Tickets for Packard shows

Tickets for Packard shows
WARREN -- Subscribe by month's end and save money on tickets to Warren Civic Music Association's shows at W.D. Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. N.W. Six shows will be offered from September through April. Season tickets are $55 for adults by May 31, $60 afterward. For youths ages 17 and under, season tickets are $25 now, $30 after May 31. Call (330) 399-4885 for information. On the schedule: Oscar music by Mac Frampton & amp; the Hollywood Hills, a 16-piece orchestra, Sept. 20; Glenn Yarbrough and the Folk Reunion, The Kingston Trio and The Brothers Four, Oct. 28; Jamie Wight's New Orleans Joymakers, Dec. 6; country and Broadway songs by The Hughes Brothers, Feb. 15; Tony Kenny's Ireland, March 14; and Burning River Brass, April 18, 2005.
From Canfield to Austria
Canfield native Lindsey Goodman was one of six graduate students from Manhattan School of Music to participate in the Salzburg Easter Festival in Salzburg, Austria. While Goodman and company were in Salzburg from April 7 to 13, they worked one-on-one with principal members of Berlin Philharmonic, interviewed music director Simon Rattle and attended rehearsals and concerts. Goodman, a flautist and daughter of Douglas and Jeanne Goodman, graduated from Canfield High School. She holds a bachelor's degree from Duquesne University and a masters degree from Northwestern University. She is in the professional studies degree program in orchestral performance at Manhattan School of Music.
Flute is added at SRU
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Flute has been added to the subjects offered during the 15th Summer Creative and Performing Arts Academy from July 12 to 23 at Slippery Rock University. Workshops are geared toward high school students. Those from Mercer and Lawrence counties are eligible. Study blocks include visual arts, creative writing, dance, jazz and theater. Cost is $600 for tuition, room and board, $325 for tuition only. Registration deadline is June 30. Call (724) 738-2868 for applications.
Gospel award winners
Local winners of American Gospel Music Association awards for unknown, professional performers are as follows:
URicky Gregory of Kentucky, best male vocalist. Gregory, whose stage name is RG, records on a label owned by James Ford of Austintown.
UJudah E of Youngstown, best rap/hip-hop act of the year.
UMonica Phillips and Vizhins of Worship, best contemporary gospel group. Phillips, Lucretia Croom, Brenetta Geddis, Sheria Grayer and LaRonda Walker are from the Youngstown-Warren area.
The awards ceremony was last weekend in Orlando, Fla. Many local groups signed up for the AGMA contest earlier this year at the Northeast Ohio Gospel Music Connection Expo at Holiday Inn MetroPlex in Liberty, Ford said. The contest is international and attracted musicians from Australia, Kenya and Canada, he added. To be eligible, artists must have sold fewer than 10,000 records in the prior year.
Morissette is shadowed
In an unusual eight-hour live telecast, cable channel Oxygen shadows singer Alanis Morissette. Tuesday from 2 to 10 p.m., this behind-the-scenes special will cover a day in the life of Morissette as she releases her new album, including an appearance at a Manhattan music store and what's billed as an impromptu public concert (though how can it be impromptu when it's part of the plan?).