Duckwall Artist Series: Moonstrike

Moonstrike comes to the Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall at Butler University on Monday, November 16, at 7:30 PM. It's part of the Duckwall Artist Series, and the whole evening is built around contemporary Native voices. The program combines student compositions with storytelling, and it's free and open to the public.

The music comes from two very different places. One half is made up of student compositions from the Lakota Music Project Composition Academy, so you're hearing work written by young Native composers. The other half is Moonstrike, a piece by Jerod Impichchaahachaaha' Tate. Together they make up a program called Native American Voices, which was put together by ISO violist Amy Kniffen. The performance is handled by ISO musicians, with narrator Mike Pace on hand to guide the storytelling that runs through the night.

There's a bit more to the context here. Native American Voices is part of History in Harmony, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's Education and Community Engagement series. That series does multimedia programs that look at history through live music and storytelling, so this isn't just a concert—the narration is as much a part of it as the playing. If you can't make it in person, there's a free live stream available to watch from home.

It's a Monday night, so it's a good one to keep on the radar if you're looking for something mid-week. The show is at the Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall at Butler University in Indianapolis, starting at 7:30 PM. Admission is free and open to the public, and no ticket is required.