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CONCERT HALL SERIES - SPRING 2025
The United States Army Field Band & Soldiers' Chorus
at The Akron Civic Theatre
All Grades are welcome!
Performances are Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 9:45 am and 12:30 pm
and Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 9:45 am
Known as “The Musical Ambassadors of the Army,” the members of the U.S. Army Field Band are selected by highly competitive audition and represent some of the nation’s finest musical talent. The organization’s largest ensembles, the 60-member Concert Band and 29-member Soldiers’ Chorus, perform regularly in famous concert halls and small community auditoriums, with free programs that include orchestral masterworks, operatic arias, Broadway musicals, jazz classics, original works for winds and chorus, timeless patriotic favorites and more.
For more information, please visit: www.armyfieldband.com
Cost: FREE!
Please call our office at 330-972-2504 for more information.
Offering Free In-School Performances in a Variety of Disciplines
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News
CHILDREN’S CONCERT SOCIETY ANNOUNCES SCHOLASTIC COMPOSERS CONTEST WINNERS
On Wednesday April 24, 2024, first-place winners of the 71st Scholastic Composers Contest performed their winning compositions in front of family, friends, and piano teachers at Akron Woman’s City Club (732 W. Exchange St., Akron, OH). The 13 winning compositions were judged by the Composition and Theory Department at The University of Akron. The contest was created seventy-one years ago at the suggestion of the late Mr. Ralph Gillman, former Director of Music Education for Akron Public Schools. Under the sponsorship of Children’s Concert Society, the contest encourages all students, K-12 in Summit County and the surrounding area, to participate in musical composition. There is no cost to enter. Scholarships are awarded to all first-place compositions. This year, 10th grader, Evan Dan was selected as the overall winner and received “The Ralph Gillman” Award.
WINNERS:
Victor Feng, Kindergarten, Arrowhead Primary School, Copley
Niko Moeller, 1st grade, Home School
Charlotte Forcella, 2nd grade, Dorothy Lewis Elementary School, Solon
Simone Sauriol, 2nd grade, Echo Hills Elementary School, Stow
Ryan Luo, 3rd grade, Richfield Elementary School, Revere
Huckleberry Henderson, 4th grade, Home School
Grayson Peters, 5th grade, The Lippman School, Akron
Patricia Sands, 6th grade, Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Akron
Lillian Johnson, 7th grade, Copley-Fairlawn Middle School, Copley-Fairlawn
Emma Rambler, 8th grade, Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Akron
Benjamin Shannon, 8th grade, Holy Family School, Stow
Evan Dan, 10th grade, Solon High School, Solon
Varun Rodrigues, 10th grade, Medina High School, Medina
On Wednesday April 24, 2024, first-place winners of the 71st Scholastic Composers Contest performed their winning compositions in front of family, friends, and piano teachers at Akron Woman’s City Club (732 W. Exchange St., Akron, OH). The 13 winning compositions were judged by the Composition and Theory Department at The University of Akron. The contest was created seventy-one years ago at the suggestion of the late Mr. Ralph Gillman, former Director of Music Education for Akron Public Schools. Under the sponsorship of Children’s Concert Society, the contest encourages all students, K-12 in Summit County and the surrounding area, to participate in musical composition. There is no cost to enter. Scholarships are awarded to all first-place compositions. This year, 10th grader, Evan Dan was selected as the overall winner and received “The Ralph Gillman” Award.
WINNERS:
Victor Feng, Kindergarten, Arrowhead Primary School, Copley
Niko Moeller, 1st grade, Home School
Charlotte Forcella, 2nd grade, Dorothy Lewis Elementary School, Solon
Simone Sauriol, 2nd grade, Echo Hills Elementary School, Stow
Ryan Luo, 3rd grade, Richfield Elementary School, Revere
Huckleberry Henderson, 4th grade, Home School
Grayson Peters, 5th grade, The Lippman School, Akron
Patricia Sands, 6th grade, Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Akron
Lillian Johnson, 7th grade, Copley-Fairlawn Middle School, Copley-Fairlawn
Emma Rambler, 8th grade, Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Akron
Benjamin Shannon, 8th grade, Holy Family School, Stow
Evan Dan, 10th grade, Solon High School, Solon
Varun Rodrigues, 10th grade, Medina High School, Medina
Live Stream Wednesday April 26, 2023
COME JOIN US!! Children’s Concert Society is excited to present the 2023 Premiere Performance of the winners of the Scholastic Composers Contest....
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COME JOIN US!! Children’s Concert Society is excited to present the 2023 Premiere Performance of the winners of the Scholastic Composers Contest....
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2020/2021 Scholastic Composers Contest First-Place Winners
Mar 29, 2021
GIANNA LURTZ—Heritage Classical Academy—Grade 4 LILLIAN JOHNSON—Herberich Primary—Grade 4 COLIN BROHOLM—Old Trail—Grade 7 VARUN RODRIGUES—Claggett...
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Mar 29, 2021
GIANNA LURTZ—Heritage Classical Academy—Grade 4 LILLIAN JOHNSON—Herberich Primary—Grade 4 COLIN BROHOLM—Old Trail—Grade 7 VARUN RODRIGUES—Claggett...
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Scholastic Composers Contest Deadline Extended to Feb. 19
Jan 27, 2021
Children's Concert Society will still be holding their annual Scholastic Composers Contest this year and would like to encourage your composers to...
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Jan 27, 2021
Children's Concert Society will still be holding their annual Scholastic Composers Contest this year and would like to encourage your composers to...
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Virtual In-School Concert Series
Jul 22, 2020
IN-SCHOOL CONCERT SERIES Due to the on-going pandemic, this school year Children’s Concert Society is offering our programs online. Our...
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Jul 22, 2020
IN-SCHOOL CONCERT SERIES Due to the on-going pandemic, this school year Children’s Concert Society is offering our programs online. Our...
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Generous Support Include
This project was supported [in part] by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from
the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
