Employees of downtown Akron and area residents are invited to ease their workday stress with a free Decompression Chamber concert by Tuesday Musical’s Escher String Quartet in the Akron Art Museum’s Bud and Susie Rogers Garden, Friday, Sept. 15, at noon. Concert-goers are welcome to bring lunch or purchase food in the museum café. In case of inclement weather, the 45-minute … [Read more...]
Poet Rita Dove, pianist Lara Downes explore American identity in Feb. 5 performance
Akron native and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove will join pianist Lara Downes for “American Again: My Promise Project,” a concert this Sunday, Feb. 5, 3 p.m., in the Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium, 60 S. High St., Akron. Dove will read her poem, "Testimonial," which inspired Downes to create "My Promise Project,” a national series of performances and … [Read more...]
Application open for Tuesday Musical’s 2017 Scholarship Competition
Tuesday Musical is accepting on-line applications starting Jan. 1 through Feb. 1 for its 2017 Scholarship Competition. Open to college and university music performance and/or music education majors who are Ohio residents or who are enrolled at an Ohio academic institution, the competition will take place March 25 in Guzzetta Hall at The University of Akron’s … [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...]
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...]
Tuesday Musical announces ‘Quartet in Residence,’ performance tonight
Entering its 129th year, Akron's Tuesday Musical has named the Escher String Quartet as its first Quartet-in-Residence. Escher also serves as artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and recently performed at Wigmore Hall in London and the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris. Through this multi-year residency, Tuesday Musical will take Escher throughout Northeast … [Read more...]
