Welcome to the 58th season of the Indianapolis Early Music Festival
David Greenberg:
Multiple Voices for One
(a free “pre-festival” concert)
Sunday, June 2, 2024 | 3:00 PM
Indiana History Center
For over three decades, David Greenberg has enjoyed a double career as a Baroque violinist and Cape Breton-style fiddler. His fluency and experience in these two genres make him uniquely qualified to interpret the wild music of 18th-century Scotland. David is a…
Musica ficta:
Astros, luces, rayos
Friday, June 14, 2024 | 7:30 PM
The Basile Opera Center
Sebastián Durón (1660-1716) was arguably the most important Spanish composer of the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries. His output of theater music - especially his comedies and zarzuelas - enjoyed great popularity during his lifetime, and many of…
Relic: At the Temple of Juno
Sunday, June 16, 2024 ┃3:00 PM
The Basile Opera Center
In five musical chapters, Relic honors the goddess Juno and all she represents: love, fury, devotion, youthfulness, and vitality. Works of Corelli, Handel, and Purcell.
The Story of Pa I Sha
presented by
the bach & beethoven experience
Friday, June 28, 2024 ┃7:30 PM
Indiana History Center
Presented by the Bach & Beethoven Experience, The Story of Pa I Sha is a through-composed work of Brandi Berry Benson’s original settings and arrangements of hymns, social dances, and traditional songs from the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations interwoven with English and Choctaw narration.
Sonnambula: Passing Fancy
Sunday, June 30, 2024 ┃ 3:00 PM
Indiana History Center
This program features music written by composers forced to hide their identities (either social, religious, ethnic, or racial) while working within the structures of European high culture during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. We will consider the beauty of William Byrd…
Josefien Stoppelenburg
& Ars Musica Chicago:
Vocal Fireworks
Friday, July 12, 2024 ┃7:30 PM
Indiana History Center
The Indianapolis Festival Band
& Alchymy Viols:
Ancient Airs and Dances
Saturday, July 13, 2024 ┃11:00 AM (Free Family Show)
Sunday, July 14, 2024 ┃3:00 PM
Indiana History Center
This concert features the original tunes that inspired Bach, Holst, Respighi, Smetana, and Vaughn Williams; including the original song that serves as the basis for one of our most popular Christmas carols, another song that is the basis for the Israeli National Anthem…