Akron Symphony Board of Trustees Welcomes New Members and Officers at Annual Meeting

AKRON—The Greater Akron Musical Association (GAMA) held its annual meeting and dinner on Wednesday, May 19 at Fairlawn Country Club. Over seventy-five GAMA Trustees and Advisory Board members were in attendance. After dinner, guests were updated on the status of the organization by President Thomas J. Clark, Executive Director Phil Walz, Music Director Christopher Wilkins, GAMA Foundation President, Charles A. Peter, M.D., Akron Symphony Guild President Madeline Bozzelli, and GAMA Executive Vice President, Ted Good. Read more

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Lakes Tour Sets Sail July 21, 2010

The Akron Symphony Guild will hold its annual boat tour of beautiful and unique homes along the Portage Lakes on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Read more

Maria Sensi Sellner Named Akron Symphony Chorus Director

AKRON—After a three-month search, the Akron Symphony is pleased to announce the appointment of Maria Sensi Sellner as Akron Symphony Chorus Director.

Ms Sellner (a Pittsburgh, PA native) was the Assistant Conductor for recent productions of Bizet’s Carmen and Verdi’s Otello with Opera Carolina. She has been the Music Director of the All University Orchestra and String Theory Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Mellon University for the past eight seasons, and she also serves as a conducting assistant for the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, the chorus of choice of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She has graduate degrees in conducting (a student of Robert Page), composition, and engineering, all from Carnegie Mellon.

Ms. Sellner assumes the position from Dr. Hugh Ferguson Floyd who announced his resignation at the end of January. Read more

Next Concert: This Saturday, Circa 1960

Downtown Akron will be transformed into the hip, retro world of the early 1960s, popularized by the award-winning TV show Mad Men, Read more

Gospel Gets Emmy Nomination

2009′s broadcast of the ASO’s Gospel Meets Symphony: Let Freedom Ring! concert has been nominated for a regional Emmy Award. Read more

Fanfare 2010 Countdown #3

Only one week to go until Circa 1960 takes Akron by storm. And by storm, we mean a glitzy cloud of kitschy 60s goodness ala the hit TV show Mad Men.

Today’s Akron Beacon Journal had a nice write up about next week’s event. Check it out at Ohio.com.

This week’s update concerns another one of a kind, once-in-a-lifetime live auction item preview. Read more