Upcoming Concerts

Drawing Room Chamber Concert with Dr. Kevin Nordstrom and Ming-Li Liu
Tuesday, November  28, 2023 at 7:30 pm
The Drawing Room Chamber Concert Series will present an exceptional voila and piano concert on Tuesday, November 28 at 7:30 pm. Dr. Kevin Nordstrom and Ming-Li Liu will be performing their favorites pieces. This free series is an intimate experience that allows concert musicians the opportunity to speak directly to the audience about what inspires them about their selections. The series is free to the public and an excellent opportunity for students of music to gain new perspective on their instruments from professional musicians.
 
On viola is Dr. Nordstrom, an active performer, composer, educator and scholar. He is currently viola instructor at Wright State University as well as Lecturer of Viola at the University of Louisville. He has also served on the faculties of Earlham College, Indiana University East, Xavier University, and Miami University Hamilton. He is the creator of The Great Composers Podcast, found on iTunes. The podcast discusses the life and history of Bach, Beethoven, Kreisler and more. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The University of North Texas, and the degrees of Master of Music, Artist Diploma, and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where his secondary studies were in music history. He is co-founder of the Aurelian Trio with whom he performs regularly. He performs on a rare American viola from 1893 by Jerome Bonaparte Squier. Squier, who was known as the “American Stradivari,” but made only a handful of violas. It is a rare treat to hear this instrument.
 
Accompanying him on piano is Ming-Li Liu. Liu has earned two master’s degrees, one in solo piano performance and one in collaborative piano. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in piano performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She has won numerous awards in Taiwan and the United States, such as the 2019 Wideman Piano Competition, and took first prize in the chamber music category in the 2022 Gershwin Music Competition. She was awarded first prize for concerto performance in Rong-Hsin Music Competition and was the winner of the Soochow University Concerto Competition. In 2023 she gained first prize at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Music Competition.

Holiday Open House with Live Music in the House All Day
Sunday, December 3, 2023
1 to 5 pm
1:00 pm - Troy Tones - Troy High School's A Capella Choir
1:30 pm - Ron and Rheya - Our own Ron Phyillaier and his talented Granddaughter
2:00 pm - Josh Bledsoe
2:30 pm - Jay Cullis
3:00 pm - Drew Ihle
3:30 pm - Students of Chris Aldridge at Trojan City Music
4:00 pm - Senior Music Connection
4:30 pm - Riverside Bell Choir
 Dianne Coble Ensemble Brings the Soulful Sounds of Christmas to the Hayner
Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 3:00 pm
 
The Dianne Coble Ensemble will return for an all-new Holiday concert in the Hayner Ballroom. This large choir will share some happy holiday antics and fun Christmas cheer on Sunday, December 10 at 3:00 pm. Since 2012 this large choir has been sharing their message of joy in music all around the Dayton area. Dianne Coble got her start in Troy and was a Troy High School graduate. She now travels with a popular 12+ member choir of outstanding vocalists.  Expect to hear your favorite Christmas hymns and carols, make plans to receive some heightened holiday spirit. As Dianne says, “There is no greater means of expressing the season's joy and uniting people than through music.”  The Hayner is a great place to share it.
Mountain Dulcimer Society of Dayton Concert with
Pam Bowman, hammered dulcimer
Friday, January 19, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Pam Bowman has been performing on the hammered dulcimer for over 25 years as a soloist and as a duo with guitarist Jeff Gardner. She also plays gospel and country music with a five-piece group called Just Jammin'.  In 2005 Pam won the Southern Regional Hammered Dulcimer Competition in Mt. View, Arkansas. She has eight recordings available, as well as four books of arrangements for the hammered dulcimer - and a series of instructional cd's focused on hymns. She gives both private lessons and group lessons in her hometown of Marion, Michigan.  
Pam will be in Miami County, Ohio for a weekend long Dulcimer event in January with the Mountain Dulcimer Society of Dayton. On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 7:30 pm she will be the featured performer for a free concert at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center.  On Saturday, January 20, 2024 she will host a dulcimer workshop with the MDSD. The workshops will take place at the West Charleston Church of the Brethren in Tipp City, Ohio at 4817 South State Route 202. The first class will begin at 9 am and continue throughout the day. For more info and registration paperwork, email daytondulcimers@gmail.com or visit daytondulcimers.com.

Drawing Room Chamber Concert with Aaron Brant, French Horn
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Hayner’s Drawing Room Chamber Concert for January will feature Aaron Brant, French horn and Amanda Roberts on piano. Aaron Brant is the principal horn for the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also a member of the Dayton Philharmonic Brass Quintet and Carillon Brass. He has performed with a wide range of crossover jazz and pop artists like Josh Groban, Diana Krall, Mannheim Steamroller and Andrea Bocelli. Aaron was also principal horn for the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the South Bend Symphony and a member of the Ann Arbor Symphony. As an educator, Aaron has taught music students at the University of Dayton, Wright State University, and the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He also works with local 3rd and 4th graders with the Dayton Philharmonic educational program, SPARK. Amanda Roberts is a multi-talented musician who has held collaborative piano posts with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus and the Dayton Chamber Singers as well as the Wright State University Music Department.
Drawing Room Chamber Concert with Western Ohio Tuba Quartet
Tuesday, February 27, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Jazz in March
with the Carmen Staaf Trio
Saturday, March 30, 2024 7:00 pm

     The Troy-Hayner Cultural Center will present the Carmen Staaf Trio for the annual Jazz in March concert series on Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 7:00 pm. Carmen Staaf is an important piano voice in the New York. She is known for her improvisational straight-ahead jazz, but her vast experience and rich education allow her to draw upon influences from Afro Cuban, Classical Indian music, West African drumming, klezmer and other world traditions. Elan Mehler of Newvelle Records says, “Carmen’s music is lyrical, melodically driven, fluid and, at the same time, complexly orchestrated. The music almost feels like it has too many moving parts to move so liquidly and feel so free.”
     Carmen graduated from the New England Conservatory with a degree in Jazz Performance and graduated from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, where she studied and toured with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and many other jazz masters. She is an active educator and has held positions at the New School, Stanford Jazz Institute, Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music (Chennai, India), Jacob’s Pillow, Litchfield Jazz Camp, Western Connecticut State University and the New York Jazz Academy, and has led masterclasses around the globe. She was one of the youngest faculty members ever hired by Berklee College of Music, joining their piano department from 2005 to 2009.  
Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis known to be vocal fans of her music. Herbie Hancock made this statement about her work:
     “Carmen Staaf is a consummate jazz pianist with equal talent in composition, orchestration and arranging. I [am] impressed by her consciousness of blending instruments and musical elements from various cultures…She very much displays a complete knowledge of the history of her instrument but more importantly Carmen is constantly reaching beyond history and is not afraid to go into the unknown and challenge herself at every moment.”  
    The concert will include a short interview at 7:00 pm. The host of this series, Keigo Hirakawa will invite Ms. Staaf to share her musical history and inspirations. Join us for this unique musical experience on March 30, 2024 at 7:00 pm at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center at 301 West Main Street, Troy, Ohio. The concert is free due to the generosity of the citizens of Troy. Learn more about this concert and the Hayner at www.TroyHayner.org.
Drawing Room Chamber Concert with Dr. Stephen Mattingly, guitar
and guest appearance with Dr. Kevin Nordstrom, voila
Tuesday, March  26, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Hayner’s Drawing Room Chamber Concert in March will feature guitarist, Dr. Stephen Mattingly. Mattingly comes to us from the University of Louisville where he is Associate Professor of Guitar. He also pursues research on the guitar with frequent writings on the history and pedagogy of the instrument. He has performed throughout the United States and Europe as a soloist and with the Tantalus Quartet of which he is a founding member.
 
Stephen earned a Doctor of Music and a Theory Pedagogy Certificate at the Florida State University under the instruction of Bruce Holzman. Prior to his doctoral studies, Stephen completed a two-year residence in Germany where he was awarded an Artist Diploma while studying with Dale Kavanagh at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. Stephen also studied with Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. Prior to his work in Europe, Stephen studied with Nicholas Goluses at the Eastman School of Music where he earned a master’s and a bachelor’s degree with distinction, a Certificate in Arts Leadership, and a Performer’s Certificate.
Drawing Room Chamber Concert with Tutti Solisti
Tuesday, April 30, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Tutti Solisti is an Italian phrase which means, “a collection of soloists”. Each performer in the group is a soloist in their own right and takes the lead at some point in the performance. Our musicians are Miriam Kramer on violin, Deborah Kramer Netanel on cello and Steven Aldredge on piano.

Miriam Kramer is a protégé of Henryck Szeryng and Yehudi Menuhin and is known for her interpretations of Jewish and American-Jewish music. Like most virtuosi, however, she has a wide standard repertoire ranging from Bach to Shostakovich which she has performed in venues such as the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris; London’s Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Palladium; and many others. Her Wigmore Hall début was hailed by “The Strad” magazine, who described her as spellbinding. Kramer has also appeared regularly on BBC Radio 3, and her Naxos recording, “The Violin Music of Ernest Bloch” won a five-star rating from “BBC Music Magazine” and was Editor’s Choice in “The Gramophone”. She has been honored as UK Jewish Performer of the Year and at a recital at New York’s Alice Tully Hall received a very favorable review by the “New York Times “critic, who called her “a gifted young violinist who proved a soulful performer showing flair and temperament, fine sensitivity and warmth.” (naxos.com)
 
Dr. Deborah Netanel is a cellist, composer and pianist. She holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Rubin Academy of Music-Jerusalem, and the University of Cincinnati with areas of specialization in music, Jewish music and Judaic Studies and Holocaust Studies. She has presented papers and lectured at both national and international conferences and performed as a cellist and pianist all over the world. She is an acclaimed composer with recent debut performances in London and New York City.  Dr. Netanel has taught on the faculties of Hebrew University (Jerusalem), Wright State University, Miami University and the University of Cincinnati. She currently teaches Judaic Studies and Hebrew language to students at Rockwern Academy in Cincinnati. In 2016, Dr. Netanel was a recipient of the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. Her work has an international audience and has been called “haunting” and “serene” by Jeffery Kurz of the Connecticut “Record Journal”. (rockwernacademy.org)
 
Steven Aldredge is a collaborative pianist and a soloist as well as a gifted composer. He received his B.M. and M.M. in piano performance from Florida State University (FSU) as a student and graduate teaching assistant of James Streem as well as Elizabeth and Eugene Pridonoff. In his early career, he made a name for himself in numerous national and international competitions such as Joanna Hodges Competition, Washington D.C. International, MTNA Wurlitzer Collegiate Artists Piano Competition, Simone Blesky Award International Competition, and the MacMahon International Competition and many others. He was the first prize winner of the Florida FSMTA Collegiate Artist Competition for three years in a row (1989-91), the only pianist ever to achieve this distinction. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Presser Award as well as the winner of the Burgin Scholarship Competition. His original compositions have been published by Lorenz Publishing, Soundforth and Colla Voce Publishing. They include sacred works and sensitive explorations such as “Lament for a Soldier” and “Voices of Children for Soprano and Oboe”. He also composed an ode to William Blake’s eighteenth-century poetry called, “3 Poems by William Blake for SATB and Piano” and a modern opera called, “The Hatfield-McCoy Triptychs”. These and other well published compositions are known for their subtlety as well as their penetrating insight. (people.wright.edu)