akron symphony orchestra

The Akron Symphony Guild presented its Crescendo! Fashion Forward dinner and style show Thursday evening at the Fairlawn Country Club.

The event was a benefit for the Akron Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the Youth Orchestras. More than 200 guests enjoyed a runway show as well as dinner and a chance to win prizes.

What do Akron's abolitionist history and the music of the Beatles have in common? The Akron Symphony Orchestra will make both come alive with new programming in its 2009-2010 season.

A uniquely Akron-centric concert Oct. 17 at E.J. Thomas Hall will center on the world premiere of The Passion of John Brown, by Akron composer Jesse Ayers.

Fanfare 2009, Simply Sinatra, brought Las Vegas singer Steve Lippia to join Maestro Christopher Wilkins and the Akron Symphony Orchestra onstage at the Akron Civic Theatre Saturday evening.