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“A Charlie Brown Christmas” should be a most fulfilling experience with music by Vince Guaraldi.
Major Tomato will have the North Star quartet playing a mix of styles and holiday music.
Tickets are $10.
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Your pathway to holiday cheer! And an early night, too!
The annual Turtle Fest is magnificent fun watching the turtle races (safe environment for them!).
Musicians of the Toledo Symphony in an unusual arrangement; I’m playing saxophone (maybe something else?).
Multi-day event, celebrating the official opening of the TCLA.
Thursday, 9/4: Ribbon cutting ceremony 11am.
Friday, 9/5: Black Tie event 6-9; 9:30-11 ballroom dancing. ($$$$)
Saturday, 9/6: Community open house 1-5.
A saxophone quartet I work with plays at St Paul’s Methodist Church in Rochester, MI. Great setting, great quartet! I play bari with this group.
The Plein Air and Wooden Boat Show, held annually at Lakeside, OH (a gated community that is open to the public with a small entrance fee) is a lovely setting to hear the band, enjoy the lake, and browse this cute town.
I usually play 2nd alto with the TJO. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music!
On the grounds of the old Lonz Winery, which still has some fascinating historical buildings and artifacts.
The annual 4th of July celebration, complete with cannon fire!
I’m playing 2nd clarinet on this concert. Mahler is magnificent.
Best known for starring on Broadway in Wicked and Hamilton, and for her portrayal of Nina Rosario in the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, Broadway icon Mandy Gonzalez joins the Toledo Symphony in a celebration of the Latine voices of Broadway, such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rita Moreno and Linda Ronstadt. Expect hits from In the Heights, Hamilton, Moana and many more!
Many compositions of this great composer’s work that are not often heard! I’ll be playing the solo saxophone on “On the Waterfront.”
This will be one of his final concerts. I’m playing lead alto (with piccolo, flute, and alto flute).
Fort Street Presbyterian Church, 631 West Fort Street in Detroit, Michigan.
Russ’ setting of the Beatitudes is really quite wonderful, with full jazz orchestra plus jazz choir.
This takes place at the first Unitarian Church of Toledo, 3205 Glendale Avenue. Also featuring two vocalists and myself on alto saxophone. I will have one of my tunes on the program, with the debut of lyrics, too!
A wonderful, exciting program of music by Margaret Bonds (celebrating Women and African-American history), a trombone concerto by Carlos Simon performed by TSO principal trombonist, Garth Simmons, and Tchaikovsky’s magnificent Symphony #4! I’ll be playing 2nd clarinet.
Featuring Ben Wolkins playing the music from Miles Davis’ Porgy and Bess album. I’ll be on Alto Flute for this entire gig.
Appalachian Spring is the anchor on this program. This will be my last as principal with the ASO.
