Zoo concerts on hiatus
TOLEDO – A fixture of the area summer musical scene, Music Under the Stars at the Toledo Zoo, will be on
hiatus this season.
In announcing the decision, the Toledo Symphony cited several factors for the decision.
Attendance at the series has been flat for several years. Taking a year off will allow the symphony to
focus on bolstering funding for the concert band series and work to increase audience.
Also, long-time conductor of the band, Sam Szor, known as Toledo’s "Mr. Music," is ill.
According to the symphony’s press release: "He remains in good spirits and the TSO wishes him the
best during his recovery."
The symphony hopes to complete a community survey to assess the future of the series.
Regional art exhibition at BGSU accepts entries
Entries for the NOWOH – Northwest Ohio Open Summer Art Show – are now being accepted.
Work by artists from a 12 county area including Wood, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas,
Ottawa, Paulding, Sandusky, Seneca and Williams will be exhibited July 15 through 24 in the galleries at
the Bowling Green State University School of Art.
Prizes will of $500 for Best of Show and first and second places in each 2D and 3D will be awarded.
Also, an award for best young artist, 18 or under, will receive a $100 award and best senior artist will
receive the $200 Toledo Community Foundation Award.
A People Choice Award will also be voted on and awarded as well as honorable mention certificates.
The entry fee is $30 and $15 for artists 16 to 18 years old. Each artist may enter up to three pieces. A
discount on registration is offered top those who volunteer. Accepted media include: ceramics, design,
drawing, fibers, glass, jewelry, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and mixed media. All
work must be original and not exceed four feet in any dimension or weigh more than 150 pounds.
Registration continues through June 30, but artist may also register when art is brought in n July 7 from
3:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Call (419) 352-8525 for more information.
Online:
www.nowohartshow.org
Storyteller, strings featured in chamber music concert
MAUMEE – A French-Canadian storyteller and young sting players will be featured in the Chamber Music
Toledo’s final concert of the season Sunday at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Maumee, 200 E.
Broadway.
The first half of the program features students from Toledo Symphony School of Music. Now completing its
second year, the school is a place where families come to learn and experience music through private
lessons, group classes, enrichment activities and performances. The school has about 80 students who
study violin, viola, piano and recorder.
On the second half of the performance Genot "Winter Elk" Picor takes his audience on a journey
into the old Great Lakes with his program "Stories, Songs and Dances of the Metis’ Voyageur."
Picor invites his charges to be a part of the fun with interactive stories, hand puppets, Native
American sign language, sing-a-longs and dance.
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door, $5 for seniors 65 and over and children 6 to 18, and $1
for children 1 to 5. Call (419) 246-8000.
Chorale, ballet cover the gamut in Collage IV
TOLEDO – Masterworks Chorale in collaboration with Ballet Theatre of Toledo will present Collage IV
Saturday at 8 p.m. in The Valentine Theatre
The concert will feature music in a wide range of styles, Baroque, romantic, classical, Broadway, opera,
contemporary and gospel, performed by the chorale as well as by soloists and duos.
Featured will be a rendition of "Amazing Grace" featuring the ballet and guest jazz pianist
Alvin Waddles. Other soloists will be soprano Rebecca Eaddy and string player Cecilia Johnson.
Also on the program will be Debussy’s Clair de Lune, "Kyrie" from the Martin Mass, Aaron
Copeland’s "A Promise of Living," Eric Whitacre’s rain chant "Cloudburst" as well as
music by Handel, Mozart, Sondheim, Sullivan and Rutter.
Tickets: $20 to $35 and $12 for students.
Call (419) 242-2787.
Silverbacks at DeGage
MAUMEE – The Silverbacks – Michael Peslikis, piano, Bob Manley, saxophones and flute, Scott Kretzer,
drums and John Johnson bass – will perform at Degage Jazz Cafe on River Road Friday and Saturday from
7:30 to 11:30 p.m.
