Over the summer, Ryan Miller (trombone) played at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson, Wyo. While there, Alison Dresser (horn) and Ryan hired a local mountain guide service and climbed Guide’s Wall in Cascade Canyon for a fun adventure. 

Sam Rothstein (clarinet) Stephen Hawkey (cello) and Yang Guo (viola) will be featured performers in chamber music recitals on September 29 and October 4. Joined by Max Geissler, Davis Brooks, and Kent Cook, they will present the Brahms Clarinet Trio and Charles Hubert Parry Piano Quartet. The September concert is at 7:30 p.m. in the Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall at Butler University. The October concert is 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and will be a benefit concert for Classical Music Indy.

Anthony Kniffen (tuba) will be performing two solos with the Indiana Wind Symphony on October 4 at 4 p.m. at the Palladium. They are performing Arthur Pryor’s Blue Bells of Scotland and Franz Strauss’ Nocturno, Op. 7. 

Members of the ISO will form a woodwind quintet to perform a chamber music concert on November 15 at 2 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Admission is free. 

History in Harmony is the ISO’s Education and Community Engagement Department’s series of multimedia programs that explore history through live music and storytelling. Created by Amy Kniffen (viola), Native American Voices features ISO musicians and narrator Mike Pace in a program celebrating contemporary Native voices through student compositions from the Lakota Music Project Composition Academy and Jerod Impichchaahachaaha’ Tate’s Moonstrike. Together, music and storytelling invite audiences to explore Indigenous traditions while building understanding and bridging cultures. Performances are scheduled for Nov. 14 at Conner Prairie; Nov. 15 at IU Bloomington, in conjunction with the First Nations Center; Nov. 16 at Butler University, Eidson-Duckwell Hall, 7:30 p.m.; and Nov. 17 at UIndy, Christel DeHaan Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m.

Olivia y el Violin is part of the ISO’s Education and Community Engagement Play Me a Story series, which combines children’s literature with live music to spark imagination and connection.  Narrated in English and Spanish by ISO percussionist Pedro Fernandez, the program features Amy Kniffen performing music from Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires alongside the charming story by Sylvina Rocha. Young audiences will explore the violin, discover the music of Argentina, and enjoy a hands-on instrument petting zoo. Created especially for children and families, this special performance on Nov. 2 at Riley Children’s Hospital brings the joy, comfort, and wonder of live music to patients and their loved ones.

Jennifer Christen (oboe) and Alistair Howlett (flute) are looking forward to performing with Ronen Chamber Ensemble for two separate programs this fall. Join Ronen on Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. at  Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Indiana Historical Society. The concert will feature a new commission by Catherine Hoelscher; Sonata for Flute and Piano by Émile Naoumoff; Oboe Sonata by Camille Saint-Saëns; and Piano Trio in G Major arr. for flute, cello and piano by Claude Debussy. On Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Indiana Historical Society, concerts will include a new commission by Rob Funkhouser; Poem for Oboe and Piano by Marina Dranishnikova; Coping for Flute, Oboe and Piano by Alyssa Morris; and Piano Quartet in A Minor by Herbert Howells. Jennifer and Alistair also enjoyed performing with the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson, Wyo., last July with music director Donald Runnicles. Jennifer also enjoyed performing with the Lakes Area Music Festival this past August in Brainerd, Minn., with music director Christian Reif.