Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
(317) 262-1100
45 Monument Circle
Founded in 1930, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) has earned national and international recognition for its development into one of America’s most skilled musical ensembles. The 87-member Orchestra is made up of resident artists from all parts of the world and now performs a year-round schedule of 200 classical, pops, education, holiday and summer concerts to an audience of 500,000 people annually.
The Orchestra owns and maintains its own downtown concert hall, the Hilbert Circle Theatre. Built in 1916 as a classic movie palace, the Hilbert Circle Theatre was renovated in the early 1980s into an acoustically superb concert hall and has been a catalyst in both the revitalization of the downtown as well as the Orchestra’s artistic growth since its move to the heart of the city in 1984.
In addition to its full season of different programs at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, the Orchestra also performs numerous education concerts which reach more than 50,000 Hoosier schoolchildren each year. ISO also performs outreach concerts in churches, parks and in communities across Indiana, and in outdoor Marsh Symphony on the Prairie series concerts at Conner Prairie, which attract nearly 100,000 people each summer.
Indianapolis Opera
(317) 283-3531
250 E. 38th Street
The Indianapolis Opera, founded 25 years ago, is Indiana’s professional regional opera company. The opera presents four productions each season at Clowes Memorial Hall on the campus of Butler University. All performances feature renowned singers and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra or the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra along with the Indianapolis Opera Chorus. Indianapolis Opera also has a multi-faceted education program that reaches over 50,000 students across the Midwest.
MacAllister
Formed in 1980, the Indiana Opera Theatre produces the MacAllister Awards, an annual competition that provides opera singers with experience, prizes and opportunities for performances. Singers compete in three divisions (youth, collegiate and professional) for more than $65,000 in cash awards in the final competitions. Between 600 and 800 singers are heard in 41 locations throughout the year. Approximately 70 college and 60 professional regional winners are invited to Indianapolis to participate in the final competition in August. The MacAllister Awards is one of the nation’s largest unrestricted competitions. It is named after P.E. MacAllister, an Indianapolis businessman who helped found the competition.
Indianapolis Children’s Choir
Having grown to a program of over 1,200 singers in 12 choirs, the Indianapolis Children’s Choir continues to be one of the largest and most accomplished children’s choral programs in the nation. In residence on the campus of Butler University, the choir makeup reflects the diversity of central Indiana. Singers come from 17 counties, which embrace the urban environment of Indianapolis, the suburbs surrounding the city, and many small rural communities.
In addition to its own concert series, the choir performs regularly with professional symphony orchestras including the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and has also performed with The Chieftains and Celine Dion. The Indianapolis Children’s Choir has also performed several times at Carnegie Hall and regularly tours both nationally and internationally.
American Pianists
Founded in New York in 1979 as the Beethoven Foundation, the American Pianists Association relocated to Indianapolis in 1982. It is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support the careers of America’s rising young classical and jazz pianists. This organization presents the Classical Fellowship Awards to select two APA Fellows between the ages of 18 and 30. The Premiere Series, held from September to February, features five candidates performing in the Indiana Historical Society Concert Hall. The Awards culminate in the final round, Discovery Week, during the month of April.
Biennial American Jazz Piano Competition was held at the Jazz Kitchen and the Madame Walker Theatre in April of 2001.
Cathedral Arts Inc./International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
The mission of Cathedral Arts/International Violin Competition of Indianapolis is to enhance the great tradition of classical music and to heighten the cultural profile world wide of the state of Indiana and its capital city by producing a quadrennial international violin competition, its affiliated events and educational projects.
The competition, open to premier violinists aged 16-29, offers the richest prize package in the musical world, awarding more than $200,000 in prize monies to it participants. The Gold Medalist receives $30,000, a Carnegie Hall debut, a recording contract, dozens of bookings around the world and use for four years of a rare 1683 Stradivarius violin.
The organization also sponsors the Suzuki & Friends and Ronen Chamber Ensemble professional chamber music series, plus numerous other events designed to encourage the careers of both musical and visual artists and to develop audiences for these artists.
Clowes Memorial Hall
Since opening its doors in 1962, Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University has brought the finest possible international, cultural and artistically diverse entertainment to its patrons. This 2,100 seat venue hosts a Performing Arts Series presented by Clowes Memorial Hall, the Indianapolis Opera, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and half of the Indianapolis Broadway Series. Clowes Hall is also home to many of the Jordan College of Fine Arts performances, including the Butler Ballet, the Butler Symphony Orchestra and the Butler Wind Ensemble.
Clowes Memorial Hall also presents a student matinee program which brings students from all over Indiana to watch, learn and enjoy live performing arts.
Verizon Wireless Music Center
Formerly known as the Deer Creek Music Center, the Verizon Wireless Music Center is one of the nation’s most successful amphitheaters under the stars. The Verizon Wireless Music Center is situated on 228 acres of land and provides a diverse and talented array of music through its many concerts and performances.
Between 40 and 60 concerts are held at Verizon Wireless Music Center during its May through September season. A covered pavilion seats 6,200 patrons including 372 box seats. Another 18,000 people can stretch out comfortably on the lawn. A high-tech sound system includes a lawn speaker relay delay to assure a clear and echo-free sound, while large video screens provide a close-up view of performances.
Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center
Opened in spring 1994, the $10.2 million Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center is located at the University of Indianapolis and features visiting performing and visual artists. The 59,000 square foot facility houses an imitate Viennese-style performance hall that hosts a wide array of performances and art exhibitions for the community. Most events are free to the public.
The center is named for Indianapolis businesswoman Christel DeHaan, an arts patron, philanthropist and community leader.
Indianapolis Art Center
The Indianapolis Art Center showcases local and regional artists and artisans and serves as a community arts education and resource center. World-renowned architect and Indianapolis native Michael Graves designed the Art Center’s $7.2 million facility, which was completed in 1996.
The Art Center includes eight exhibition spaces which allow for nearly 30 exhibitions per year. It also features a gift shop, 13 studios, a library, the Riverfront Stage and deck and a 224-seat auditorium. It hosts the Annual Broad Ripple Art Fair in May, a fundraising event for the Art Center. In 2000, more than 25,000 people attended the two-day fair. The Art Center offers more than 200 classes in a variety of media for all levels of experience.
Indianapolis Artsgarden
Opened in 1995, the $12 million Indianapolis Artsgarden is a glass-domed rotunda suspended over one of downtown’s busiest intersections. It serves as a performance, exhibition and marketing space for the local arts community.
The Artsgarden presents dance, theatre, music and family programming. Weekday lunches are filled with “informances” and visual arts displays by local artists. Saturdays and Sundays offer a variety of music, dance, theater, workshops, storytelling, fairs and festivals for the entire family.
In addition to performances and exhibitions, and the distribution of maps, schedules, calendars and other information, the Artsgarden also houses Ticket Central, the city’s centralized ticketing system, which sells tickets to more than 30 arts and cultural organizations.
The Artsgarden connects to more than 2,800 hotel rooms, businesses, restaurants, and Circle Centre, an 800,000-square-foot retail and entertainment complex, making it an ideal venue to increase accessibility and public awareness of the arts. Funding for the Artsgarden came from a grant from the Lilly Endowment to the Arts Council of Indianapolis.
Madame Walker Theatre Center
For decades, the Madame Walker Theatre Center has been the heart of Indiana Avenue, once well known throughout the Midwest as the city’s center of jazz. Legendary musicians like Bix Beiderbecke and Wes Montgomery played at the Indiana Avenue jazz clubs in the 1920s. The Walker Building and Theatre were originally constructed in 1927 as the home of The Walker Manufacturing, founded by the country’s first female self-made millionaire.
The 950-seat theater was initially used as a stage for vaudeville but, after World War II, was used only as a movie house. In 1980, the Walker Building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1991. A $5 million renovation was completed in 1988. The center now serves as an educational and cultural resource center for the community with particular focus on African-American culture. The center hosts approximately 150 performances per year.
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