Dates

North Charleston Convention Center

April 27, 2023 – private event


SC Bach Chamber Choir

May 12, 2023 – 7:00 pm – First Baptist Church of Greenville, SC

Tish joins a professional chamber choir (conducted by David Rhyne) for a performance of Bach’s Jesu, Meine Freude. Also on the program will be Mendelssohn’s Wie Der Hirsch Schreit (Psalm 42).

May 13, 2023 – 3:00 pm – Central United Methodist Church, Spartanburg, SC

The SC Bach Chamber Choir presents J.S. Bach’s motet, Jesu, Meine Freude and his cantata, Wer da gläubet und getauft wird BWV 37 featuring Tish Oney as soprano soloist and Jessie Haarala as alto soloist.

May 14, 2023 -4:00 pm – St. Michael Lutheran Church, Greenville, SC

The SC Bach Chamber Choir presents a Bach vespers service including cantata Wer da gläubet und getauft wird BWV 37 (featuring Tish Oney, soprano soloist and Jessie Haarala, alto soloist), Mendelssohn’s motet, Am Himmelsfahrtstage (On Ascension Day) and Johann Hermann Schein’s Magnificat.


The Tish Oney Band Swings Judy Garland and Doris Day

May 16, 2023 – 7:00 pm – Coffee Underground Theatre, 1 Coffee St. Greenville, SC

Tish reunites with Shannon Hoover (b), Matt Dingledine (g), and Justin Watt (d) to pay tribute to legends Judy Garland and Doris Day in celebration of their 101st birthdays. Tickets $15, available at the door or in advance at this link.


Classical Singer Convention and Competition

May 26-29, 2023 – San Francisco, CA

Dr. Oney is delighted to present the first-ever jazz master class at the Classical Singer Convention, “Jazz Singing: A Guide to Pedagogy and Performance.” Singers may sign up on the conference website. Tish will also be adjudicating the international singing competition.


The Tish Oney Jazz Orchestra opens the inaugural Greenville Jazz Fest

Saturday, June 3, 2023 – 4:00 pm – Greenville, SC

This marks the debut of the newest big band in the southeast! We will open the festival with a 60-minute set–come and join us at the downtown stage across from the Peace Center.


ColaJazz Summer Camp

June 5-9, 2023 – Columbia, SC (Youth Camp)

July 20-23, 2023 – Columbia, SC (Adult Camp)

Tish returns to the faculty of this outstanding summer jazz experience. See colajazz.com for information and to register!


An Evening of Big Band with the Greenville Chorale

October 21, 2023 – 7:30 pm – First Presbyterian Church Worship and Arts Center, Greenville, SC

The Greenville Jazz Collective, with vocalist Tish Oney, are special guests performing with the Greenville Chorale for their annual fall concert. This all-jazz program is sure to be a toe-tappin’ good time! Tickets will be available at greenvillechorale.com.


Home for the Holidays – Aiken Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, December 10, 2023 – 3:00 pm – Aiken, SC

Tish headlines as holiday pops soloist with the Aiken Symphony for an evening of jazz-inspired holiday music arranged by Grammy winners Bill Cunliffe and Chris Walden. Ticket information will be forthcoming at the symphony’s website.


Selected Archives

2023

Youth Jazz Ensemble Co-director (Greenville Jazz Collective) – Greenville, SC

Greenville Convention Center (Greenville Jazz Collective Big Band) – Greenville, SC

Lioncrest at the Biltmore Estate (Asheville, NC)

2022

Artist Residency – University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CA

Artist Residency/Master Class Presenter – The Master’s University, Santa Clarita, CA

SC Bach Choir and the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (soprano soloist in May and October tours) – Greenville/Spartanburg, SC

International Congress of Voice Teachers (lecture presentation, “Jazz Singing: A Guide to Pedagogy and Performance”) – Vienna, Austria

NATS National Conference (book signing) – Chicago, IL

Tish Oney and Adam Knight: Divas and Masters of Jazz – ColaJazz LIVEStream! – Columbia, SC (broadcast with interview on SC Public Radio in autumn 2022)

The Tish Oney Quartet presents The Peggy Lee Songbook – ColaJazz Loft Sessions, Columbia, SC

Carnegie Hall (book signing) – New York, NY

ColaJazz Camp faculty– Columbia, SC

Mid-Atlantic NATS Conference (virtual research presentation: “Teaching Jazz in the Voice Studio”)

Tish Oney with the Greenville Jazz Collective Big Band– Pizza, Blues, and Jazz Festival, Mauldin, SC

Tish Oney with the Greenville Jazz Collective Big Band– Furman Summer Concert Series, Greenville, SC

Youth Jazz Ensemble co-director – Greenville, SC

2021

Tish Oney and Adam Knight: Divas and Masters of Jazz – Landrum, SC

Tish Oney at The Wheel Sessions – Greenville, SC

ColaJazz Camp faculty– Columbia, SC

Jazz Education Network Conference (virtual research presentation: “Peggy Lee: the Artistry of a Jazz Singer in Black Coffee and Mink Jazz“)

Tish Oney with the Greenville Jazz Collective Big Band– Pizza, Blues, and Jazz Festival, Mauldin, SC

Bach and Jazz with Tish Oney– SC Bach, Greenville, SC

2020

Online book launch – “Peggy Lee: A Century of Song” – Greenville, SC

Fall for Greenville with Tish Oney and the GJC – Greenville, SC

ColaJazz Virtual Immersion Camp faculty– Columbia, SC

A Nat King Cole Centennial with the Tish Oney Trio– Greenville, SC

The Greenville Jazz Collective Big Band with Tish Oney– Isis, Asheville, NC

A 1940s Swingin’ Soiree, The Greenville Jazz Collective with Tish Oney– Fountain Inn, SC

2019

A Nat King Cole Centennial with Tish Oney and the Greenville Jazz Collective– Greenville and Clinton, SC

Salute to America with Detroit Symphony Orchestra, U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, and Tish Oney– Dearborn, MI (four outdoor performances with 28,000 in total attendance)

Tish Oney and Steve Brown– Le Chéile, New York, NY

A 1940s Swingin’ Soiree, Tish Oney with the Greenville Jazz Collective– Fountain Inn, SC

National Association of Teachers of Singing (Los Angeles chapter) Winter Symposium Master Teacher– Biola University, Los Angeles, CA

Voice Master Class at The Master’s University– Santa Clarita, CA

Cupid’s Jazz Valentine– The Arthur Newman Theatre at The Joslyn Center, Palm Desert, CA

Documenting Standards, a lecture recital by Dr. Tish Oney– Documenting Jazz Conference, Dublin, Ireland

2018

Bluegrass and Big Band (Tish Oney, Soprano Soloist)– The Peace Center, Greenville, SC

The Fauré Requiem (Tish Oney, Soprano Soloist)– Greenville, SC

Guest Artist with The U.S. Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors– BB&T Amphitheatre, Florence, SC

The Divine Sarah Vaughan (Tish Oney with the Greenville Jazz Collective)– Greenville, SC

Artist Residency at Bob Jones University: Dalcroze Eurythmics: An Application to Voice Pedagogy– Greenville, SC

2017

Ella Fitzgerald – A Centennial Concert (Tish Oney with the Greenville Jazz Collective)– Greenville, SC

U.S. Army Voices featuring Guest Artist Tish Oney and the U.S. Army Blues– Brucker Auditorium, Arlington, VA

Artist and Composer Residency with U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Army Voices and Army Blues– Arlington, VA

A Holiday Evening with Tish Oney (Cooperstown Concert Series)– Otesaga Resort Hotel, Cooperstown, NY

2016

AWARDED 2016 JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR (South Carolina Music Awards)– Columbia, SC

Going My Way! The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen– The Triad Theatre, New York, NY

First Church of Nashua (Selected Biblical Songs by Dvorak)– Nashua, NH

Artist Residency at Cheshire High School– Cheshire, CT

Guest Lecturer in Songwriting and Music Business at College of William & Mary– Williamsburg, VA

The Jazz Corner (Divas and Masters of Jazz with the Tish Oney Trio)– Hilton Head, SC

Flour Field (National Anthem Soloist at Greenville Drive games)– Greenville, SC

Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center (Going My Way! The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen)– Palm Desert, CA

Riviera United Methodist Church (Divas and Masters of Jazz with John Chiodini, guitar)– Redondo Beach, CA

Tish Oney and John Chiodini– Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, CA

The Williamsburg Symphony (Cabaret and Cocktails)– Williamsburg, VA
(headlining symphony pops soloist–Janna Hymes, conductor)

Artist-In-Residence with 392nd U.S. Army Band– Fort Lee, VA

Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Symphony Sweethearts and Jazz)– Spartanburg, SC
(headlining symphony pops soloist–Sarah Ioannides, conductor)

The Phoenix Inn (Thursdays With Tish–various solo shows)– Greenville, SC

2015

The Phoenix Inn (Songs From The Heart CD Release concert and Christmastime In the City)– Greenville, SC

Artistic Director of The Jazz Academy (summer jazz camp)– Greenville, SC

Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center (Divas and Masters of Jazz)– Palm Desert, CA

JE Graduates of Distinction– Jordan, NY

SPO (Memorial Day Pops!– Zimmerli Amphitheater at Barnet Park, Spartanburg, SC
(headlining symphony pops soloist–Sarah Ioannides, conductor)

Greenville Jazz Collective (Music of Local Jazz Composers)– Greenville, SC

Smithgall Arts Center (Divas and Masters of Jazz)– Gainesville, GA

USC Upstate Performing Arts Center (Beyond the Sea–Tish Oney’s Big Band Excursion)– Spartanburg, SC

2014

First Baptist Church of Honolulu (Swing Into Spring)– Honolulu, HI

University of South Carolina Upstate Recital Hall (Jazz Seasons)– Spartanburg, SC

David W. Reid Theatre at Chapman Cultural Center (Swing Into Spring)– Spartanburg, SC

New York Hilton (Two Great Days of Jazz in the Harlem Suite) New York, NY

University of South Carolina Upstate Performing Arts Center (Divas and Masters of Jazz)– Spartanburg, SC

2013

Crouse Hinds Concert Hall at the OnCenter (Holiday Pops with Symphoria)– Syracuse, NY
(holiday pops symphony soloist on tour with Symphoria–Sean O’Loughlin, conductor)

Reg Lenna Civic Center (Holiday Pops with Symphoria)– Jamestown, NY
(holiday pops symphony soloist on tour with Symphoria–Sean O’Loughlin, conductor)

Auburn High School (Holiday Pops with Symphoria)– Auburn, NY
(holiday pops symphony soloist on tour with Symphoria–Sean O’Loughlin, conductor)

Herkimer High School (Holiday Pops with Symphoria)– Herkimer, NY
(holiday pops symphony soloist on tour with Symphoria–Sean O’Loughlin, conductor)

David W. Reid Theatre at Chapman Cultural Center (The Peggy Lee Project)– Spartanburg, SC

Spring Island Golf Club– Okatie, SC

Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center (Artist-In-Residence)– Florence, SC

David W. Reid Theatre at Chapman Cultural Center (An Evening With Tish Oney)– Spartanburg, SC

First Church of Nashua Concert Series (An Afternoon Tea With Peggy Lee)– Nashua, NH

2012

Redondo Beach Baroque Festival– Redondo Beach, CA

Glenridge Performing Arts Center– Sarasota, FL

USC Upstate Performing Arts Center– Spartanburg, SC

2011

The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts– Brookfield, WI

Spring Island Golf Club– Okatie, SC

The Master’s College (Artist-In-Residence)– Santa Clarita, CA

Ithaca College School of Music (2011-12 Boehmler Visiting Artist)– Ithaca, NY

Furman University (Artist-In-Residence)– Greenville, SC

Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center (Tish Oney’s Swingin’ Christmas)– Fryeburg, ME

Music For Mount Lebanon Concert Series ( The Peggy Lee Project and Tish Oney’s Swingin’ Christmas)– Pittsburgh, PA

2010

The Barry Z Show– New York, NY

The Metropolitan Room (The Peggy Lee Project)– New York, NY

The Triad Theatre (The Peggy Lee Project)– New York, NY

Scherr Forum Theatre at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza (The Peggy Lee Project)– Thousand Oaks, CA

The Jazz Corner– Hilton Head Island, SC

The Firehouse Stage at The Goodwill Theatre– Johnson City, NY

Grant Auditorium at Syracuse University (Artist-In-Residence)– Syracuse, NY

Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts (The Peggy Lee Project)– Schaumburg, IL

Feinstein’s at Loews Regency (The Peggy Lee Songbook with Bill Cunliffe, piano)– New York, NY

Charlie O’s– Los Angeles, CA

Hawai’i Convention Center (Baptist World Alliance Congress, featured performer)– Honolulu, HI

The Metropolitan Room– New York, NY

2009

The Dennis Bono Show at Sam’s Town Casino– Las Vegas, NV

The Bootlegger Bistro– Las Vegas, NV

Hobart Jazz Festival– Geneva, NY

The Metropolitan Room– New York, NY

Charlie O’s– Los Angeles, CA

Earshot Jazz Festival/Kirkland Performance Center– Kirkland, WA

The M Bar– Hollywood, CA

2008

The Jazz Corner– Hilton Head Island, SC

The Jazz Bakery– Los Angeles, CA

The Dennis Bono Show at Sam’s Town Casino– Las Vegas, NV

The Jazz Bakery– Los Angeles, CA

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