2010 SUMMER ELIZABETH CONCERT – J. Mark McVey

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The grand finale will include the “1812 Overture” and “Stars & Stripes Forever” complete with fireworks.

2009 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.

The Christmas Show!, December 4, 2010

Sponsored by Holzer Clinic

Arrangements by Leroy Anderson, Carmon Dragon and Jeff Tyzik of seasonal favorites.

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.”