Live at the Center sponsored by Allied Solutions is a new series of livestreamed concerts featuring local and regional artists in genres from jazz and classical to soul and indie rock. Whether on desktop, mobile device or smart TV, viewers anywhere can enjoy a front-row perspective on Indiana’s top talent, with stereo sound and multi-camera HD video.

Joshua Thompson is a classically trained pianist and music sociologist with a mission to program and perform classical masterworks by composers of African descent. His first major artistic production, Village Voices: Notes from the Griot, made its world premiere in 2018 at Newfields. In 2019, Thompson was named Performer in Residence for Eskenazi Health’s Marianne Tobias Music Program and a featured artist for the Arts Council of Indianapolis’ annual Art & Soul Celebration. He has worked with artists including Whoopi Goldberg, bassist John Clayton and operatic soprano Angela Brown.