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“A true retrospective of their 40 year history.”
– Chicago Theatre Review 

A multimedia and theatrical interpretation of one the most successful

Las Vegas resident shows makes its debut at the

Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall

One Night Only – Wednesday, January 28, 2015 

Tickets on sale Friday, December 12 at 10:00 AM

CINCINNATI, OH – Annerin Productions, the company that brought you RAIN – A Tribute to The Beatles, the internationally acclaimed Broadway show; Let It Be, direct from London’s West End and Broadway; Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience; and PFX – The Pink Floyd Experience have now partnered with SPI Entertainment, a remarkable theatrical production company both in and out of Las Vegas, to present The Australian Bee Gees Show, a celebration of one of the most influential and famous musical groups of all time!

The Australian Bee Gees Show makes its Cincinnati debut on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 7:30 PM at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall.

Tickets go on sale Friday, December 12 at 10:00 AM at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS, and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office located at 650 Walnut Street downtown.

Get ready for the new Australian Bee Gees Show, a multimedia theatrical concert experience that takes a nostalgic trip through the legacy the Bee Gees left behind while celebrating over four decades of the infectious music written by the Gibb brothers.  The Bee Gees’  record- breaking music is captured on stage with a mesmerizing resemblance in sound and mannerisms.  For more than 17 years, The Australian Bee Gees Show has mastered the look, sound, and personality of the adored trio, while cementing its reputation as the world’s leading Bee Gees show.

The Australian Bee Gees Show captures unsurpassed and state of the art sound, live camera images, and vivid graphics that will get you ancing’ on your feet.  From early hits (Massachusetts, New York Mining Disaster 1941, To Love Somebody) to later classics (Stayin’ Alive and You Should Be Dancin’), this show will have you reliving your favourite Bee Gees moments.

Some Bee Gees Facts:  The Bee Gees are one of the top five most successful recording artists of all time, alongside The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, and Michael Jackson.  Having sold more than 220 million records worldwide, the Bee Gees are still proving that their music is Stayin’ Alive and have had at least 2,500 artists record their songs.

“A whole lot of Bee Gees hits! Once the hits crank up, the audiences easily takes to its feet.”
– Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

“These performers match their protégés masterfully.”
– Broadway In Chicago

“The Fab Three.”
– Heidy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times

“A true retrospective of their 40 year history.”
– Chicago Theatre Review

“Australian Bee Gees evokes disco legends.”
– Daily Herald

“Very entertaining and enjoyable for the entire family!”
– Russell Goeltenbodt, Showbiz Chicago

“The dance moves will come back as soon as you hear the beat!”
– Heidy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times

www.ABGSHOW.com

SPI Entertainment, Inc. is a leading Production Company & Talent Agency with six successful resident award-winning shows in the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas, and more than ten shows touring internationally. With a successful track record of building entertainment brands and partnering with world-class entertainers, SPI has become the preeminent Theatrical Producer & Talent Agency in Las Vegas and beyond. Current Productions include Smokey Robinson Presents: Human Nature – The Motown Show; Boyz II Men; Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth; Australia’s Thunder From Down Under; Divas – starring Frank Marino; The Australian Bee Gees Show; and American Storm.  www.SPIentertainment.com

Annerin Productions is a division of the Canadian based company, Jeff Parry Promotions, which has been a North American promotion company for over 32 years.  Having shifted the companies’ focus ten years ago to produce shows in the form of high quality entertainment, Annerin Productions was born. Due to worldwide success, Annerin Prouductions Limited was also created as a UK division.  Past successful touring productions include: Bjorn Again, Barrage, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience, and RAIN – A Tribute to The Beatles, which had a successful Broadway run in 2010/2011. Current international productions include PFX– The Pink Floyd Experience, The Australian Bee Gees Show, and Let It Be – A Celebration of the Music of The Beatles.  When attending one of our shows, audiences get more than just a high quality performance – they are invited to become immersed in an entertainment experience!  www.Annerin.com

Cincinnati Arts Association Announces Addition of
Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction
to Overture Awards Program

CINCINNATI, OH – For eighteen years, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) has recognized excellence in arts achievement by high school students through its Overture Awards program. CAA is now expanding the program with the Arts Educator Award to recognize the instructors who inspire students to excel in the arts.

The Arts Educator Award promotes and rewards excellence in arts instruction throughout Greater Cincinnati. An educator who teaches any of the following arts disciplines may be nominated: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art, and Vocal Music. They can be a high school arts specialist, teaching artist working with high school students, or an arts professional or educator providing private lessons or instruction. Nominations for the award must come from students between the ages of 14-19 who are currently enrolled in high school. Nominations are made by submitting an on-line application with a three-minute video about why the nominee is an exemplary arts educator (see link below).

Three finalists will be selected from the nominations by a panel of judges and the winner will be announced at the Overture Awards Finals and Awards Ceremony on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater. The winner of the 2015 award will receive $2,500, and the two other finalists will receive $500 each. The recipients of the Arts Educator Award may utilize the monetary award to strengthen their program or practice, such as the artist fee for a guest lecturer or master class, the purchase of equipment, or a professional learning opportunity (e.g. tuition assistance for either the educator or students to study with an arts professional).

The deadline for nominations is January 20, 2015.  For complete guidelines and to submit a nominee, visit www.cincinnatiarts.org/education-community/overture-awards/arts-educator-award.

The Arts Educator Award  was first introduced during the 2006-07 Season as the “Theater Educator Award” and was originally created by Jackie Demaline, former Cincinnati Enquirer theatre critic and arts reporter, as one of the first initiatives of the Enquirer’s Acclaim Awards for Excellence in Cincinnati Theatre. In recent years, the Theatre Educator Award was hosted and presented by the League of Cincinnati Theaters at its annual theatre award ceremony. With its move to the Cincinnati Arts Association’s Overture Awards program, the Theatre Educator Award has broadened its scope to become the Arts Educator Award.

“The Theatre Educator Award grew out of a commitment to spotlight some of the people who make the biggest difference in the lives of young artists – their teachers,” said Jackie Demaline. “Each year, high school students from around the region nominated their teachers by telling emotional, inspiring stories of how these educators changed their lives, the hours and effort their committed teachers gave to the kids and the shows, and what they learned from working as a member of a team, because art is collaborative. I’m thrilled that Cincinnati Arts Association has adopted and expanded this initiative, celebrating great teachers across the arts.”

“All of us at the Cincinnati Arts Association are honored to be entrusted with growing and nurturing this award,” said Joyce Bonomini, CAA Director of Education and Community Relations. “As a former arts instructor, I am thrilled that I work for an organization that understands the value of arts education and celebrates the important and inspirational work being done each day by our regions arts educators for our youth.”

The Overture Awards Scholarship Competition is the largest locally-run high school arts scholarship competition in the country.  This season, the program will provide a $4,000 scholarship to six area high school students for education and training expenses, with eighteen finalists each winning a $1,000 scholarship.

Each year, students are nominated by their schools to compete in one of six artistic disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art, and Vocal Music. The Overture Awards was developed to recognize, encourage, and reward excellence in the arts among Tri-state students in grades 9-12. It also provides students an opportunity to share their talents and interests among their peers in a supportive environment outside of their individual schools. There are three levels of competition: Regionals, Semi-Finals, and Finals.

Now in its 19th year, The Overture Awards was launched in 1996 by the Cinergy Foundation (now Duke Energy) and Leadership Cincinnati (a program of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce). The Overture Awards is funded by generous sponsors and donors, and administered by the Cincinnati Arts Association, which operates and manages the Aronoff Center and Music Hall. The Overture Awards also relies on hundreds of volunteers from the community who help raise funds, adjudicate and manage the competitions, and nurture the program.

Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of two of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of 600,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached more than 1.3 million students.

(Cincinnati, OH) – The Irish Tenors – Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, and Ronan Tynan – return to the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Tuesday, December 9 at 7:30 PM with their new Premiere Irish Holiday Celebration Tour, featuring traditional carols and classic Irish ballads.

Tickets are on sale now at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.  Group discount tickets for 10 or more are available by calling (513) 977-4157. A Half-Price Student Rush tickets will be available two hours before curtain, with a limit of two tickets per person with a valid student ID at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office only (subject to availability).

Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, and Ronan Tynan have been touring together as The Irish Tenors since 1998, with sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall, Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, and major concert halls throughout the world. Their faces and voices are familiar to PBS audiences through several specials, including the “Ellis Island” recordings that sold a million CDs and DVDs.

Since they first joined voices in 1998, The Irish Tenors have made countless traditional treasures breathe with new life.  Moreover, they’ve proven themselves gifted interpreters of a wide range of material, with such songs as “My Heart Will Go On” (from Titanic), “Fairytale Of New York” (previously recorded by Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues), and even Jimmy Kennedy’s “South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way).”  These songs live comfortably in their repertoire alongside “Danny Boy,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” and “Fields of Athenry.”  Among their best-selling albums, Heritage ranks as one of the finest with classic recordings of many of the most beautiful Irish songs.  We Three Kings is their best-selling Christmas Album and includes all of the superb Christmas gems that feature year after year in their legendary Holiday Tour, which has become a firm tradition for so many families who love their music and the special sparkle that marks their holiday program.

The Irish Tenors powerful vocal line-up of Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, and Ronan Tynan are unquestionably the leading brand of this genre.  All classically trained singers, each having performed in leading concert halls across the world, together they combine to produce a sound and concert experience which touches hearts and stirs the emotion with happy songs of celebration and humor.

They are surely versatile, but for many, Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, and Ronan Tynan are synonymous with Irish music.  There is a melodic loveliness, emotional intensity, and achingly bittersweet quality to much of Ireland’s musical heritage. The dazzling technique and depth of feeling that defines this musical genre is the hallmark of The Irish Tenors.

The magic they’ve captured on previous releases has resulted in millions of albums sold and the upper reaches of Billboard’s music charts.  The Irish Tenors have appeared on several incredibly successful and highly-rated PBS specials, including Ellis Island and Live from Belfast, as well as The Today Show, Good Morning America, Regis and Kelly, Martha Stewart, and A&E Breakfast with the Arts, and they are one of the best-selling acts to appear on QVC.

The Irish Tenors continue to tour constantly, thrilling old fans and winning new ones all around the globe.  In the United States, they are one of the most successful Irish touring acts ever, second only to U2.

For more information, visit the The Irish Tenors’ website at www.theirishtenorsmusic.com.

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS

SEASON SPONSORS:  AMERITAS (Founding Season Sponsor), FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner),FURNITURE FAIR, LOCAL12 WKRC, The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

THE IRISH TENORS PRESENTING SPONSORS:  Horseshoe Casino, Ultimate Air Shuttle

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS:  21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati Herald, Coldwell Banker/West Shell, CityBeat, Garfield Suites Hotel, Heidelberg Distributing, Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Mercedes-Benz of Fort Mitchell, Pepsi, Skyline Chili

THE IRISH TENORS MEDIA PARTNER:  WARM98-FM