Upcoming Events
Doors open at 7:00 pm; show at 7:30 pm
Winter/Spring 2024 Season
Winter/Spring Season Pass $170
Oswego Music Hall Ticket Information:
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Season Pass Holders purchase the entire season at a discount. They get the best seats in the house which are typically upfront tables. Anyone sitting with pass holders must purchase VIP seating.
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VIP seating (typically $3 above general seating) is preferred, forward seating. It is usually table seating.
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General seating is the balance of seating in the house. Any ticket level may sit there.
Guest Curator Series
Curator: Anthony Bell
OMH Meet & Greet Reception, Adam Ezra Concert (l to r):
Eric Boozer (Oswego Co. VA Dept.), Adam Ezra, Bernadette Schuffenecker (Oswego VA Outpatient Clinic). Tom Lambert (OMH Artistic Director), Marianna Rossoni Serao (Clear Path canine trainer) Anthony Bell (Veteran Peer Mentor, Clear Path), Lance Stenfeldt (District Manager, Clear Path), Titian (service dog) (Photo courtesy of Mark McManus)
"Clear Path sucks the hate right out of you."
--John, US Army Reserves
Clear Path for Veterans Canteen & Live Music
April 25th free
Time: 10:00-3:00; Luncheon 11:00-2:00
Clear Path for Veterans will be hosting a complimentary luncheon for all military personnel and their families on Thursday, April 25, from 11:00 to 2:00; doors open at 10:00. Music will be provided by the Oswego Music Hall and will feature a number of local musicians including veterans Dan Hunnicutt, Jason Cook, and Scott Peer. Old Man Jam Band members will perform, including Sam Cummins, Lee Chetney, Joe and Sam Talamo, Don Lovell, George Marturano, and Matt Talamo. Special performances will be by Rich Hart, Brian Rusaw, and Frank and Julie. These musicians will donate their time and talent in support of a great cause!
Clear Path for Veterans is based in Chittenango and serves veterans in surrounding counties including Oswego where more than 8,000 veterans reside. As one spouse of a veteran commented, "Clear Path is the best place on earth for veterans to gather with each other and their families. There is so much love and concern for each other.” Come see why! Staff and volunteers will be on hand to serve lunch and offer information on the many services and programs Clear Path offers.
Clear Path for Veterans was last at the Music Hall in January where they staffed a table to help raise awareness for veterans at a Meet & Greet Reception held prior to the evening concert (which featured the Adam Ezra Band). Adam Ezra had already raised over $140,ooo for Homeless Veterans, which inspired the Music Hall to do their our part. Clear Path organizers were impressed with the positive vibe that evening, which lead them to want to host their mobile canteen at our venue and for us to provide live music. Thank a veteran--tell them about the canteen.
Website: https://www.clearpath4vets.com/
National Stage
Livingston Taylor
opening
April 27th $33-36
Livingston Taylor picked up his first guitar at the age of 13, which began a more than 50-year career that has encompassed performance, songwriting, and teaching. Born in Boston and raised in North Carolina, Livingston is the fourth child in a very musical family that includes Alex, James, Kate, and Hugh. Livingston Taylor’s career has encompassed performance, songwriting, and teaching. Described as "equal parts Mark Twain, college professor, and musical icon, Livingston maintains a performance schedule of more than a hundred shows a year, delighting audiences with his charm and vast repertoire of his 22 albums and popular classics. Livingston has written top-40 hits recorded by his brother James Taylor and has appeared with Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, and Jimmy Buffet. He is equally at home with a range of musical genres - folk, pop, gospel, jazz - and from upbeat storytelling and touching ballads to full orchestra performances. In addition to his performance schedule, Livingston has been a full professor at Berklee College of Music for 30 years, passing on the extensive knowledge gained from his long career on the road to the next generation of musicians. Liv is an airplane-flying, motorcycle-riding, singing storyteller, delighting audiences with his charm for over 50 years.
From top 40 hits “Carolina Day,” “Get out of Bed,” “I Will Be in Love with You” and “I’ll Come Running,” to “I Can Dream of You” and “Boatman,”( the last two recorded by his brother James), Livingston’s creative output has continued unabated. His musical knowledge has inspired a varied repertoire, and he is equally at home with a range of musical genres—folk, pop, gospel, jazz. You can also find Livingston performing with a full symphony orchestra.
For over three decades, Livingston taught at the Berklee College of Music where he created a course on Stage Performance.Former students include Charlie Puth, Liz Longely, John Mayer, Molly Tuttle,Gavin McGraw, Susan Tedesci, Matt Cusson, Grace Kelly, Clay Cook, and Betty Who. Livingston now takes his course “ on the road” and teaches at a variety of colleges and institutions,including the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, NASA’s Goddard Space Center, and Tulane Law School among others. His book, Stage Performance, based on his course and 50+ years (5,000+ hours) of real and practical on stage time has become the go to book for those interested in elevating their presentation and performance standards from good to downright to professional.
"Livingston Taylor: Life is Good,” a documentary feature film directed by Tracy Anarella was released in 2018 at national and international film festivals, garnering awards, nominations, and accolades, including The Van Gogh Award for Feature Documentary at the Amsterdam International Film Festival. The film is currently available to the public on Amazon. Click here to watch the trailer.
Also in 2019, American Public television filmed and released “Livingston Taylor Live from Sellersville Theater: Songs and Stories" which broadcast across PBS stations nationally and featured Matt Cusson and Chelsea Berry, both former students and touring musicians.
Website: https://livingstontaylor.com/
National Stage
Season Finale
Emerging Artists Showcase with Sam Robbins
May 11 $15 (free for members)
6:00 PM start time (subject to change)
Sam Robbins is often described as an "old soul singer songwriter." A Nashville based musician whose music evokes classic 70's singer songwriters like James Taylor and Neil Young, Sam adds a modern, upbeat edge to the storyteller troubadour persona. An avid performer, he has gained recognition from extensive touring and as one of the six 2021 winners in the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk competition, one of the largest and most prestigious songwriting competitions in the country.
A multi-instrumentalist from a young age, Sam began learning drums and piano, falling in love with guitar at age 13. He then started writing original music, recording his first CD during his sophomore year of high school, while playing open mics in his hometown of Portsmouth, NH.
Sam is a full time troubadour, playing over 150 shows a year across the country, including the MainStage at the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Dripping Springs Songwriter’s Festival, and as one of the “‘Most Wanted to Return” artists in the 2023 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
Since moving to Nashville in September 2019 following his graduation from Berklee College of Music, Sam has made a splash in music city - performing at the Bluebird Cafe within a month of moving, and sitting in again at the legendary venue with Liz Longley in February, and was a winner at the Eddie's Attic Songwriter's shootout competition in Atlanta in early March 2020.
In 2018, Sam was able to audition on NBC's The Voice for Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton and Jennifer Hudson as the first artist to perform a Jim Croce song on the show.
Sam considers himself a student of songwriting, constantly searching and learning about why songs have the impact they do. A 2019 graduate of Berklee College of Music's songwriting department, he has hosted many songwriting workshops and masterclasses, including at the Harvard Music Department and the Boys & Girls Club of Boston. In his performances and workshops, Sam explores the magic behind the craft of songwriting, and tries to help others express themselves through the unique and powerful medium of songwriting.
Sam's second album, Bigger Than in Between, was released in August 2022 to critical acclaim.
Website: https://samrobbinsmusic.com/home
NEW: Oswego Music Hall Guest Curator Program:
The Ontario Center for Performing Arts (aka Oswego Music Hall) offers its resources and expertise to facilitate programs produced and curated by others outside of its own calendar. Although we facilitate, endorse, and promote these events, they are otherwise independent of OCPA, and admission to Guest Curator events is not included in Music Hall season passes.
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