About Us
J. Mark McVey, October 6, 2007
Ohio Valley Symphony bound for Broadway in season opener There’s nothing like autumn in New York, but there’s no need to wait in an airport line, drive for hours or negotiate cabs and subways. Let the Ohio Valley Symphony take you to the Great White Way for “Broadway and Beyond,” opening concert of the orchestra’s 18th season. Broadway star Mark McVey joins the OVS — southeast Ohio’s only professional orchestra — at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 on the stage of the historic Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre in...
read moreGraceful Ghosts, November 3, 2007
Ghosties, goblins and witches are all part of the brew when The Ohio Valley Symphony presents “Graceful Ghosts” Saturday, November 3 at 8 pm. The Morris & Dorothy Haskins Theatre will host a variety of spectres as the costumed musicians take the stage at the Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre at 426 Second Ave. in Gallipolis, Ohio. Music Director, Ray Fowler, promises you an evening of hauntingly beautiful and ghoulishly familiar music that will stir your emotions and fire your imagination. “Graceful Ghosts,” is a program of...
read moreOVS Pops Program Kicks off Holiday Season, November 25, 2007
The elves of the Ohio Valley Symphony are ready to deck the hall — in the historic Morris & Dorothy Haskins Theatre of The Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre in downtown Gallipolis, Ohio — with the sounds of the holiday season. Join the orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Maestro Ray Fowler, at 8 p.m. Saturday, December 1, for a program of traditional and familiar Christmas songs. The evening starts with a grand flourish as the brass section of the orchestra ring in the season with Hark, the Herald...
read moreLori Sims, March 29, 2008
Ohio Valley Symphony Pulls at the Heartstrings LORI SIMS, piano Soloist for the Rachmaninov is Lori Sims, an internationally-known pianist who has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and China. Now the John T. Bernhard Professor of Music at Western Michigan University, Sims is a graduate of the Yale School of Music, where she was named most outstanding graduating student. Her 2000 debut at New York’s Alice Tully Hall earned a rave review from the New York Times. As presidential hopefuls vie for support in both Russia and the...
read moreSpring Finale, May 3, 2008
Ohio Valley Symphony Pulls at the Heartstrings LORI SIMS, piano Soloist for the Rachmaninov is Lori Sims, an internationally-known pianist who has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and China. Now the John T. Bernhard Professor of Music at Western Michigan University, Sims is a graduate of the Yale School of Music, where she was named most outstanding graduating student. Her 2000 debut at New York’s Alice Tully Hall earned a rave review from the New York Times. As presidential hopefuls vie for support in both Russia and the...
read morePress Release: 2007-08 OVS Season
OHIO VALLEY SYMPHONY 2007-08 SEASON From Baroque to Broadway and from goblins to Christmas cheer, join the Ohio Valley Symphony for the 2007-08 subscription season. The 18th season of southeast Ohio’s only professional orchestra lights the stage of the historic Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre in downtown Gallipolis for five programs — all under the direction of music director Ray Fowler — that will stir your emotions and fire your imagination. All concerts take place on Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. in the Morris & Dorothy...
read moreQuartetto Gelato, October 2, 2010
Quartetto Gelato Ensemble The mere name of this foursome suggests yummy desserts, and the Quartetto Gelato delivers! For over a decade, this dazzling ensemble has enchanted audiences worldwide with their exotic blend of musical virtuosity, artistic passion, and charismatic anecdotes. Classical in training…eclectic by design…this Canadian quartet has become a dominant force on the music scene. Tango del Mare Salerno/Berger Cinema Italiano Cable Volare Modugno/Berger Konzertstuck: Finale Von Weber My Funny Valentine Rogers &...
read moreA Grand Piano, Yuliya Gorenman
A Grand Piano Yuliya Gorenman, piano Award-winning Russian-born American pianist Yuliya Gorenman has rightfully been called a “pianist without fear.” Now firmly established in her performing career, Gorenman first achieved international acclaim as a prizewinner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium in 1995. Since then she has been continually invited to perform solo, chamber, and orchestral concerts throughout the United States and in Europe, and, in the process, has earned consistent praise for her artistic...
read moreThe Trumpets Shall Sound, March 10, 2012
“Like Father Like Son” Vincent and Gabriel DiMartino, trumpet Arrangements for trumpets and orchestra. Vince and Gabriel DeMartino are respected trumpet performers and teachers equally at home with an orchestra, band, or jazz combo. Vince has performed and recorded with many major U.S. orchestras, and he has played lead with a who’s-who of jazz greats. Gabriel is carrying on the tradition, recording at Syracuse University, where he teaches, and performs with a variety of groups. Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major Vivaldi...
read moreThe Romantics, April 28, 2012
CHIN KIM, violin Violinist Chin Kim began playing at age 5 and made his professional debut at 9. A top prize winner in the world’s major violin competitions, Kim has performed and recorded with orchestras around the world. Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky, Bruch Symphony No. 4 Tchaikovsky
read moreAriel Opera House
Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre
home to The Ohio Valley Symphony
426 Second Avenue
Gallipolis, Ohio
740-446-ARTS Purchase Tickets Now!
PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE
to Print at Home
or Cell Phone Check-In
Just Click the Etix Logo!
ADVERTISE TODAY!
Ariel Opera House Seating
Click the chart to go to
the Ariel Opera House's
seating information page