January (2015) is . . .
January,
2015, in Cincinnati is the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May
Festival Chorus in "Carmina Burana," "West Side Story" at The Carnegie
in Covington, Kentucky, the Zemlinsky Competition winner at the
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the latest
Opera Fusion project by CCM Opera and Cincinnati Opera, Daniel Catán's
"Meet John Doe."
Details:
Washington Platform Jazz Series
Jan. 2 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
Appearing at Washington Platform is the Mike Wade Quartet, with Mike Wade on trumpet, William Menefield on piano, Michael Sharfe on bass and Melvin Broach on drums. Dinner until 11 p.m., jazz until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival
Jan. 3 -- 5 p.m.
Jan. 4 -- 2:30 and 5 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
318 E. Fourth St.
downtown
The annual Boar's Head and Yule Log pageant at Christ Church Cathedral celebrates its 75th year. Bob Beiring, director. Musicians and orchestra led by Stephan Casurella. Tickets (scarce) are free.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Jan. 3 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
Appearing at Washington Platform is the Marc Fields Quartet, featuring Marc Fiuelds on trombone, Dan Karlsberg on piano, Michael Sharfe on bass and Anthony Lee on drums. Dinner until 11 p.m., jazz until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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"West Side Story"
Otto M. Budig Theatre
The Carnegie
Jan. 9, 10 and 15-18 -- 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 11 and 18 -- 3 p.m.
1028 Scott Boulevard
Covington, Kentucky
The Carnegie presents Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's "West Side Story," directed by Brian Robertson, with music direction by William White. Abigail Paschke stars as Maria, with Marcus Shields
as Tony. Admission is $30, $27 for Carnegie/Enjoy the Arts members, $25
for groups of 8 or more, $21 for students. Order at the Carnegie box
office, (859) 957-1940 (Tuesday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m.), or online at www.thecarnegie.com
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Louis Langrée, conductor
Jan. 9 and 10 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall
Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is guest artist in Béla Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3. Also on the program is Funeral Music (in Memory of Béla Bartok) and Beethoven's Symphony No. 2. Music director Louis Langrée conducts. Tickets begin at $12. Call (513) 381-3300, or order at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Jan. 9 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
Appearing at Washington Platform is Papa Loves Mambo, with Brian Batchelor-Glader on keyboards, Sandy Suskind on flute, Michael Sharfe on bass and Phil Tipton on drums. Dinner until 11 p.m., jazz until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Jan. 10 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
Appearing at Washington Platform is trumpeter Gary Winters, with Brian Batchelor-Glader on keyboards, Michael Sharfe on bass and Shane Willis on drums. Dinner until 11 p.m., jazz until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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Cincinnati Symphony Chamber Players
Jan. 11 -- 4 p.m.
Music Hall
The CSO Chamber Players welcome the audience onto the Music Hall stage for this intimate concert featuring Maurice
Ravel's Piano Trio in A Minor, Astor Piazzolla's Five Tangos for Violin
and Double Bass and Claude Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor. Performing will be violinists
Rebecca Culnan, Anna Reider, Janet Carpenter and Stacey Woolley,
violist Rebecca Barnes, cellist Daniel Culnan and Susan
Marshall-Petersen, double bassist Boris Astafiev and pianist Julia
Siciliano. Tickets are $35. Call (513) 381-3300. For more information, visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org/chamber
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
May Festival Chorus
Louis Langrée, conductor
Jan. 15 -- 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 17 -- 8 p.m.
Jan. 18 -- 2 p.m.
Music Hall
Hear Carl Orff's blockbuster "Carmina Burana," featuring the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus, with soprano Erin Morley, tenor Nicholas Phan and baritone Matthew Worth. CSO principal cellist Ilya Finkelshteyn performs the Cello Concerto by Robert Schumann. Tickets begin at $12. Call (513) 381-3300, or order at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Jan. 16 and 17 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
Appearing at Washington Platform is guitarist Dan Faehnle in a tribute to Wes Montgomery. Appearing with him are Rusty Birge on vibes, Michael Sharfe on bass and Tony Franklin on drums. Dinner until 11 p.m., jazz until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
"A Moveable Feast"
Jan. 23 -- 6:30 p.m.
CCM Village
CCM's annual benefit/showcase of performing and media arts programs feature student entertainment, including jazz, musical theater, piano, opera, drama, dance, harpsichord and saxophone, choral and orchestral performances. Create your own schedule of 20-minute samplings and tour CCM's electronic media facilities, lighting design labs and other backstage areas. This year's menu also includes performances by CCM's Steel Drum Band and quartet-in-residence the Ariel Quartet. The evening begins with a prelude performance by the CCM Jazz Ensemble and concludes with the CCM Philharmonia Orchestra. There will be cocktails and dinner-by-the-bite provided by Jeff Thomas Catering. Tickets are $75, $50 for Friends of CCM, $35 for young professionals (40 and under). Host tickets ($125) include valet parking. Call (513) 556-2100.
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
John Morris Russell, conductor
Jan. 23 and 24 -- 8 p.m.
Jan. 25 -- 2 p.m.
Music Hall
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, led by conductor John Morris Russell, collaborates with Roseanne Cash, Over the Rhine, Dom Flemons, Aoife O'Donovan, the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars and more in "American Originals," a modern take on composer Stephen Foster. Tickets begin at $25. Call (513) 381-3300, or order online at cincinnatipops.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Jan. 23 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
Appearing at Washington Platform is Tim McCord on sax, Jim Connerly on piano, Michael Sharfe on bass and Jim Leslie on drums. Dinner until 11 p.m., jazz until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Jan. 24 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
Appearing at Washington Platform is the Burge/Sharfe Trio, with Rusty Birge on vibes, Michael Sharfe on bass and Dan Dorff on drums. Dinner until 11 p.m., jazz until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
CCM Jazz: Composers Concert
Jan. 25 -- 7 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Hear works by Maria Schneider, Kenny Wheeler, Ellen Rowe and Jim McNeely performed by CCM jazz ensembles led by Scott Belck and Craig Bailey, as well as compositions by CCM jazz students, faculty and alumni. Tickets are $12, $6 for non-UC students, UC students free. Call (513) 556-4183.
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The Ariel Quartet
Jan. 27 -- 8 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
The Ariel Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music performs Irwin Schulhoff's Divertimento for String Quartet, Op. 14, Igor Stravinsky's Three Pieces for String Quartet and Franz Schubert's String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887. Tickets are $20, $15 for non-UC students, UC students free. Call (513) 556-4183.
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Cincinnati World Piano Competition
Moye Chen, piano
Jan. 28 -- 6 p.m.
Queen City Club
331 E. Fourth St.
downtown
This dinner concert begins with a reception and cocktail hour at 6 p.m. followed by a 45-minute piano recital by Moye Chen, gold medalist in the 2014 Cincinnati World Piano Competition Artist Division. Dinner is at 7:30 p.m. For reservations and information, contact Laura Bock at (513) 744-3501.
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North American New Opera Workshop
Jan. 28 -- 7 p.m.
Main Branch
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Feb. 6 -- 8:30 p.m.
Rohs Street Cafe
245 W. McMillan St.
NANOWorks presents their winter workshop, featuring excerpts from operas currently in development. They include "The Box Office," with music by Bekah Simms and libretto by Michael Albano; "Family Plan," with music by Philip Martin and libretto by Jacques Lamarre; and "Thyrsis & Amaranth," words and music by Steven Serpa. Aikhai Pung, conductor. Kendall A, stage director. Admission is free.
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CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, conductor
On Display -- Celebrating the winner of CCM's Zemlinsky Prize for Composition
Jan. 30 -- 8 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
The CCM Philharmonia Orchestra led by Mark Gibson presents the world premiere of U. Kreppein's "Flucht" ("Flight"), winner of CCM's 2013 Zemlinsky Prize for Composition. Also on the program are Beaser's "Seven Deadly Sins" (1984) and Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. by Ravel. Tickets are $12, $6 for non-UC students, UC students free. Call (513) 556-4183.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Michael Francis, guest conductor
Jan. 30 and 31 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall
Pianist Valentina Lisitsa is guest artist in Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, led by guest conductor Michael Francis. Also on the program is the Symphony No. 1 by Edward Elgar. Tickets begin at $12. Call (513) 381-3300, or order at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Jan. 30 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
Appearing at Washington Platform is Dan Drees with the Dan Karlsberg Trio, featuring Dan Drees, sax, Dan Karlsberg, piano, Michael Sharfe, bass and Tony Franklin, drums. Dinner until 11 p.m., jazz until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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Vocal Arts Ensemble
Jan. 31 -- 7:30 p.m.
St. Boniface Church
1750 Chase Ave.
Northside
Feb. 1 -- 4 p.m.
Mother of God Church
119 W. Sixth St.
downtown
The Vocal Arts Ensemble presents the regional premiere of "The Sealed Angel" (1988) by Rodion Shehedrin, a millennial tribute to Russia's conversion to Christianity. Tickets are $20 and $25, $10 for students at (513) 744-3505, or online at www.vaecinci.org
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Opera Fusion: New Works Lab
"Meet John Doe" by Daniel Catán
Jan. 31 -- 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
"Opera Fusion: New Works Lab," a collaboration between CCM Opera and Cincinnati Opera, presents a public performance of excerpts from Daniel Catán's "Meet John Doe." Based on the classic 1941 Frank Capra film and left unfinished at Catán's death in 2011, the work is being completed by a creative team comprising Eduardo Diazmuñoz, Michaela Eremiásová, Jairo Duarte-López and the composer's widow Andrea Puente Catán. Direction is by Robin Guarino. Eduardo Diazmuñoz will conduct. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Call the Cincinnati Opera box office at (513) 241-2742 to reserve a ticket.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Percussion series
CCM Steel Drum Band
Jan. 31 -- 8 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
The CCM Steel Drum Band directed by Rusty Burge presents "A Trip to Trinidad and Back," an evening of traditional music of Trinidad, plus pop, folk and reggae compositions. Tickets are $12, $6 for non-UC students, UC students free.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Jan. 31 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm St.
downtown
Appearing at Washington Platform is guitarist Bob Roetker, with Tim McCord on sax, Michael Sharfe on bass and Jim Leslie on drums. Dinner until 11 p.m., jazz until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.