Growing Up Baroque: Run, Little Chaski!
From September 29 - October 4, 2026 Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra musicians brought Run, Little Chaski! to over 1400 kids and grown-ups across the greater Indianapolis area. The 10-venue tour of the 2026 Growing Up Baroque Program was our biggest yet. Audiences were treated to a bilingual musical story time, narrated by award winning children's author Mariana Llanos and award-winning children’s librarian Lucy Wortham, and led by violinist Sarah Cranor. Students and Families heard Chaski's story in both Spanish and English, accompanied by selections from the Codex Trujillo del Peru, an amazing encyclopedia of life in Peru in the 1780s. The program ended with singing and dancing to the theme song to “Run, Little Chaski”!
The program corresponded with Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15.
Meet the Musicians
Sarah Cranor, violin
Alice Culin-Ellison, violin
Erica Rubis, cello
Danur Kvilhaug, guitar and theorbo
Brian McNulty, percussion
Leighann Daihl Ragusa, flute
About the Venues
Tuesday, Sept. 29 2026 | Park Tudor School
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 | Indianapolis Public Library - Central
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 | Boys & Girls Club at Enlace Academy
Thursday, Oct. 1 | Children’s Day In, Meridian Street United Methodist Church
Thursday, Oct. 1 | JD Foundation Boys & Girls Clubs
Friday, Oct. 2 | Indianapolis Children’s Museum
Friday, Oct. 2 | Riley Children’s Hospital
Saturday, Oct. 3 | Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Carmel
Sunday, Oct. 4 | Indianapolis Children’s Museum - Fiesta de la Familia
