Past Events
PHILLIP HUBER
Suspended Animation
September 9, 2022, 7:30 PM
YSU Ford Theater, Bliss Hall
Phillip Huber is like a classical concert violinist or pianist who works to master every note in the score and performs with perfection. He is there onstage with the marionettes – you are aware of him in the shadows, perhaps a dim colored light on his face – but below, his marionettes are alive all by themselves with feelings, passions, attitudes, and personality. Suspended Animation is a series of variety vignettes selected from the Huber Marionettes Characters cast. The lighting is dramatic, the stage presence is elegant, and every movement is carefully timed and choreographed. “The Huber Marionettes are nothing short of riveting.” (Los Angeles Times).
AILEY II
October 17, 2022, 7:00 PM
YSU Ford Theater, Bliss Hall
Described as “second to none,” (Dance Magazine) Ailey II was founded in 1974 as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble. The company embodies Ailey’s pioneering mission to establish an extended cultural community that provides dance performances, training, and community programs for all people. Since that time, Ailey II has become one of the most popular modern dance companies, combining a rigorous touring schedule with extensive community outreach programs. "There's nothing like an evening spent with Ailey II.” (The New York Times)
DIDEROT QUARTET
January 29, 2023, 3:00 PM
St. Patrick Church, 1420 Oak Hill Ave, Youngstown
Co-sponsored by 88.5 WYSU-FM
Diderot String Quartet—named after the eighteenth-century French philosopher and Boccherini enthusiast Denis Diderot—brings a fresh approach to works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Called “emotional, riveting, and ultimately cathartic,” (The Wall Street Journal) Diderot came together in 2012 after having met at Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School. The four musicians share a background in historical performance and a passion for the string quartet genre; they found the thrill of exploring the quartet repertoire on period instruments to be irresistible
KATE REID
March 3, 2023, 7:30 PM
YSU Ford Theater, Bliss Hall
The Great American Songbook features some of the most important and infuential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century, including those that were created for Broadway and musical theatre and Hollywood musical lm. Jazz singer and pianist Kate Reid appears at jazz venues in the Los Angeles and Miami areas. Kate grew up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and her mother is a YSU alum
ANN DUHAMEL
April 20, 2023, 7:30 PM
Installation Gallery, McDonough Museum of Art
Pianist Ann DuHamel’s performances have been praised as poetic and “. . . a delight for the ears and the soul.” (Encuentro Universitario Internacional de Saxofón, Mexico City) Ann actively champions contemporary composers, and her latest project, Prayers for a Feverish Planet, features 60 new works for piano and piano/electronics about climate change. She has performed and presented in 16 countries on 4 continents and was lauded by the New York Concert Review as “outstanding . . . playing with power and assurance.”