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:
1) Tuesday Musical’s MainStage series features six concerts annually by nationally and internationally acclaimed musicians. Over the years we have presented Yo Yo Ma, Vladimir Horowitz, Imani Winds, Marilyn Horne, James Galway, Renee Fleming, Itzhak Perlman, Ann Hampton Callaway, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Bell, and many more. Most of these concerts take place at E. J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall in Akron, and feature Concert Conversations with the musicians that help to inform and engage our audiences.
2) FUZE series concerts, three each season, engage audiences in unexpectedly delightful ways, often in smaller venues throughout the community.
3) An antidote to workplace stress, our Decompression Chamber series, launched in mid-2017, brings free chamber music concerts to employees and clients at high-pressure sites throughout the city — hospitals, financial institutions, government offices, factories, social service agencies, and more.
Engaging our Community throughout NE Ohio
In tandem with our concerts, Tuesday Musical engages people of all ages and backgrounds within and beyond the concert hall by providing an array of free Education and Community Engagement Programs. More than 5,000 students and adults benefit from these programs every year.
· Every season, Tuesday Musical’s guest artists also teach, perform and inspire during multi-day visits to K-12 schools, universities, libraries, retirement communities, workplaces and more.
· Students across Northeast Ohio can attend all Tuesday Musical concerts and education programs at no cost to them, thanks to our Student Ticket Voucher Program. Parents and chaperones may purchase reduced-priced companion seats so they can sit with their children.
· Tuesday Musical covers the cost of bus transportation for schools and groups bringing more than 20 students to any concert or engagement activity.
· Brahms Allegro, Tuesday Musical’s junior music club, encourages young musicians to develop their skills, perform for their peers, and compete in regional competitions.
· Tuesday Musical’s Annual Scholarship Competition for college and university students majoring in music performance and/or music education is widely recognized as the best in Ohio. Since starting the competition in 1955, Tuesday Musical has awarded more than 550 scholarships ranging from $500 to $2,000. In 2019, 20 students won scholarships totaling more than $25,000.
· Tuesday Musical is part of the prestigious and powerful Kennedy Center Partners in Education Program. As a result, we provide free arts education workshops to help teachers increase the artistic literacy of their students.
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Enjoy "Sharon Isbin: Troubadour" tonight 9pm PBS Western Reserve #Akron WEAO-Fusion from American Public Television! Winner ASCAP TV Award! Available on DVD/Bluray:
http://www.sharonisbin.com/music.html Guests incl: Nashville Symphony, MN Orchestra, Joan Baez, Steve Vai, Michelle Obama, Mark O'Connor, #GRAMMYs & more!
Enjoyed every moment of a fabulous concert of Russian gems, last night, played by members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Wu Han, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Arnaud Sussmann, Matthew Lipman, and Nicholas Canellakis. Truly stunning performances by all, and many thanks to our Tuesday Musical Association for bringing such magnificent artists to Akron!!
OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC. TO HOST CALVIN H. THOMAS 4TH DISTRICT TALENT HUNT COMPETITION
The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. will host a Talent Hunt Competition during its 77TH Annual 4th District Conference on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn Hotel and Suites, 3180 W. Market Street, Akron, OH 44333 at 5:30 P.M. in Conrad Ballroom B. This event is free and open to the public. High school students representing the various cities throughout Ohio and West Virginia will perform in the areas of music: vocal and instrumental (classical, semi-classical, gospel and jazz), interpretive movement to music (ballet, modern dance and tap), speech (poetry, orations and monologues), and visual art (painting, drawing, sculptures and photography). These students have advanced from local competitions in order to qualify to participate in the state level of competition at the Calvin H. Thomas 4th District Talent Hunt Program. The winner of the District Talent Hunt will advance to the International Talent Hunt Demonstration in New Orleans, LA which will be held during the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 81st Grand Conclave on July 23, 2018.
Please spread the word to your family, friends, community/social organizations, and churches. We hope to see you there and thank you in advance.
For more information contact: Bro. Mark C. Shaw at
[email protected].
Congratulations on your recent arts and culture grant and thank you for bringing world-class performers to Akron!
Bringing the world's best classical music and musicians to Greater Akron and NE Ohio with concerts and education/community engagement programs.
