Patron Information Late Arrival Seating Policy Accessible Seating For the consideration of other patrons, we will Accessible seating for people with wheelchairs not seat anyone in his/her regular seat while a is available on all levels of the Schuster Center. performance is in progress. Latecomers will be Reservations should be made with Ticket Center seated in Latecomer Seating at the back of the Stage when ordering tickets. Orchestra Level until there is an appropriate break in the performance. Latecomers and TTY/TTD Service patrons leaving their seats during a performance For TTY/TTD Service, please use the Ohio Relay for any reason will be seated on a seat-available Service at (800) 750-0750. If you have any other basis. For those patrons who cannot be special needs for future performances, please immediately accommodated, television viewing call the box office at (937) 228-3630. of the performance is available in the lobby of the Schuster Center. Ticket Exchanges Subscribers who are unable to attend a concert Children’s Seating Policy may exchange their tickets for another regular Only children who are mature enough to sit series concert. Any difference in price must be quietly during a concert, without disturbing their paid. Exchange these tickets in person, by mail, neighbors, should attend DPO Masterworks, or by calling the Ticket Center Stage box office Recital, and SuperPops series concerts. For at (937) 228-3630. parents looking for a way to introduce younger children to music, our Family Series concerts Tax Credit for Donated Tickets are the perfect opportunity. They are programs If you are unable to use your tickets, please designed specifically with children in mind, donate them to the Dayton Philharmonic each one lasting about one hour. Orchestra for resale by calling the Ticket Center Stage box office at (937) 228-3630 up Cameras and Recording Devices to the day prior to the performance. You will Cameras and recording devices are strictly be mailed a receipt for the full value of your prohibited at all Dayton Philharmonic tickets. This donation is deductible to the extent Orchestra concerts. allowed by law. Electronic Devices Lost Ticket and Refund Policy We ask that all electronic devices with alarms Call or visit the Ticket Center Stage box office or ringers (pagers, cellular phones, watches, and your lost tickets can be easily replaced. No etc.) be turned off during performances. refunds will be offered on tickets. All ticket sales are final upon receipt of payment. Box Office Location/Hours The Ticket Center Stage box office is located in Web Site the Wintergarden atrium of the Benjamin and www.daytonperformingarts.org Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center and in the lobby of the Victoria Theatre. Ticket Center Stage Telephone: (937) 228-3630 Toll free: (888) 228-3630 Fax: (937) 449-2400 Monday–Friday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday: Noon–4 p.m. Also, open two hours before all evening performances. Ticket Center Stage (mailing address) 138 North Main Street Dayton, Ohio 45402-1776 Neal Gittleman Artistic Director & Conductor, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra “Your bio’s dull!” That’s what my wife Bruce: After the warm-up routine I listen said after reading the same write-up in 20 to Bruce Springsteen on my iPhone while years of DPO program books. So I agreed I change into my concert clothes. I’m a to create a “less dull” bio going forward. late convert to The Boss, but got hooked Here’s “Volume 5”, a look at my concert- when my buddy Mr. Phil (a.k.a. “Front-Row day routine. Guy”) took me to see a concert. I was blown away by the energy and excitement of a Music Review: Concert prep is all about live Springsteen show, so I use playlists of being calm and focused when I step onstage. his concerts to get me pumped up during So every concert day begins with score that last half-hour before concert time. We study. I should know the music cold at the do lots of performances. But fortunately, first rehearsal, but I still review every piece live.brucespringsteen.net has lots of concerts before every concert. I sit in a chair with my available for download. I work my way scores and go through the music. Sometimes through one playlist and then buy another. it’s just a quick review, sometimes a detailed, bar-by-bar examination, depending on how T’ai Chi: Once I’m dressed it’s about 10 hard the music is. minutes before the concert—the perfect time for worries and nerves to creep in. I fight that Food: Conducting is physically demanding, by doing t’ai chi. It’s the perfect way to stay so I eat the same way many athletes do loose, focused, and energized in those final on game day: a high-protein meal four moments before going onstage. Although to five hours before showtime, and then I could do it in the quiet of my dressing nothing else. The meal (which I call “linner” room, I prefer the hubbub of backstage, because it comes between lunch time and with musicians warming up and stagehands dinner time) gives me plenty of energy. The running through their preshow checklists. lead time guarantees no stomach rumbles during the concert. An apple at intermission Superstitions: Like most performers and makes sure my energy doesn’t sag in the athletes, I have superstitions—things I do second half. or don’t do, routines I follow, items I take with me onstage. And those are gonna stay Nap: After linner comes a power nap—20, secret. After all, revealing them could undo 40, or 60 minutes, depending on how I’m their mojo! But I will tell you about one feeling. I like to use the Pzizz app. It plays superstition. It concerns words I often hear music and environmental sounds along before going onstage: “Good luck!” That with a soft voice offering periodic hints and phrase is actually considered bad luck, so suggestions, and then it gently wakes me up the only safe response is silence! and I’m ready to go. Warm-Up: I usually get to the Schuster Center 90 minutes before showtime so I can warm up my shoulder. Since my rotator To read my “boring bio,” go to cuff surgery three years ago I always do a http://www.parkerartists.com/Neal-Gittleman.html weights-bands-and-balls routine to make sure my shoulder is stretched out and ready for a musical workout. Artistic Underwriters The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance wishes to thank the following for their annual general operating support: Culture Works Performances of Dayton Ballet, Dayton Opera and Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra are made possible in part by Culture Works, which raises funds through workplace giving. Culture Works also supports many other arts and cultural organizations throughout the Miami Valley. Virginia W. Kettering Foundation The Virginia W. Kettering Foundation provides support that is vitally important to both the overall DPAA organization and the continuation of artistic productions that enrich lives. Its primary areas of community support include Arts, Culture and Humanities, Education, Environment, Health/Medical, and Human Services. Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District The Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District is a special-purpose unit of government created under Ohio law to provide support to arts and cultural organizations and individual artists within Montgomery County, Ohio. The District currently receives $1 million annually in county sales tax revenue that is dedicated to supporting the arts and cultural heritage of Montgomery County. Ohio Arts Council The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The Ohio Arts Council receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. Miriam Rosenthal Foundation for the Arts The Miriam Rosenthal Foundation for the Arts, established to honor Miriam Rosenthal, a tireless advocate for the arts in Dayton, has enriched the region’s cultural offerings for 50 years. The Foundation continues to accept contributions that will enable it to secure a financial future for all of the arts in our community. Harry A. Toulmin Jr. and Virginia B. Toulmin Fund of The Dayton Foundation The Harry A. Toulmin and Virginia B. Toulmin Fund of The Dayton Foundation has been a generous supporter of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance since its inception. Virginia B. Toulmin was a former businesswoman and the widow of international patent attorney Harry A. Toulmin, Jr. Her father-in- law, Harry Aubrey Toulmin, Sr., was the famed Springfield attorney who secured and defended the Wright Brothers’ patent for their flying machine. Dayton Performing Arts Alliance 2019–2020 Education Schedule Student Night at the Dress Rehearsal Schuster Center November 13, 2019 7:00 pm La Bohème Dayton Opera Family Concert Series Schuster Center October 20, 2019 3:00 pm PhilharMonster Halloween Concert DPO – Neal Gittleman, Conductor December 15, 2019 2:30 pm The Nutcracker Dayton Ballet – Neal Gittleman, Conductor March 1, 2020 3:00 pm Cinderella (La Cenerentola) Dayton Opera March 8, 2020 3:00 pm Musical World of Harry Potter DPYO – Patrick Reynolds, Conductor Sensory-Friendly Performance Schuster Center December 20, 2019 2:00 pm The Nutcracker Dayton Ballet Homeschool Performances K12 Gallery & TEJAS September 23, 2019 1:30 pm Music and Art Pairings Dayton Philharmonic Ensemble TBA March 31, 2020 10:00 am Cinderella Triology Dayton Opera Artists in Residence Middle and High School Concerts 9:45 am DPO – Neal Gittleman, Conductor January 28, 2020 Music of War, Protest and Revolution Masonic Center