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Mendelssohn, April 30, 2011
Ilya Kaler, violin Described as a “magician, bewitching our ears,” Russian-born violinist Ilya Kaler is the only violinist to have won gold medals at the Tchaikovsky (1986), Sibelius (1985), and Paganini (1981) Competitions. Currently professor of violin at DePaul University School of Music (Chicago, IL), he performs on a 1785 “Sennhauser” Giuseppe Guarnerius del Gesu violin on loan from the Stradivari Society of Chicago. Violin Concerto, Op. 64 Mendelssohn Midsummernight’s Dream Mendelssohn Press Release:...
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October 2, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. Concert will be at Wedge Auditorium at Pt. Pleasant WV Jr./Sr. High School. Purchase Tickets Now We re-open The Ohio Valley Symphony season as we celebrate the life of Ariel Board President Paul Simon when his longtime family friend, Elizabeth Pitcairn, joins The Ohio Valley Symphony in a program of Mostly Mendelssohn. This season opens with Mendelssohn’s energizing and uplifting Symphony No. 4 and Elizabeth performs the much loved Concerto for Violin, Op. 64, under the baton of Maestro Scott Woodard. Purchase...
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November 6, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. Concert will be at Wedge Auditorium at Pt. Pleasant WV Jr./Sr. High School Purchase Tickets Now 75 years ago at the end of World War II the music style of the Big Band era was flourishing and Cleveland Pops conductor Carl Topilow will lead the The Ohio Valley Symphony through a rousing romp of the stylings of Glenn Miller, Hoagie Carmichael, Irvin Berlin and other big band greats. In this Veterans Day celebration, Carl will invoke the spirit of Benny Goodman when he picks up his clarinet and joins in the fun....
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March 26, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Purchase Tickets Now Takes you on a musical visit to 19th century Paris when Phantom of the Opera star Geena Jeffries Mattox joins The Ohio Valley Symphony for some Perfectly Parisian music. Carline Waugh joins in the fun as well and both sopranos finish off the evening with some delicious duets. Steven Huang, conductor Maestro Steven Huang is thrilled to return to Southeastern Ohio to the podium of The Ohio Valley Symphony. He has conducted orchestras and operas across the country and throughout the world. At the...
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December 4, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. Purchase Tickets Now In this season of hope and renewal The Ohio Valley Symphony will warm your hearts with their annual Christmas Show under the baton of Steven Huang. Traditional carols along with newer holiday favorites will awaken your holiday spirit. Gather family and friends and get your tickets early as it is always sold out! And if you have ever had a secret desire to lift the baton and bring out beautiful music, you too could be a Maestro For A Moment at this annual symphony fundraiser. Contact us to be...
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 moreA Virtual Ariel Merry Tubachristmas! 2020
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...
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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...
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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...
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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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