Tuesday Musical Association

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Sharing the world's best classical, jazz, and world music and musicians with Greater Akron and NE Ohio.

Akron’s Tuesday Musical is one of the oldest and most-respected organizations of its kind in the United States. We present the finest classical artists and ensembles that are already well established as well as young emerging artists embarking on major careers. We also present vibrant education and community engagement programs. We break down barriers to classical music for children and adults by

Guest opinion: University of Akron’s Women’s Committee celebrates 75 remarkable years 06/18/2024

Brava to The University of Akron Women's Committee and Tuesday Musical Board Member Louise Harvey!

Guest opinion: University of Akron’s Women’s Committee celebrates 75 remarkable years Group celebrates 75 years of service and commitment to university and Greater Akron community.

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06/16/2024

We are taking you to Spain for "Happy Father's Day" SUNDAY BRUNCH WITH TUESDAY MUSICAL today! Maybe some tapas and Roja wine and a little flamenco-inspired music from classical guitarist Nik Divall. Nik performed “Leyenda” by Isaac Albeniz in the 2024 Final Round/Winners Concert of the Tuesday Musical Scholarship Competition in May. He earned his spot by winning the Margaret Watts Hunter Scholarship for the Classical Guitar category of the 2024 Annual Tuesdsay Musical Scholarship Competition in April at Guzzetta Hall on The University of Akron campus. The category was a adjudicated by Bryan Reichert, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory faculty. Nik, whose home is , is completing an undergraduate degree in classical guitar performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study theorbo at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany, beginning this fall. He is also the two-year running recipient of Tuesday Musical’s Margaret Watts Hunter Scholarship, has placed second in the Adelaide International Guitar Competition, won the collegiate round of the Louisville Guitar Competition, and performed a solo recital with the Sydney Classical Guitar Society. He has performed on the theorbo, archlute, and baroque guitar with two Chicago-based groups: Twisted Pearl and the Bach and Beethoven Experience. The caliber of performances you find when you attend Tuesday Musical concerts and events is outstanding. Need to know more about the upcoming Akron Concert Series? Click here: tuesdaymusical.org

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06/11/2024

Today, we announced that the City of Akron will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Akron’s own Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival! Continuing its legacy of presenting free professional dance performances in city parks, the dance festival will once again offer three weeks filled with dance experience opportunities from July 26 through August 10. You can learn more about each of the performances here: https://tinyurl.com/5f9vu49f

06/09/2024

Ayoola Sunmiboye, percussionist, brings the moves to SUNDAY BRUNCH WITH TUESDAY MUSICAL with his steel pan performance at the 2024 Final Round/Winners Concert of the Tuesday Musical Scholarship Competition in May. He played “A Visit to Hell, mvt. III & IV” by Liam Teague. A student at The University of Akron School of Music, Ayoola won the Dr. Larry D. Snider Scholarship in the Scholarship Competition’s Marimba/Classical Steel Pan category adjudicated by Glenn Schaft, who is on the music faculty at Youngstown State University. Ayoola is from Nigeria. The Tuesday Musical Association is dedicated to supporting musical education for young people. The annual scholarship competition is open to college music students with ties to Ohio. Begun in 1955 with support from donors and volunteers, the competition is widely recognized as the best of its kind in Ohio and awards more than $40,000 in scholarships each year. To find out more, go to tuesdaymusical.org/education. Tuesday Musical has its own moves with its upcoming Akron Concert Series! See dates and artists at tuesdaymusical.org. At EJ Thomas Hall!

05/08/2024

Bravo, Stas! We are proud of you and appreciate your good work as a Tuesday Musical Association board member.

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Stanislav Golovin on being awarded the 2023-2024 Outstaning Mentor Award at today's Achievement Awards Celebratory Luncheon! We're so proud to have faculty that care so deeply for our students and their success!

05/06/2024

Bravo! Violinist Karisa Chiu and pianist Jiusi (Jameson) Zhang won the two top awards in our 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition Final Round/Winners Concert held today, May 5. Zhang also won the People’s Choice Award.

Chiu, a master’s degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music, won the $2,000 Arden J. Yockey Scholarship. Zhang, a senior at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, won the $1,000 Arden J. Yockey Scholarship and also garnered the most audience votes to win the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People’s Choice Award.

The final-round judges were Adam Roberts, a composition faculty member at Kent State University School of Music, and Domenico Boyagian, music director of Cleveland Opera Theater and the Suburban Symphony Orchestra.

Details at tuesdaymusical.org/education

05/05/2024

Classical and cool, you can see award-winning young musical artists at the Sunday, May 5 Final Round/Winners Concert featuring the winners of the Tuesday Musical Association 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition.

The FREE concert is 2:30 p.m., at Guzzetta Recital Hall on The University of Akron campus. The audience will have the exciting task of picking the winner of the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People's Choice Award of $500. No tickets or reservations needed.
First- and second-place winners of the March competition will compete again in the Final Round/Winners Concert, Guzzetta Recital Hall is located at 157 University Ave. on The University of Akron campus.

The adjudicated concert and post-concert reception are free and open to the public. Parking is available in adjacent decks and lots. Two additional performance scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will also be awarded.
This year’s judges are Adam Roberts, a composition faculty member at Kent State University School of Music, and Domenico Boyagian, music director and principal conductor at Cleveland Opera Theater.

Hear accomplished student musical artists from The University of Akron School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - CCM, Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.

Now in its 68th year, Tuesday Musical’s Annual Scholarship Competition provides support for music majors from throughout Ohio who are embarking on careers as music educators and performers. More than 120 applicants from 15 schools applied to compete this year for 28 scholarships ranging from $750 to $2,000 each and totaling $40,050. The first-round of the adjudicated competition was March 23 in Akron.

For more information, visit www.tuesdaymusical.org/education or call 330-761-3460.

05/05/2024

You can see them shine, these young musical artists, at the Sunday, May 5 Final Round/Winners Concert featuring the winners of the Tuesday Musical Association 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition.

The FREE concert is 2:30 p.m., at Guzzetta Recital Hall on The University of Akron campus. The audience will have the exciting task of picking the winner of the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People's Choice Award of $500. No tickets or reservations needed.

First- and second-place winners of the March competition will compete again in the Final Round/Winners Concert, Guzzetta Recital Hall is located at 157 University Ave. on The University of Akron campus.

The adjudicated concert and post-concert reception are free and open to the public. Parking is available in adjacent decks and lots. Two additional performance scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will also be awarded.

This year’s judges are Adam Roberts, a composition faculty member at Kent State University School of Music, and Domenico Boyagian, music director and principal conductor at Cleveland Opera Theater.

Hear accomplished student musical artists from The University of Akron School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - CCM, Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.

Now in its 68th year, Tuesday Musical’s Annual Scholarship Competition provides support for music majors from throughout Ohio who are embarking on careers as music educators and performers. More than 120 applicants from 15 schools applied to compete this year for 28 scholarships ranging from $750 to $2,000 each and totaling $40,050. The first-round of the adjudicated competition was March 23 in Akron.

For more information, visit www.tuesdaymusical.org/education or call 330-761-3460.

05/04/2024

You can be in the orbit of rising musical stars at the Sunday, May 5 Final Round/Winners Concert featuring the winners of the Tuesday Musical Association 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition.

The FREE concert is 2:30 p.m., at Guzzetta Recital Hall on The University of Akron campus. The audience will have the exciting task of picking the winner of the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People's Choice Award of $500. No tickets or reservations needed.

First- and second-place winners of the March competition will compete again in the Final Round/Winners Concert, Guzzetta Recital Hall is located at 157 University Ave. on The University of Akron campus.

The adjudicated concert and post-concert reception are free and open to the public. Parking is available in adjacent decks and lots. Two additional performance scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will also be awarded.

This year’s judges are Adam Roberts, a composition faculty member at Kent State University School of Music, and Domenico Boyagian, music director and principal conductor at Cleveland Opera Theater.

Hear accomplished student musical artists from The University of Akron, Oberlin Conservatory, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - CCM, Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.

Now in its 68th year, Tuesday Musical’s Annual Scholarship Competition provides support for music majors from throughout Ohio who are embarking on careers as music educators and performers. More than 120 applicants from 15 schools applied to compete this year for 28 scholarships ranging from $750 to $2,000 each and totaling $40,050. The first-round of the adjudicated competition was March 23 in Akron.

For more information, visit www.tuesdaymusical.org/education or call 330-761-3460.

05/03/2024

And... Diehl was on our Akron Concert Series in March! Were you there?

Congrats to Aaron on being nominated for Pianist Of The Year in the upcoming Jazz Journalists Association awards!

The winners will be announced on May 8th! Here are the full nominees: https://jjajazzawards.org/2024-nominees-for-performance-recordings/

04/30/2024

Their performances are golden! The top winners of the Tuesday Musical Association 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition will be featured in a FREE concert, Sunday, May 5, 2:30 p.m., at Guzzetta Recital Hall on The University of Akron campus. The audience will have the exciting task of picking the winner of the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People's Choice Award of $500. No tickets or reservations needed.

First- and second-place winners of the March competition will compete again in the Final Round/Winners Concert, Guzzetta Recital Hall is located at 157 University Ave. on The University of Akron campus.

The adjudicated concert and post-concert reception are free and open to the public. No tickets are needed. Parking is available in adjacent decks and lots. Two additional performance scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will also be awarded.

This year’s judges are Adam Roberts, a composition faculty member at Kent State University School of Music, and Domenico Boyagian, music director and principal conductor at Cleveland Opera Theater.

Hear accomplished student musical artists from The University of Akron, Oberlin Conservatory, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - CCM, Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.

Now in its 68th year, Tuesday Musical’s Annual Scholarship Competition provides support for music majors from throughout Ohio who are embarking on careers as music educators and performers. More than 120 applicants from 15 schools applied to compete this year for 28 scholarships ranging from $750 to $2,000 each and totaling $40,050. The first-round of the adjudicated competition was March 23 in Akron.

For more information, visit www.tuesdaymusical.org/education or call 330-761-3460.

The University of Akron Guzzetta Hall

04/28/2024

You can see them shine, these young musical artists, at the Sunday, May 5 Final Round/Winners Concert featuring the winners of the Tuesday Musical Association 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition.

The FREE concert is 2:30 p.m., at Guzzetta Recital Hall on The University of Akron campus. The audience will have the exciting task of picking the winner of the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People's Choice Award of $500. No tickets or reservations needed.

First- and second-place winners of the March competition will compete again in the Final Round/Winners Concert, Guzzetta Recital Hall is located at 157 University Ave. on The University of Akron campus.

The adjudicated concert and post-concert reception are free and open to the public. Parking is available in adjacent decks and lots. Two additional performance scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will also be awarded.

This year’s judges are Adam Roberts, a composition faculty member at Kent State University School of Music, and Domenico Boyagian, music director and principal conductor at Cleveland Opera Theater.

Hear accomplished student musical artists from The University of Akron School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - CCM, Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.

Now in its 68th year, Tuesday Musical’s Annual Scholarship Competition provides support for music majors from throughout Ohio who are embarking on careers as music educators and performers. More than 120 applicants from 15 schools applied to compete this year for 28 scholarships ranging from $750 to $2,000 each and totaling $40,050. The first-round of the adjudicated competition was March 23 in Akron.

For more information, visit www.tuesdaymusical.org/education or call 330-761-3460.

04/26/2024

You can be in the orbit of rising musical stars at the Sunday, May 5 Final Round/Winners Concert featuring the winners of the Tuesday Musical Association 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition.

The FREE concert is 2:30 p.m., at Guzzetta Recital Hall on The University of Akron campus. The audience will have the exciting task of picking the winner of the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People's Choice Award of $500. No tickets or reservations needed.

First- and second-place winners of the March competition will compete again in the Final Round/Winners Concert, Guzzetta Recital Hall is located at 157 University Ave. on The University of Akron campus.

The adjudicated concert and post-concert reception are free and open to the public. Parking is available in adjacent decks and lots. Two additional performance scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will also be awarded.

This year’s judges are Adam Roberts, a composition faculty member at Kent State University School of Music, and Domenico Boyagian, music director and principal conductor at Cleveland Opera Theater.

Hear accomplished student musical artists from The University of Akron, Oberlin Conservatory, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - CCM, Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.

Now in its 68th year, Tuesday Musical’s Annual Scholarship Competition provides support for music majors from throughout Ohio who are embarking on careers as music educators and performers. More than 120 applicants from 15 schools applied to compete this year for 28 scholarships ranging from $750 to $2,000 each and totaling $40,050. The first-round of the adjudicated competition was March 23 in Akron.

For more information, visit www.tuesdaymusical.org/education or call 330-761-3460.

04/24/2024

Their performances are golden! The top winners of the Tuesday Musical Association 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition will be featured in a FREE concert, Sunday, May 5, 2:30 p.m., at Guzzetta Recital Hall on The University of Akron campus. The audience will have the exciting task of picking the winner of the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People's Choice Award of $500. No tickets or reservations needed.

First- and second-place winners of the March competition will compete again in the Final Round/Winners Concert, Guzzetta Recital Hall is located at 157 University Ave. on The University of Akron campus.

The adjudicated concert and post-concert reception are free and open to the public. No tickets are needed. Parking is available in adjacent decks and lots. Two additional performance scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will also be awarded.

This year’s judges are Adam Roberts, a composition faculty member at Kent State University School of Music, and Domenico Boyagian, music director and principal conductor at Cleveland Opera Theater.

Hear accomplished student musical artists from The University of Akron, Oberlin Conservatory, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - CCM, Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.

Now in its 68th year, Tuesday Musical’s Annual Scholarship Competition provides support for music majors from throughout Ohio who are embarking on careers as music educators and performers. More than 120 applicants from 15 schools applied to compete this year for 28 scholarships ranging from $750 to $2,000 each and totaling $40,050. The first-round of the adjudicated competition was March 23 in Akron.

For more information, visit www.tuesdaymusical.org/education or call 330-761-3460.

The University of Akron Guzzetta Hall

Photos from Tuesday Musical Association's post 04/24/2024

Set up your Duke Ellington playlist! After the Tuesday Musical Association Akron Concert Series evening wth Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis it will be a go to on your devices! Thanks to Brendan and Christi with JLCO for sharing!

SETLIST
JLCO April 2024 Tour, April 20, 2024
The University of Akron, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron

SET ONE:
1) The Mooche, Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
2) Moon Over Cuba, Juan Tizol arranged by Duke Ellington
3) Mood Indigo, Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard and Irving Mills
4) Concerto for Cootie, Duke Ellington
5) Main Stem Duke Ellington
6) Amad (from Far East Suite) Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

SET TWO:
1) Black and Tan Fantasy, Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley
2) Ad Lib on Nippon (from Far East Suite), Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
3) Big Fat Alice’s Blues, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
4) Chinoiserie (from Afro-Eurasian Eclipse), Duke Ellington

ENCORE:
1) Paris Stairs (from Paris Blues) Duke Ellington

The photo at the left is the Duke Ellington portrait in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian.

https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2014.111.9
Credits/Copyright for Duke Ellington portrait in the National Portrait Gallery
Artist: Herman Leonard, 1923 - 2010
Sitter: Duke Ellington, 29 Apr 1899 - 24 May 1974
Date: 1956 (printed 1998) Type: Photograph
Medium: Selenium-toned gelatin silver print
Place: France\Île-de-France\Ville de Paris, Départment de\Paris
Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply Copyright
© Herman Leonard Photography LLC Object number NPG.2014.111.9

Students get closeup look at Wynton Marsalis, jazz orchestra at rehearsal before big concert 04/23/2024

We love sharing the power of music!

Students get closeup look at Wynton Marsalis, jazz orchestra at rehearsal before big concert Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis wow sold-out audience at E.J. Thomas Hall for Tuesday Musical season finale.

Photos from Tuesday Musical Association's post 04/23/2024

We have music to share! Tuesday Musical Association 2024-2025 Akron Concert Series has been announced. Full-season subscriptions start at $90 and are available now online. 4- and 3-pack subscriptions available at 330-761-3460. Single-concert tickets go on sale in July. tuesdaymusical.org.

04/23/2024

The standing ovation at this week's Tuesday Musical Association Akron Concert Series pulled Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis back on stage for one more selection: "Paris Stairs," a piece Duke Ellington wrote with Louis Armstrong for the 1961 movie “Paris Blues” starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll.

E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron

Photos from Tuesday Musical Association's post 04/23/2024

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis!!

04/23/2024

Tuesday Musical…the place to be this week!

E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron Tuesday Musical Association

Photos from Tuesday Musical Association's post 04/23/2024

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis played such Duke Ellington hits as “Paris Stairs,” “Ad Lib on Nippon,” “The Mooch,” “Big Fat Alice's Blues” and “Chinoiserie.” The concert closed out the stellar Tuesday Musical Association Akron Concert Series for 2023-2024. Next season is shaping up to be just as glowing. Head to our website for information and season tickets: tuesdaymusical.org.


E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron

Photos from Tuesday Musical Association's post 04/23/2024

Students were happy to volunteer the name of their schools and the instruments they play when we asked at the Tuesday Musical Association Akron Concert Series concert with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. In the house were music students from Coventry High School, Firestone Community Learning Center, Jackson Milton Local School District High School, Medina High School (Ohio) and Western Reserve Academy. Strengthening musical education in our region is part of TM's core mission. Tickets are free for students. Learn more at tuesdaymusical.org.

E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron

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Our Story

Now in our 132nd season, Tuesday Musical is an anchor arts organization in Akron and one of the oldest and most-respected organizations of its kind in the United States. We present the world’s best classical musicians as well as vibrant education and community engagement programs.

On stage and throughout the community, Tuesday Musical is enticing and engaging generations of music lovers by bringing the world’s best music to Northeast Ohio.

The Finest Concerts

Tuesday Musical presents three concert series, all with related Education and Community Engagement activities:

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We are taking you to Spain for SUNDAY BRUNCH WITH TUESDAY MUSICAL today! Maybe some tapas and Roja wine and a little fla...
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We are taking you to Spain for "Happy Father's Day" SUNDAY BRUNCH WITH TUESDAY MUSICAL today! Maybe some tapas and Roja ...
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Austin Cruz performs at Tuesday Musical 2024 Final Round/Winners Concert May 5 at Guzzetta Hall in Akron, OH.
You can see them shine, these young musical artists, at the Sunday, May 5 Final Round/Winners Concert featuring the winn...
You can be in the orbit of rising musical stars at the Sunday, May 5 Final Round/Winners Concert featuring the winners o...
They are golden!
You can see them shine, these young musical artists, at the Sunday, May 5 Final Round/Winners Concert featuring the winn...
You can be in the orbit of rising musical stars at the Sunday, May 5 Final Round/Winners Concert featuring the winners o...
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