Classical Contenders
Promising Lineup Across The Region
By Jeff Huntington
Pianist Awadogin Pratt To Perform At UD
The Greater Dayton area has for years been one of the best in the nation for access to the arts, and I’m proud to report that classical music is holding up very well through the Great Recession. We lost Don Hageman’s Soirees Musicales piano series, but presenters generally are going full speed with
outstanding programs.
Bach Society of Dayton
www.BachSocietyofDayton.org
229-2224
Oct. 24 (4 p.m.): Gloria! Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn & Barber, featuring Eileen Whalen, oboist
Dec. 5 (7:30 p.m.): Sweet Sounds of the Holidays, featuring Kettering Children’s Choir and the Kettering Advent Ringers
Mar. 6 (4 p.m.): Bach’s St. John Passion, with Capella
May 1 (7:30 p.m.): Shout for Joy! Works by Jongen, Schutz, Hailstork, and a new commission by the great John Rutter!
Chamber Music
Yellow Springs
www.CMYS.org
374-8800
Sept. 26: Escher String Quartet; Haydn, Beethoven, Bartok
Oct. 31: Red Priest; an Elizabethan Halloween
Jan. 30: Poulenc Trio; new works for an unusual trio
Mar. 20: Cuarteto de Cuerdas La Catrina; masterpieces from Latin America
May 1: Competition Finals
Dayton Philharmonic
www.DaytonPhilharmonic.com
228-3630
Classical Series:
(“Take Note” pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. before Classical Series concerts)
Sept. 23 and 25: Beethoven, Sibelius, Debussy, with Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Oct. 15 and 16: Adams, Hindemith, and the Mozart Requiem, with Lynne Church, Kathleen Clawson, Randall Black, William Caldwell, and the Dayton Philharmonic Chorus.
Nov. 5 and 6: Berlioz, Schumann, and Chopin, with Janina Fialkowska, pianist
Jan. 7 and 8: Wagner, Liebermann Trumpet Concerto, and Brahms, with Ryan
Anthony, trumpeter
Feb. 10 and 12: Libby Larsen, Mozart, Richard Strauss
Feb. 25 and 26: Mozart, Finzi, Bach and Stravinsky, with John Kurokawa, clarinetist,
and Eileen Whalen, oboist
Mar. 11 and 12: Borodin, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, with Valentina Lisitsa, pianist
Mar. 24 and 26: Enesco, Daugherty and Dvorak, with DJ Sparr, electric guitarist
May 13 and 14: Bernstein’s Mass, with Jeffrey Biegel, pianist, John Wesley Wright, tenor, and the Wright State departments of Music, Dance, Theater and Motion Pictures
Classical Connections:
Sept. 24: Beethoven’s Fidelio Overtures, with Jeffrey Springer, tenor
Jan. 21: Bach’s Musical Offering
Feb. 11: Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben
Mar. 25: Gee’s Bend, Michael Daugherty’s electric guitar concerto
SuperPops:
Oct. 8 and 9: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
Nov. 12 and13: Broadway Rocks!, with Rob Evan, Capathia Jenkins, Doug Lebrecque and Anne Runofsson, vocalists
Dec. 3 and 4: ‘Twas the Night: Holiday at Home, local talent TBA
Jan. 14 and 15: At the Movies with Rodgers & Hammerstein
Mar. 18 and 19: The Celtic Tenors: Dublin to Dayton
May 6 and 7: Satchmo, Fats & The Duke, with Byron Stripling, trumpet and vocals
Rockin’ Orchestra:
Nov. 20: Music of the Beatles
Jan. 22: Music of the Eagles
Apr. 2: Music of Led Zeppelin, with Windborne
Symphony Sundaes:
(Dayton Masonic Center, 525 W. Riverview Ave. 3 p.m.)
Feb. 20: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, with Chad Hoopes, violinist
Apr. 10: Rossini, Bach and Mozart, with Concertmaster Jessica Hung and Kirstin Greenlaw, violinists
May 1: Schubert, Haydn and Sibelius, with Aurelian Oprea, violinist
Family Series:
Oct. 30 (3 p.m.): Philharmonster Halloween Concert, with Tim Northcutt, tubist
Feb. 13 (3 p.m.): The Magic Orchestra: Dan Kamin, Patrick Reynolds,
and the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Apr. 3 (3 p.m.): The Beat Goes On, with Drums for Peace
Special Events:
Dec. 12 (Sunday, 4 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 125 N. Wilkinson St.): Handel’s Messiah, with Laura Portune, Steven Rickards, William Compton, Daesen No, and the Dayton Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Dec. 31: Viva Italia! New Year’s Eve Concert, with Scott Piper and Karin
Wolverton, singers, and Ashley Hall, trumpeter
Jan. 20 (Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park North): Bach’s Musical Offering
Jan. 28 and 30: Beethoven’s Fidelio (Dayton Opera)
Mar. 31: The Return of Play! A Video Game Symphony, with Arnie Roth, conductor
Apr. 28 (Dayton Art Institute, 6:30 p.m.): Concertmaster Jessica Hung and Friends; Bach Baker, Bax, and Brahms, with Joshua Nemith, pianist, and Robert Johnson, hormist
Halo Series:
Free Community String Quartet performances by DPO Principal String Quartet at 4 p.m.:
Mar. 6 (Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3211 Lakeview Ave., Dayton)
Mar. 13 (Bethel Baptist Church, 401 S. Paul Laurence Dunbar St., Dayton)
Musica!
www.MusicaDayton.org
Oct. 10 (Dayton Art Institute, 3 p.m.): Saints and Sinners
Dec. 18 (Fairhaven Church, 637 E. Whipp Rd, Centerville, 8 p.m.): Holiday Concert
Dec. 19 (Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 155 Thruston Blvd., Dayton, 3 p.m.): ditto
May 21 (Salvation Army Kroc Community Center, 1000 N. Keowee, Dayton, 7:30 p.m.): Spring Concert
May 22 (Dayton Art Institute, 3 p.m.): Spring Concert
Springfield Symphony
www.SpringfieldSYM.org
328-3874
Sept. 25: Wagner, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, with Martina Filjak, pianist
Nov. 6: Going for Baroque, with Trudy Faber, organist
Dec. 4 (7 p.m.): Cirque de la Symphonie
Feb. 19: Ponchielli, Francaix, Brahms, Offenbach, Sibelius, with Lisa Grove, oboist, and the Springfield Youth Symphony
Mar. 19: Beethoven, Dvorak, with Sujean Kim, violinist
Apr. 16: Verdi Requiem, with the Springfield Symphony Chorale
Ud Arts Series
ArtsSeries.udayton.edu
229-2787
Sept. 14: Awadagin Pratt, pianist
Sept. 30 (UD Boll Theatre): So Percussion Quartet
Oct. 21 (Dayton Art Institute): Simon Shaheen
Nov. 17: Phyllis Chen, toy piano
Nov. 18: Phyllis Chen, pianist
Vanguard Concerts
www.DaytonArtInstitute.org
223-5277
Oct. 1: The Claremont Trio
Oct. 22: Robert Belinic, guitarist
Nov. 19: Max Brod Piano Trio
Apr. 9: Graffe String Quartet, with Michiko Otaki, pianist
May 7: The Prima Trio
(also check with the DAI for Twilight Concerts, Thursdays at 7 p.m.)
Wright State University
www.Wright.edu/music
775-2346
Faculty Recitals:
Sept. 22: Benjamin Miles, tubist
Sept. 24: Kimberly Warrick, soprano
Sept. 27: Randall Paul, clarinetist
Oct. 3: Katherine deGruchy, oboist
Oct. 16: Dan Zehringer, trumpeter
Feb. 4: Franklin Cox, cellist
Feb. 18: Vincent Davis, tenor
Apr. 14: Shelley Jagow, saxophonist, and Bill Jobert, bassoonist
Apr. 28: Dennis Loranger, guitarist
May 1: Christopher Chaffee, flutist
May 4: Faculty Brass Quintet
Artist Series
Oct. 15: Michael Bard, guitarist
Oct. 28: David Hardy, cellist, and Lambert Orkis, pianist
Feb. 22: Takayoshi Wanami, violinist
Apr. 10: Millenium Brass
May 11: Michael Nicoletta, guitarist
Opera
May 20-22: Bellini’s La Sonnambula
Reach DCP freelance writer Jeff Huntington at contactus@daytoncitypaper.com
