Saturday Oct.9 8:00pm

ReCycle - ReUse - ReFashion - Cabaret and Fashion Show

Join Scot Woolley and Steve Milloy for an evening of music and entertainment while watching the fashions of Cincinnati's finest thriftshops!  Co-produced by Rachel Cook and Lisa Siders-Kenney - this is sure to be a one-of-a-kind evening!

Friday Nov. 12 8:00pm

Saturday Nov. 13 8:00pm

Sunday Nov. 14 3:00 pm

 MUSE - Cincinnati's Women's Choir CD Release Concert

"We Who Make Our Meaning Clear"

MUSE comes to the stage to delight the audience with a few choice songs from the newest CD and a few new ones as well!  Join MUSE for this fall fest of musical moments and memories!

Saturday Feb. 5 8:00 pm

 Willow Morning

Jamie Fóta describes her songs as "sort of a melting-pot fusion of everyone she's ever liked." Jamie has been creating and performing a body of original work, telling the truth of her experiences as a woman through music. Her music is a unique expression of affirmation, spirituality, romance, politics and playfulness, ranging in style from New Folk to Light Rock. She has been recognized widely in the genre of Women’s Music, in which she has pockets of fervent fans throughout the United States and in several other countries. Fóta has a diverse and energetic sound; the variety of styles ensures that the music touches all of her listeners.

Even as a pre-teenager, Ty Chanson's vocal and (self-taught) 12 string guitar talents, shone through. People stopped and took notice of her rich mezzo-soprano voice in her high school vocal arts ensemble. Ty went on to perform in night clubs, on college campuses and military bases in the 1980s. She has also been a "video jockey" on live country music television. Ty's songs will never tell the same story twice because she's never lived the same story twice! From customer service representative to music director, from school bus driver to horse groomer; from lighting and sound technician to animal health technician; Her lyrics are as varied as her life.

Marcia Gallas was a natural-born drummer, according to her parents. Her earliest percussion influence was classical (Bizet). From playing pop-rock in grade school to embracing big-band jazz drumming at age 13, Marcia went on to study as many genres as she could sink her teeth into. Gallas has played at numerous music festivals, for lyric opera companies, choirs, bands and orchestras. She has managed an orchestra, played in the orchestra pits for musical theatre and loves when the opportunity comes along to play timpani! She has been lauded for her versatility as well as her sensitivity as a drummer and a percussionist.

Saturday March 5 8:00 pm

 Originally from Richmond, Virginia, tenor Nathan Bick has performs a wide variety of concert, opera, and musical theatre repertoire. While attaining Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees in Voice Performance from The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, he appeared regularly as a leading soloist in operas and oratorio works. Professionally, he has appeared with the Opera Aegean (Greece), Opera Illinois, Indianapolis Opera, Louisiana Lyric Opera, and spent four summers as a member of the festival chorale at the Carmel Bach Festival (Carmel, CA).

Concert and recital highlights include an appearance at Carnegie Hall as the Tenor Soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass, a recital of Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin, and oratorios and cantatas by Handel and Bach.

Mr. Bick moved to Cincinnati three years ago to pursue the University of Cincinnati/College-Conservatory of Music’s dual Master’s Degree program in Arts Administration and Business, completing both in 2009. He currently serves as the Executive Director for VAE: Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble.  


Ingrid Keller, pianist, is a native of Boston, Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor of Music degree, magna cum laude, from Northwestern University. While there, she was nominated by the faculty as one of their most outstanding pianists to participate in the 2002 Thaivu-Isaac Competition, which she won. Ms. Keller earned a Master of Music degree and a Performer Diploma, both with high distinction, at Indiana University’s prestigious Jacobs School of Music, under the tutelage of Menahem Pressler. She has received numerous prizes and honors including first place in the MTNA East Central Division in 2004.  In 2008, she participated in the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project representing the IU Jacobs School of Music. Ms. Keller has been the resident coach/accompanist for Indianapolis Opera’s Young Artist Program and was a Piano Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in the 2009 season.  There she appeared as a soloist with the Mark Morris Dance Group, critics describing her performance as “Superbly performed, Keller bringing richness and transparency to the challenging score.”  Ms. Keller is currently an active recitalist, collaborative artist, and teacher and is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University.

Sunday April 3 3:00pm

 Cincinnati's Best Barbershop!

Cincinnati Sound Chorus (CSC) is a regional award winning a cappella women’s chorus and member of Sweet Adelines International. CSC members are women of all ages, from all walks of life, who share a passion for singing in four-part harmony. For this concert, the 70+ member chorus will perform a variety of songs ranging from Broadway musicals, nostalgic dance tunes, lively country songs as well as traditional barbershop. This will the first public performance of CSC two new contest songs, choreographed and polished for their appearance on the regional contest stage on the next weekend.

Cincinnati Sound Chorus was formed in 2006 by the merger of two area International award winning choruses representing nearly a century of song - the Seven Hills Chorus (1981 International Chorus Champions and frequent International medalists ) and the Queen City Chorus (2004 Harmony Festival Chorus Champions). In their first regional competition, Cincinnati Sound Chorus was named Region 4 Chorus Champions and represented the area in the 2008 Sweet Adelines International Convention and Competition in Honolulu HI. Since its founding, the CSC has been consistently ranked as one of Sweet Adelines Region Four’s top three choruses. In the spring of 2010, CSC was awarded third place medals at the annual Region Four Convention and Competition in Covington KY.
CSC performs under the direction of Master Director Lynn Hartmuth who directed the Queen City Chorus, including their 2004 International Harmony Festival Championship performances. Much of CSC’s repertoire is arranged by CSC member Carolyn Healy. In addition to being a talented arranger and Certified Music Judge, she is the Music Category Specialist for Sweet Adelines International.

Cincinnati Sound Chorus rehearses each Monday at The Valley Temple, 145 Springfield Pike, Wyoming OH. New members are welcomed throughout the year. Any woman of average singing ability, with or without vocal training, will find a part that fits her voice range with the help of the chorus’ musical leaders and director(s). No prior choral experience is necessary – only a love of singing. Singing, performing and music education are only a portion of the benefits that members of Sweet Adelines International enjoy.

CSC performs at a number of venues across the year. In 2010, their fall show, “Cincinnati’s Got Talent,” will be held at the Wyoming Civic Center on November 13. For more than 15 years, chorus members have been featured at the Salvation Army’s Christmas Party, and at SummerFair. CSC is very proud to be a participant in the Harmony Festival, a musical performance and barbershop singing workshop for the area’s high school students. To learn more about the Cincinnati Sound Chorus, visit www.cincinnatisound.org .

Sweet Adelines International, created in 1945, is a singing organization of women whose purpose is to teach and perform the American folk art of a cappella, four-part harmony, barbershop style, and to encourage a universal appreciation of the traditions of that music through education and performance. More information on membership benefits is available on the Sweet


SOUTHERN GATEWAY CHORUS

The Western Hills Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society was organized in 1956. It boasts over 100 members. Southern Gateway Chorus (SGC) is the performing unit of the chapter. As a performing and competitive chorus, SGC has captured many championship titles.  Two of particular note were the 1973 and the 1992 International Gold Medal for being the top barbershop chorus.  SGC has captured more top five international medals than any other chorus.  Southern Gateway has also had the privilege to perform not only locally in its hometown of Cincinnati but also in New York’s Carnegie Hall, Pittsburg’s Heinz Hall, the Chicago Theater, and other venues throughout the U.S.  The chorus has had the honor of being a featured performer on “Keep America Singing,” a one-hour PBS special filmed in Music Hall and to have appeared in the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra’s live national television celebration “Fourth of July from the Heartland” produced at Riverbend.  

Within the chorus there are also a number of quartets and international gold medal quartet members. The Gateway Vocal Express (GVE) is an auditioned sub-group of the chorus.  Being larger than a quartet and smaller than the whole chorus provides a performance alternative for venues that cannot accommodate the full chorus contingent.  The chorus, GVE, and the chapter quartets are all available for bookings.

Southern Gateway is perhaps most proud of the fact that it’s doors are open to men from all walks of life.  If you can sing “Happy Birthday” then you should consider exploring SGC.  We’ll teach you all you need to know about singing in 4-part harmony.  

We should also mention that Southern Gateway is an avid supporter of vocal music for youth and extremely proud to be a major sponsor of the annual Greater Cincinnati Harmony Festival, a music camp for teen boys and girls.

Contact www.southerngateway.org or call 1-877-474-