Gospel Meets Symphony, February 5
January 20, 2011
ClevelandClassical Reviews eighth blackbird
January 20, 2011
ClevelandClassical.com has posted their review of last Saturday’s eighth blackbird concert.
If there’s not already an award for imaginative orchestral programming, there should be, and — the envelope, please —the award so far this season goes to Christopher Wilkins and the Akron Symphony Orchestra for the program I heard in E.J. Thomas Hall on Saturday evening, January 15.
Read the full review here.
Video Test
January 20, 2011
Michael Cavanaugh Sings Billy Joel
January 20, 2011
Grammy and Tony nominee Michael Cavanaugh (Movin’ Out) comes home to Northeast Ohio to perform Billy Joel and more this Saturday!
Win Michael Cavanaugh Tickets!
January 20, 2011
Our friends at the330.com have put together a fantastic Valentine’s Day price package which includes tickets to the ASO’s Michael Cavanaugh concert on February 12..
Grand Prize winner to receive: (2) tickets to the Akron Symphony’s Michael Cavanaugh concert on Sat 2/12 with a Meet and Greet with Michael Cavanaugh; a $75 Gift Certificate to 3 Point Restaurant (valid on Sat 2/12); (1) dozen roses; and (1) large box of chocolates.
Four runners up will also receive prizes. Click here to enter today! Good luck!
UPDATED: Congratulations to the winners!
* Grand Prize Winner – Harvey Groden of Akron, OH
* First Place Winner – Ronald Leeders of Canton, OH
* Second Place Winner- Michael Thomas of Akron, OH
* Third Place Winner – Mick Podnar of Akron, OH
* Fourth Place Winner – Judy Harrison of Akron, OH
From Gospel To Brahms, Billy Joel And More, Akron Symphony Offers Eclectic Mix In February
January 19, 2011
Akron—The Akron Symphony will present three concerts in February of varying styles, beginning with the 18th annual Gospel Meets Symphony on Saturday, February 5, followed by a Winter Concert by the Akron Youth Symphony and Greater Akron Youth Philharmonic on Sunday, February 6, and concluding with the third and final Pops concert of the 2010-2011 season, Grammy and Tony nominee Michael Cavanaugh in concert with The Music of Billy Joel and More! on Saturday, February 12.
Podcast: January 2011
January 12, 2011
Maestro Christopher Wilkins shares his thoughts on this weekend’s Open Rehearsal and concert with Grammy-winning sextet eighth blackbird.
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ClevelandClassical Previews eighth blackbird Concert
January 11, 2011
Our pals over at ClevelandClassical.com have posted interviews with Maestro Christopher Wilkins, ASO Director of Artistic Planning Renee Anthony Dee, and eighth blackbird flutist Tim Munro in anticipation of this weekend’s premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s On a Wire.
When the League of American Orchestras sent out an all points bulletin inviting orchestras to join in a commissioning project for a new piece by Jennifer Higdon featuring the contemporary music sextet eighth blackbird, the Akron Symphony’s director of artistic planning, Renee Dee, was immediately taken with the idea. “It looked very interesting to me. I forwarded the email to our music director, Christopher Wilkins, and he said ‘Hell, Yes!’
Read the full interviews here and here.
Plain Dealer Talks ASO and eighth blackbird
January 10, 2011
Zachary Lewis of Cleveland’s Plain Dealer wrote a nice piece about the Akron Symphony’s concert with eighth blackbird this Saturday at E.J. Thomas Hall.
Now the work, completed last year and titled “On a Wire,” is coming around to Northeast Ohio. Up first on Saturday is a performance by the Akron Symphony Orchestra, to be followed in May by another one with the Cleveland Orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Most.
“We’re getting to work with orchestras we might not work with otherwise, or even hear,” said flutist Tim Munro, speaking shortly after a sold-out appearance in December with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
Read the full article here.
Gospel Meets Symphony, Feb. 5, 2011
January 7, 2011
18th Annual Gospel Meets Symphony hits the E.J. Thomas Hall stage on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 7:30 PM. Tickets on sale now!
