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Spring Choral Concert to feature Mozart’s “Solemn Vespers,” several student soloists
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s annual Spring Choral Concert, featuring four ensembles and a number of student soloists, will take place on Sunday, April 27, at 4 p.m., in the Jack and Deb Miller Chapel. It is free and open to the public. The AU Chamber Singers, a select choir of a dozen AU students, will perform a series of 19th, 20th and 21st century English part songs, which are unaccompanied secular songs typically with three or more voice parts. The…
AU Symphonic Band to conclude 2024-25 season with April 25 concert
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University Symphonic Band will present its final concert of the 2024-25 academic year, the annual Spring Band Concert, this Friday evening, April 25, at Hugo Young Theatre inside the Center for the Arts. The 7:30 p.m. concert is free and open to the public. The program will consist of a series of familiar tunes, starting with “All the Earth and Air” by Tyler Grant, Bert Appermont’s “Colors for Trombone” which will feature AU senior…
Recent AU grad Lila Wolfe thrives at Fostoria School District teaching choir, directing stage productions
Lila Wolfe says so many things she learned at Ashland University have greatly helped in her job at Fostoria Junior/Senior High School. “Between music theory, aural skills and choir teaching methods, everything I studied for my music education degree is something I use in my daily teaching,” said the 2023 AU grad who has been Fostoria’s choir director the past two years, as well as director of plays and musicals. “It’s been incredibly rewarding to apply all of…
Iron Toys performing recital on Sunday, April 13
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University Department of Music presents a guest artist recital by Iron Toys on Sunday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall inside the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). The event is free and open to the public. The performance will feature a diverse repertoire blending classical, jazz and avant-garde styles on multiple woodwind instruments. Iron Toys is a saxophone and woodwind quartet, founded in…
Long-running Maplerock Jazz Fest set for this Thursday, April 3
ASHLAND, Ohio – The annual Maplerock Jazz Festival, hosted by Ashland University and featuring the Ashland University Jazz Orchestra (AUJO), will take place this Thursday, April 3, at AU’s Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). The festival is a mix of education and entertainment, as regional scholastic groups learn from internationally-recognized jazz artists during the afternoon and then the AUJO plays a concert with the guest artists at 7 p.m. High school…
Winter Choral Concert on Feb. 23 to feature AU Chamber Singers, AU Choir
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s annual Winter Choral Concert is set to take place on Sunday, Feb. 23, and will include performances by the AU Chamber Singers, the AU Choir and a special feature. The concert, which is free and open to the public, begins at 4 p.m., at Jack and Deb Miller Chapel. Rowland Blackley, director of choral activities and professor of music at AU, will conduct both groups. All music will be sung unaccompanied. The AU Chamber…
AUJO to prep for Chicago trip with “Jazz at the Nest” concert Feb. 20
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University Jazz Orchestra continues its 2024-25 season with a “Jazz at the Nest” performance on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Eagle’s Nest inside the Hawkins-Conard Student Center. The event is free and open to the public. This concert will showcase some of big band’s greatest contributors, as the AUJO plays selections from the Count Basie library as well as Terry Gibbs, Woody Herman, Bob Florence, Frank Mantooth, Pat…
Reed to perform his 40th faculty recital on Feb. 23
ASHLAND, Ohio – Thomas Reed of the Ashland University Department of Music will present his annual faculty recital on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m., in the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall at the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). The performance is free and open to the public. For Reed, who plays the clarinet and saxophone, this marks his 40th faculty recital during his time at AU. The first half of the recital will include classical selections by Sergei…
Ashland Area Chorus’ spring season starts Monday, Jan. 6
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland Area Chorus, a community-based mixed choir, will begin its 2025 spring season on Monday, Jan. 6. The AAC is welcoming new members. There are weekly rehearsals for the chorus on Monday nights from 7-8:30 p.m., in room 242 of Ashland University’s Center for the Arts. “The AAC will perform a program of beautiful music, including Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, at the AU choral concert in April,” said Ron Blackley, director of choral…
Working on cars, cycles among senior music major's varied AU experience
If going to college means experiencing as many things as possible, then Ashland University senior Grant Vance is the poster child for that. “Grant is one of those people who is always curious and doesn’t shy away from the unknown,” Associate Professor of Art Dan McDonald said. “Grant took my sculpture class, probably because he saw it as a way to learn some practical skills, as well as all the other things that are part of a core aesthetics class, of course…
