Southern Ohio Performing Arts Associaton- 2008 & 2009 Season

Cherryholmes
Thursday 7:30 PM
September 18, 2008

This group does it all...twin fiddling, amazing virtusity in guitar and mandolin and even Irish step dancing as they entertain their audiences. Cherryholmes, a family group reminiscent of Leahy, promises to offer an exciting brand of Bluegrass performance with a contemporary twist.

Columbus Jazz Orchestra
Thursday October 16, 2008
7:30 PM

The Columbus Jazz Ochestra is proud to present "The Roaring 20's"
The CJO was formed as a vehicle to create performance opportunities for jazz musicians in a big band setting. Over thirty years later the CJO is considered one of the worlds's finest jazz orchestras and a model for success, presenting big band jazz and world-renowned guest artist to thousands each year.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Byron Stripling, the CJO presents nearly
50 subscription concerts each season in Columbus, Ohio

Canadian Brass
Monday December 8, 2008
7:30 PM

The virtuosity of Canadian Brass has make the brass quintet an exciting vehicle not only for serious concert music, but also for jazz. Their more than 60 recordings to date include  works from Bach and Purcell to Glenn Miller and Fats Waller, all performed in meticulously crafted transcriptions.

Canadian Brass began as an experimental ensemble in Toronto, Ontario in 1970 by members Chuck Daellenbach and Gene Watts. Through their commitment to excellence, their musicianship ane their imagination, they have elevated the art of the brass quintet to what it is today.

Sweeney Todd
Tuesday Januay 20, 2009
7:30PM

The lenendary "Demon Barber of Fleet Street," hell-bent on revenge, takes up with his enteprising neighbor in a delicious plot to slice their way through England's upper crust. Justice will be seved - along with lush melody, audacious humor and bloody good thrills.

Jazz Moves
Tuesday February 17, 2009
7:30 PM

BalletMet of Columbus performs a groundbreaking fusion of dance and music glorifying the past, present and future of American dance and jazz.

The Drowsy Chaperone
Sunday March 1, 2009
7:00 PM

It all begins when a die die-had musical-theater fan plays his favoite cast album on his turntable. The musical literally burst to life in his living room telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find and keep her true love. It is a tale filled with mobsters, movie moguls, monkeys as well as Latin lotharious, love songs, lavish dance numbers and of course,   the comedy staple,the classis spit-take. Everything you could want in a musical comedy is in this show.

The Romeros
Tuesday March 24, 2009
7:30 PM

They have been called,"The Royal Family of the Guitar" because of the beauty of their artistty and the passage of talent from generation to generation. Celedonio Romero was a celebrated guitarist in Spain who with his sons Pepe, Celin and Angel produced music of amazing virtuosity and clarity that amazed music critics around the world.

To Kill A Mockingbird
Tuesday April 7, 2009
7:30 PM

The story is set in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930's whee Atticus Finch, a white lawyer and a father, defends a black man. The narrator is Finch's six year old daughter, nicknamed Scout, an immensely intelligent and observant child. Scout and her brother, Jem, learn a lesson in good and evil, compassiion and justice.

Hairspray
Thursday Apil 23, 2009
7:00 PM

Set in 1962 Baltimore, it has big girls, big hair and even bigger laughs. In this splashy musical, teen Tacy Turnblad has only one dream -  to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. Realizing her dream, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden TV star. But can she use her newfound power to vanquish the reigning teen queen, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin and at the same the integrate a TV network, all wilthout denting her "do"?


The OSU Men"s Glee Club
Tuesday May 5, 2009
7:30 PM

Under the direction of Dr. Robert J. Ward, the Ohio State University Men's Glee Club has been sharing its beautiful music with the OSU campus, community and around the world since 1875. They are active throughout the year with tailgating before home football games, multiple concerts on and off campus and frequent trips both with in the USA and aborad.