Happening this month with Indy Symphony Orchestra

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s (ISO) blockbuster 2024-25 season, featuring top names in classical music, award-winning Pops artists, and innovative fusions begins this month, with the talented musicians of the ISO at the heart of it all.

Fresh from announcing Jun Märkl as the orchestra’s eighth music director earlier this year, the ISO’s new season features eight debut artists and conductors, the return of former ISO Music Director Mario Venzago conducting Opening Night Gala, blockbuster names from the worlds of Classical and Pops, and so much more.

Tickets

Become a new subscriber or purchase tickets by visiting IndianapolisSymphony.org, by phone at (3170 639-4300, by mail, or in person at the Hilbert Circle Theatre Box Office. Prefer to mix and match? Consider a Your Season, Your Way subscription and choose from all series. Click here to see the full season lineup.

September highlights

Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Hilbert Circle Theatre

Conductor and composer Steve Hackman returns this fall to bring his popular Uncharted Series to Hilbert Circle Theatre, beginning with the all-new work Gershwin X Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue, featuring George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” two of the most beloved, ubiquitous compositions in the history of music.

Each work challenged the traditions of their medium by thrillingly combining disparate genres of music: Queen fusing classical, opera, and vaudeville with rock and roll, and Gershwin melding classical with jazz and musical theatre. Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue follows this tradition by combining the pieces themselves, aligning and synthesizing their many kaleidoscopic musical sections to create a cohesive new whole that is at once Gershwin and Queen, and leaves one marveling at the genius of the original compositions.

Friday, Sept. 20, 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.
Hilbert Circle Theatre

For the first concert of the Printing Partners Pops Series 2024-2025 season, Broadway leading lady Ashley Brown returns to the ISO with her powerhouse vocals and charismatic performances in an ode to her illustrious career on the stage. Having originated the title role in Disney’s Mary Poppins on Broadway and starred as Belle in the national tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Brown went on to perform with nearly every major orchestra in North America. Under the direction of Maestro Jack Everly, Brown will be performing some of her favorite hits throughout her career from the stage and screen.

Saturday, Sept. 28 at 5:30 p.m.
Hilbert Circle Theatre

The 2024 Opening Night Gala endowed by Christel DeHaan unites the ISO’s sixth music director, Mario Venzago, with pianist Conrad Tao, a musician and composer hailed as a leader of the new generation of classical musicians, who will perform Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. This incredible combination of talent celebrates the beginning of the 2024-2025 season. Concert-only tickets are still available for this must-see event.