Happy Hour with Time for Three

Eric and I have found something we enjoy doing, locally, that we kind f stumbled on a few years ago. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra stared doing this "Happy Hour" on certain Thursday evenings during their season. It's kind of a dress rehearsal for them, where they pick a few of their performances from the upcoming series to play. We decided to go to one a few years back, which is when we were introduced to their first ever Artists-in-Residence, Time for Three. They are this really cool trio of guys that play more contemporary music... even Daft Punk. From that first time we saw them, we knew they were a group we wanted to catch as often as possible. Lucky for us, they play at most of the Happy Hours that ISO have during the season.

Tonight was the last Happy Hour of the season, and since the Hilbert Circle Theatre is under renovation this summer, they had this Happy Hour at the Anthenaeum, another historical theatre. Neither Eric or I had been here, so it was a nice change of pace. And it turns out, it's a beautiful theatre, as well! But we were there for Time for Three. And on this particular night, they even had a guest artist, a cellist, Ben Sollee. He was quite good, as well... had a bit of a bluegrass vibe to him. It actually went well with Time for Three's contemporary vibe, and the four of them played quite well off of each other during a jam session. it was very entertaining!

I'm a bit bummed that we don't get to see them again for awhile... but we've been busy this year and missed a few Happy Hours anyway. So long as they're not leaving the ISO anytime soon, I'm good. But I have to say, if I saw them playing somewhere else I was visiting, I'd likely try to see them. That's how cool they are!