Mocktails & Masterpieces

Enjoy this re-aired interview, available for the first time as a mocktail, with Richard Lin, 2018 IVCI Gold Medalist. Dana Stone, Executive Director, interviews Richard about the music, his violin and more! Learn about upcoming ICO concerts at icomusic.org  

Get to know Julian Rhee with this special interview by Matthew Kraemer, ICO Music Director. Julian is the 2022 Silver Medalist of the IVCI.    Julian will join the ICO on January 20, 2024 for the Silenced Voices concert playing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Other music featured on the concert by Schreker and Korngold and the world premiere of "Anne Frank's Tree" by Victoria Bond.   https://www.ic...

Enjoy this special edition of Mocktails and Masterpieces recorded live at the Ann Katz Festival with Indianapolis JCC on November 2023. Victoria is joined by ICO Creative Partner-in-Residence, Joshua Thompson, and ICO Executive Director, Dana Stone. They discuss Victoria's compositional style and process and the evolution of the commissioned project, "Anne Frank's Tree." Hear excerpts of a string...

Enjoy this interview from June 2023 with ICO Chorusmaster, Eric Schmidt. Eric and Executive Director, Dana stone, discuss the return to Handel's "Messiah" and Saint Saens Christmas Oratorio plus the Sing-Along. Get Tickets for this year's "Classical Christmas" and "Sing-Along" at https://www.icomusic.org/concerts/a-classical-christmas/

Maestro Matthew Kraemer and Classical Christmas soloists, Mary Martin and Norman Shankle, discuss ICO's upcoming concert on December 8 and 10. Hear their favorite Messiah stories and learn about their experience with "new-to-them" Saint-Saens "Christmas Oratorio."   Tickets are available for Classical Christmas on Friday, December 8 at 7:30PM AND Christmas Sing-Along (Messiah and Carols) on Sunday...

Enjoy this interview from December 2021 with then, new ICO Chorusmaster, Eric Schmidt. Eric and Maestro Matthew Kraemer discuss the return to Handel's "Messiah" in ICO programming and Bach's Christmas Oratorio.    Get Tickets for this year's "Classical Christmas" and "Sing-Along" at https://www.icomusic.org/concerts/a-classical-christmas/

Join Maestro Matthew Kraemer and guest soloists Nancy Ambrose King, oboe, and Ryan King, clarinet. They discuss the premiere of Miguel del Aguila's new piece "Concierto Con Brio" featured on ICO's concert Suite Brilliance on November 18, 2023. They share more about their relationship with music, preparation, and more! Milkman's Daughter prepares a "NO-jito" with Nancy's flavors in mind! Plus a bon...

A re-air to podcast format from the June 2023 video edition of Mocktails & Masterpieces. Meet ICO 23-24 Composer-in-Residence, Miguel Del Aguila. Miguel's music is no stranger to ICO audiences. Learn about his musical influences as a Uruguayan-American composer and his compositional process. ICO is part of a consortium to present a new work in November by Miguel, "Concierto Con Brio." This con...

Aaron Diehl, 2011 APA Jazz Winner, shares his connection with Mary Lou Williams' tour-de-force piece, Zodiac. Aaron and his combo will perform all twelve movements of the Zodiac Suite with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra on September 30, 2023. This concert starts the ICO's 40th Anniversary Season! Learn more at icomusic.org Enjoy a recipe for a Zodiac inspired Mocktail from Milkman's Daughter!...

This episode was the very first episode of Mocktails & Masterpieces aired on April 30, 2020. Host Maestro Matthew Kraemer introduces the program with a movement from James Aikman's "Peacemakers."  This movement "RFK" features the speech from Robert Kennedy given in Indianapolis on April 30, 1968, the evening of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination. "Peacemakers" was commissioned by the ICO i...

Join us for our first Mocktails and Masterpieces to feature an actual MOCKTAIL. ICO has partnered with Milkman's Daughter , a mobile bartending service, this fall to highlight non-alcoholic drinks with our featured guests in mind. This episode is the first to be distributed as a podcast. ICO Executive Director interviews Pam Ajango, oboe; Candice Kiser, clarinet; and Emily Popham, violin. Special...