Pipino Performing Arts Series announces fifth season lineup
September 2, 2022
Cliffe College of Creative Arts has announced the lineup for the fifth season of the Pipino Performing Arts Series, which opens September 9, 2022 and runs through April 20, 2023. The series will feature performances at multiple venues across YSU’s campus, including the YSU Ford Theater, the McDonough Museum of Art, and Kilcawley Center.
“The Pipino Series, sponsored by Chris and Ed Muransky, brings to Youngstown the types of cultural opportunities usually found only in large metropolitan areas,” Cliffe College of Creative Arts dean Phyllis Paul said. “YSU believes that the arts are vital to the university, our community, and region. We invite you to join us for as many of our exceptional performances as possible.”
The series is funded in part by the YSU Foundation, WKBN First News 27, Boardman Subaru, 88.5 WYSUFM, Schwebel’s Bakery, Lafarge, Armstrong, and the City of Youngstown.
2022-23 Schedule
Phillip Huber: “Suspended Animation”
September 9, 2022 @ 7:30 PM
YSU Ford Theater, Bliss Hall, YSU campus
Phillip Huber, an internationally-acclaimed marionette artist, was the inaugural performer when the Pipino Series started in 2018. He has performed on Broadway and cruise ships, and in music videos, commercials, TV shows, and concert halls worldwide.
Ailey II
October 17, 2022 @ 7:00 PM
YSU Ford Theater, Bliss Hall, YSU campus
Ailey II, founded in 1974 as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, is one of the world’s most popular dance companies.
Vijay Iyer Trio
November 4, 2022 @ 7:30 PM
Chestnut Room, Kilcawley Center, YSU campus
Named Jazz Group of the Year four times in the last decade by DownBeat magazine, the Vijay Iyer Trio made its name with three acclaimed albums, including the #1 Jazz Album of the Year. Iyer has received a MacArthur Fellowship, the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a U.S. Artist Fellowship, a Grammy nomination, the Alpert Award in the Arts, and two German “Echo” awards.
The Diderot Quartet
January 29, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
McDonough Museum of Art, YSU campus
Co-sponsored by 88.5 WYSU-FM
The Diderot Quartet, named after the 18th century French philosopher and Boccherini enthusiast Denis Diderot, brings a fresh approach to works of the 18th and 19th centuries. Members of Diderot came together in 2012 after first meeting at the Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School.
Kate Reid: “The Great American Songbook”
March 3, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
YSU Ford Theater, Bliss Hall, YSU campus
Kate Reid, a native of Ohio who appears at jazz venues in the Los Angeles and Miami areas, will perform works from “The Great American Songbook,” which features some of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early twentieth-century.
Ann Duhamel
April 20, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
McDonough Museum of Art, YSU campus
Pianist Ann Duhamel’s latest project, “Prayers for a Feverish Planet,” features 60 new works for piano and electronics about climate change. She has performed and presented in 16 countries on four continents and was lauded by the New York Concert Review as “outstanding . . . playing with power and assurance.”