Hough to present solo piano recital May 2 in Peristyle
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Pianist Steven Hough will make a rare Toledo appearance in a solo recital at 8 p.m. May 2 in the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle. A native of England, Hough made his professional debut at London's Wigmore Hall in 1982. Since then, he has performed in solo recital and with orchestras on major stages around the world.
He won the Naumberg Prize for performance in 1983 and has distinguished himself as a performer, composer, writer, theologian, and poet. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2001 and won the Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance from Northwestern University.
For his Toledo performance, presented by the Toledo Symphony Peristyle Visiting Artist Series, Hough will perform works by Beethoven, Chabrier, Webern, Liszt, and Chopin. Tickets are $22 to $45 and are available at 419-246-8000 or www.toledosymphony.com.
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WGTE will debut the latest homemade production in its series, Toledo Stories, at 8 tonight on Channel 30. The new addition, Toledo Symphony Orchestra - Music Among Us, will track the local orchestra over much of its 65-year history in conversations with musicians, music lovers, students, and historians.
Ann Stranahan penned the script for the 30-minute production. A grant from the Ohio Arts Council plus local support helped cover costs. The show also will be aired at 10 a.m. Sunday.
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The Toledo Opera's final production of the 2007-2008 season, Cavalleria Rusticana, is slated for 7:30 p.m. May 2 and 3 and for 2 p.m. May 4 in the reopened historic Valentine Theatre.
Tenor Richard Crawley, soprano Amy Johnson, mezzos Vanessa Conlin and Madeleine Gray, and baritone Steven Condy plus the Toledo Opera Chorus and Toledo Symphony will perform Mascagni's brief but potent one-act opera about love gone wrong.
Tickets are $29 to $95 and are available at 419-255-7464 or at www.toledoopera.org.
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The Toledo Youth Orchestra Spring Concert is set for 3 p.m. May 4 in the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle.
Trumpet soloist Mark Blowers and pianist Andrea Darmahkasih will be featured in the concert led by Elizabeth Hamaker and David Heath.
The concert is free to the public.
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Auditions for the Toledo Youth Orchestra are set for May 5, 6, 12, and 13 starting at 4 p.m. at Symphony Space, 1838 Parkwood Ave., across from the Toledo Museum of Art.
High school musicians may schedule appointments through Dorothy Coats, manager, at 419-882-1953.
Auditions for the Toledo Junior Youth Orchestra, which performs at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Peristyle, are set for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at Bowsher High School, 3548 South Detroit Ave.
Musicians in grades six through eight may make an appointment for a tryout at 419-376-9648.
For more information about both orchestras, check the new Web site, www.ttyo.org/home.htm.
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Free trial ballet classes for boys in kindergarten through third grade are being offered by Ballet Theatre of Toledo from 4 to 5 p.m. May 9 and 16 in the company headquarters, 1124 Corporate Drive, Holland. Company artistic director Nigel Burgoine will lead the classes. Boys should wear gym shorts, t-shirts, and socks. Boys also are welcome to observe the older boys in class any Friday in May, 5-6 p.m.
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Lourdes College will present "Together in Song," a choral concert at 7 p.m. May 4 in the Franciscan Theatre & Conference Center. Karen Biscay and James Sauder will conduct the Lourdes choirs and the Zion Mennonite Church Choir in a program including anthems, spirituals, madrigals, and works by Brahms and Handel. The concert is free to the public. A reception will follow in the Commons.
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