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,…
Art-in-Performance
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…
A ‘riveting’ test of love
On Friday, April 17 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, April 19 at 3:00 pm, in the Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center, the Dayton Opera will present “The Pearl Fishers”…
OH: Columbus
WHERE: Wexner Center for the Arts in the Mershon Auditorium. WHEN: April 23 through 26, 2015 the theater is a blank page This world premiere production is the…
Shaff to bring Winston alive
On Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 pm, “Churchill” will become alive in Hall-Moser Theatre at Arts Place in Portland, Indiana. Performed by Edmund Shaff and written by Andrew Edlin, this…
Brosvik new COO for symphony
With more than two decades of experience in the orchestra field, who comes to Nashville, Tennessee from the Houston Symphony, where he served as general manager and chief operating officer…
Great art will ‘stun’ goers
On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 3:00 pm, “Dead Man Walking” opens at the Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center, Dayton, Ohio.…
Strike up the band!
On Sunday, March, 2015 at 3:00 pm in the Jay County High School Auditorium in Portland, Indiana and continuing with their long tradition of presenting free public performances, the internationally…
OH: Dayton
WHERE: Renaissance Theatre of the Dayton Art Institute. WHEN: Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 3:00 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Principal String Quartet will present String Quartet Gems,…
Chu ‘unloads’ 20 grand on Orchestra
As one of 919 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant, the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra has been given $20,000 to support outreach events and an orchestra performance.…
‘Class acts’ to headline
International blues musician Radoslav Lorković (www.radoslavlorkovic.com) will be performing at the Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm. Admission is free and…
Glamour to come center stage
To take place in the Schneider Theater January 16 to February 15, 2015 by the Bloomington Civic Theatre in Bloomington, Minnesota, the production of La Cage Aux Folles is an…
Time Evolution in Dance
Breaking the shackles of labels MXD does not conform to norm. The artistic director and choreographer Chad Michael Hall does a pas de deux with his lighting director Johnny Garofalo…
CA: Los Angeles
WHERE: Diavolo Dance Space, 616 Moulton Ave., Los Angeles, California. WHEN: Thursday, November 6 through November 8, 2014 INTERFACE: Visceral/Virtual BRIEF ABOUT: An Evening of Interactive Digital Dance Theatre, this…
’50 shades of Magic’ in motion
I entered a new realm of artistry that I was not ready to accept in the beginning. I witnessed and I was completely enveloped in the Australian Ballet’s…
Season to open with ‘Fire, Sun and Water’
On Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 7:00 pm in Twichell Auditorium at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with Charlie Albright along with…
Tucson Symphony ‘grabs’ Blakeman
In early November 2014, the Nashville Symphony’s chief operating officer Mark Blakeman heads west to assume his new post as president & CEO of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, which is…
WA: Olympia
WHERE: On the Main stage at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. WHEN: Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 pm. Sing Sinatra: Music of Ol’ Blue Eyes …
Symphony ‘boasts’ of series
It is an annual summer tradition, one that embodies the Nashville Symphony’s mission of bringing outstanding music to audiences of every age and background throughout Middle Tennessee; will feature…
OH: Dayton
WHERE: Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center. WHEN: Friday, January 24, and Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 8:00 pm. Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies …
CA: Los Angeles
WHERE: Spirit Studio in Silverlake. WHEN: Saturdays: February 15, 22 and March 1, 2014 at 8:00 pm and Sundays: February 16 and 23 at 6:00 pm. Ecstasy For Everyone: A…
The Chosen: Hung and Bognár
WHERE: Dayton Art Institute Renaissance Auditorium. WHEN: Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 6:30 pm. ABOUT: The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra DPO Concertmaster Jessica Hung has personally selected the pieces for this…
Singer always brings Patsy to life
TN: Nashville WHERE: Schermerhorn Symphony Center. WHEN: Opens Thursday, November 14 at 7:00 pm and continues on Friday, November 15 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, November 16 at 8:00…
Symphony has a new boss
For the past five seasons, Elizabeth Brown has served as the Director of Marketing, Communications and External Affairs for the Lima Symphony Orchestra. She now wears a new ‘hat’…
Soderbergh delivers pure warmth
“Behind the Candelabra” is a 2013 American drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh about the life of pianist Liberace and the secret affair he had with young Scott Thorson,…
Concert to celebrate 75th year
Spring is in the air and so will be the music of the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra as they present their final Spring Concert on Sunday, May 5, 2013…
VA: Newport News
WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Thursday, March 21, from 5:30-7:30 pm. TITLE: Art After 5 BRIEF ABOUT: Featuring local singer/songwriter Nicole Belanus (www.nicolebelanus.com) , who is a self-produced multi-instrumentalist…
It’s a final celebration (this year)
WHERE: Victoria Theatre. WHEN: Thursday, Friday, Saturday March 21, 22, and 23, curtain 8:00 pm, and Saturday March 23 and Sunday March 24, 2013, curtain 3:00 pm. TITLE: Celebration!…
‘Whoops of pleasure’…
Set in the crown of a Magyar evening at Walt Disney Concert Hall on January 18, 2013, a radiant, commanding Midori (www.gotomidori.com) and the Los Angeles Philharmonic swept aside…
‘ A dramatic power…’
New CD release celebrates mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Mark Swed, music critic for the Los Angeles Times, heard the performance of this cantata in person and…
ID: Idaho Falls
WHERE: Colonial Theater & Carr Gallery/Willard Arts Center. WHEN: Friday, February 8, 2013, 7:00 pm. TITLE: Banff Film Festival World Tour BRIEF ABOUT: The Banff Mountain Film Festival is an…
AR: Fayetteville
WHERE: Baum Walker Hall at Walton Arts Center. WHEN: Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm. TITLE: SoNA Masterworks I BRIEF ABOUT: One of the most rousing pieces ever written,…
OH: Dayton
WHERE: Schuster Center. WHEN: Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 8:00 pm. TITLE: Romantic Titans BRIEF ABOUT: Guest soloist pianist Terrence Wilson (www.terrencewilsonpiano.com ) along with Music…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: Dahl Arts Center. WHEN: September 21-23, 2012. TITLE: 3rd Annual Americana Music Festival BRIEF ABOUT: Presented by the Rapid City Arts Council, in partnership with the Black Hills Bluegrass…
IN: Portland
WHERE: Hudson Family Park Amphitheatre. WHEN: Friday, August 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: Currently in their ninth year together, Souled Out Band is made up of nine members,…
TV CEO awed over show’s award
(AAPNW-TN) – Michael Johnathon’s (www.michaeljohnathon.com) “WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour” (www.woodsongs.com) which is broadcasted on BlueHighways TV, has been awarded the 2012 National Telly Award for its “Celebration of…
Lord of the Rings soundtrack
OH: Troy
WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. WHEN: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public. BRIEF ABOUT: As one of the country’s leading solo pianists of his generation,…
OH: Dayton
WHEN: Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 pm. WHERE: Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. www.schustercenter.org. TITLE: The Wizard of Oz with Orchestra BRIEF ABOUT: A…
EUROPE: Romania, Brasov
WHEN: July 19-29, 2012. TITLE: Brasov International Film Festival & Market BRIEF ABOUT: An eleven-day first annual film festival in Brasov’s historical center at locations as the Dramatic Theater, including…
IN: Indianapolis region
WHERE & WHEN: Friday, February 24, 8:00 pm at Salter Concert Hall, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana; Saturday, February 25, 4:00 pm at Auer Hall, IU Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington,…
UT: Salt Lake City
WHERE: Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. WHEN: Friday, February 10, 2012. TITLE: I Am Secretly an Important Man BRIEF ABOUT: Spring 2012 Creatively in Focus Film Series is on second…
Symphony to ‘stun’ goers in candlelight
(NWPR-OH) – The musicians of the Lima Symphony Orchestra will presform Mozart by Candlelight with his music as it was written, surrounded by the warm glow of hundreds of…
NEA Opera video
New program all about talent
(NWPR-OH) – On Thursday, July 21 from 5:00-7:00 pm, the Lima Symphony Orchestra’s new summer mini-concert series of music in unexpected places begins at the Allen County Airport Authority.…
Wind Quintet are classical gems
(PNAN-NY) – A fresh, dynamic group of musicians has emerged to create a new angle on classical music and storytelling, making the art of music-telling stories a delightful learning…
Russian trio has ‘crystal clear’ sounds
(NWPR-OH) – They are Russian musicians, Igor Sklyarov, Vladimir Perminov and Vladimir Popras, who play the glass instruments, producing deep low sounds that give birth by a stream…