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Oct. 3 jazz concert in Presser Hall

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Thursday, September 29, 2016

The jazz group Parker and Parker Quartet will perform a concert at 8 p.m. on Oct. 3 in Presser Hall’s Snyder Recital Hall at Ohio Northern University. The concert, which is presented by the ONU Department of Music, is free and open to the public.

The Parker and Parker Quartet features father Gene Parker on reeds and son Ray Parker on bass. Gene Parker is a fixture in northwestern Ohio and Detroit, and Ray Parker is one of the leading bass players in New York City. The group also will include the young and talented Canadian drummer Jon Foster from Toronto and guitarist Mike Gabriel from Detroit.

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The Bird Machine in Chicago comes to ONU

Thursday workshop and meeting with art and design students
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Renowned artist Jay Ryan of The Bird Machine in Chicago will be at Ohio Northern working with printmaking students on Thursday, according to the ONU Department of Art and Design Facebook page.

He will also conduct a workshop and discuss his work while on campus.

Ryan learned about screenprinting from Steve Walters at Screwball Press in late 1995, where they worked together until 1999, at which point he started The Bird Machine print shop in the basement of his apartment building.

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All Weather Gang show their art in Elzay Gallery

Artist reception Wedneday at 4 p.m.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 23, 2016

A gallery reception for artists in the current exhibit at Elzay Gallery, ONU, takes place at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28. The show features works by The All Weather Gang, painters of western New York.

William Mancuso of the ONU art faculty describe the artists this way:

"The All Weather Gang is a group of diverse individuals – think aerospace
engineer and English teacher to graphic designer and owner of a construction company – from Western New York State who have met almost every Saturday for decades to go outdoors and paint in weather that at times would give even the U.S. Postal Service reason to reconsider.

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ONU to presented Greek comedy ‘Lysistrata’ at Freed Center

A comic tale with serious political implications
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 23, 2016

The Ohio Northern University Department of Theatre Arts will present the Greek comedy “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes from Sept. 29 through Oct. 2 in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 29, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, with matinee performances at 2 p.m. on Oct. 1 and Oct. 2.

The play pushes boundaries at every turn of the plot and speaks truths to the audience.

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Tosca Duo to present clarinet recital at Sept. 26

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, September 21, 2016

The clarinet duo Tosca Duo will present a recital at 8 p.m. on Sept. 26 in the Snyder Recital Hall in Presser Hall on the campus of Ohio Northern University in Ada. The concert is presented by the ONU Department of Music.

Tosca Duo was founded in 2007 and consists of Lynn Musco, currently in her 28th year as professor of clarinet and coordinator of woodwind studies at Stetson University in Florida, and Shawn L. Copeland, who joined the faculty of the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho in 2014 as the teacher of clarinet, Alexander technique and entrepreneurship.

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ONU student Julya Faulkner earns inspiration award for her life of impact

She used adversity she faced to make impact on others
Posted by Staff on Thursday, September 15, 2016

Ohio Northern University graduate student Julya Faulkner, BSBA ’16, has used the adversity she has faced to make an impact on others. Accordingly, she recently received the Beta Alpha Psi Medal of Inspiration Award.

Beta Alpha Psi is an international honor organization for accounting, finance and information systems students. The Medal of Inspiration recognizes students who have overcome hardships to achieve a high level of success and is sponsored by the American Institute of Public Accountants (AICPA). The award includes a $5,000 stipend.

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