great American Songbook Foundation is getting you ready to "register, inform yourself and vote" with music on the campaign trail! From marching bands to rock anthems, candidates use music to rally their potential voters – sometimes successfully, sometimes not. It’s all part of politics and it’s especially relevant today.

 

Are you interested in how music's use in campaigns has changed over time? Get a front row seat to your crash course on campaign songs with the Songbook Foundation's Teaching Notes blog, Patriotism and Politics. Be sure to #NoteTheVote and look for more resources and music leading up to the election on the Songbook Foundation's social media pages! 

 

 

Indiana Wind Symphony returns Sunday

The resident Indiana Wind Symphony was the last ensemble to perform at the Palladium before stay-at-home orders began in March, and with its season-opening concert Sunday afternoon, it will be the first to return.

 

The 3 p.m. program, titled Panoramic Fantasy, will feature Principal Flute Carl Butler as soloist on Lowell Lieberman’s Concerto for Flute Op. 39 (written for Sir James Galway), along with the overture from Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (think Bugs Bunny vs. Elmer Fudd) and a timely new march from Texas composer Kelly Bennette titled The Quarantiner.

 

Read more about the concert in Current, and find ticket information on the Center’s website.

 

 

This week in performing arts history

September 24: In 1936, puppetry genius and Muppets creator Jim Henson is born in Greenville, Mississippi. (Coincidentally, this is also the birthday of puppeteer Steve Whitmire, who took over the roles of Kermit the Frog and Ernie for many years after Henson’s death in 1990.) Coming up on Dec. 1, the Center’s new Performing Arts Connect virtual field trip series will present a Jim Henson Trivia Night with staff from the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

September 26: In 2019 – which seems like such a long time ago – comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short bring their Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t tour to the Palladium. Short had previously played the Center during its opening year in 2011.

 

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