Upcoming events
Nathan Gunn & Friends featuring the JAM Orchestra
Join Nathan Gunn & Friends featuring the JAM Orchestra singing songs about the Midwest on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 7:30 pm at the Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston, IL
CARNAVAL! Lyric Theatre @ Illinois
Carnaval! celebrates the end of the holiday season before the introspection of Lent begins, culminating in Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday.” This season, Lyric Theatre @ Illinois will mark the occasion with music and dance from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean—from opera and zarzuela to bossa nova, musical theatre, jazz, and more. Patrons are invited to bring Mardi Gras masks, dress up, and have some refreshments while enjoying a variety of festivities in the Lobby beginning at 6pm. At 7:30, all will head to the Great Hall for an unforgettable concert. Carnaval! is a dazzling, lively event that will be fun for the whole family!
Sax & Serenade Duo @ The Zanesville Art Museum
The Sax & Serenade Duo will perform at the Zanesville Art Museum a free and open to the public recital of works for voice & tenor saxophone.
Lyric Theatre Under the Stars
Lyric Theatre @ Illinois invites you to spend an evening Under the Stars in the beautiful Sunken Garden at Allerton Park & Retreat Center listening to a selection of songs, arias, and choruses from the world’s most beloved operas and musical theatre works. Eat and drink with family, friends, and neighbors as the orchestra and singers transport you across time with magical renditions of cherished classics. Patrons may reserve seats at a table for $40 per seat; general admission tickets (lawn seating) are available for $10; a cash bar will also be available. Under the Stars is a one-of-a-kind event that is sure to delight all audiences.
Lyric Theatre Under the Stars
Lyric Theatre @ Illinois invites you to spend an evening Under the Stars in the beautiful Sunken Garden at Allerton Park & Retreat Center listening to a selection of songs, arias, and choruses from the world’s most beloved operas and musical theatre works. Eat and drink with family, friends, and neighbors as the orchestra and singers transport you across time with magical renditions of cherished classics. Patrons may reserve seats at a table for $40 per seat; general admission tickets (lawn seating) are available for $10; a cash bar will also be available. Under the Stars is a one-of-a-kind event that is sure to delight all audiences.
Lyric Theatre Under the Stars
Lyric Theatre @ Illinois invites you to spend an evening Under the Stars in the beautiful Sunken Garden at Allerton Park & Retreat Center listening to a selection of songs, arias, and choruses from the world’s most beloved operas and musical theatre works. Eat and drink with family, friends, and neighbors as the orchestra and singers transport you across time with magical renditions of cherished classics. Patrons may reserve seats at a table for $40 per seat; general admission tickets (lawn seating) are available for $10; a cash bar will also be available. Under the Stars is a one-of-a-kind event that is sure to delight all audiences.
Brooks Jazz Combo
The Brooks Jazz Combo will be performing at a private event in Cincinnati, OH.
The Ohio State Show Band - 47th annual jazz festival
Dr. Lara Brooks is the featured guest artist with The Ohio State Show Band for the 47th Annual Ohio State Jazz Festival. The concert will feature songs by Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, Carole King and more!
The Ohio State Show Band is a contemporary music ensemble that performs tour-quality shows with musical styles from R&B, gospel, and pop to neo-soul, contemporary Christian and fusion, while incorporating vocalists, automated lighting, production sequences, dance, video sync and the latest computer-based production software directed by Dr. Shawn “Thunder” Wallace.
Estill Voice Training. Hybrid Level 2 Course
Estill Voice Training Level 2: Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities™ is for anyone who has completed Level 1 (Hybrid or Standard) and would like to take their skills further. This course is ideal for singers, actors, vocal coaches, drama instructors, speech-language pathologists, and other vocal health professionals. Level 2 builds on the knowledge and skills from Level 1 by asking participants to combine different Figure options into"recipes” for six basic voice qualities - Speech, Falsetto, Twang, Sob, Opera, and Belt. Level 2 gives you a better understanding of the human voice’s limitless possibilities, along with how to keep it vibrant and healthy. This live course includes:
Level 2 Workbook™, supporting handouts
Introduction to Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities™
Vocal exercises for range, strength, clarity, and stamina
Large and small group learning and discussions
Masterclass/open coaching sessions for repertoire or case studies
Sax & Serenade - Drs. Lara & Robert Brooks Faculty Recital
Join Dr. Lara & Dr. Robert Brooks as they present a joint faculty recital. Featuring music from jazz, musical theatre, to art song canon! At the Timashev Recital Hall on The Ohio State Campus.
Estill Voice Training Hybrid Level 1 Course
Hybrid Level 1 Course contains two components: 1) the self-directed Foundations of Estill Voice Training® in the Estill Voice Online Academy and 2) the live online Figures for Voice™ led by Estill Voice Hybrid Level 1 teaches the Craft of speaking and singing. This course is for anyone who would like to improve their singing or speaking voice—singers, actors, vocal coaches, drama instructors, speech-language pathologists, and other vocal health professionals. By the end of this course, you should be able to:
Describe the Estill Figures for Voice that span power, source and filter in voice production;
Explain the anatomy & physiology that underlying production of the EVT Figures;
Integrate Voice Qualities into drama, music, or voice therapy applications;
Assess the implementation of Voice Qualities by actors, singers, or patients;
Record and analyze samples of Voice Qualities using state-of-the-art voice technology.
Clinician, Jazz Education Network Conference NOLA 2024
Clinician at the Jazz Education Conference 2024 in New Orleans, LA on “Utilizing Estill Voice Training for Healthy Vocal Jazz Pedagogy”.
Vanhemert Jazz tour
Jordan VanHemert Sextet Tour in Mardid, Spain
The Sextet will be performing in various jazz clubs through Madrid, Spain December 10th-15th.
World Premiere at XIX World Saxophone Congress 2023
The Sax & Serenade Duo will be performing the world premiere of “I Shall Be Coming Back To You” written by Griffin Candey for Drs. Robert and Lara Brooks at the XIX World Saxophone Congress.
Annual Music Celebration Concert
Our long-time favorite extravaganza returns! A fast-paced, collage-style performance that showcases a variety of student ensembles and musical styles. This concert is a traditional sell-out. Obtaining tickets in advance is recommended.
Ticket Prices
General Public: $20
All children/students/Senior Citizens/Ohio State Faculty and Staff/Alumni Association Members: $10
Tickets for this Reserved Seat event can be purchased:
Online at https://go.osu.edu/celebration2023
In person at the Wexner Center for the Arts (1871 North High Street)
By phone: 614-292-3535
Note that service fees apply when ordering online or over the phone.
ragtime-the musical
At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing… and anything is possible. Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together – that of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician – united by their courage, compassion and belief in the promise of the future. Together, this Tony Award-winning show confronts history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America.
Faculty Collage Concert
Dr. Lara Brooks, Voice & Prof. Eric Gibson, Piano perform in The Ohio State University School of Music Faculty Collage Concert.
Presenter, Estill in the University Classroom, 11th Estill World Voice Symposium
Presenting Estill in the University Classroom with Sarah Wigley and Yvonne Gonzales-Redman at The MuTh – Concert Hall of the Vienna Boys Choir for the 11th Estill World Voice Symposium.
Sax & Serenade - Columbus Arts Festival CCT Performance
Join Sax & Serenade Duo, Dr. Lara Brooks (Voice), Dr. Robert Brooks (Saxophone) and Ethan Galbraith (Piano) at the CCT Booth at the Columbus Arts Festival! Hear jazz and musical theatre standards.
Columbus Arts Festival CCT Performance
🎵 Join us at the Columbus Arts Festival for an unforgettable performance that will set the stage on fire! 🎶 Get ready to be swept away by the mesmerizing melodies and soul-stirring songs from our upcoming season. 🎉 Join David, Hunter, Sadiyah, and Lara on the Dance and Theatre Stage at Genoa Park on Saturday, June 10 at 12:30 PM. See you there!
School of Rock
Rosalie Mullins, School of Rock, CCT, The Lincoln Theatre, Columbus, Ohio
Jazz Education Network Conference
Vocalist with The Ohio State University Jazz Ensemble
The Happy Elf
A new musical comedy by the Grammy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated composer and lyricist, Harry Connick, Jr.'s The Happy Elf tells the tale of Eubie the Elf, a lovable fellow who wants to spread Christmas joy throughout the town of Bluesville. Hoping to introduce a new generation of children to the joys of jazz, Connick has crafted a musical landscape against which Eubie's story unfolds.
The Happy Elf follows Eubie, the happiest elf at the North Pole. More than anything else, Eubie longs to be a part of Santa's sleigh team. Instead, he's stuck checking the naughty-or-nice lists. Then, one Christmas Eve, he sees something strange: in the whole town of Bluesville, not a single person has been nice. With a pinch of elfish magic and a magical whoosh, Eubie's off to Bluesville. But can he turn a whole town of naughty children nice in just one day?
Families will love this festive tale of overcoming adversity, friendship, the power of positivity and believing in yourself! The Happy Elf is destined to become a holiday classic.
Newsies
With a book by Harvey Fierstein, music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Jack Feldman, Newsies adapts the 1992 Disney film into a full-scale musical, offering non-stop thrills and a timeless message of fighting for what's right. Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies tells the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged "newsies." When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys' expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions.
American Music at The Mozarthaus, Vienna, Austria
A concert of American art song, musical theatre and jazz feature Dr. Lara Brooks, Dr. Robert Brooks on saxophone, and Szymon Ogryzek on piano at the Mozarthaus in Vienna.