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Welcome
Updated September 18, 2009
About the Series
The Performing Arts Series at Ohio Wesleyan University has a long tradition of providing outstanding and entertaining performers for the Ohio Wesleyan and central Ohio communities. The 2008-2009 season continues this legacy with four top-notch events.
The PAS committee believes strongly in the master class philosophy and attempts to schedule as many opportunities for the performers to work with students as possible. Some of the master classes are open to the public, for more information on master classes at Ohio Wesleyan contact the PAS phone messaging service at 740-368-3629.
The 2009-2010 Series
| Event / Description | Time | Date | Place |
| Gale McNeeley Gale McNeeley is an actor, singer, dancer, and clown. His career spans more than 36 years from Broadway to circus. McNeeley will perform Archy & Mehitabel, the tale of Archy, the literate cockroach and Mehitabel, the morally careless cat. The duo first came to life in the editorial column of Don Marquis in 1916 and were the subjects of a 1950s musical and a 1990s cartoon. This is adult fare with an innocent heart. For details, visit www.galemcneeley.com. |
7 p.m. | Sun., Oct. 25, 2009 | Chappelear Drama Center, 45 Rowland Ave. |
| Columbus Dance Theatre The String Machine, featuring the Columbus Dance Theatre, is an evening length work that questions our relationship with the technology that surrounds us. With live music provided by Carpe Diem String Quartet, dancers and musicians are hooked to a “machine of sound and movement.” The sounds of classical and contemporary music pour out of the machine as dancers leap, fall, and plummet both using and becoming entangled in the Machine’s retractable strings. Audiences will see, experience, and question humanity’s current relationship with technology through sound, movement, technology, and theatre. Originally produced in cooperation with WOSU-TV in 2007, The String Machine has been widely featured on WOSU’s arts magazine, Artzine. For details, visit www.coldancetheatre.org. |
8 p.m. | Sat., Jan. 16, 2010 | Chappelear Drama Center, 45 Rowland Ave. |
| Cecile Licad, piano Called a “pianist’s pianist” by The New Yorker, Cecile Licad’s artistry is a blend of daring musical instinct and superb training. Her natural talent was honed at the Curtis Institute of Music by three of the greatest performers/pedagogues of our time: Rudolf Serkin, Seymour Lipkin, and Mieczyslaw Horszowski. Licad’s large repertoire spans the Classical works of Mozart and Beethoven, the Romantic literature of Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, and Rachmaninoff, and on to the 20th century compositions of Debussy, Ravel, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Bartok. For details, visit www.herbertbarrett.com/artist.php?id=clicad. |
8 p.m. | Sun., Jan. 31, 2010 | University Hall’s Gray Chapel, 61 S. Sandusky St. |
| Chanticleer Chanticleer is known around the world as an “orchestra of voices,” for the seamless blend of its 12 male voices ranging from countertenor to bass, and for its original interpretations of vocal literature—from Renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music. Chanticleer has been called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker magazine and named 2008 Ensemble of the Year by Musical America. For details, visit www.chanticleer.org. |
8 p.m. | Sat., Feb. 27, 2010 | University Hall’s Gray Chapel, 61 S. Sandusky St. |
Get Your Tickets Here!
Tickets to Performing Arts Series events are free for OWU students/faculty/staff with valid school ID. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $5 for non-OWU students (with valid school ID) and senior citizens. Tickets may be purchased online or by calling the phone messaging service at 740-368-3629.
Professors and teachers (both high school and college) can request tickets for their classes by contacting the phone messaging service at 740-368-3629. The performance should be an addition to the classroom discussion.
Supporting the Series
The University is grateful for financial assistance in providing this series. We can maintain, with your help, this series’ excellence. We also welcome tax-deductible contributions made beyond ticket purchases. For more information on donating, contact the Performing Arts Series at 740-368-3629.