THE HUBER MARIONETTES
THE DONALD P.
August 31, 2018, 7:30 PM Suspended Animation (Behind the Strings) Ford Theater, Bliss Hall, YSU
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 movment is carefully timed and choreographed. “The Huber Marionettes are nothing short of riveting” (Los Angeles Times). www.hubermarionettes.com
Pipino
KATE REID
April 5, 2019, 7:30 PM THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK Ford Family Recital Hall DeYor Performing Arts Center
PERFORMING ARTS SERIES
2018-19 SEASON
The Great American Songbook features some of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century, including those that were created for Broadway, musical theatre, and Hollywood musical film. 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 alumna. www.katereidmusic.com
VOICESCAPES AUDIO THEATER
November 4, 2018, 2:00 PM Granny’s Cookies Ford Family Recital Hall DeYor Performing Arts Center Brace yourself for the sonic experience of your life. VoiceScapes Audio Theater presents LIVE original audio dramas with an award-winning cast of master voice artists, including audio actors, directors, sound engineers, writers and producers. Granny’s Cookies are the best cookies you will ever eat, and it is all because of the “secret ingredient.” www.voicescapesaudiotheater.com
DAVID KRAKAUER and ANCESTRAL GROOVE
HARLEM QUARTET
April 27, 2019, 8:00 PM Ford Family Recital Hall DeYor Performing Arts Center
January 17, 2019, 7:30 PM Ford Family Recital Hall DeYor Performing Arts Center Co-sponsored by WYSU
For over two decades, worldrenowned clarinetist David Krakauer has been reinventing and remixing the Jewish music of his ancestry with the sensibility of a contemporary musician strongly informed by funk, jazz, and hip-hop. The Sydney Morning Herald said this: “I may have just heard God - and he plays the clarinet . . . The lush fields upon which Krakauer’s astounding clarinet playing occurred were provided by one of the finest bands ever to visit Sydney . . . think of the most incendiary klezmer, inventive jazz or moving sonic poetry, and this was Sheryl Bailey (guitar), Jerome Harris (electric bass), Michael Sarin (drums), and Jeremy Flower (sampler).” www.davidkrakauer.com
Harlem Quartet is a New York-based string quartet that advances diversity in classical music with varied repertoire including works by minority composers. Since its public debut at Carnegie Hall in 2006, it has appeared throughout the U.S. as well as in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Panama, South Africa, Venezuela, and the U.K. The quartet has performed on chamber series across the country; engaged in numerous educational residencies and masterclasses; and collaborated with such artists as violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Carter Brey, clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera, saxophonist and composer Tim Garland, and jazz artists Chick Corea, Gary Burton, and John Patitucci. www.harlemquartet.com
ACRONYM
October 5, 2018, 7:30 PM The Battle of Vienna Ford Family Recital Hall, DeYor Performing Arts Center Hailed as “an outstanding young early music string ensemble” (The New Yorker) that plays “with consummate style, grace, and unity of spirit” (NY Times), Baroque band ACRONYM presents a concert of music commemorating The Battle of Vienna of 1683, a turning point in the centuries-long conflict between the Ottoman and the Holy Roman Empires. ACRONYM’s performance includes dueling choirs of strings and features H.I.F. Biber’s masterpiece Battalia, which depicts the drunken revelry of soldiers, a battle scene, and its tragic aftermath. www.acronymensemble.com Youngstown State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability, age, religion or veteran/military status in its programs or activities. Please visit www.ysu.edu/ada-accessibility for contact information for persons designated to handle questions about this policy.
DEPARTMENT OF THEATER & DANCE DANA SCHOOL OF MUSIC
April 12, 2019, 7:30 PM • April 14, 2019, 2:00 PM Into the Woods Book by James Lapine; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Ford Theater, Bliss Hall, YSU The Brothers Grimm hit the stage with an epic fairytale about wishes, family, and the choices we make. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone's favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece . . . and a rare modern classic. The wonderfully creative book and score are both enchanting and touching. A masterful commentary surrounding one simple, famous saying, “Be careful what you wish for.” Come experience the charm and magic of this multiple Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning musical!
The series is presented by the
Cliffe College of Creative Arts and Communication
which wishes to thank these terrific supporters! Funding for the Pipino Performing Arts Series is provided in part by the Youngstown State University Foundation; WKBN First News 27; Boardman Subaru; WYSU; Schwebel’s Bakery; Lafarge; Armstrong; the City of Youngstown. Accommodations for guest artists have been provided by the DoubleTree by Hilton Youngstown Downtown, 44 East Federal Plaza, Youngstown, Ohio, 44503 (330-333-8284). Photos provided by the artists.
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