Performing arts in the greater Cincinnati area, including
orchestras, bands, choruses and ballet. A listing of
professional and amateur community groups.
African Image Arts Organization. An
African arts company that preserves, protects and
promotes
African Image and Heritage through workshop, classes, performances,
lecture and demonstration of African drums, dances, music, languages,
and food. Email.
Cincinnati
Arts Association, 650 Walnut St., 45202. 721-3344.
Oversees the operations
and
programming for Music Hall, Memorial Hall and The Ohio Center For The
Arts
The
Educational Theatre Association, 2343 Auburn Ave.,
Cincinnati, OH 45219. 513 421-3900. The
Educational Theatre Association is an international organization whose
mission is to promote and strengthen theatre in education; it includes
the International Thespian Society for middle and high school students.
Enjoy
the Arts/START, 1338 Main Street, Cincinnati OH
45210-2333. (513) 621-4700.
Fax: (513) 621-4788.
Enjoy the Arts/START is an organization dedicated to
encouraging
younger consumers to become active patrons of the arts by offering free
and discounted tickets to over 15 different local arts organizations.
Cincinnati
Chamber Orchestra, 1406 Elm St, Cincinnati OH
45210. Performances at Memorial
Hall, 1225 Elm Street adjacent to Music Hall. 723-1182.
Cincinnati
Civic Orchestra, Laurence Bonhaus, Conductor.
Wyoming Fine Arts Center, 948
Dana Avenue. 861-9978.
Cincinnati
Community Orchestra, 9780 Fox Hollow Ln, Cincinnati
OH 45243. Email.
All concerts
at Church of the Savior, 8005 Pfeiffer Rd, Montgomery. (513) 248-1728.
Kentucky
Symphony Orchestra, Formerly the Northern Kentucky
Symphony. P.O. Box 72810,
Newport
KY 41072. Performances at Greaves Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center,
Highland Heights. 431-6216
Lebanon
Symphony Orchestra, P.O. Box 801, Lebanon, OH
45036. Rehearsals: Presbyterian
Church 123 N. East Street, Lebanon. (513) 494-1932.
Seven
Hills Sinfonietta, A community chamber orchestra.
Rehearsals on Wednesdays,
7:30 PM
at Calvary Episcopal Church, 3766 Clifton Ave. Currently seeking first
violins. 936-9145
Starling
Chamber Orchestra, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff
Center for the Arts, 650
Walnut St. 241-7469.
West
Chester Symphony, Susan Schirmer, Director.
Openings for all strings and some
winds. 513 829-2779.
Concert and
Marching Bands
American
Legion Post 530 Band, 11100 Winton Road,
Greenhills. 851-1254.
American Legion Post 69 Band, 9000
Reading Rd. 554-1938.
Anderson
Community Band. John Fecker,
Directors. 513 232-4409. jfecker (at) fuse.net. Rehearsals Monday, 7-9
pm at Turpin HS.
Bacchanal
Steel Band, c/o Brian Malone. 742 Wells St.
Cincinnati 45205. (513)
921-0408.
New
Horizons Band. For seniors over the age of 50.
Rehearsals at St. Barnabas
Episcopal Church, Montgormery, Tuesday & Thursday mornings. Email. 683-5845.
Southwestern
Ohio Symphonic Band (Chris Brandenburg) Rehearsals Thursdays,
7:00 pm.
Lakota West High School.
Performances at Dave Finkelman Auditorium. 513 777-2692.
Sycamore
Community Band, Pete Metzger, Director. Sycamore High School.
Rehearsals,
Thursdays at 7:30 pm.
683-5845.
Xavier University Bands. University
Center Theatre. 745-3202, 745-3939.
Zinzinnati
Bierband Since 1994, Cincinnati's Original
Bierband, Great German
Muzik
with an American Rock and Roll Twist. Howard Hughes 513 941-9538 or
hhughes_2 (at) hotmail.com
Stardust Orchestra. The only
band in Southwest Ohio dedicated to performing Ballroom Dance music.
7734 Miami Rd. Madeira, OH. Tony Malone @ (513) 281-8778; Arthur
Funk @ (513) 833-4124.
College-Conservatory
of Music, A detailed list of recital is given at
the above link. P.O.
Box
210003. Performances at Corbett Auditorium off Jefferson Avenue,
University Heights. 556-4183.
Cincinnati Opera.
Nicholas Muni, Artistic Director. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St.,
Over-the-Rhine. 513 241-ARIA (2742). Auditions: 621-1919, ext. 220. Email.
Cincinnati
Sacred Harp Singing. 2nd Sunday of each month. 4:30-7:30 pm.
Walnut Hills Christian Church, 1438 East McMillan Street, 45206.
513-861-1137
Cincinnati
Sound Chorus (formerly the Queen City Chorus and the Seven Hills
Show Chorus) Premium quality women's chorus, quartets, and
ensembles available for hire at local events. Interested ladies
may come to rehearsals at 145 Springfield Pike, Wyoming, Ohio
45215 in the Valley Temple Building. PO Box 42843 Cincinnati, OH
45242. 513 554-2648.
Circle
Singers. Formerly the Patchwork Singers and the West Chester
Community Chorus. 221-6683.
Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony
Chorale.
Paul Stanbery, Director. Rehearsals: Mondays 7:30-9:30 pm. Auditions
open year-round to qualified singers. For concert schedule or audition
info call 474-1584. Email.
Jubilant Singers. Rehearsals Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. at Church
of the Savior, 8005 Pfeifer Rd, Montgomery. Contact; Director, Jim
Akin, 791-4011.
Martin Luther King Chorale. Rehearsals every other Tuesday
evening, 7:00 p.m. at Zion Baptist Church, 630 Glenwood Avenue,
Avondale. 221-1118.
Northern Kentucky
Community Chorus. Dr. John O. Westlund, Northern Kentucky
University, Highland
Heights, KY 41099-1005. Concerts at Greaves Concert Hall, Fine Arts
Center, Highland Heights. 859-727-2261.
Queen City Balladeers.
5781 Lake Superior Dr., Fairfield. (513) 829-8360. Email. Sundays, 7:30 pm. Leo
Coffeehouse
Sanity Singers.
Northern Kentucky's Own Men's Chorale, Jack Corwin, Director. Immanuel
United Methodist
Church, 2550 Dixie Highway, Lakeside Park, KY. 859 341-5293.
Sorg Opera Company.
63 S. Main St., Suite 205, P.O. Box 906, Middletown 45042. 425-0180.
Sorg Opera House, 57 S. Main Street.
Southern Gateway
Chorus. PO Box 1133, Cincinnati OH 45201. 541-7264.
Cincinnati's premier men's singing ensemble. Email.
Afrikan-American Drum and Dance Ensemble, Inc.,
P.O. Box 6429, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. 281-7909. Email. Community
dance classes are held on Saturdays, West End YMCA, Ezzard Charles
Drive near Linn Street, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Ballet
Tech Cincinnati,
Season Series of Dance Productions at the Aronoff Center and a wide
variety of daily community dance and movement classes at convenient
Kennedy Heights location, 6543 Montgomery Rd Cincinnati OH 45213.
513 841-2822.
Cincinnati
Ballet, 1555 Central Parkway, Cincinnati OH 45214.
Performances at
Aronoff Center for the Arts, Corner of Walnut and Seventh Streets.
621-5282.
Cincinnati
Highland Dancers, Traditional and original Scottish
Highland dancing. 502 Old
State Route 74, Cincinnati, OH 45244 in Mt. Carmel. Highland dances.
Khamisi African Dance Theatre, Arts
Consortium, 1515 Linn St., West End. 281-DRUM. Holds
West
African Dance classes with live African drumming. 6-7:30 p.m. Thursdays.
Living
Art. Living Statues: Bride and Groom, Blues Couple, Fairies,
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Royal
Scottish Country Dance Society, Calvary Episcopal
Church, 3766 Clifton Ave. 684-1612. Meets
7-10:30 p.m. every Wednesday for instruction and social dancing.