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Did You Know? Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are: • 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement • 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools • 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair • 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance • 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem GET INVOLVED www.americansforthearts.org/public_awareness 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 paid. Exchange these tickets in person, by mail, their neighbors, should attend DPO Classical, or by calling the Ticket Center Stage box office Classical Connections, Symphony Sundaes, at (937) 228-3630. and SuperPops series concerts. For parents looking for a way to introduce younger children Tax Credit for Donated Tickets to music, our Family Series concerts are If you are unable to use your tickets, please the perfect opportunity. They are programs donate them to the Dayton Philharmonic designed specifically with children in mind, Orchestra for resale by calling the Ticket each one lasting about one hour. Center Stage box office at (937) 228-3630 up to the day prior to the performance. You will Cameras and Recording Devices be mailed a receipt for the full value of your Cameras and recording devices are strictly tickets. This donation is deductible to the extent prohibited at all Dayton Philharmonic allowed by law. Orchestra concerts. Lost Ticket and Refund Policy Electronic Devices Call or visit the Ticket Center Stage box office We ask that all electronic devices with alarms and your lost tickets can be easily replaced. No or ringers (pagers, cellular phones, watches, refunds will be offered on tickets. All ticket sales etc.) be turned off during performances. are final upon receipt of payment. Box Office Location/Hours Web Site The Ticket Center Stage box office is located in www.daytonperformingarts.org the Wintergarden atrium of the Benjamin and 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 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, the united arts fund and arts agency for the Dayton Region. Culture Works supports arts and culture through fundraising, grantmaking, marketing, and advocacy. 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 the cultural enrichment of all Ohioans. 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 support the arts and cultural heritage of Montgomery County. The District currently supports 15 major institutions, organizations and cultural amenities. The Districts also makes possible the Individual Artist Opportunity Grants administered by Culture Works. Visit www.mcohio.org for more information. 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. The primary areas of community support include Arts, Culture and Humanities, Education, Environment, Health/ Medical, and Human Services. 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 since 1965. 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 Operating Support was awarded to the DPAA by the Harry A. Toulmin, Jr., and Virginia B. Toulmin Fund of The Dayton Foundation. Virginia B. Toulmin, an exceptional philanthropist and businesswoman, established the fund, which serves to remember her and her husband. Harry A. Toulmin, Jr., was a successful attorney and business owner and the son of the attorney who secured and defended the patents for the Wright Brothers’ flying machines. Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association The Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association (DPVA) was created in 1952 with an ongoing mission to support the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra in the areas of education, promotion, fund raising and membership development. The current membership at the DPVA is 275 men and women who support the Dayton Philharmonic and the largest music education program in the United States. Opera Guild of Dayton The Opera Guild of Dayton was incorporated on November 21, 1963. Its mission is to encourage and promote opera in the greater Dayton area and to support Dayton Opera through fundraising, marketing, and educational activities. To date, it has provided over $2 million in direct support to Dayton Opera. Message from the President Paul Helfrich, President & CEO, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance Welcome to the Schuster Center and a concert by of all time with The Best of John Williams II on the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra! We’re glad March 15 and 16. And Bach to the Future on you’re here. March 17! When you work in the arts, you get to have Of course, there’s another aspect of the New multiple “New Years.” One comes with the usual Year that brings something new, and that’s the January to December calendar year, and another announcement of the next season’s program comes with the start of each performance season and repertoire. Neal Gittleman, Tom Bankston, in September. It’s much like being a student, Karen Russo Burke and I are very excited about with the school year starting in August. From the 2019–2020 Season of Titans for the Dayton a business perspective, there’s also the start of Performing Arts Alliance, and we think you will each fiscal year, which for the Dayton Performing be, too. Arts Alliance comes on July 1. Dayton Ballet’s season will feature A Streetcar So even though January 1 comes in the middle Named Desire, Carmen, and The Butterfly of our performance season and fiscal year, Suite. Dayton Opera will offer works ranging there’s no getting away from the sense of new from Puccini’s La bohème to a rare opportunity beginnings that comes when that ball drops in to hear some of the greatest hits of the Baroque Times Square and the band plays “Auld Lang era in opera. Syne.” There’s always a sense of excitement and anticipation about the start of a new year, and Our Philharmonic Masterworks season will indeed, there is much to look forward to in 2019. celebrate the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven, as well as Neal Gittleman’s 25th In the coming weeks, we’ll witness amazing feats season at the helm of the DPO. We’ll offer four of artistry both physical and musical with Cirque Beethoven symphonies, as well as his Violin Musica: Crescendo on January 25 and 26. We’ll Concerto with our own Jessica Hung. The season take a trip down a dark desert highway with will also be highlighted by a rare opportunity Hotel California: The Music of the Eagles on to hear the totally epic Alpine Symphony of February 9. Remember, you can check out any Richard Strauss. Putting the new season together time you like, but you can never leave…except with my amazing colleagues is one of my favorite perhaps to enjoy Dayton Ballet’s February parts of my job. I invite you to pick up a brochure repertoire show, Perspectives, February 14–17 in the lobby and check out all that we have at the Victoria Theatre. Expect another thrilling to offer. showcase for the beauty and artistry of our dancers. Happy New Year! From all of us at the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, here’s wishing you the Next up, we welcome “the Jimi Hendrix of the very best in 2019. If you have comments you fiddle” with Eileen Ivers and Celtic Spirit on wish to share or questions you wish to ask, please February 22 and 23.