Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts With rock-star charisma the TAKE3 trio brought their energetic and virtuosic “Where ROCK meets BACH” to inspire the students from K to 12 in the Allegheny-Clarion Valley Schools on Monday, December 18 in a day of classroom workshops and assemblies, following their sold-out concert in Lincoln Hall on Sunday for Allegheny RiverStone Center for the … Read more
Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts proudly presented for its enthusiastic bluegrass loving audience 2019 Grammy Award winner MICHAEL CLEVELAND AND FLAMEKEEPER on Saturday, September 23 at 7:30 PM in Foxburg’s Lincoln Hall. With a Grammy for his 2019 CD TALL FIDDLER and a record-setting 12 wins as Fiddle Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass … Read more
In a magnificent performance, the phenomenal Van Cliburn bronze medalist Pianist SEAN CHEN, dazzled the sold out audience in Foxburg’s Lincoln Hall with his virtuosity and eloquent story telling! Legendary keyboard geniuses of earlier generations took audiences on an inner journey revealing the composer’s poetic intent – as lyrically evocative emotional and musical meaning eclipsed … Read more
On Monday morning, December 12, 2022, Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts continued its successful Educational ArtReach Program in partnership with the Allegheny-Clarion Valley Schools as it bused four hundred students in grades K to 6 and the Jr. and Sr. High band and chorus for Wurlitzer theatre organ “Informances” in Foxburg’s Lincoln Hall by … Read more
Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts has presented outdoor events at picturesque RiverStone Farm since 2009 drawing large audiences from all across the six-county region – beginning with a Scottish Festival for five years, with Celtic music concerts in Lincoln Hall, outdoors on the Foxburg Green and RiverStone Farm – and featuring Scottish athletic competitions, soccer … Read more
Still laughing from DAVID MAYFIELD’s brilliant patter about his post-COVID vacation plans… hysterical! He is an entertainer that oozes charm and personality and is infectiously energetic as the consummate showman delivering virtuosic musical performances with impressive vocal, instrumental and song-writing chops. This is what ARCA is all about – GENIUS in our midst from The David Mayfield … Read more
Thanks to new Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts (ARCA) Board members Dan and Karen Mortland for instigating the wonderful article by Eric Freehling in the Butler Eagle on June 17, 2022 which begins to tell the story of this little arts organization, created and fueled by a community of volunteers and founding/current Board members … Read more
Quenching our thirsting-SOULS after the long hiatus, last night the joyous & electrifying artistry of vocalist CHANTAL JOSEPH with the wailing and tasty musicianship of Howie Alexander-keys, Dwayne Dolphin-bass, and Dennis Garner-drums RENEWED HOPE and opened our hearts again that THIS is what life is ALL about! https://alleghenyriverstone.org/event/chantal-joseph-an-evening-of-rb-soul/ THANK YOU to these eloquent BEINGS for … Read more
Ever felt stymied by a challenge in a project only to listen to some music or take a walk outside and come back with the answer? You are not alone. Composers for centuries found that ‘ambulatory’ thinking processes stimulated creative juices. Ludwig van Beethoven took long country walks after lunch making note of words as … Read more
Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts has followed the COVID guidelines established by Pennsylvania’s Governor Wolf and the CDC. After the COVID shutdown in the Spring of 2020, ARCA reopened with concerts from July to October, 2020 in strict observance of socially distanced seating, masking and 50% capacity audiences. ARCA cancelled concerts again in November and December of … Read more