7/6/2013: Cheick Hamala Diabate
Cheick (pronounced "shake"), is a West African historian in the Griot tradition, and a world-recognized master of the ngoni, a Malian traditional instrument. A sought after performer, lecturer, storyteller and choreographer throughout Africa, Europe, Asia and Canada, Cheick Hamala began touring in the U.S. in 1995. His performances have been featured at such notable ...
8/17/2013: John McCutcheon
John McCutcheon has emerged as one of our most respected and loved folksingers. As an instrumentalist, he is a master of a dozen different traditional instruments, most notably the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer. His songwriting has been hailed by critics and singers around the globe. His thirty recordings have garnered every imaginable honor ...
8/31/2013: Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys
The Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys are among West Virginia's longest-running bluegrass bands. The group first organized in 1968 around the foursome of Richard Hefner (banjo/tenor vocal), his brother Bill Hefner (guitar/mandolin/baritone vocal), their late uncle Glenn "Dude" Irvine (mandolin) and the late Harley Carpenter (guitar/lead vocal). They took their name from Black Mountain in ...
9/13/2013: Smokey Joe’s Cafe
In an idealized 1950s setting, the classic themes of love won, lost and imagined blend with hilarious set-pieces and slices of emotion. Smokey Joe's Cafe celebrates the astoundingly prolific and varied body of work created by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller,who virtually invented rock 'n roll as much as anyone. The cast transports the ...
10/12/2013: Paul Asaro
Paul Asaro is known as one of the finest of a select group of pianists who have mastered the demanding two-handed jazz and ragtime piano styles from the first half of the 20th century. The Stride piano of James P. Johnson, Willie “The Lion” Smith and Fats Waller, the New Orleans styles of Jelly ...
11/2/2013: Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
Larry Keel is described by some reviewers as the most powerful, innovative and all-out exhilarating acoustic flatpicking guitarist performing today. Keel has absorbed the best lessons from his Bluegrass family upbringing, both sides deeply steeped in the rich mountain music culture and heritage of Southwest Virginia. From there, he has always integrated that solid ...
11/15/2013: Ben Sollee
Musicians often claim they are “giving themselves” to their listeners, but it’s rarely as true as on Ben Sollee’s fourth album, Half-Made Man, a revealing, deeply moving album that explores a man trying to figure himself out, just as we all are. Known for his thrilling cello-playing that incorporates new techniques to create a ...
12/13/2013: Anna & Elizabeth
Anna and Elizabeth build shows around a specific theme, each year, with new stories and songs they've collected. These pieces are then woven together in captivating, handcrafted shadow puppetry and scrolling illustrations they call "crankies."
Their music is raw and sparse—the product of immersing themselves as deep as they can in the tradition, spending time ...
2/22/2014: Opry Night
Opry Night at the Opera House has come to showcase some of the best musical talent from Pocahontas County and the surrounding region. This season, a pair groups with Greenbrier County roots share the Opry Night bill: Ridin' Hard Bluegrass Band and The Black Twig Pickers.
3/8/2014: Muriel Anderson
One of the world’s foremost fingerstyle guitarists and harp-guitarists, Muriel Anderson is the first woman to have won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. An engaging performer, her obvious joy of music, humor, and facility across musical genres is revered by guitarists and audiences worldwide. She has recorded with country legend Chet Atkins, performed in ...
4/12/2014: West Virginia Jazz Orchestra
Housed at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre, the orchestra performs across the region with their group of 18 professional and highly experienced players. In addition to playing the standard repertoire of the famous bands of past years--Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, and others--the band concentrates especially on improvisation. The WVJO also recreates the more ...
4/25/2014: Jenny Reynolds & Cherry Hill
Jenny Reynolds & Cherry Hill was formed in 2011 with musicians from Lynchburg area bands Volume 3 and the Paddy Dougherty Band. In a very short time, Jenny Reynolds and Cherry Hill evolved into a powerful unit featuring the incredible vocals of Jenny Reynolds and the songwriting and musical talents of Tommy Cox, Tim ...
6/7/2014: Hilby the Skinny German Juggle Boy
As a boy growing up in Berlin, young Hilby boasted no traumatic childhood experiences and exhibited no particular talents other than making funny faces at strangers and, as Hilby himself describes it, "breezing rhyzmically." Hilby grew up doing all the fun things that people do when they're not in school until they began to ...
Season Tickets for the Opera House’s 2013-14 Performance Series are now available. A season ticket purchase represents a nearly 20% savings over at-the-door admission to Opera House events for the year. For $90, you can receive a season ticket that gets you in the door for all of this season’s performance series events.
The Pocahontas County Opera House Foundation is seeking an energetic candidate to fill the position of Operations Manager, beginning July 1. This is a part-time position with approximately 20 hours per week. Frequent evening and weekend work required. Flexibility, strong communication and organization are a must.Responsibilities include grant writing, bookkeeping, assisting the Opera House Foundation with fundraising, coordinating volunteers for Opera House events, coordinating with performing artists for hospitality, production needs and in-school performances, assisting the Marketing Manager with pre-show publicity, managing community partnerships, management of the Opera House rental program, and managing cleaning and maintenance of the building. Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and three references to the Pocahontas County Opera House Foundation at 
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