Elec Simon

CANTON, OHIO (September 10, 2015) – The Canton Symphony Orchestra's free ConverZations lecture series begins its new season on Monday September 21 at 12:00p.m. as Elec Simon presents “Percussion as Tools for Healing”.  ConverZations are free public discussions featuring a variety of musicians and music-lovers alike. The series, sponsored by T. K. and Faye A. Heston, takes place at noon on the second Monday of every month from October 2015 to April 2016 in the Zimmermann Symphony Center (The Z), 2331 17th St. NW, Canton.  The September kickoff lecture is on the third Monday of September.

In a first-of-its-kind production for one of Cleveland's most innovative dance companies, the Dancing Wheels Company will join forces with Elec Simon, world percussionist from the famous Off-Broadway show STOMP, to present "Rhythm & Wheels: Around the World." Starting at 8:00 p.m. on April 25, 2015, the magnificent stage at the Masonic Auditorium will ignite with fiery musicians including the Dancing Wheels Company members, who will join in on the rhythms created by this masterful drummer.

Setting the stage for a spectacular 34th season, the Dancing Wheels Company has created a subscription initiative that will showcase the diversity and expressiveness of the Company.

McKinley High School alum, Matt Corey, has travelled to more than 300 college campuses nationwide and several countries with his saxophone. He returns to his hometown tonight, April 12 for a Pops concert with the Canton Symphony Orchestra.

McKinley High School alum, Matt Corey, has travelled to more than 300 college campuses nationwide and several countries with his saxophone. He returns to his hometown April 12 for a Pops concert with the Canton Symphony Orchestra.

Single concert tickets are now on sale for the upcoming Canton Symphony Orchestra season. The jam-packed season promises to be fun, exciting and surprising once again, with concerts that feature a Brooklyn-based viral video sensation, a banjo player, a multi-media show of NASA photographs of the planet rovers / satellites, an all-Scottish concert, and the return of world-renown pianist André Watts.

If you've ever drummed on your steering wheel to a song on the radio, or absentmindedly tapped your pencil on your desk, creating your own rhythmic accompaniment, then you've already grasped the concept at the heart of STOMP. Over the course of an hour and a half, a group of performers demonstrate how you can make music with just about anything, and in doing so, create a genuinely joyful noise. It's akin to taking the guy in office with the annoying habit of beating on things, and elevating what he does to high art; and it works like a charm. A lively and energetic group of performers are currently appearing on stage at the Fox Theatre for a three-day engagement of STOMP (March 25-27, 2011), and it's a very entertaining show fit for the whole family.

Off-Broadway Hit plays the Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre through March 28.