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Broadway! Steve Amerson, Tenor
Broadway! Steve Amerson, tenor Steve Amerson has established a reputation as a superior tenor with a vocal flexibility that allows him to feel at home in both popular/contemporary music and classical literature. With the wealth and depth of his performance experience, he is known as America’s Tenor. He has been featured with orchestras throughout the United States and abroad including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl and at Carnegie Hall. Along with his concert schedule, which includes 50-60 Christmas, Broadway, patriotic and...
read morePress Release: After 115 Years, Dvorak Concerto Gets Regional Debut
By Thomas Consolo It was a busy year in 1895: In New York City, Antonin Dvorak put the finishing touches on his cello concerto. In Gallipolis, ground was broken for the Ariel Opera House. Fast forward 115 years, and the two finally get to meet. Dvorak’s concerto, the biggest blockbuster of the solo cello repertoire, receives its regional premiere Nov. 6 as the centerpiece of an all-Dvorak program by the Ohio Valley Symphony. OVS music director Ray Fowler conducts the 8 p.m. performance at the Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts...
read more2017-2018 Maestro for a Moment Fundraiser
The Ohio Valley Symphony’s annual Maestro for a Moment Fundraiser is one of the highlights of the season for both audience and orchestra! Each season three candidates vie for the opportunity to conduct the orchestra during the The Christmas Show! in a rousing rendition of Sleigh Ride! This year’s candidates are Jan Bergdoll, representing Pleasant Valley Hospital; Matt Traywick, representing Traywick Financial Services; and Ryan Yavorsky, representing Holzer Health Systems. Click the “read more” below to learn more...
read more2012 Hobgoblin Halloween Show
The Ohio Valley Symphony’s Musical Treat Saturday, November 3, 2012Some of the ghosts and goblins that will haunt the Ohio Valley on Halloween won’t go home right away. They’ll hide in the dark corners of the Ariel Theatre, waiting for one more night of fun with The Ohio Valley Symphony.The orchestra’s members — including music director Ray Fowler on the podium — trade their tails and bow ties for whimsical or ghoulish costumes as they offer concert-goers a full plate of musical tricks and treats. This year’s musical mayhem begins at 8 p.m....
read more2011 SUMMER ELIZABETH CONCERT – Deborah Henson-Conant
The grand finale will include the “1812 Overture” and “Stars & Stripes Forever” complete with fireworks.For the third straight year, the Ohio Valley Symphony will help celebrate the Fourth of July with a free concert in Gallipolis City Park.Joining the OVS and music director Ray Fowler at 8 p.m. will be Deborah Henson-Conant, the “hip harpist” who will return to the area in October for the OVS’s season opener at Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School. It will be the first time an OVS soloist has...
read more2010 SUMMER ELIZABETH CONCERT – J. Mark McVey
The grand finale will include the “1812 Overture” and “Stars & Stripes Forever” complete with fireworks.
read more2009 SUMMER ELIZABETH CONCERT – Bryon Stripling
Bryon Stripling, The Music of Louis Armstrong from “Satchmo”Stripling will perform the music of Louis Armstrong as seen in his Broadway show “Satchmo.” The grand finale will include the “1812 Overture” and “Stars & Stripes Forever” complete with fireworks.
read moreThe Christmas Show!, December 4, 2010
Sponsored by Holzer Clinic Arrangements by Leroy Anderson, Carmon Dragon and Jeff Tyzik of seasonal favorites. Canadian Brass Christmas Henderson/Custer Lo, How a Rose e’er Blooming Anderson There is a Rose in Flower Brahms/Leinsdorf A Carol Symphony Hely-Hutchinson Men of Goodwill Britten It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Dragon O Tannenbaum Dragon Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella Anderson The Snow Maiden Rimsky-Korsakov The Christmas Song Torme White Christmas Berlin The Toy Trumpet Scott/Wendel A Christmas Overture Tyzik Sleigh Ride...
read moreAmerica the Beautiful, October 4, 2008
Richard Glazier Richard Glazier is one of today’s foremost interpreters of the American Popular Songbook and most closely associated with music of George and Ira Gershwin. According to one critic, “Richard Glazier has Gershwin in his soul.” Trained in the classics, Glazier earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in piano performance from Indiana University School of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he was awarded the 2007 Alumni Achievement Award. A childhood fan...
read moreOpening Night, September 26, 2009
Violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn brings the Red Stradivarius to the Ohio River Valley! The concert will be held at the Lillian and Paul Wedge Auditorium at Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School in Point Pleasant, W.V. The OVS helped celebrate the hall’s opening with a concert in October. “It’s a wonderful facility,” Snow said. “and we’re really excited to come back to see out neighbors across the river.” Visit Elizabeth’s website West Virginia Public Radio Interview WSAZ TV Interview Introduction...
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