For all those who enjoy classic hip-hop beats and rhymes, Keepers of the Art presents its Classic Emcee Concert Series featuring Hip- Hop legend Edo G on Saturday March 18, at the Stage Door at EJ Thomas Hall, located on the campus of the University of Akron. General admission is $15. To purchase tickets on line, visit www.uaevents.com. The concert is also the official … [Read more...]
Tuesday Musical scholarship winners return for concert Nov. 22
Once Tuesday Musical student scholarship winners and now internationally acclaimed professionals, violinist Jinjoo Cho and soprano Dina Kuznetsova are performing Tuesday, Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m., in Akron’s EJ Thomas Hall for the organization that helped to launch their careers. During the concert dubbed “We Knew Them When,” Tuesday Musical audience members will experience the … [Read more...]
Tuesday Musical’s Fuze season opens Oct. 12 with Steve Reich’s ‘Drumming’
Three concerts featuring composer Steve Reich’s "Drumming," music inspired by massive storms, and a string quartet joined by an Australian didgeridoo player are featured in the 2016-17 season of Fuze, the out-of-the-box series presented by Akron’s Tuesday Musical. Two of the concerts are at the Akron Art Museum. All begin at 7 p.m. and end with refreshments and … [Read more...]
Explore ‘The Planets’ plus So Percussion on Oct. 15 at EJ Thomas Hall
Explore the mysteries of outer space and the inventiveness of percussion when Tuesday Musical and The Akron Symphony co-present “The Planets” plus So Percussion on Saturday, Oct. 15, 8 p.m., at EJ Thomas Hall. Using “found” instruments — twigs, tuned wine bottles, metal pipes, steel drum — So Percussion will play against the backdrop of the Akron Symphony, … [Read more...]
World premiere by Emerson String Quartet opening Tuesday Musical season Sept. 27
Tuesday Musical’s 2016-17 Main Stage Season opens Tuesday, Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m. in EJ Thomas Hall with the Emerson String Quartet’s 40th anniversary celebration and world premiere of English composer Mark-Anthony Turnage’s "Shroud." The Akron audience will hear the world premiere of "Shroud" before performances of the piece at Lincoln Center in New York City and … [Read more...]
University of Akron’s Kulas Concert Series kicks off Sept. 18, showcases guest, faculty, student artists
The University of Akron’s Kulas Concert Series kicks off its 2016-2017 season with tubist Fritz Kaenzig and pianist Matthew Thompson on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. in Guzzetta Recital Hall. Kaenzig is Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Michigan and Principal Tubist for the Grant Park Orchestra. Thompson is Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of … [Read more...]
Tuesday Musical unveils 129th season
Tuesday Musical’s 2016-17 Main Stage Season scoops London and New York City with a world premiere, breaks sticks to make music, demonstrates why two past scholarship winners are now acclaimed professionals, bridges world music, presents Russia’s oldest symphony orchestra, and launches a first-ever residency. The season opens Tuesday, Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m. in EJ … [Read more...]
Akron Symphony, Broadway in Akron, and Tuesday Musical hosting Sept. 1 party at EJ Thomas Hall
EJ Thomas Hall’s three major presenters — Tuesday Musical, the Akron Symphony, and Broadway in Akron — are hosting a 2016-17 Season Preview Party with refreshments and special offers on Thursday, Sept. 1, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Free and open to the public, the party on EJ’s stage will feature that-night-only subscription packages, complimentary refreshments and cash bar, season … [Read more...]
First combined Akron performance by Joshua Bell and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields on March 11
In a first for Akron, the conductor-less Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell will perform together on Friday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. in EJ Thomas Hall, presented by Tuesday Musical. The pre-concert talk is at 6:30 p.m. Bell as a soloist and the Academy have performed separately at EJ Thomas Hall, but this concert marks the first time that … [Read more...]
