Two local arts organizations, Fishers Music Works and the Nickel Plate Players, have announced a merger.  Below is the news release with details…

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Nickel Plate Players is excited to announce it has officially joined Fishers Music Works as the seventh ensemble of the rapidly expanding, Fishers-based not-for-profit.  The two governing board of directors have been merged to form a fifteen member volunteer board lead by four executive board members and supported by thirty volunteer committee members.  Though NPP still maintains it’s own identity the organization’s official business address is now the same as Fishers Music Works – business operations of both are now based inside Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy.

About Nickel Plate Players:  Nickel Plate Players was started in 2014 by husband and wife team Ashton Wolf and Sandy Thorne for the purpose of bringing performing arts to the city of Fishers for the enjoyment of the public with a special emphasis on writing and producing original theatrical works.  Since its inception NPP has produced three musicals and is currently working on a fourth, the original musical, Indiana:  The Musical (a celebration of Indiana’s Bicentennial).
 
About Fishers Music Works:  Fishers Music Works is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) founded in April 2013 for the purpose of producing public concerts of the highest quality, providing performance opportunities to professional, semi-professional, and beginning musicians, collaborating with local artists and arts organizations for public benefit and enjoyment, and providing music education to the public.  Over 200 musicians perform in one of our eight ensembles:  Fishers Chamber Orchestra, Fishers Wind Symphony, Nickel Plate Jazz Orchestra, Mudsock Jazz Combo, Indiana Heartland Brass Quintet, Fishers Community Chorus, Nickel Plate Players, and Projekt:Opera.