An Afterno­on with Sphinx

The Performance

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is honored to partner with the Sphinx Organization, a national nonprofit dedicated to developing young Black and Latinx classical musicians, to bring Sphinx artists and ISO musicians together. The ISO and Sphinx present a four-program annual series of chamber and orchestral music for the city of Indianapolis. Hosted at partner sites throughout the city, these performances highlight undiscovered, silenced, forgotten, contemporary, or cross-genre classical works.

The concert takes place on Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m. at:

Sacred Heart Parish
1530 Union St., Indianapolis, IN 46225

Sacred Brass, Swinging Streets

Mark Grisez, trumpet

Daniel Lewis, trumpet

Kevin Newton, horn, Sphinx Guest Artist

Ryan Miller, trombone

Anthony Kniffen, tuba

From the soaring polyphony of Renaissance Venice to the infectious rhythms of American jazz and Latin dance, this vibrant brass program spans centuries of musical expression. Works by Giovanni Gabrieli and J.S. Bach anchor the concert’s classical roots, while music by Poulenc, Moncayo, Irving Berlin, and Alice Gomez brings color, swing, and rhythmic drive.

This performance is presented as part of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s partnership with the Sphinx Organization, whose mission is to transform lives through diversity in the arts. Featuring Sphinx Guest Artist Kevin Newton alongside ISO brass musicians, the concert celebrates both virtuosity and expanded representation, performed in the resonant acoustic of Sacred Heart Parish.

Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon per sonare No. 2

Anonymous (Germany, 19th century)
Sonata from Die Bänkelsängerlieder

Francis Poulenc
Sonata for Horn, Trumpet, and Trombone (1922)

José Pablo Moncayo
Huapango (1941)

Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon per sonare No. 1, “La Spiritata”

Intermission

Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon per sonare No. 4

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
arr. Kebra-Seyoun Charles

Irving Berlin
Puttin’ on the Ritz

Jelly Roll Morton
Black Bottom Stomp

George Gershwin
Strike Up the Band

Alice Gomez
Salsa Metálica