PEACH WEEKENDER | MUSIC

All-Steinway Piano Gala set at UT

11/8/2017
BY WAYNE F. ANTHONY
SPECIAL TO THE BLADE
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    The Grande Royale Ukulelists of the Black Swamp will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Fayette Opera House in Fayette, Ohio.

  • This weekend the University of Toledo Department of Music presents its second annual All-Steinway Piano Gala. Guests, faculty, alumni, and students will perform a variety of solo, duo, and quartet pieces celebrating the instrument.

    This year’s performers include Frances Renzi, Michael Boyd, Heidi Clausius, Beth Csortos, Karen Tank, Tad Weed, Phil Clark, Andreea Lee, Nathanael Leonard, and Grace Mauk. Featured works include Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Bolcom’s The Serpent’s Kiss, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and music of Mozart Piazzolla, Ellington, and Sousa.

    The concert, second in this year’s Dorothy MacKenzie Price Piano Series, begins at 3 p.m. Sunday at the University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall, 1901 West Rocket Drive; park in Lot 12. Tickets $25 available at 419-530-2448.

    ■ The Ballet Theatre of Toledo is the subject of the latest documentary in the series of Toledo Stories created by WGTE. Beyond the Ballet Barre follows the ensemble through its 12 th season behind the scenes in rehearsal and performance. Featured are interviews with artistic directors Nigel Burgoine and Anne Marie Getz, and former student Spencer Hack, a professional dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. The film premiers 8 p.m. Thursday on WGTE-TV, Channel 30. For more information, visit wgte.org.

    ■ The Toledo Symphony Welltower Mozart and More series welcomes pianists Samantha Beresford and Laura Melton in Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 8 and 24 under the baton of guest conductor Yaniv Segal, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Franciscan Center, Lourdes University, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. For tickets, call 419-246-8000 or visit toledosymphony.com.

     ■ The Ear|Eye, a free series relating contemporary music and art, continues at 7 p.m. Friday in the Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. For more information, call 419-246-8000 or visit toledomuseum.org.

    ■ Music Antigua opens its season with Music at the Time of the Reformation at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Epiphany Lutheran Church, 915 N. Reynolds Rd. For tickets and more information, call 419-475-6177.

    ■ The Toledo Piano Teachers Association presents Bonnie Rowe and Andreea Lee in a free program comparing methods of piano pedagogy at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 4207 W. Laskey Rd.

    ■ Harpist Denise Grupp-Verbon gives a free faculty recital at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 30335 Oregon Rd, Perrysburg. For more information, call 567-261-2787 or visit owens.edu.

    ■ World Percussion night features performances by the Taiko, Steel Drum, and Gamelan ensembles at 8 p.m. Thursday in Kobacker Hall. Tickets are $10 to $13. Flutist Carol Wincenc headlines the Guest Artist Series at 2 p.m. Sunday in Bryan Recital Hall with a free performance. Small Ensemble presents the free Student Composer Forum of new works at 8 p.m. Monday in Bryan Recital Hall.

    Jazz Lab Band II plays at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Kobacker Hall; tickets $10 to $13. All the events are in Moore Musical Arts Center, BGSU. For tickets and more information, call 419-372-8171 or visit bgsu.edu/arts.

    ■ Chanticleer performs the Heart of a Soldier as guests of the University Musical Society at 7 p.m. Friday at Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor. For tickets, call 734-764-2538 or visit ums.org.

    ■ The Grande Royale Ukulelists of the Black Swamp are in concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Fayette Opera House, 105 E. Main St., Fayette, Ohio. For tickets and more information, call 419-237-3111.

    ■ Organist Brent Neuenschwander presents a recital of Bach, Guilmant, John Knowles-Paine, and Widor at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, 2330 S. Main St., Findlay. For more information, call 419-423-2112.

    ■ Michigan Opera Theatre opens Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in full period regalia at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway Ave., Detroit. Additional performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 19. Tickets are $35-$170 and available at 313-237-7464 or michiganopera.org.

    ■ The Borkowitz Duo crosses chamber music with jazz at 8 p.m. Thursday. Balance, a sax/piano collaborative presents an evening of improvisations at 8 p.m. Saturday. All About the Trio reviews jazz basics at 2 p.m. Sunday. Karou Watanabe explores world percussion at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Pianist Louis Nagel plumbs the musical relationships of Haydn and Mozart at 3 p.m. Wednesday. All events are at the Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. For tickets and more information, call 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.

    ■ The Quebe Sisters, a trio of fiddling siblings, perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Bryan Arts and Education Auditorium, 120 S. Beech St., Bryan. Tickets are $5 to $30 at 419-636-3550 or wccca-los.org.

    ■ The Towne & Country Players host the Cedarville University Stage Band and Singers in a Star Spangled Revue salute to veterans. The event begins at 3 p.m. Sunday at McCormick School Theatre, 325 Ohio St., Huron, Ohio. Tickets: $15 (free for veterans and active military) at 419-668-0637.

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