The Toledo Ballet and Toledo Symphony Orchestra today announced that Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz will play the role of Mother Ginger in this year’s 78th Annual Nutcracker on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 7 PM at the Stranahan Theater. Mayor Kapszukiewicz will replace The Andersons President & CEO, Pat Bowe, who has rescheduled his appearance
Toledo Symphony today announced that Owens Corning has committed to make a gift of $250,000 to support the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), the new collaboration between the Toledo Symphony and the Toledo Ballet. Owens Corning’s pledge, the first charitable gift for the soon-to-be merged organizations, will be made in two installments
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) and Toledo Ballet announced plans to merge the area’s oldest performing arts institutions forming the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). This year, the two organizations will work closer than ever before in Toledo Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker, its 78th
The Toledo SymphonyLab™ is an award-winning radio podcast series from WGTE Public Media that collaborates with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) to provide a weekly half hour behind-the-scenes look at the world of classical music. On October 25, 2018, the Toledo SymphonyLab™ was awarded the Touchstone Award in the broadcasting excellence
On Friday, November 16 and Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 8 PM at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Peristyle Theater, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) joins Toledo Symphony Youth Orchestra (TSYO) members on stage in a massive orchestra to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, paying tribute to the courageous men and women who
On Friday, October 19, 2018, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced that due to personal reasons, Queen Latifah’s performance with the TSO, originally scheduled for Saturday, November 10, 2018, has been rescheduled to Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 8 PM at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Peristyle Theater. Fifth Third Bank remains the title
On Thursday, October 11, 2018, the League of American Orchestras announced the 2018-2019 members of its Emerging Leaders Program. Rachel Zeithamel, Director of Education and Community Engagement for the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) was one of twelve selected from a national pool of applicants to participate in the field's premier initiative for
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 2 PM, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) kicks off its first Welltower Mozart in the Afternoon concert downtown at the Valentine Theatre. The TSO reunites with pianist Ran Dank to perform Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 composed in the wake of Soviet government censorship. The program also features Mozart’s famous
