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Wind Orchestra to perform ‘Setting the Standard: British Wind Band Music’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

 

 The Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra will perform “Setting the Standard: British Wind Band Music” in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m.

The Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Thomas Hunt, chair of the Department of Music, will perform the music of Percy Grainger, Gustav Holst, Philip Sparkes and Guy Woolfenden. The performance will feature a clarinet solo by Elizabeth Druesedow, a sophomore accounting major from Sharon Center, Ohio, and student conducting from Jeffrey Martin, a senior music education major from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Samantha Riedlinger, a senior music education major from Sycamore, Ohio.

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Ohio Northern University names Lehman its Robinson Young Alumni of the Yea

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Ohio Northern University has named Ronda K. Lehman, a 1998 graduate of ONU’s Raabe College of Pharmacy and current vice president of operations at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, as the 2012 recipient of the William L. Robinson Young Alumni of the Year Award.

Lehman was honored prior to Ohio Northern’s Homecoming football game on Oct. 6.

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Ohio Northern University to present ‘Reefer Madness’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 12, 2012

 

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Reefer Madness” in the Stambaugh Studio Theatre from Thursday, Oct. 18, to Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 20, and Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at 2 p.m.

Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence.

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ONU presents Mystic Drumz Oct. 20

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

 

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present Mystic Drumz on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 10 a.m.

Mystic Drumz is a unique, multimedia rhythm and sound program for children that specializes in world music and focuses on the environment. This hands-on interactive performance showcases eclectic international percussion instruments from around the world, linking geography to sounds, rhythms to science, and laughter to learning.

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Opera workshop Oct. 12 in Presser

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 8, 2012

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present an opera workshop, featuring ONU vocal majors, in Presser Hall’s Snyder Recital Hall on Friday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The opera workshop, under the direction of ONU adjunct voice instructor Micah Graber, will consist of scenes from various operas, including “Don Giovanni,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Suzannah, “La Traviata,” “The Magic Flute” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” The staged and costumed scenes will be accompanied by student pianist Chris Gray, a sophomore performance major from Hopedale, Ohio.

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October full of politics at Ohio Northern

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 8, 2012

Ohio Northern University will host a number of election-themed events throughout the month of October.

On Oct. 9, the ONU student chapters of the College Libertarians, College Republicans and College Democrats will hold a “Get Out the Vote” event in the McIntosh Activities Center beginning at 5:30 p.m. Each group will provide candidate information for interested students.

A student political debate will be held in the McIntosh Activities Room on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. Members of the ONU student chapters of the College Libertarians, College Republicans and College Democrats will discuss topics ranging from the economy to domestic policies.

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