Welcome to a new photo project that follows the Musicians of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at home during the COVID pandemic. I wanted to create photos of my friends in the Symphony to remind the public our ISO musicians have not performed onstage at Hilbert Circle Theatre since March 2020, and to relate the things they have been doing at home as they wait to perform for us again downtown. My goal is to inspire people to continue to support the musicians and orchestra through donations (Donation Page for the Musicians of the ISO Photo Project). I am also offering a portion of all sales of my photos and merchandise on this website to the musicians of the ISO. Please be sure to follow this blog to see each musician featured, and to follow the links to the gallery for more photos and options. If you'd like to book a photo session, please be sure to contact me, or use the Booking tab on the website.

In this together, Beckie

Stephen Hawkey (ISO Cellist) offers these insights into the past 12 months of away from the stage: "It’s crazy to think that it’s been well over a year since I was last on the stage of Hilbert Circle Theatre—for my audition way back in November of 2019! I was scheduled to start with the ISO in May after I graduated with my master’s degree, but of course concerts were canceled due to COVID-19 and I never had the chance to perform with the orchestra. After spending some time with family in the Carolinas during the summer of 2020, I decided to move to Indianapolis to try to get to know some of my new colleagues and perform smaller concerts as they came up. Thanks to many wonderful ISO colleagues (Amy Kniffen, Terry Langdon, and Peter Vickery to name a few), I’ve been able to perform in dozens of chamber concerts around the city. Apart from music, I’ve stayed busy by spending time with my orange tabby Simba (six months old), playing tennis/running, some Xbox gaming, and if a friend comes over, playing some foosball thanks to a table gifted to me by ISO colleague Jennifer Farquhar. It’s been difficult to not be performing with the ISO as planned, but it has been truly rewarding to meet so many wonderful people here, and I can’t wait to get on stage!
 

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