The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra led by music director James
R. Cassidy opens its summer season with music of Antonin Dvorak. Hear his Slavonic Dance No. 8, the
finale of his Cello Concerto in B Minor, performed by Benjamin Fryxell, the cantata “The American Flag” (seven short movements on a poem by Joseph Drake) --
a regional premiere -- and the Symphony No. 9, “from the New World,” in its
entirety. The concert opens with “The Pledge of Allegiance” in a musical
setting by KSO pianist Steve Hinnenkamp. Joining the KSO will be the KSO
Chorale and Voices of the Commonwealth. Admission is free, with a suggested
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July takes off with a boom -- the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra's "Red, White and Boom," to be exact, on the Fourth of July -- and continues with opera, including Cincinnati Opera's blockbuster "Aida" at Music Hall and
Philip
Glass' "Galileo Galilei" at the School for Creative and Performing Arts,
a Britten salute with tenor Marco Panuccio, Dvorak with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, the newly re-organized World Piano Competition, the "Art of the Piano" recital series at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a burst of community
concerts.
Set to ignite on the music scene in July:
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Concert on the Green
John Morris Russell, conductor
July 1 -- 7:30 p.m.
grounds of Union Central Life Insurance Co.
1876 Waycross Rd.
Forest Park
This annual concert will feature vocalist Steven Morgan in opera arias and more. Also on the program are blockbuster movie themes, classic Americana and the Beatles. Free.
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Cincinnati Pops Rhythm Section
"Crown Jewels of Jazz"
John Morris Russell, conductor
July 3 -- 7 p.m.
Washington Park
Over-the-Rhine
Hear the Pops' Julie Spangler on keyboard, Marc Wolfley on drums, Timothy Berens on Guitar and Matthew Zory on bass as part of Washington Park's "Crown Jewels of Jazz" series in Washington Park Admission is free and open to the public.
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
"Red, White and Boom"
John Morris Russell, conductor
July 4 -- 8 p.m.
Riverbend Music Center
The Cincinnati Pops' annual Independence Day concert led by conductor John Morris Russell features the May
Festival Chorus and Classical Roots Community Mass Choir in
all-American favorites, as well as a tribute to the 150th anniversary of
the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Post-concert fireworks, of course. Tickets begin at $15 at (513) 381-3300, or order online at www.cincinnatipops.org. All ticket holders get
free rides at Coney Island (excluding the pool) beginning at 11 a.m.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
July 5 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
The Washington
Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents The Columbus Connection,
featuring Bryan Olsheski on sax, Eric Augle on piano, Melvin Broach on
drums and Michael Sharfe on bass. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum.
Kitchen open
8:30-11 p.m. Bar open until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for
reservations.
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CCM Summer Programs
"Realizing Rossini"
"La Cenerentola" by Rossini
July 6 -- 7 p.m.
Patricia Corbett Theater
University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
Semi-staged
performance of the "Cinderella" fairy tale performed by vocalists,
instrumentalists and conductors participating in CCM's "Realizing
Rossini" summer workshop. Artistic director is Mark Gibson, with stage
direction by Benjamin Wayne Smith. Tickets are $12, $6 for studentsd at
the CCM box office. Call (513) 556-4183 or visit ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.
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Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
"Dvorak: Living in America"
James R. Cassidy, conductor
July 6 -- 7:30 p.m.
Francis K. Carlisle Performing Arts Center
Notre Dame Academy
1699 Hilton Dr., Park Hills, Kentucky
Concert in the Park
John Morris Russell, conductor
July 6 -- 7:30 p.m.
Kings High School Gymnasium
5500 Columbia Road, Kings Mills, OH
Vocalist Steven Morgan joins JMR and the Pops in the same program as the Pops' July 1 concert in Forest Park. Free.
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Marco Panuccio, tenor
"Britten at 100"
July 7 -- 3 p.m.
Calvary Episcopal Church
Clifton
Hear tenor Marco Panuccio in all five of Britten's Canticles. Assisting him will be pianist Julie Spangler and readers Evans Mirageas and Charles Parsons. Also on the program are excerpts from Britten's Purcell Realizations, his Suite for Harp and Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury for three trumpets. Tickets are $25 at the door, or order through Cincinnati Opera at (513) 241-2742.
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World Piano Competition
Artist division round 1
July 8 -- 9 a.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
The World Piano Competition,
founded in Cincinnati in 1956, has entered into a collaboration with the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the University of Cincinnati College
Conservatory of Music. The 2013 event begins July 8 with round 1 of the artist
division. Jurors are Frederic Chiu,
Kyung-sook Lee, Ursula Oppens, Stephen Prutsman and Robert Weirich. Tickets are $15, available at CSO box office at Music Hall, or visit www.cincinnatiwpc.org/tickets.html
(See also http://www.musicincincinnati.com/site/news/A_New_Day_for_Cincinnati_s_World_Piano_Competition.html
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World Piano Competition
Artist division round 2
July 9 -- 9 a.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Round 2 of the 2013 World Piano
Competition. Tickets are $15, available at CSO box office at Music Hall, or
visit www.cincinnatiwpc.org/tickets.html
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World Piano Competition
Artist division semi-finals
July 10 -- 6 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
acoustic guitarists Brian Lovely and George Cunningham, acoustic bassist Don Aren, and violinist Paul Patterson, purveyors of Hot Club-driven gypsy jazz, re-Americanized for the 21st century, since 2002. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open 8:30-11 p.m. Bar open until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
"From Stage to Screen: Opera Classics and Film Favorites"
Robert Trevino, conductor
July 14 -- 7:30 p.m.
Fayette County Fairgrounds
Washington Court House
Hear favorites from opera, Broadway and film with vocalist Amanda Pabyan. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra associate conductor Robert Trevino will conduct. Admission is free.
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World Piano Competition
Finals Concert
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Robert Trevino, associate conductor
July 13 -- 7 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Hear each of the three finalists perform a concerto with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra led by associate conductor Robert Trevino. Tickets are $25-$35, available at the CSO box office at Music Hall, or visit www.cincinnatiwpc.org/tickets.html.