Teddy Bear Concert Series with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

Family Concert Series

Celebrate Make Music Day with a Teddy Bear Concert! Young children and their families are invited to an introduction to the orchestra through story, movement and live music. Teddy bears welcome!

The Runaway Strings is an adventure-filled tale of a quartet of string instruments who run away to search for adventures to bring home to their audience by making themselves into different forms of transportation. Young children are invited to move along to music, listen to a story, and watch five musicians from the ISO perform. The Runaway Strings introduces the violin, viola, cello, and French horn! The story highlights the concept of music’s power to transport all of us. Musical selections include excerpts from Grieg’s The Holberg Suite, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra and the traditional Bicycle Built for Two.

The concert is presented by the Colts. 

About Make Music Day

On Make Music Day, musicians of all ages and skill levels share their love of music with communities around the world through free music performances and events on June 21. Make Music Day began in France in 1982 as the Fête de la Musique and is now celebrated on the same day in more than 2,000 cities in 120 countries. Make Music Day made its American debut in New York in 2006. Since then, more than 100 cities throughout the country have established city-wide celebrations that provide free music-listening and music-making opportunities for the community. For the third year, Indianapolis will recognize Make Music Day as a city-wide event. Eskenazi Health is excited to once again spearhead Make Music Indy on Saturday, June 21, 2025.

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