Baroque band ACRONYM will present 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. Tickets can be purchased at the DeYor Performing Arts Center box office, by calling 330-744-0264, or visit their website. Youngstown State University's…
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Come and laugh for a very good cause at the fourth annual Shut up & Laugh Comedy Show! Proceeds from the show will benefit Meridian’s Prevention Education and Treatment/Recovery programs in the Mahoning Valley. Doors open at 6:30pm. For more information, visit their website.
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VoiceScapes Audio Theater will present a unique afternoon of live comedy and drama. Seven scripts will be performed in total, among them these: Till Death Do Us Not Part - You have to cancel your recently deceased dad’s cable account. What could possibly go wrong? It Always Feels Like Monday - A woman wakes up to find this day is going to be very, very ... different. Kidnapping 101 - Ever wonder why you don’t hear of many kidnappings in…
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Howard Howell and The Point Five Band will perform with special guests at The Joy of Christmas at the Ford Family Recital Hall in the DeYor Performing Arts Center. The event will feature Youngstown's own Sean Jones, Herb Wilborn, Jr., Billy Beck, Rick Ward, Clearance Ross and Arielle Green. For tickets, call 330-744-0264 or visit their website.
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It’s an evening filled with musical and theatrical entertainment featuring singer/songwriter Mazhorell Johnson and elite performers from Youngstown, Cleveland and surrounding areas. With appearances by Kenny Bell, Champion and Coles, Janis Jones, Leanne Binder and Kiera Jones, this is the Christmas Fundraiser of the season not to be missed! Proceeds benefit the Beatitude House which serves the most vulnerable population in Mahoning County, providing for the needs of approximately 42 single parent homes. Doors open at 5:30pm for the event. Tickets…
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The 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…
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A dazzling two-hour show that celebrates international people and their cultures through vibrant song, dance, music, and costumes! The Tamburitzans are the longest-running live stage show in the United States. Bringing a wealth of performing experience to the stage, the ensemble features 29 talented young artists. Tickets are $30 per ticket and are available at http://www.youngstownsymphony.com.
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Triple Play is the name given to three outstanding and versatile musicians, Peter Madcat Ruth (on harmonica, guitar, jaw harp, percussion & vocals), Joel Brown, (folk and classical acoustic guitar and vocals) and Chris Brubeck (electric bass, bass trombone, piano & vocals). Collectively they bring a rare level of joy, virtuosity, and American spirit to the folk, blues, jazz and classical music they perform. With an ever-expanding repertoire, the Trio continues to play in concert halls, clubs and festivals all…
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Northeast Ohio native vocalist Kate Reid will perform songs from The Great American Songbook. Featuring 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 Youngstown State University alumna. Tickets…
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The Donald P. Pipino Performing Arts Series concludes with a performance by David Krakauer and Ancestral Groove. For over two decades, world renowned 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. His incendiary klezmer and inventive jazz is augmented by his band including Sheryl Bailey (guitar), Jerome Harris (electric bass), Michael Sarin (drums), and Jeremy Flower (sampler). Tickets can be…
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Country music songwriter great and Youngstown native, Bob DiPiero, returns to Ford Family Recital Hall with his American Made Country Music Songwriter Series. Joining him this year are fellow songwriters Corey Crowder, Sarah Buxton and Tom Bukovac. In this unique show, the songwriters sit together on stage and take turns playing the hit songs they have written and telling the stories behind those songs. This very talented group of songwriters have a long line of chart topping and #1 hits…
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With smart, observational humor and a legendary spontaneous interaction with the crowd, Paula Poundstone is one of our country’s pre-eminent comedians. She improvises with a crowd like a Jazz musician, swinging in unexpected directions without a plan, without a net. There’s a disarming ease in her craft, an immediate sense that she’s so quick on her feet you need never worry about the possibility of something going wrong. Poundstone’s razor sharp wit and impeccable timing makes for the perfect fit…
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The Joe Augustine in Concert performance will mark the return of Mr. Augustine to the Ford Family Recital Hall. Mr. Augustine is currently on the faculty of the University of Akron School of Music Jazz Studies and Artist in Residence at Lake Erie College. Named a Steinway Artist in 1994, Mr. Augustine’s performance credits include symphony concerts, several with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, jazz clubs, benefits and receptions and Steinway Piano Company sponsored events. Accompanying Mr. Augustine will be David…
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The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra presents its first concert of the Platinum Classical Series of the 2019-2020 season. Youngstown Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Violist, Michael Isaac Strauss, will make his first solo appearance with the orchestra in the Karl Stamitz Viola Concert in D Major. Other selections in the program include the Rossini Silken Staircase and Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony. For tickets, call the DeYor box office at 330-744-0264 or visit youngstownsymphony.com.
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The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra presents its second concert of the Platinum Classical Series of the 2019-2020 season. No composer worked harder that Bach – an organist, conductor, musical director of church services and even a teacher of a class of boys. The six Brandenburg Concerti for orchestra acquired their name from the Margrave of Brandenburg who commissioned them from Bach circa 1720. Each concerto, for a difference group of solo instruments, will feature string, woodwind and brass Youngstown Symphony Orchestra…
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The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra presents its third concert of the Platinum Classical Series of the 2019-2020 season. Winner of multiple awards, including a coveted prize at the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition, pianist Di Wu joins the orchestra and Mr. Fleischer in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20, K 466. The K 466, like all Mozart piano concerti towers majestically above the landscape of the concerto literature of his period. Completing the program is Schubert’s Symphony No. 5, D 589 in B-flat…
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Army Green Beret Danny Patton is a modern-day warrior fighting battles that range from tribal Afghanistan to his own living room. As the corrosive gears of war begin to rip apart his family, his integrity, and his soul, Danny is thrust into his final, eternal mission. On the other side, with Valhalla beckoning, he discovers that combat can be fueled by vengeance or by love… it just depends which price you are willing to pay. You’ve heard the war stories…
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Youngstown State University’s Cliffe College of Creative Arts & Communication announces a performance by the American Brass Quintet on Friday, January 24 at 7:30pm at the Ford Family Recital Hall, Eleanor Beecher Flad Pavilion, DeYor Performing Arts Center. The performance is the third in the 2019-2020 Donald P. Pipino Performing Arts Series. The American Brass Quintet (ABQ) is recognized globally as one of the premier chamber music ensembles of our time and was the 2013 recipient of Chamber Music America’s…
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America’s longest running live stage production, the Tamburitzans have entertained and delighted audiences of all ages for over eight decades. Dedicated to perpetuating international cultural heritage, the ensemble delivers a high caliber multi-media showcase. This season’s ensemble features 29 passionate young professionals in a vibrant and energetic production featuring festive costumes, bold visuals, daring acrobatics, and musical variety for the whole family. Through music, song, and dance Symbols: Expressions of Culture showcases the beauty and brilliance of traditions from around…
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. The Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini Foundation presents Michael Franzese - from Godfather to God the Father - on March 18 at 7:30pm at the Ford Family Recital Hall inside the DeYor Performing Arts Center. Michael Franzese is a former New York mobster and Caporegime of the Columbo crime family. He was the youngest Capo in organized crime history. His father is John "Sonny" Franzese, an underboss in the Columbo family and the oldest organized crime…
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This event has been canceled. The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra presents its final concert of the Platinum Classical Series of the 2019-2020 season. The orchestra welcomes spring with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, Op. 56 in A Minor. Also known as the Scottish Symphony, the music conjures up not only melodic rhythms with a Scottish personality, but also pictures of the countryside inspired by the composer’s first visit to the country. Also on the program will be Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 in…
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. JD Eicher celebrates the release of his fourth EP recording with a full band performance and special guests. The veteran Youngstown rocker has been writing, recording and releasing music for over a decade, tours internationally, and has opened for artists such as Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Rod Stewart, and Sister Hazel. Ticket purchase includes complimentary copy of the new CD. For tickets, call 330-744-0264 or visit http://www.youngstownsymphony.com/.
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This event has been canceled. Once again Compass Family & Community Services will present Youngstown native Bob DiPiero for the 7th annual “American Made” Country Music Songwriter Series to benefit COMPASS’ Sojourner House Domestic Violence Program. The show will take place in the Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 24 at 7:30pm. Since his first #1 in 1983, Hall of Fame Songwriter Bob DiPiero has been responsible for an uninterrupted string of country…
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The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra is proud to present "Let's Fall in Love" featuring Amanda Beagle, with the YSO Jazz Combo on Sunday, February 14 at 2:30pm in Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center. The concert will feature favorites ranging from lively Latin jazz standards, traditional Italian melodies, classic arias, and golden era hits of the Great White Way. Amanda Beagle has traveled the world entertaining international audiences and pulls inspiration for this performance from her unforgettable…
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The Dana Ensemble will present, “The Society for Public Musical Performance,” on Sunday, May 2 at 3:00pm at Ford Family Recital Hall inside the DeYor Performing Arts Center. The Dana Ensemble here resurrects this tradition with three orchestral pieces arranged by Schoenberg, and a world premiere composed by University of Akron faculty member Jamie Wilding commissioned by the Cliffe College of Creative Arts for the new Ensemble. In addition to Wilding’s new composition, music by Claude Debussy, Johann Strauss, Jr.…
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The Dana School of Music announces a concert by the Dana Ensemble on Sunday, October 3, at 3:00pm at the Ford Family Recital Hall in the DeYor Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10 for general admission and free for YSU students, faculty and staff with a valid ID, and available at deyorpac.org or at the door. The Dana Ensemble is comprised of a flexible, modular roster of Dana School of Music faculty, which will often be joined by regional guest…
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Easy Street Productions will return to the stage this fall with the hilarious spoof “Nunsense.” Winner of the Outer Critics' Circle awards for the best off Broadway musical, the musical’s score pulses along with an unabashed desire to make you laugh, featuring songs and spontaneous comic interludes paced at a break-neck speed. The musical ran for 10 years, becoming the second-longest-running Off-Broadway show in history and an international phenomenon. Easy Street cofounder Maureen Collins will lead the five-member cast as…
Find out more »Easy Street Productions will return to the stage this fall with the hilarious spoof “Nunsense.” Winner of the Outer Critics' Circle awards for the best off Broadway musical, the musical’s score pulses along with an unabashed desire to make you laugh, featuring songs and spontaneous comic interludes paced at a break-neck speed. The musical ran for 10 years, becoming the second-longest-running Off-Broadway show in history and an international phenomenon. Easy Street cofounder Maureen Collins will lead the five-member cast as…
Find out more »Easy Street Productions will return to the stage this fall with the hilarious spoof “Nunsense.” Winner of the Outer Critics' Circle awards for the best off Broadway musical, the musical’s score pulses along with an unabashed desire to make you laugh, featuring songs and spontaneous comic interludes paced at a break-neck speed. The musical ran for 10 years, becoming the second-longest-running Off-Broadway show in history and an international phenomenon. Easy Street cofounder Maureen Collins will lead the five-member cast as…
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On Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 7:30pm, Cuarteto Latinoamericano will provide a performance, co-sponsored by 88.5 WYSU-FM, at Ford Family Recital Hall, DeYor Performing Arts Center. Cuarteto Latinoamericano is one of the world's most renowned classical music ensembles and for more than thirty years has been the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet. Founded in Mexico in 1982, the Cuarteto has toured extensively throughout Europe, North and South America, Israel, China, Japan, and New Zealand. They have…
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The Tamburitzans will perform on Sunday, February 27 at 3:00pm in Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center. The Tamburitzans ensemble expanded its repertoire throughout the past eight decades to include a wide variety of folk dance and music representing international cultures. Eighty-plus years, several international tours, hundreds of performers, and hundreds of thousands of audience members later, the Tamburitzans’ show is an annual tradition for some, and a delightful new surprise for others. Year after year, generation after…
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COMPASS Family & Community Services presents American Made Country Songwriters featuring Bob DiPiero and Friends on Friday, March 18 at 7:30pm in the Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center. At the 2017 BMI Country Awards, Bob DiPiero, was given BMI’s prestigious Icon Award. Since his first #1 in 1983, Hall of Fame Songwriter Bob DiPiero has been responsible for an uninterrupted string of country music hits. One of Nashville’s most prolific and consistent songwriters, Bob has had…
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Tenor Karim Sulayman with forte pianist Yi-heng Yang, will perform on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 7:30pm at the Ford Family Recital Hall, DeYor Performing Arts Center. Sulayman, a Lebanese-American tenor, has garnered international attention as a sophisticated and versatile artist, consistently praised for his sensitive and intelligent musicianship, riveting stage presence, and beautiful voice. The 2019 Best Classical Solo Vocal GRAMMY® Award winner, he continues to earn acclaim for his programming and recording projects, while regularly performing on the world’s…
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The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra will perform on Sunday, April 10 in Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center. Concert will start at 4:00pm. Tickets will be available at both the DeYor Performing Arts Center Box Office by calling 330-259-9651 and the Florence and Ward Beecher Box Office at Stambaugh Auditorium by calling 330-259-0555. Both box offices are open Monday through Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm. Tickets will also be available 24 hours a day online at youngstownsymphony.com, deyorpac.org, and stambaughauditorium.com.
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Seussical Jr. is coming to the Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center this May produced in partnership by the DeYor Performing Arts Center, the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, and Stambaugh Auditorium. Performances will be Saturday, May 14 at 7:30pm & Sunday, May 15 at 2:30pm. A musical perfect for the whole family, Seussical Jr. takes us into the world of Dr. Seuss, where we revisit beloved characters including The Cat in the Hat, Horton the…
Find out more »Seussical Jr. is coming to the Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center this May produced in partnership by the DeYor Performing Arts Center, the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, and Stambaugh Auditorium. Performances will be Saturday, May 14 at 7:30pm & Sunday, May 15 at 2:30pm. A musical perfect for the whole family, Seussical Jr. takes us into the world of Dr. Seuss, where we revisit beloved characters including The Cat in the Hat, Horton the…
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Ballet Western Reserve welcomes audience members to join the celebration of 60 years of dance education in the valley. The Spring Gala will be held on Sunday, May 22 at 3:00pm in Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center. Recital pieces will be performed by each class, with original choreography as well as classical works for advanced levels and more! The spring gala is Ballet Western Reserve's (BWR) highlight of the year! The instruction that students receive…
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The Friends4Friends Film Festival will be held on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 6:45pm at the DeYor Performing Arts Center in the Ford Family Recital Hall. OK, Inc.’s Friends4Friends (F4F) Film Festival is an Oscar-like, red carpet event held annually at the historic DeYor Performing Arts Center in Northeast Ohio. The F4F Film Festival features student created short films, live original music performances, and an awards ceremony. The F4F Short Films are created by local Peer Leadership Councils, made up…
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Magical fantasies on Ice! Come and have a great family time at Circus on Ice, Tuesday, May 2 at 4:00pm & 7:00pm in Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center. The great Circus on Ice invites you to this frozen adventure with all your favorite characters, amazing circus acts, jugglers, hula hoops, clowns and jaw dropping ice-skaters! Visit the DeYor Performing Arts Center website to purchase tickets.
Find out more »Magical fantasies on Ice! Come and have a great family time at Circus on Ice, Tuesday, May 2 at 4:00pm & 7:00pm in Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center. The great Circus on Ice invites you to this frozen adventure with all your favorite characters, amazing circus acts, jugglers, hula hoops, clowns and jaw dropping ice-skaters! Visit the DeYor Performing Arts Center website to purchase tickets.
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Join Ballet Western Reserve as they dance under the sea and celebrate Ballet Western Reserve's 61st season of excellence in dance! Featuring excerpts from The Little Mermaid, the annual Spring Gala showcases all of the talented students, from the tiny Mommy and Me ballerinas to the pre-professional Company and graduating Seniors. They promise audiences - young and old - an afternoon full of great music, fun and a wide variety of dance performances! For tickets, visit the Ballet Western Reserve…
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American Made: Country Songwriters featuring Bob DiPiero will be held on Friday, May 26 at 7:30pm in the Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center. At the 2017 BMI Country Awards, Bob DiPiero was given BMI’s prestigious Icon Award. Since his first #1 in 1983, Hall of Fame Songwriter Bob DiPiero has been responsible for an uninterrupted string of country music hits. One of Nashville’s most prolific and consistent songwriters, Bob has had over 1,000 songs recorded…
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Join Amanda Beagle of Amanda Beagle Vocal Studio in refining your skills as a singer! On Saturday, May 27 from 12-2pm, learn how to support your voice more efficiently with diction and breathing tips to avoid pushing. Optimize resonance and pitch accuracy while avoiding the dreaded “break.” You’ll learn exercises to help you anchor and ground your body as a pro performer who’s confident and empowered to perform at their best. Bring a 32 bar audition cut or come be…
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Fleetwood Gold, the most followed Fleetwood Mac tribute band in the Midwest, presents a live concert tribute to the music of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Peter Green. They will take center stage in the Ford Family Recital Hall at the DeYor Performing Arts Center for one night only performance on Friday, June 9, 2023 at 7:30pm. Fleetwood Gold covers more than three decades of the most popular hits of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Peter Green. They will take…
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