Motown, pops and a Chaplin film: Here's Carmel Symphony's 2023-2024 season

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For the 2023-2024 season, the Carmel Symphony is continuing its successful mix of classical masterworks, pops and tributes that include the likes of Motown.

Highlights include William Grant Still's Afro American Symphony No. 1 and Charles Ives' "Variations on America" as well as a live performance to the famous Charlie Chaplin film, "The Kid." Kicking off the season will be its traditional show at CarmelFest: a patriotic 8 p.m. July 4 performance at the Gazebo near Carmel City Hall before a fireworks display.

Here's the full season schedule. Concerts will take place at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Carter Green in Carmel. Season packages will be on sale soon, and individual tickets will be available later this summer. Visit thecenterpresents.org or call 317-843-3800.

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Carmel Symphony's 2023-2024 season

  • Oct. 7: Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 in D minor and a commissioned piece by Caroline Ahn, a Carmel resident and Anderson University professor. With pianist Gabriela Martinez.

  • Oct. 22: Classical Kids Live: Gershwin’s Magic Key.

  • Nov. 11: "Unity, Veterans and America," including Still's Afro American Symphony No. 1 and Ives' "Variations on America."

  • Dec. 10: Holiday pops with Broadway's Ben Davis; Amelia Wray, Disney star from Carmel; Indiana Ballet Conservatory and Second Presbyterian Church Choir.

  • Jan. 27, 2024: Cirque de la Symphonie.

  • Jan. 28, 2024: "Family Fun" with guest Conductor Thomas Chen of Carmel High School.

  • Feb. 10, 2024: "Symphony Goes to the Movies," with works including Astor Piazzolla's "Todo Buenos Aires" and music performed to Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid." With violinist Francisco Fullana.

  • March 16, 2024: Including Bedřich Smetana's "The Moldau" and Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite."

  • April 13, 2024: Verdi Requiem with the Anderson University Choirs

  • April 21, 2024: Side-by-side concert with Carmel High School orchestras

  • May 4, 2024: Jeans ‘n Classics' "Soulful," with singer Gavin Hope, performing 50 years of R&B, Motown, funk, disco and pop.

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