ASHLAND — Cleveland musical sensation Alla Boara joins the Ashland Symphony Orchestra for “La Musica d’Italia” on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Robert M. & Janet L. Archer Auditorium.
Alla Boara seeks to bring recognition and new life to Italy’s diverse history of regional folk music.
Their modern arrangements of near-extinct folk songs are variously surprising, playful, mournful, tender, and bewitching.
Alla Boara’s dynamic work aims to inspire audiences of all ethnic heritages to treasure their musical roots and consider historical songs’ contemporary cultural relevance.
The vision of drummer and composer Anthony Taddeo, Alla Boara also features vocalist Amanda Powell (Apollo’s Fire), guitarist Dan Bruce, trumpeter Tommy Lehman, bassist Ian Kinnaman, and accordionist and keyboardist Clay Colley.
Currently touring their first record, Le Tre Sorelle, Alla Boara has received critical acclaim for its originality and accessibility and was recently featured in NPR’s “Shuffle,” SWR2 in Germany, All About Jazz, Jazz Weekly, and was predicted to have a bright future by Cleveland Magazine.
This concert will feature world premieres of orchestral arrangements of several of Alla Boara’s songs.
The ASO will also perform overtures by Gioachino Rossini.
The ASO thanks soloist sponsor Grandpa’s Cheesebarn and Sweeties Chocolates; and music sponsors Tim and Anne Cowen and Whitcomb & Hess CPAs & Financial Advisors.
Season Sampler subscriptions are on sale for $70.20 adult and $62.10 senior age 65 and up.
Individual tickets are $26 adult and $23 seniors. Child and student tickets are free with the purchase of an adult or senior ticket, though they may be purchased for $5 each to benefit the Symphony.
Free tickets and discounts available for persons receiving EBT, SNAP, WIC, and Medicaid are available by phone or at the door.
For more information and tickets, please call 419-289-5115 or visit www.ashlandsymphony.org.
The ASO is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation and is proudly sponsored by Robert M. and Janet L. Archer, Samaritan Hospital Foundation, The Ohio Arts Council, and many local businesses and individuals.