Ohio Northern University is hosting a “Summer Sounds Choral Festival” for elementary-age students (from second to sixth grades) on the campus of ONU from June 25-29.
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Music News
Student receives Presser Scholar Award
Ohio Northern University student Miriam Stoner, a junior music performance major from Bellefontaine, Ohio, was awarded the Presser Scholar Award at ONU Honors Day on April 28. The award includes a $4,800 grant.
Published: Mon, 05/07/2012 - 2:07pm
Steel Drum Band and Percussion Ensemble to perform in Nashville
Ohio Northern University’s Percussion Ensemble and Steel Drum Band will begin a tour to historic Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., on March 30. The ONU band is under the direction of Dr. Sarah Waters, assistant professor of music, who will take her students to Elder and Seton High Schools in Cincinnati before heading to Nashville.
Published: Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:03am
Music department to host Bob Becker
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present Bob Becker in Presser Hall on Tuesday, April 3, at 8 p.m.
A master of African percussion tradition, Becker is a disciple of Pandit Sharda Sahai, one of the most respected musicians of the Benares tabla style. Becker is considered to be one of the world’s prodigy performers on the xylophone and marimba. This talent led him to create the Bob Becker Concert Xylophone line of mallets.
Published: Wed, 03/28/2012 - 4:18pm
Symphonic Band presents ‘The Fantastics’
The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents ONU’s Symphonic Band’s spring concert in the Biggs Theatre on March 22 at 7:30 p.m.
The concert, titled “The Fantastics,” will be devoted to well-known composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Aaron Copland, Felix Mendelssohn, Hector Berlioz and Duke Ellington. The program will include Beethoven’s “Egmont Overture,” “March to the Scaffold” by Berlioz and “Fanfare for the Common Man” by Copland.
Published: Wed, 03/14/2012 - 1:51pm
Wind Orchestra presents ‘Cities and Far Away Places’
Ohio Northern University’s Wind Orchestra will perform “Cities and Far Away Places” in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m.
“Cities and Far Away Places” explores pieces composed by artists who specifically write music inspired by the city atmosphere, including New York and Paris. The ONU Wind Orchestra is under the direction of Dr. Thomas Hunt.
Published: Mon, 02/27/2012 - 3:52pm
Music classes for families
Vicki Mills, a licensed Musikgarten teacher, will offer weekly music classes for families and their children beginning Jan. 28, 2012, and continuing through the end of May. Classes will be held on Thursdays and Saturdays in room 313 of Presser Hall on the campus of Ohio Northern University.
Published: Mon, 12/19/2011 - 4:11pm
Professor to present piano recital
Dr. Rebecca L. Casey, Ohio Northern University associate professor of music, will present a piano recital in Presser Hall’s Snyder Recital Hall on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at 2 p.m.
The recital will feature contemporary piano works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, David Guion, Maurice Ravel and Alberto Ginastera.
Published: Tue, 11/29/2011 - 12:10pm
ONU presents 17th annual Holiday Spectacular
Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the 17th annual Holiday Spectacular on Friday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. There also will be performances at the Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m.
Published: Wed, 11/02/2011 - 4:41pm
Ohio Northern University invites community to join choruses
New members are invited to join the Ohio Northern University Men’s and Women’s Choruses for the upcoming season. Both groups are open to individuals high school age or older. Previous choral experience is not required.
Published: Tue, 08/23/2011 - 3:55pm
