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2015-16 Season Subscription! The Ohio Valley Symphony
Purchase Concert TicketsJoin The Ohio Valley Symphony for the 26th Season featuring 5 exciting concerts in our home, Ariel-Dater Hall. Order subscriptions online or call the box office today at 740-446-ARTS!
read moreCarl Michael Magic & Illusion 2016
Friday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2 at 7:00 p.m. Purchase Tickets The art of magic is making the impossible possible. To bring the audience out of their everyday world and connect them to what lies beyond. Surprise, shock and astonishment are simply the means to a greater goal: to awaken the sense of mystery and awe that lies dormant in all of us. For millennia, the secrecy, inexplicability and mystery of magic and illusion have enraptured mankind, tapping into the primal human yearning to pierce the veil of reality. In every age,...
read moreGlorious Guitars, Tim Berens & Craig Wagner
Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 7:30 pmPurchase TicketsTim Berens’ multi-faceted career gives testament to his lifelong quest to learn, perform and write music. So far, his venture has led him through the worlds of classical guitar, jazz guitar, orchestral guitar, arranging, orchestration, and conducting.During his years as the guitarist for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Tim played guitar, banjo, mandolin and bouzouki on concerts, recordings, television programs, and tours. Beginning in the late 1990’s, Tim began arranging for the...
read more12th Annual Tri-County Gospel Sing
May 21, 2016 at 6 p.m. Free Concert, No Ticket RequiredJoin the historic Ariel-Dater Hall in welcoming the Tri-County Gospel Sing, presented by Pastor Rick Barcus of the Addison Free Will Baptist Church.Featured guests include GLORYLAND BELIEVERS * COVERED BY LOVE * BRIAN & FAMILY CONNECTION * MIKE CADLE * NEW CREATION * RICKY & MARIE ALLEY * SINGING SHAFERS * LISA KEMP BROWNING * RICK & GINNY TOWE * BRENDA HENSLEY * THE NEAL FAMILY * NEW SALVATION * KAREN POLCYN * NEW CITY SINGERS * SCOTT FRASER * FISHERMEN’S NET SINGERS * RANDY...
read more2016 Oboes On The Ohio, A Double Reed Festival
November 5, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.Register Now!The future of Double Reed playing is now at Oboes on the Ohio, A Double Reed Festival at the historic Ariel Opera House in downtown Gallipolis, Ohio. This unique event is designed to showcase the musical flavor of double reeds.An exiting day of workshops, music readings and a masterclass will culminate in the evening The Ohio Valley Symphony concert featuring soloist Dwight Parry, oboe.For more information and registration, please visit Oboes on the...
read moreOboes on the Ohio, Dwight Parry, Oboe
November 5, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.Purchase Concert TicketsDwight Parry is just rounding out his first decade as the principal oboist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Previously, he held the same position with the San Diego Symphony and was a fellow with the New World Symphony. He has performed as guest principal oboist with groups including the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Los Angeles Opera, and the Deutsche Symphonie of Berlin. Originally from coastal Southern California,...
read moreThe Christmas Show! 2016
December 3, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Purchase Concert Tickets The Ohio Valley Symphony presents its most beloved holiday tradition, The Christmas Show! Order tickets early! As part of the Ohio Valley Symphony’s mission to bring live, professional, orchestral music to the region and to instill a love of music — especially in children, the public is encouraged to attend OVS rehearsals for free at 7–10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, and 1–4 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Ariel. Open rehearsals are a great way to grow familiar with symphonic music, and they offer a unique...
read moreBlack History: Celebrating the life of Dr. Edward Bouchet
Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.Free admission ~ donations accepted.Join the historic Ariel Theatre in celebrating Black History Month and the life of Dr. Edward Bouchet (1852-1918).Edward Alexander Bouchet was an African American physicist and educator. In 1874, he became one of the first African Americans to graduate from Yale College, and was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university. Dr. Bouchet was a principal and teacher at Lincoln High School in Gallipolis, Ohio from 1908 to 1913.Music selections by...
read moreDrew Hastings: Farmageddon
Friday, February 26 at 7:00 p.m.Purchase TicketsJoin the Ariel Theatre in welcoming the most unlikely farmer and Mayor you’ve ever met, Drew Hastings.As a Comedian, Drew Hastings has been a well-known standup for 20-plus years with television comedy specials, Tonight Show appearances, and a regular favorite on the National Bob & Tom Radio Show.As a Farmer. A lifelong, loft living, city dweller, he left Los Angeles at age 50 to take up farming in rural Ohio which he describes as “Farmageddon”. As Mayor: he was just...
read moreGiving Thanks
Sunday, November 29, 2015 2:00 p.m. Ariel Chamber Theatre The Historic Ariel Theatre presents Giving Thanks a concert by The Ariel Children’s Chorus under the direction of Judith Cavendish. Admission is free ~ donations accepted at the door.
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