A sold-out crowd attended “Black Keys: The Evolution of the Black Classical Arts,” at the Schrott Center for the Arts on April 20, 2024. The event continued the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra’s (ICO) 40th Anniversary Season.
The Indianapolis pianist Joshua Thompson has built a career around advocating for classical composers and musicians of African descent. His upcoming concert with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra highlights the work of Black composers and performers.
Beethoven wrote only one opera. It went through multiple revisions over ten years, and when it appeared in our now beloved final version on stage in Vienna on May 23,