April 22, 2006 Columbus Dispatch article about
the Grand Re-Dedication of the Ariel-Ann Carson
Dater Performing Arts Centre.
Columbus Dispatch Article.
November 25, 2007
OVS POPS PROGRAM KICKS OFF HOLIDAY SEASON
The elves of the Ohio Valley Symphony are ready to deck the hall -- in
the historic Morris & Dorothy Haskins Theatre of The Ariel-Ann Carson
Dater Performing Arts Centre in downtown Gallipolis, Ohio -- with the
sounds of the holiday season. Join the orchestra, under the direction
of Music Director Maestro Ray Fowler, at 8 p.m. Saturday, December 1,
for a program of traditional and familiar Christmas songs.
The evening starts with a grand flourish as the brass section of the
orchestra ring in the season with Hark, the Herald Angels Sing and Joy
to the World. Antiphonal brass quartets will perform Canzon Septimi
Toni by Gabrieli. Selections by Corelli and Bizet provide a classic
touch as well as Respighi’s hauntingly beautiful Adoration of the
Magi.
Seasonal favorites such as O Tannenbaum and The First Noel are offered
up in arrangements by the well loved pops arranger Carmen Dragon. Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is the evocative tune sung by Judy
Garland in “Meet Me in St. Louis.” The brass are featured again in
A Canadian Brass Christmas. The program is rounded out with Winter
Wonderland and I’ll Be Home for Christmas.
For the child in all of us, the OVS will perform selections from the
popular movie “The Polar Express.” No pops program would be
complete without the crack of a whip as the orchestra dashes out
Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride.
The Ohio Valley Symphony’s “Christmas Show” is the perfect way to
set your mood for the holiday season. Enjoy the ambiance of our
Victorian opera house with the beautiful holiday decor tastefully
designed and displayed by Michael Brown.
Funding for the symphony is provided by Holzer Clinic and The Ann
Carson Dater Endowment as well as by a grant from the Ohio Arts
Council, a state agency that funds and supports quality arts
experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally
and economically.
The public is encouraged to attend rehearsals for free on Friday, Nov.
30, from 7-10 p.m. and on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 1-4 p.m. OVS Saturday
dress rehearsals are an excellent way to introduce young children to
symphonic music.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert are $22, $20 for seniors and $10 for
students, and are available at the Ariel Dater Hall box office at 428
Second Ave. Box office hours are Tuesday-Friday 9 am to 4 pm and 90
minutes prior to the show. For more information call (740) 446-2787
(ARTS).
GRACEFUL GHOSTS
November 3, 2007
Link to Graceful Ghosts Pictures
Ghosties, goblins and witches are all part of the brew when
The Ohio Valley Symphony presents “Graceful Ghosts”
Saturday, November 3 at 8 pm. The Morris & Dorothy
Haskins Theatre will host a variety of spectres as the
costumed musicians take the stage at the Ariel-Ann
Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre at 426 Second Ave.
in Gallipolis, Ohio. Music Director, Ray Fowler, promises
you an evening of hauntingly beautiful and ghoulishly
familiar music that will stir your emotions and fire your
imagination.
“Graceful Ghosts,” is a program of music that will send
more shivers down your spine than a chilly November
night. Venture onto Bald Mountain to sneak a peek at a
witches’ sabbath in Modest Mussorgsky’s classic tone
painting, so real that Walt Disney chose it for the original
“Fantasia.” Alfred Hitchcock would smile at his TV theme
song, Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod.
The program also includes excerpts from Mussorgsky’s
Pictures at an Exhibition in their spectacular
orchestrations by Maurice Ravel. The percussion section
is featured in the title selection, Graceful Ghosts.
At the end of the evening the 2007 Maestro for a Moment
will be “unmasked” and escorted to the stage to conduct
John Phillip Sousa’s Stars & Stripes Forever. Campaigning
for the honor are William Beegle and Dr. Nicholas Economides.
The annual event is a good natured competition to see who
can raise the most funds to help support the orchestra
throughout the year. Every dollar is a vote for your favorite
and patrons are urged to vote early and vote often.
Funding for the symphony is also provided by Holzer Medical
Center and The Ann Carson Dater Endowment as well as a
grant from the Ohio Arts Council. The Ohio Arts Council is a
state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences
to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally
and economically.
The Ariel-Dater box office is open Tuesdays through
Fridays 9-4 and 90 minutes prior to shows. Tickets for
Graceful Ghosts are $22 for adults, $20 for seniors and
$10 for students. Tickets can be purchased online
at www.ohiovalleysymphony.org. For more information,
call 740-446-ARTS (2787).
BROADWAY AND BEYOND
September 26, 2007
Ohio Valley Symphony bound for Broadway in season opener
There's nothing like autumn in New York, but there's no need
to wait in an airport line, drive for hours or negotiate cabs
and subways. Let the Ohio Valley Symphony take you to
the Great White Way for "Broadway and Beyond," opening
concert of the orchestra's 18th season.
Broadway star Mark McVey joins the OVS — southeast Ohio's
only professional orchestra — at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 on the stage of
the historic Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts
Centre in downtown Gallipolis. The Huntington, W.Va.,
native joins the orchestra, under music director Ray Fowler,
for a tribute to America’s own music. He will perform
songs by some of the stage’s greatest composers, from
Irving Berlin to Andrew Lloyd Webber and from Leonard
Bernstein to Richard Rodgers. Audiences will leave the
Ariel humming such classics as “All the Things You Are,”
“Anything Goes,” “Music of the Night,” “One,” “Somethings
Coming,” and “The Way We Were.”
Mark McVey made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in
"Les Miserables" — after having won the Helen Hayes
Award for Outstanding Actor while on tour with the
show. He has sung the stirring role nearly 3,000 times,
and he was the first American to perform it in London's
West End. McVey has appeared in nationally-televised
performances with the Boston Pops and the National
Symphony, under Marvin Hamlisch, in a Christmas
special for U.S. troops overseas.
McVey has released three CDs, "Broadway and Beyond,"
"If You Really Knew Me," his crossover into the adult
contemporary world, and the inspirational "One
Among Few."
After the concert, come to the Dater Centre's ballroom
for a reception, featuring dancing accompanied by
live music. Have two left feet? Dr. Joe Li offers a
beginner lesson in ballroom dancing from 7-7:30 p.m.
Admission to both is included with the price of an OVS
concert ticket.
McVey will be offering a Masterclass 10-11 am the day
of the concert on the Ariel stage. Tickets are $5 for
students and $7 for adults. McVey will be discussing
vocal techniques, working in musicals, the business
aspects of working on Broadway, etc.
The Morris & Dorothy Haskins Theatre of the Ariel-
Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Centre is at 426
Second Ave. in Gallipolis, Ohio. Tickets for
"Broadway and Beyond" cost $25 for adults and $23 for
seniors and are available at www.ohiovalleysymphony.org
or by calling the theatre's box office at (740)446-ARTS
(2787). The box office is open Tuesdays through
Fridays 9 am to 4 pm and 90 minutes prior to the
show.
Funding for the symphony is provided by The Ann
Carson Dater Endowment.
The OVS is also supported by the Ohio Arts Council.
The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds
and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen
Ohio communities culturally, educationally
and economically.
OHIO VALLEY SYMPHONY
2007-08 SEASON
From Baroque to Broadway and from goblins to Christmas cheer,
join the Ohio Valley Symphony for the 2007-08 subscription
season. The 18th season of southeast Ohio’s only professional
orchestra lights the stage of the historic Ariel-Ann Carson Dater
Performing Arts Centre in downtown Gallipolis for five programs —
all under the direction of music director Ray Fowler — that will
stir your emotions and fire your imagination. All concerts take
place on Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. in the Morris & Dorothy
Haskins Theatre of the Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts
Centre at 426 Second Avenue in Gallipolis, Ohio.
You’ll hear young and exciting guest artists ranging from
Broadway’s Mark McVey to award-winning Canadian-Korean
’cellist Soo Bae and pianist Lori Sims. They’ll bring to life
beloved, familiar music by favorite composers from the 17th
through the late 20th century.
Mark McVey joins the OVS on Oct. 6 for “Broadway and
Beyond,” a season-opening tribute to America’s own music:
Broadway. He and the orchestra will perform songs by some
of the stage’s greatest composers in works from the Great
White Way’s Golden Age and its current heyday.
From Irving Berlin to Andrew Lloyd Webber, from Leonard
Bernstein to Richard Rodgers, audiences will leave the
Ariel humming such classics as “All the Things You
Are,” “Anything Goes,” “Music o the Night,” “One,”
“Somethings Coming,” and “The Way We Were.”
Let your Halloween last — at least until Nov. 3, when the
OVS offers a night of “Ghostly Hallows,” music that will
send more shivers down your spine than a chilly November
night. Venture onto Bald Mountain to sneak a peek at a
witches’ sabbath in Modest Mussorgsky’s classic tone
painting, so real that Walt Disney chose it for the original
“Fantasia.” Alfred Hitchcock would smile at his TV theme
song, “Funeral March of a Marionette” by Charles Gounod.
The program also includes excerpts from Mussorgsky’s
“Pictures at an Exhibition” in their spectacular
orchestrations by Maurice Ravel.
Then get an early start on happier holidays with “A
Christmas Show” on Dec. 1. Brass music from the late
1600s by Giovanni Gabrieli and the “Farandole,” including
the “March of the Kings,” by Georges Bizet start the
program with a classic touch. Then, the OVS warms you
up with a variety of favorite modern holiday carols and songs.
In Spring, it’s not just a young man’s thoughts that turn to
romance. Join the OVS and pianist Lori Sims on
March 29, 2008, for “The Romantics,” a program of titans
of classical music. Triumph meets tragedy in two pillars
of symphonic music as Sims solos in Rachmaninoff’s Piano
Concerto No. 2, and Fowler leads the orchestra through
Tchaikovsky’s final masterpiece, the Symphony No. 6,
“Pathetique.”
Soo Bae helps the OVS celebrate the end of the season
May 3, 2008, performing Robert Schumann’s soulful
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Fowler then brings
the year to a sunny, rousing end with Johannes
Brahms’ massive Symphony No. 2.
Season tickets are $100 and Senior Citizens are $90.
Student tickets are $50 or the entire family can
purchase a season ticket for $275. Select balcony
tickets with limited leg room are available for $50.
Call 740-446-ARTS (2787) for more information.
