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Music News
Ohio Northern University student Anna Sankovich, a junior music performance major from Bowling Green, Ohio, has been named a 2013 Presser Scholar Award recipient. As a Presser Scholar, Sankovich will receive a $4,400 grant.The award is given to a student who shows excellence in academics and a passion for music. In order to present the scholarship each year, the University must have at least 40...
The Ohio Northern University symphonic band, Northern Winds, and the All-Ohio Honors Band will perform as part of the Spring Band Festival XXXVIII in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 28, at 4 p.m. The 70-member Northern Winds will perform a concert that features “Overture to Candide” by Leonard Bernstein and “Abram’s Pursuit” by guest conductor David Holsinger. The...
ONU’s University singers were featured performers at the recent Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC) Evening of Excellence, held in Columbus, Ohio.ONU President Daniel DiBiasio introduced the group under the direction of Dr. Ben Ayling II, choral director and visiting assistant professor of music. Accompanists included Christopher Gray, a junior in performance from Hopedale, Ohio, and...
Kirsten Osbun Manley, resident artist in music, has been appointed president of the Buckeye Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). She is currently serving a three-year term on the organization’s board and will begin her two-year term as president in June.
Anna Sankovich, a senior in music performance from Bowling Green, Ohio, placed third in her category, at the Buckeye National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) spring auditions, held April 6 at Kent State University. She competed against 42 other participants.
Ohio Northern University’s Gospel Ensemble, with special guests Chris Byrd and the Philippian Missionary Baptist Church Choir of Lima, will celebrate its 26th anniversary with a concert in the ONU McIntosh Center Ballroom on Sunday, April 21, at 6 p.m.Byrd, who serves as minister of music at Worship Center Church in Toledo, Ohio, has traveled nationally and internationally preaching the gospel...
Ohio Northern University celebrates its annual Honors Day program on Saturday, April 27, from 8:15 a.m. until 5 p.m.This year’s Honors Day continues the rich tradition of ONU’s colleges and departments recognizing students and faculty members for scholarly achievement and service to the University community. More than 40 undergraduate academic departments and honor societies will present...
The ONU Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. David Kosmyna, and the ONU Steel Drum Band, under the direction of Dr. Sarah Waters, traveled to New Orleans over spring break, March 3 through March 7.The group’s first stop was in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where they were able to enjoy the historic “Dreamland Bar-B-Que” restaurant. Early the next morning they departed for New Orleans, the...
The Ohio Northern University Symphonic Band presents its spring concert, “Praising Ohio,” in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. The program will celebrate the music, musicians and great accomplishments of the Buckeye State.The program includes the “Overture to Candide” scored by Clare Grundman, “New World Variations” by David Shaffer, and “Rolling Thunder...
The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents “Raising the Bar” by the Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m.“Raising the Bar” is a program of challenging and mostly newer pieces for wind and percussion. The ONU Wind Orchestra will explore pieces composed by Richard Strauss, James Barnes, James Syler and Libby Larson.Performing with...
