It’s a beautiful day in Indianapolis, and we’ve enjoyed more wonderful music at the Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha. Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Festival Concerts started this morning at 8:00 a.m. at Warren Performing Arts Center, and the final performance today is at 4:30 p.m. Simultaneously in Clowes Memorial Hall, National Concert Band Festival Concerts and Middle School National Music Festival Concerts are taking place.
Students have also been participating in master classes today at the JW Marriott Hotel. You can view some photos from these master class sessions here. We’ll be posting additional photos of the week and weekend events on our Music for All Facebook page.
This evening, two of the Honor ensembles have the opportunity to showcase all their hard work. We have two Honor ensemble concerts this evening. The Honor Orchestra of America performs at 7:00 p.m. tonight in a shared concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Larry Livingston will be conducting the Honor Orchestra in this evening’s concert. Mr. Livingston is conductor of the Thornton Orchestras at the University of Southern California. If you can’t make the Honor Orchestra concert this evening, they will also be performing tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. at Hilbert Circle Theatre.
The Jazz Band of America also performs this evening at 8:30 p.m. at Clowes Memorial Hall. Grammy-winning bassist/composer/conductor John Clayton will conduct the ensemble. John Clayton’s talents are consistently requested by the movers and shakers in the jazz industry, such as Quincy Jones and Tommy Lipuma. As a testament to his immense talent and broad-ranging appeal, Mr. Clayton served as the Artistic Director of Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1999 through 2001.
We hope to see you this evening at the Honor Orchestra of America and Jazz Band of America concerts! And tomorrow night, we hope to see you at the Honor Orchestra of America or Honor Band of America concerts. However, if you can’t be there in person, the Jazz Band of America concert will be webcast live on musicforall.org tonight. Learn more here. Tonight’s Honor Orchestra concert will not be webcast live, but Saturday evening’s Honor Orchestra and Honor Band of America concerts will be webcast live.
