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“The idea is to celebrate the originality, diversity, and
genius of those composers who have called Northwest Ohio
home,” says Merwin Siu, artistic administrator for the
Toledo Symphony Orchestra. “From church hymns to
Pulitzer-Prize winning composers, there is such a wonderful
variety of music for us to select from.”
The music marathon has been organized into four themes or
filters—"Glass City,” “Black Swamp,” “Saturday Night in
Toledo, Ohio” and “Holy Toledo”—to group the 19 composers
into the four different concerts.
The 4(19) Festival is comprised of three ticketed and three
free concerts. Tickets for the three paid performances can
be purchased individually and are $10 for TMA members and
TSO subscribers, $12 for nonmembers, and $5 for students and
active military each. A festival pass—which grants the
holder access to all three ticketed concerts and priority
seating at the free Saturday, Aug. 10 evening performance—is
$20 for TMA members and TSO subscribers, $24 for nonmembers,
and $10 for students and active military. Tickets and passes
can be purchased online at toledomuseum.org, by phone at
(419) 255-8000 ext. 7448 during Museum hours, or in person
at any TMA Information Desk.
The 4(19) Festival is a
collaborative program of the Toledo Museum of Art, the
Toledo Symphony, and the ADJ•ective New Music.
4(19) Festival Schedule
4(19) Festival: Glass City
Friday, Aug. 9: 6– 8 p.m.,
GlasSalon
The 4(19) Festival begins with “Glass City,” located in
TMA’s GlasSalon, the perfect location for a unique
combination of pieces for acoustic and electro-acoustic
instruments. This multi-media concert celebrates Toledo’s
unique legacy of tradition and innovation through music that
explores innovation, transparency, and brightness. Tickets
are $10 for TMA members and TSO subscribers, $12 for
nonmembers, and $5 for students and active military.
4(19) Festival: Black
Swamp
Saturday, Aug. 10: 1–5
p.m., GlasSalon, Museum Grounds, and Wolfe Gallery
Once known as the Black Swamp, Northwest Ohio’s natural
wonders have been a source of inspiration for our region’s
composers. The breadth of works presented here explore the
complicated relationship between music and our natural
environment and run the gamut from appreciation to activism.
There will be three parts to the “Black Swamp”–themed
concert.
4(19) Festival: Black Swamp (Part One)
Saturday, Aug. 10: 1–3 p.m., GlasSalon
Tickets are $10 for TMA members and TSO subscribers, $12 for
nonmembers, and $5 for students and active military.
FREE 4(19) Festival: Black Swamp (Part Two)
Saturday, Aug. 10: 3:15–3:45 p.m., Museum Grounds
FREE 4(19) Festival: Black Swamp (Part Three)
Saturday, Aug. 10: 4–5 p.m., Wolfe Gallery
4(19) Festival: Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio
Saturday, Aug. 10:
7:30–9:30 p.m., Great Gallery
Toledo has often been given an identity by outsiders,
choosing to brand it as a particularly culturally bereft
outpost in flyover country. Nowhere is this more evident
than in the famous John Denver song, “Saturday Night in
Toledo, Ohio.” This iconic line is put under the microscope
in a pair of evening concerts. The first examines the
concept of identity vs. identification, with composers whose
works delve deep into the issues of self and its perception
from the outside. Tickets are $10 for TMA members and TSO
subscribers, $12 for nonmembers, and $5 for students and
active military.
FREE 4(19) Festival: Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio
Saturday, Aug. 10:
10–11:30 p.m., Bellwether at Toledo Spirits
The second Saturday evening concert is a celebration of the
joy and exuberance that characterizes a true Toledo Saturday
night and takes place at Toledo Spirits’ new
sensory-immersive cocktail bar north of downtown. While this
concert is free to attend, 4(19) Festival passholders
receive priority seating for this performance.
FREE 4(19) Festival: Holy
Toledo
Sunday, Aug. 11: 2–4 p.m.,
Throughout the Museum
The weekend concludes with an exploration of the rich
history of sacred music by Northwest Ohio composers in an
event entitled “Holy Toledo,” performed throughout the
Museum galleries alongside complementary works of visual
art.
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