Band to belt the Blues
TROY, OH (NWPR) – Performing on Friday, July 19, 2024, at 7:30 pm for the Prouty music series, the Noah Wotherspoon Band will bring a Blues musical style of fervent…
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Killian to fill the airways
WATER MILL, NY (PNAN) – Tunes of originals, jazz favorites and holiday selections will fill the airways on Friday, December 16, 2022 at 6:00 pm, with Virtuoso New York-based sax…
Symphony sounds soar ’tis the season
Spread across the USA there are over 1700 symphonies taking up home roots in our major cities as well as nestled in the rural regions who all share a foundation…
Acoustic guitarist solo feature
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ (PNAN) – On Sunday, December 11 at 4:00 pm at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, internationally renowned guitarist Francis Goya joins the New Jersey…
A cultural 16th century experience
CLUTE, TX (PNAN) – Celebrated biennially since 1988, the Elizabethan Madrigal Feast returns to The Center for the Arts & Sciences‘ Dow Arena Theater with 10 performances on November 25-27,…
It is all about Jazz
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (NWPR) – Celebrating more than 20 years as innovators in the Indianapolis arts and culture scene, the 2022 annual Indy Jazz Fest is slated for Saturday, October 1 and Sunday,…
Festival is a musical icon
CHICAGO, IL (AAPNW) – This Saturday, September 24 and Sunday 25, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2022 presents more than 34 free performances at multiple locations. They are: Venues: the…
Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
WASHINGTON, D.C. (PNAN) – The National Endowment for the Arts will honor the 2022 NEA Jazz Masters and kick off a year-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the program…
Dancers to take stage
DAYTON, OH (NWPR) – On Friday, February 11 at 7:30 pm; Saturday, February 12 at 7:30 pm; and Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 2:30 pm in the Victoria Theatre, the…
Classical series on the marque
WATER MILL, NY (PNAN) – The fall schedule of the Parrish Art Museum’s classical music program, “Salon Series” opens with pianist Solomon Eichner on Friday, November 5 at 6:00 pm.…
Salutes to the heroes opens season
DAYTON, OH (NWPR) – On Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 8:00 pm in the Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center, the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance’s 2021‒2020…
Performing arts season open
AUBRUN, IN (AAPDN) – Now in its 12th season, the DeKalb Outdoor Theater Project began to promote the arts. Its current updated 2020 forthcoming schedule follows: Friday, July 21, 2020…
Summer park series will ‘raise’ goers up
VAN WERT, OH (AAPDN) – Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio current updated free Summer Concert Series programming in Fountain Park in this city, and you can step back…
Country singers brings their art to fair
VAN WERT COUNTY, OH (AAPDN) – On Saturday, September 5, 2020 country hit makers, John Michael Montgomery and David Nail will set the night on fire in the Van Wert…
A ‘blockbuster’ of music, art, food
“We’ve moved to a day-long festival model this year,” said Ian Hinz, Sidney, Ohio Raise the Roof Executive Director. “We listened to community feedback and decided that moving to a…
Theatre Camp begins in June
Beginning in June, the Historic Sidney Theatre in Sidney, Ohio will host its annual Summer Theatre Camp with two sessions. The first begins on Monday, June 3 through June 7,…
Airways to fill with many hits
Directed by Chelsea Whirledge and accompanied by Christopher Andres, on Saturday, May 18, at 7:00 pm and on Sunday, May 19 at 2:00 pm, the Greenville High School Vocal Music…
Concert series has much action
Beginning on Thursdays, from May 30 through July 18, 2019, the Indiana Historical Society’s Concerts on the Canal begins with live music from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Eugene…
Echoes of spectacular voices
“Opera is not for everybody,” said Blanche Thebom, co-founder of the Opera Arts Training Program in San Francisco, California. “The feeling today is that the average young person doesn’t have…
Half century+of songs still on top
On Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 8:00 pm in the Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will present the “The Magic of Motown” and the artists…
He is dancing his way up
Albert Einstein said, “Dancers are athletes of God” and I have discovered one recently added to the San Diego Ballet and in my view, a rising star to their company,…
Arts to come alive at event
SPARTANBURG, SC – (PNAN) – Opening Thursday, January 19, 2017 during ArtWalk, the West Main Artists Co-Op headlines this event with two new art exhibits. In addition, at 7:00…
Youth to headline java concerts
HENDERSONVILLE, NC – (PNAN) Hometown concert pianist Christopher Tavernier will perform for two coffee-themed concerts on Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15, 2017 at the Hendersonville Community Theatre. These…
Icon’s sounds to fill the airways
OAKLAND, CA – (PNAN) – Performing at the Yoshis in Oakland on Saturday, January 21 and Sunday 22, 2017, Pete Escovedo (http://peteescovedo.com) leads one of the top Latin-Jazz Orchestras…
OH: Lima
WHERE: Veterans Memorial Civic Center. WHEN: Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Cool Beauty BRIEF ABOUT: The Lima Symphony Orchestra begins its 2016-2017, featuring two compositions by Finnish composer…
IN: Lafayette
Call for Artists BRIEF ABOUT: The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra is holding Orchestra auditions on Sunday, August 20, 2016 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and on Monday, August 21, 2016…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: September 3, 2016 through June 25, 2017. Leslie and Merle Rabine Performance Season BRIEF ABOUT: YBCA is spotlighting artists whose…
SC: Spartanburg
WHERE: Spartanburg Library. WHEN: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 beginning at 12:15 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: This special lunchtime concert will feature two of Western North Carolina’s most celebrated and talented young…
‘Fire of Life’
Along with a captive audience, I was totally in awe by the performance of Forever Flamenco recently at the John Anson Ford Theatre. This was a crescendo of over 700…
Coach echoes bravos for baritone
Review by Ann Gresham As said in Robert Browning’s Andrea del Sarto, “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a Heaven for?” I found the latter…
What is so entertaining about Mimes?
If you have ever seen a performing mime, you cannot help but be fascinated by the theatrical stories that they tell. Your attention focuses on the actor, such as in…
Musical giant on the marquee
The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will provide a rich background of orchestral mood for Kenny G’s unmistakable saxophone as he plays favorite selections from his extensive catalog of albums when…
OH: Portland
WHERE: Hall-Moser Theatre at Arts Place. WHEN: Friday, February 26, 2016 at 7:30 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: Founded in 1997, and named after the flame-haired priest, Antonio Vivaldi, Red Priest…
Four tapped for opera program
The four vocalists were selected from national auditions to begin their residencies in the Dayton Opera Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program. Soprano Kasia Borowiec, Mezzo-Soprano Melisa Bonetti, Tenor Zachary Devin and Baritone…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: Performances on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, 23rd at 8:00 pm. The Odyssey–from Vietnam to America BRIEF ABOUT:…
The hills of Nashville to ring
Taking place at 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 17, at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the program, “Let Freedom Sing” becomes the Nashville Symphony’s 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day concert,…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Through January 24, 2016. Une Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester’s Dance) The silent, black-and-white video work by Canadian artist Marcel Dzama, which is repeated…
Final shows a perfect package
All taking place at the Portland Center of Arts Place in Portland, Indiana, from “A Night on the Town” performance series, concert goers can call 260.726.4809 or go online to:…
Art disciplines join as one
This is a true marriage of the Visual and Performing Arts. Like a magician, Todd Williamson has harnessed light and sound onto his new body of works. As Kandinsky interrupted…
Concert to be a seasonal joy
The Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings, conducted by Dr. Betsey Hofeldt, will present their annual Fall Concert on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 3:00 pm at the Kettering Seventh-Day Adventist…
Bay Area composer a first
As its first Composer Lab & Workshop Fellow, the Nashville Symphony named Gabriella Smith to return several times next year to work with music director Giancarlo Guerrero and the orchestra.…
They ‘raised’ him up
Promoted to Associate Conductor, Vinay Parameswaran said, “It is an incredible honor to be a part of the Nashville Symphony, and I am excited for the next three years as…
Artist 1st solo in the Motor City
Opening Friday, September 18, 2015, this multi-year research program is one of the most ambitious undertakings to date for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit/MOCAD. Detroit City is comprised of…
Ioannides to pass baton
At the helm for 12 seasons, Music Director and Conductor of Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Ioannides will be passing the baton to her new successor at the end of…
Artist chosen to craft Bicentennial Medal
Nearly 100 design concepts from 50 artists across the state were submitted for consideration by the Bicentennial Medal Jurors and chosen was Donna Weaver of Vevay, Indiana to create the…
Symphony picks new CFO
A certified public accountant in the state of Tennessee, Marye Walker Lewis began her career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen. After an extensive nationwide search by the Nashville Symphony,…
Forbidden love play to open
The Huntington University Theatre Company will present its final play of the spring semester, “Romeo and Juliet” and will debut in the Merillat Centre for the Arts at Huntington University…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: Sunday, April 12, 2:00-4:00 pm. Jazz@YBCA BRIEF ABOUT: A whole family affair for an afternoon of playing early American roots music through…
Russian Farces to take centerstage
Spartanburg Little Theatre artist-in-residence Anna Abhau Elliott will direct local theatre artists in Borscht Belt: Four Farces by Anton Chekhov, a collection of four short plays at Chapman Cultural Center’s…
Curb Concerto Competition winners
The Nashville Symphony has chosen the winners of the 2015 Curb Concerto Competition, one of Tennessee’s most prestigious student competitions, which annually showcases gifted music students between the ages of…