America 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 letter to Ira Gershwin began a three-year correspondence with the lyricist and culminated in a 1975 invitation to Gershwin’s Beverly Hills home. Glazier says, “The brilliant man….America’s best known lyricist, could not have been nicer to me or more encouraging. This meeting literally changed the course of my life, and it gives me enormous pleasure to tell [the Gershwin’s] stories and play their music for audiences everywhere.”

Opening Night, September 26, 2009

Elizabeth Pitcairn with the Red Violin

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

Halloween Spooktacular, November 8, 2008

Ron Luce, narrator

Mozart & Sibelius, November 7, 2009

Debra Harder & David Kim

The Christmas Show! December 5, 2009

The Christmas Show!
December 5, 2009

Arrangements by Leroy Anderson, Carmon Dragon and Jeff Tyzik of seasonal favorites mix with discoveries like Amundson’s “Angel’s Dance” and Kelly’s “Improvisations on Christmas Carols” and Herbert’s classic “Babes in Toyland.”

The Christmas Show, December 6, 2008

Love Songs, March 13, 2010

Broadway! March 21, 2009

John Shuffle, bass-baritone & Nancy Williams Shuffle, soprano

John and Nancy Williams Shuffle bring a wealth of performing experience to their theater and concert appearances having collectively essayed over 150 leading roles in their combined stage careers. The couple has regularly delighted audiences, both at home and abroad, with their versatility, magnetism, and endearing musical repertoire.

About John Shuffle critics have said he has a “rich, substantial voice and expressive nuances” and a “vocal quality that is too seldom heard.” Reviewers have glowed about Nancy Shuffle describing her voice as “awesome, excellent…first-class…a beautiful voice.” Together the Shuffles have garnered numerous performance awards and have eight solo and duo recordings currently to their credit.