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A historic organ concert features the restored 1895 "Farrand & Votey pipe organ at the landmark Calvary United Methodist Church in Allegheny West. Brian Burns and David Bridge will perform favorites from classical to contemporary, including Bach and Pachelbel.  Sunday, August 6 at 4:30 pm The setting is the restored Tiffany sanctuary where guests are surrounded by Tiffany stained glass masterpieces at a time when the afternoon light shows off their magnificence. A free-will offering at intermission will help to support the Calvary Choir on their journey to perform the Messiah at Carnegie Hall in New York City this November over Thanksgiving weekend There will also be a reception for all in the Chapel following the concert Brian Burns is Calvary's music director and conductor for Messiah at the church, which will host its 11th annual concerts on December 16 and 17. David Bridge is organist for those concerts which features a chamber orchestra and the Calvary Festi...

Pittsburgh Opera will be hosting its eagerly-anticipated annual piano sale at its headquarters the Bitz Opera Factory, at 2425 Liberty Ave. in the Strip District from Thursday, August 24th through Sunday, August 27th. Over 100 pianos will be available. Patrons wishing to attend the sale must make an appointment by either calling 412-454-5555 or registering online at pittsburghoperapiano.com. Every year, Pittsburgh Opera receives a free loan of new pianos from Solich Piano – Yamaha’s Dealer of the Year - for rehearsal, coaching, and performance needs. To support this ongoing loan program, these and other fine pianos are offered for sale after each season. All pianos are sold at institutional prices not normally available in retail stores. In addition to the gently-used pianos which have been loaned to Pittsburgh Opera, the sale will include a wide range of brand-new Yamaha grands, uprights, digitals, hybrids, and Disklavier player pianos, as well as other used pianos being sold at...

  The time is the 1920s and women have just secured the right to vote, are enjoying new found independence and some are even entering the work force. One such woman, Catherine Donohue, is a wife and mother of two living with her hard working husband, Tom, in a Chicago suburb.     Intent on augmenting the family income, Catherine (Samantha Hawk) pleads her case to Tom (Michael Church) for starting a job at the Radiant Dial Company. Steadfast in her aspiration, she begins work full of enthusiasm, making 8 cents for every watch whose hands she paints with radium to make them glow in the dark.     Some individuals at the time promoted radium as a cure all for all sorts of ailments, from arthritis to high blood pressure and dyspepsia. With little thought for the health implications of her job and aware of the consensus regarding radium at the time, Catherine joins others at the plant treating radium as if it was some harmless substance not worth thinking ab...

  FOUR CHORD MUSIC FESTIVAL 9 IS 2 WEEKS AWAY!  Get your tickets now for Four Chord Music Festival on Aug 12-13 in Washington, PA!  FOUR CHORD MUSIC FEST WEBSITE   Four Chord Music Festival 9 featuring Yellowcard, Taking Back Sunday, The Gaslight Anthem, The Interrupters, Alkaline Trio, Streetlight Manifesto & more!     Wild Things Park (Washington, PA)   This event is all ages Buy Tickets Just when you thought this weekend couldn't get bigger and better..... Get fee-free tickets for the festival at the kickoff show!   Four C hord Kick Off Show featuring Real Friends, The Home Team, Hit The Lights, Keep Flying, Northbound, and The Great Heights Band     Preserving Concerts (New Kensington, PA)   This event is all ages Buy Tickets Four Chord Official Spotify Playlist Get exclusive festival merch brought to you by Revival Print Co.! *All merch is only available at both days of Four Chord Music Festival 9 on 8.12 & 8.13. View D...

Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along: Opens on August 18th Scroll to see a photo from our first rehearsal! Buy Tickets

     Company of Once on This Island Credit: kgtunney Photography      The steel drum ensemble sounding out joyfully from the second-floor landing of the Benedum Center on opening night of the CLO’s Once on This Island is a nice introductory touch, a prescient nod to the exciting evening of entertainment yet to come.     Amazing audiences since 1990 and earning a 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, this coming-of-age tale is a tropical feast for the eyes and ears. With themes similar to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet , Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid and maybe even a bit of West Side Story , this romantic narrative is based on a 1985 novel by Rosa Guy titled “My Love, My Love, or The Peasant Girl.”     You’d probably never encountered such an unlikely ending for a fairy tale as you get in Once Upon an Island that takes a novel twist on the old standby “and they lived happily ever after.” Let’s ...

  Join Me for An Evening Under the Stars Friends, I have gathered Pittsburgh’s finest opera singers and some of my former PFO young artists for an incredible concert.  Join me for an evening of the most beloved operatic arias and favorite Broadway tunes. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind magical summer evening. I hope I see you there! August 16, 2023  |  7 pm Schenley Plaza Tent, Oakland Featuring : Anna Singer Danielle Pastin Megan Cumming John Pickle Colin Aikins Sebastian Catana Brian Kontes Mark Trawka …and me! TICKETING OPTIONS $50 General Admission $100 VIP: includes concert and post-performance reception with cash bar at The Porch at Schenley PURCHASE TICKETS Follow us: