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Ashland University grad Beery returns to area to teach theatre with experience in New York
While she enjoyed her time in New York, 1997 Ashland University graduate Maria Beery is happy to be back in the area teaching theatre classes at the Richland Academy of the Arts. “The building may be different and many of the faces are new, but RAA still has the same unmistakable creative energy that it had 25 years ago when I first started there,” said Beery, who first taught classes, workshops and summer programs part time for RAA while she was a student at…
Opera career taking off for Chanáe Curtis, an Ashland University music graduate
What started in Ohio and Ashland University as a love of music for Chanáe Curtis has blossomed into a successful opera career that has taken her not only across the U.S. but overseas. Curtis, who earned a Bachelor of Music from AU in 2012, recently finished performing “Falstaff” in San Jose and is now in London with the English National Opera for Jeanine Tesori’s “Blue.” “It is a privilege to be on any stage in front of a live audience doing what I love to…
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at AU’s Maplerock Jazz Festival
ASHLAND, Ohio – The 42nd edition of the Maplerock Jazz Festival, an educational and entertaining event that features the Ashland University Jazz Orchestra mixing with jazz luminaries and regional scholastic groups, will take place on St. Patrick’s Day this year. This Friday’s festival will be held inside AU’s Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). First, area high school bands are scheduled to perform in a non-competitive format from 1-4:30 p.m., at Hugo…
AU Choir, Chamber Singers performing at Winter Choral Concert Feb. 26
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s annual Winter Choral Concert will feature the AU Choir and the AU Chamber Singers and will take place Sunday, Feb. 26, at Jack and Deb Miller Chapel (527 College Ave.). The performance is free and open to the public and starts at 4 p.m. Rowland Blackley, director of choral activities and professor of music at AU, will be conducting both groups, while Deborah Logan will serve as the accompanying pianist. The Chamber…
Reed, Sigler to give faculty recital on Feb. 9
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University Department of Music will present a faculty recital by Thomas Reed with Shitong Sigler on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. The recital, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall at the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). Reed plays the clarinet and saxophone, while Sigler is a pianist. The recital will consist of Francis Poulenc’s “Sonata for Clarinet,” William Grant Still’s…
Ashland Area Chorus’ 2023 season is underway
ASHLAND, Ohio – The 2023 season for the Ashland Area Chorus (AAC), a community-based mixed choir, has begun but is still accepting new members. Weekly rehearsals are held on Monday nights from 7-8:30 p.m., inside room 242 of the Ashland University Center for the Arts. “The AAC will perform a program of beautiful music (at) an AU choral concert this spring,” said Ron Blackley, director of choral activities at AU. The AAC is open to the entire Ashland…
Jazz concert on Dec. 8 will feature three ensembles
ASHLAND, Ohio – Three jazz ensembles, headlined by the Ashland University Jazz Orchestra (AUJO), will be performing on Thursday, Dec. 8, inside Hugo Young Theatre. The event, which is free and open to the public, starts at 7 p.m. First, Krawlspace Combo will take the stage and play some original arrangements of jazz standards, including “Well, You Needn’t” and “All of Me.” Next, a group of AUJO alumni will perform. Scott Garlock, professor of music at AU,…
AU’s annual Festival of Lights, featuring three choruses and scripture readings, is Dec. 11
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Festival of Lights, a collaboration between the choral music program and the Office of Christian Ministry at Ashland University, will be held the evening of Sunday, Dec. 11, at Jack and Deb Miller Chapel, located at the intersection of King Road and College Ave. The 31st edition of this celebrated event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. The Festival of Lights is part worship service with choral selections and part…
AU’s 17th edition of TubaChristmas set for Saturday
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s 17th edition of TubaChristmas will be taking place this Saturday, Dec. 3, at Hugo Young Theatre. The concert, featuring traditional holiday favorites, is free and open to the public and will start at noon. Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of TubaChristmas events take place throughout the world. The first such concert was held in 1974 and now ensembles everywhere take the opportunity to showcase seasonal melodies from tubas…
Tickets on sale for AU’s Madrigal Feaste taking place Dec. 1-4
ASHLAND, Ohio – Tickets are on sale now for the 46th annual Madrigal Feaste, a beloved and long-standing tradition at Ashland University. The event will be held Thursday to Sunday, Dec. 1-4, at Redwood Hall with doors opening at 6 p.m. each night and the royal procession beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Feaste, presented by the department of music at AU, consists of a four-course meal culminating in flaming bread pudding and musical and theatrical entertainment…
