Regionals Artist Series season tickets available
by Ruth Orth, Miami Middletown
Miami’s Regionals Artist Series kicks off its 2015-2016 season Friday, Sept. 25, when Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester at Miami Middletown's Dave Finkelman Auditorium.
Season tickets for the series are available now. Phone orders can be placed at 513-727-3412. For more information, email epsteihr@miamioh.edu.
Miami Hamilton season tickets are $92 for adults, $85 for seniors and Miami faculty and staff, and $60 for Miami students and children under 12. All shows are at 7:30 p.m. at Parrish Auditorium.
Sharon Isbin
Oct. 24, 2015
Sharon Isbin is a multiple Grammy Award winner whose extraordinary lyricism, ability and versatility has shaped her as “the preeminent guitarist of our time.” She has appeared as a soloist with over 170 orchestras and has given sold-out performances in New York’s Carnegie and Avery Fisher halls and many others.
Tickets for this performance are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors and Miami faculty and staff, and $20 for Miami students and children under 12.
Joe Pug/Heather Maloney
Nov. 14, 2015
Joe Pug has made a habit of defying expectations by being comfortable with stepping outside the "guy-with-a-guitar" trappings of the genre. Pug has performed many sold-out shows and has toured behind Messenger (2010) and The Great Despiser (2012). His new album “Windfall” was released on March 10, 2015.
Heather Maloney, working with Grammy-nominated producer Bill Reynolds (Band of Horses, Avett Brothers), crafted and delivered on an artistic vision to merge Maloney’s folk roots with indie rock called “Making Me Break.”
Tickets for this performance are $22 for adults, $20 for seniors and Miami faculty and staff, and $12 for Miami students and children under 12.
Sam Baker/Gretchen Peters
Feb. 27, 2016
Sam Baker turned inward to relearn the use of his body and brain after a Peruvian train bombing almost killed him in 1986. The road back was arduous, but it opened up new vistas in art, poetry and music. “Mercy” (2004) was the first of the trilogy released, followed by “Pretty World” (2007) and “Cotton” (2009).
Gretchen Peters' “Blackbirds” contains modern American roots music from Jerry Douglas, Jason Isbell, Jimmy LaFave, Will Kimbrough, Kim Richey, Suzy Bogguss and more.
Tickets for this performance are $25 for adults, $23 for seniors and Miami faculty and staff, and $16 for Miami students and children under 12.
The SteelDrivers
April 16, 2016
The SteelDrivers is a group of seasoned veterans that braids their bluegrass roots with new threads of their own design. This brings together country, soul and other contemporary influences. They have been invited to perform on numerous radio and TV shows including the “Grand Ole Opry,” NPR’s “Mountain Stage” and the “Conan O’Brien” show.
Tickets for this performance are $25 for adults, $23 for seniors and Miami faculty and staff, and $16 for Miami students and children under 12.
Miami Middletown season tickets are $120 for adults, $116 for seniors and Miami faculty and staff, and $92 for Miami students and children under 12. All shows are at 7:30 p.m. at Dave Finkelman Auditorium.
Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester
Sept. 25, 2015
“This is something I’ve been waiting my whole life to do,” veteran Dobro master Jerry Douglas says of The Earls of Leicester, the all-star dream team combo that he has assembled, organized and produced. They received a 2015 Grammy Award in bluegrass music.
Tickets for this performance are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors and Miami faculty and staff, and $20 for Miami students and children under 12
Arlo Guthrie’s 50th Anniversary Tour of Alice’s Restaurant
Oct. 14, 2015
Arlo Guthrie, legendary folk music icon, embarked on an 18-month North American tour Jan. 21, 2015, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the event that inspired the seminal song, “Alice's Restaurant Massacree.” A musical monologue running more than 18 minutes, "Alice's Restaurant" has become a Thanksgiving holiday anthem to families across the globe, and it all originates from Guthrie's experience on Thanksgiving in 1965.
All seats for this performance are $38.
Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins and Anais Mitchell
March 18, 2016
Grammy Award winner Patty Griffin joins forces with Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) and Anais Mitchell in a celebration of American songwriting and performance. More than just a three-act show, this special “singers-in-the-round” style show features all three artists on stage together, sharing songs and accompanying each other for the entire evening.
All seats for this performance are $35.
Southern Troubadours in the Round - Paul Thorn, Ruthie Foster and Joe Ely
April 9, 2016
Grammy Award winner Joe Ely joins Grammy nominee and fellow Texan Ruthie Foster and Mississippi Raconteur Paul Thorn, all Americana chart-toppers, in a night of southern tale-telling in the round.
Tickets for this performance are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors and Miami faculty and staff, and $20 for Miami students and children under 12.
