Miami University Regionals Artist Series Announced
The Miami University Regionals Artist Series returns this year with an outstanding lineup of performances that includes classical guitar, bluegrass, folk, Americana and indie rock music at the Hamilton and Middletown campuses.
Tickets are available online at www.miamioh.edu/boxoffice or by calling (513) 529-3200. A service charge applies to online orders. Tickets may be purchased in person from the cashier's office in Johnston Hall at Miami Middletown.
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
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 University Hamilton is located at 1601 University Blvd.
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 2015 bluegrass Grammy Award winning band consists of Jerry Douglas; solo artist Shawn Camp on lead vocals and guitar; Nashville banjoist Charlie Cushman on banjo and guitars; songwriter, mandolin and fiddle master Johnny Warren; and Barry Bales on vocals and bass. The Earls of Leicester are the product of Douglas's passion for the music of bluegrass pioneers Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and their band the Foggy Mountain Boys, whose work in the '50s and '60s created the standard for contemporary bluegrass and transcended traditional genre barriers to popularize the music. The Earls of Leicester bring fresh energy to old classics, while maintaining the same emotional authenticity, instrumental expertise and vibrant creative spirit. Tim O'Brien is not currently touring with the band.
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.
The Troubadours 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.
Miami Middletown is located at 4200 N. University Blvd.