To do that we need to know what we are doing right and wrong and how to improve. That's where you come in.
You may already know that we perform approximately 40 programs in each season. So it's very important that we understand the impact of those many events.
In addition to talking to people throughout the community, this Annual Survey is one of best tools we have to gather dependable and actionable information from you and a broad variety of your fellow stakeholders.
Thanks in advance for your valuable help.
Sincerely,
Paul Helfrich
President and CEO, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance
The 2017–2018 season of The Great Ones opens with a thunderous roar when all the forces of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance combine for Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem! Verdi’s Messa da Requiem is the most theatrical requiem ever composed—a powerful musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral mass for four soloists, double choir and orchestra.
In this innovative dramatic realization, you’ll see four soloists, double chorus, orchestra, and dancers heighten the meaning and emotional impact of Verdi’s compelling masterpiece. Lighting and graphic projections will convey and intensify the composer’s theatrical elements as well. Get your arts season underway with this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Dvořák's Eighth: Shadow and Light Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra | Masterworks Series
SCHUSTER CENTER
8:00 pm Friday, September 22, 2017
8:00 pm Saturday, September, 23, 2017
BERNSTEIN Candide Overture
HARRISON Piano Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
KRISTOFER RUCINSKI piano
NEAL GITTLEMAN conductor
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
This season we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth. We'll kick off the Masterworks season with Bernstein’s Overture to Candide. It is a fitting opening bothto the comic operetta (based on Voltaire’s Candide) and to the The Great Ones season.
Considered a member of the “West Coast Maverick school of composers,” Lou Harrison questioned or rebelled against many aspects of the Western musical tradition. The program features Harrison’s Piano Concerto, which was written for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Guest pianist Kristofer Rucinski is steeped in Harrison’s music. He will make this excellent music jump off the page.
The evening concludes with Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, one of the most highly regarded orchestral works of the nationalistic era.
Bold Pathfinder: Lou Harrison Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra | Classical Connections Series
SCHUSTER CENTER
3:00 pm Sunday, September 24, 2017
Q&A and Graeter's Ice Cream Social directly following the concert
HARRISON "Estampie" from Suite for Symphonic Strings
HARRISON Piano Concerto
KRISTOFER RUCINSKI guest pianist
NEAL GITTLEMAN conductor, presenter
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
American composer Lou Harrison is not as much of a household name as other composers, yet he should be. Considered a member of the “West Coast Maverick school of composers,” he questioned or rebelled against certain aspects of Western musical tradition in his compositions. Harrison worked to create new harmonies and tunings, giving his music an original, distinctive voice in American music.
Neal kicks off this program with “Estampie” from Suite for Symphonic Strings. Then, Maestro Gittleman gets into the heart of the matter with fascinating insight and explanation of Harrison’s Piano Concerto, along with musical excerpts to allow for greater understanding by the audience of Harrison's unique, stylistic work.
On the second half of the program, the orchestra will perform the Piano Concerto in its entirety. Guest pianist Kristofer Rucinski is well versed in Harrison’s music. He’s a native of Ashland, Kentucky and currently graduate assistant at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
The Music of Prince: A Rock and Symphonic Tribute Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra | Rockin' Orchestra Series
SCHUSTER CENTER
8:00 pm Saturday, September 30, 2017
MACKENZIE GREEN vocalist
NISAN STEWART music director
NEAL GITTLEMAN conductor
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
The 2017–2018 Rockin’ Orchestra series explodes onto the stage with an opening performance celebrating the indelible music made famous by the fabulous rock artist, Prince.
Starting in 1979, Prince Rogers Nelson was a strong, innovative performer in the world of rock and roll. He made his own way through the music industry, making his rock and roll, his blues, his image distinctive.
When Prince performed, there was so much more than just a man and his guitar. His wide vocal range and instrumental dexterity, along with his flamboyant personality, made each performance one-of-a-kind. His music on its own took rock and roll into entirely new directions.
For this electrifying evening, vocalist Mackenzie Green and music director Nisan Stewart join your DPO with many of Prince's best-known hits, including “Little Red Corvette,” “Kiss,” “When Doves Cry,” “Purple Rain,” “Raspberry Beret,” and many more.
Mendelssohn and the Reformation Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra | Masterworks Series
SCHUSTER CENTER
8:00 pm Friday, October 13, 2017
8:00 pm Saturday, October, 14, 2017
BACH Cantata No. 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy
MENDELSSOHN Capriccio Brillant
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, "Reformation"
ANGELA CHENG piano
NEAL GITTLEMAN conductor
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CHORUS
HANK DAHLMAN director, DPO Chorus
The year 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. International events throughout the year will recognize Martin Luther and the historic moment he nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
The world of music, always heavily linked to the world of faith, has long contributed to the celebration of Reformation Day. The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra continues this tradition with a four-part program bookended by Bach’s Cantata No. 80 and Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony, both of which commemorate Martin Luther’s accomplishment.
We welcome acclaimed pianist Angela Cheng for her dazzling interpretations of both the Choral Fantasy and the Capriccio Brillant.
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The iconic ballet comes to the Schuster Center in March of 2018 performed by the Dayton Ballet with the full Dayton Philharmonic. The performance is part of both the Ballet and Masterworks Nine series. Subscribe now for best seats. Photo by Scott Robbins.
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