Community Calendar

Ashwini Ramaswamy’s Let The Crows Come is a multi-media event for three dancers with music. Bharatanatyam, a major form of Indian classical dance, is deconstructed and recontextualized to recall a story with a shared origin but remembered differently from person to person. Evoking mythography and ancestry, the performance uses the metaphor of crows as messengers for the living and guides for the departed.

The Norman High Band Association would like to invite you to a night of dinner and dancing, with big band jazz music provided by the Norman High Jazz Band on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the Nancy O'Brian Center for the Performing Arts.

This unique event brings together local musicians and dancers to celebrate jazz and big band music while benefiting the programs of the Norman High School Band. The Big Band Dinner Dance is a wonderful night of music that helps us remember how important these talents are to our community and to our lives.

Not only fun and entertaining, but the Big Band Dinner Dance also raises much needed funds to support the band program as a whole. Sponsorships are available!

Joshua Bell

Sat. April 15, 2023 – 8:00 PM

Civic Center Music Hall

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor; Joshua Bell, violin

• MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64
• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92

Road Trip on Route 66!

Sun. Apr. 16th, 2023 – 2:00 PM

Ron Spigelman, Guest Conductor

Won’t you get hip to this timely tip? When you make that Philharmonic trip, get your kicks on Route 66! Buckle up for a musical scenic tour along the Mother Road.

Randall King will be LIVE at The Tumbleweed, Friday, April 21st with Palmer Anthony Music and Joey Greer Music!!! 🤠🤠🤠
Tickets are on sale now!!!

Marvel Studios’ Black Panther in Concert

Fri. April 28, 2023 – 8:00 PM
Sat. April 29, 2023 – 8:00 PM

Civic Center Music Hall

This groundbreaking film shattered box office records when it premiered in 2018. Now see this Academy Award-winning action-packed superhero thriller as you’ve never seen it before! Join the OKCPHIL as we present a one-of-a-kind experience for the entire family, performed with live music!

Marvel Studios’ Black Panther in Concert

Fri. April 28, 2023 – 8:00 PM
Sat. April 29, 2023 – 8:00 PM

Civic Center Music Hall

This groundbreaking film shattered box office records when it premiered in 2018. Now see this Academy Award-winning action-packed superhero thriller as you’ve never seen it before! Join the OKCPHIL as we present a one-of-a-kind experience for the entire family, performed with live music!

"SHORTS" (THREE ICONIC BALLETS IN ONE PERFORMANCE
AT THE CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL)

Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations

Birthday Variations was commissioned as a birthday present to the owner of Chicago’s Civic Opera House, who loved Verdi’s music. Oklahoma City Ballet is proud to perform this ballet in both in Oklahoma City and in Chicago as a part of the centennial celebration of Gerald Arpino’s birth. “…the result is more than a piece d’occasion. Birthday Variations, set to some of Verdi’s infectious opera-ballet music, is a sparkling showpiece of classical dancing.” —Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times

George Balanchine’s Western Symphony

Set on a rugged Old West street populated by cowboys and dance hall girls, Western Symphony nevertheless is very much a classical work. The steps Balanchine uses from the traditional ballet vocabulary allude to the steps, formations, and gestures of American folk dancing. The ballet is a striking example of Balanchine’s fascination with American themes. 

Twyla Tharp’s The Golden Section

Using the music of Grammy award winning musical artist David Byrne, Twyla Tharp’s choreography in The Golden Section sends golden clad dancers soaring through space, bursting with momentum. Originally used as the finale from her Broadway work The Catherine Wheel, The Golden Section is now performed as a standalone work and is one of Tharp’s most beloved creations.

"SHORTS" (THREE ICONIC BALLETS IN ONE PERFORMANCE
AT THE CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL)

Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations

Birthday Variations was commissioned as a birthday present to the owner of Chicago’s Civic Opera House, who loved Verdi’s music. Oklahoma City Ballet is proud to perform this ballet in both in Oklahoma City and in Chicago as a part of the centennial celebration of Gerald Arpino’s birth. “…the result is more than a piece d’occasion. Birthday Variations, set to some of Verdi’s infectious opera-ballet music, is a sparkling showpiece of classical dancing.” —Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times

George Balanchine’s Western Symphony

Set on a rugged Old West street populated by cowboys and dance hall girls, Western Symphony nevertheless is very much a classical work. The steps Balanchine uses from the traditional ballet vocabulary allude to the steps, formations, and gestures of American folk dancing. The ballet is a striking example of Balanchine’s fascination with American themes. 

Twyla Tharp’s The Golden Section

Using the music of Grammy award winning musical artist David Byrne, Twyla Tharp’s choreography in The Golden Section sends golden clad dancers soaring through space, bursting with momentum. Originally used as the finale from her Broadway work The Catherine Wheel, The Golden Section is now performed as a standalone work and is one of Tharp’s most beloved creations.

"SHORTS" (THREE ICONIC BALLETS IN ONE PERFORMANCE
AT THE CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL)

Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations

Birthday Variations was commissioned as a birthday present to the owner of Chicago’s Civic Opera House, who loved Verdi’s music. Oklahoma City Ballet is proud to perform this ballet in both in Oklahoma City and in Chicago as a part of the centennial celebration of Gerald Arpino’s birth. “…the result is more than a piece d’occasion. Birthday Variations, set to some of Verdi’s infectious opera-ballet music, is a sparkling showpiece of classical dancing.” —Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times

George Balanchine’s Western Symphony

Set on a rugged Old West street populated by cowboys and dance hall girls, Western Symphony nevertheless is very much a classical work. The steps Balanchine uses from the traditional ballet vocabulary allude to the steps, formations, and gestures of American folk dancing. The ballet is a striking example of Balanchine’s fascination with American themes. 

Twyla Tharp’s The Golden Section

Using the music of Grammy award winning musical artist David Byrne, Twyla Tharp’s choreography in The Golden Section sends golden clad dancers soaring through space, bursting with momentum. Originally used as the finale from her Broadway work The Catherine Wheel, The Golden Section is now performed as a standalone work and is one of Tharp’s most beloved creations.