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Welcome to the historic Ariel Opera House
Welcome to the historic Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre, permanent home of The Ohio Valley Symphony, in the heart of Gallipolis, Ohio. Explore our website for upcoming performances and events, lessons, directions, and history! Be sure to contact the Ariel Opera House Box Office at 740-446-ARTS (2787) if you have any questions or if we may help you in planning your next visit to Gallipolis.
read morePaul Robert Simón, In Memoriam
From Executive Director Lora Lynn Snow Paul Simón, President of the Ariel Board of Directors, passed away February 25, 2021. He transformed the board bringing in members with a wide variety of professional skills and he led us ever upward as we completed the restoration of our 1895 opera house. He will be greatly missed. Paul was a renaissance man. He ran his farm but once owned an antique shop. He was head of the Mason County Emergency Team that stepped in to work at a moment’s notice, and he collected art. While working on the Main Street...
read moreAriel Opera House COVID-19 Statement
Following the order of the Governor of the State of Ohio, the Ariel Opera House is temporarily closed due to COVID-19. Virtual music lessons will be available via the Ariel Academy. Watch this page for updates!
read moreA Virtual Ariel Merry Tubachristmas!
Enjoy the low brass sounds of the Ariel’s Merry Tubachristmas! This annual event has brought together tuba and euphonium players from across Ohio and West Virginia, young and old, beginners and experts! The Ariel’s Merry TubaChristmas is a part of a nationwide celebration of low brass music created by Harvey Phillips. In this most unusual year of 2020 when we cannot gather in person, we are presenting a virtual Merry TubaChristmas for your holiday delight. Harvey Phillips was inspired to create TubaChristmas as an annual event...
read moreA Video History of the Ariel Opera House
Watch the history of the Ariel Opera House unfold – from it’s opening on Christmas Day 1895 to the present. Narrated by the founder and Executive Director Lora Lynn Snow. [Transcript] Lora Lynn Snow: “Welcome to the historic Ariel Opera House in downtown Gallipolis, Ohio. The Ariel was built in 1895 by the Ariel Oddfellows lodge. It was a fairly typical 19th century Appalachian Opera House with retail space on the front sidewalk and the theatre portion in the back with a banquet room on the second floor and their lodge...
read moreAriel Academy Online Music Lessons
The Ariel Academy is designed to help you find a teacher to guide you through your musical journeys. Whether you need to find a piano teacher for your first grader or are a professional taking orchestral auditions, a college student needing help with music theory or an aspiring composer needing guidance, you can set up one or more lessons with one of The Ohio Valley Symphony’s musicians. Now is your opportunity to study music digitally right from the comfort of your own home with professional musicians who have a solid background of education...
read moreOhio Arts Council Governor’s Awards for the Arts Winner
ARTS ADMINISTRATION Lora Snow, Executive Director at the Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre, Home of the Ohio Valley Symphony Gallipolis Lora Lynn Snow is the founder and executive director of the Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre in Gallipolis, home of the Ohio Valley Symphony. Lora, an oboist, was inspired in 1987 to form a professional orchestra in Gallia County and recognized the amazing acoustics in the long-neglected 1895 Ariel Opera House that had been abandoned for 25 years. Lora spearheaded the restoration and...
read moreGift Certificates Available!
An Ariel Opera House Gift Certificate is the perfect way to share the music – and at the same time give support to the arts in your community! Gift certificates can be for specific dollar values or even for “a year of lessons”!* Purchase a Season Subscription to The Ohio Valley Symphony’s upcoming 2020-2021 concert season – or just purchase a gift for an upcoming show! Call the Box Office today at 740-446-ARTS! *Purchase your certificate before December 15th to have it mailed to the recipient in time for...
read moreAPPALACHIAN SPRING
POSTPONED Date to be determined at 7:30 p.m. On Sale Soon What’s better than one horn soloist? How about 4 of them! The entire horn section of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Erik Ralske, Hugo Valverde, Javier Gandara and Barbara Jöstlein Currie, is coming to the Ariel stage to perform the magnificent Schumann Konzertstück for 4 Horns on April 25th. I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say you will be blown away! The OVS will also play one of my personal favorites, Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Conductor Miriam Burns Miriam Burns...
read moreTHE ROMANTIC CELLO
Rescheduled from an earlier date June 27, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. All tickets for the March 21, 2020 concert will be honored. Purchase Tickets Now Ilya Finkelshteyn, principal cellist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, will perform Dvorak’s lush Concerto for Cello on June 27th with Maestro Keitaro Harada on the podium. Also, to stir your soul on the Romantic Cello program, is Brahms’ much loved Symphony No. 2. Love is definitely in the air! Conductor Keitaro Harada Conductor Keitaro Harada continues to be recognized at the highest levels for his...
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Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre
426 Second Avenue
Gallipolis, Ohio
740-446-ARTS Purchase Tickets Now!
Road Trippin’ to the Ariel
Take a Trip to the Historic Ariel-Dater Hall
Ariel Opera House Seating
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Jewell Victoria Waters Evans
1919-2019
Restituto “Resty” Alonzo Memorial Donation
1934-2017
James Lee Dailey Memorial Donation
1934-2017
Jessie Cooper Memorial Fund
Marion Ford Memorial Fund
