PRAx Presents: Andy Akiho Ensemble
Come get to know the 2025-26 Patricia Valian Reser Artist-in-Residence in a program featuring his own ensemble. Known for the range of his compositions, including landmark works for orchestras, Andy Akiho launches the season at PRAx on an intimate, adventurous note. The composer himself appears on steel pans and percussion and is joined by Kenneth Salters on drums and Logan Kane on bass.
This concert is the same evening as a rescheduled OSU home football game. See details below on parking and travel logistics for the event.
At PRAx, Akiho will present this fall concert with his ensemble, a winter concert with OSU student musicians, and a spring concert featuring his landmark, Grammy-nominated work with Imani Winds, BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging.
Join us anytime after 4 p.m. for the PRAxTAILGATE, featuring live music and lawn games prior to the concert by Andy Akiho at 7 p.m.
- 4 p.m.│Lightbox Happy Hour opens with drinks and snacks for purchase
- 4:30 - 5:15 p.m.│Live Music Set #1
- 5 p.m.│machinekind Gallery Tour
- 5:15 - 5:45 p.m.│OSU Marching Band Set
- 5:30 p.m.│machinekind Gallery Tour
- 6 - 6:45 p.m.│PRAx Resident Jazz Ensemble Set
- 6:30 p.m.│machinekind Gallery Tour
- 7 p.m.│Concert begins!
About Andy Akiho, 2025-26 Patricia Valian Reser Artist-in-Residence
Akiho is a “trailblazing” (Los Angeles Times) Pulitzer Prize finalist and seven-time Grammy-nominated composer whose bold works unravel intricate and unexpected patterns while challenging the preconceived boundaries of classical music.
A virtuosic steel pannist, Akiho has a deeply physical relationship with composition. Having spent most of his 20s playing steel pan by ear in Trinidad and New York City, Akiho only began writing music at age 28. Since then, he has been commissioned – to take just a few examples — by the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony, and the China Philharmonic. He is the recipient of the Rome Prize and many other awards.
Parking and Travel Logistics:
Due to the home football game being rescheduled for Friday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m., parking and transportation logistics for the Andy Akiho concert at PRAx will be impacted.
Through our partnership with OSU Transportation Services and OSU Athletics, we have several opportunities and resources to support your attendance at our 2025-26 season kickoff.
Parking Lots:
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PRAx has two lots reserved for our patrons attending our event:
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These lots open at 5 p.m.
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All lots identified as green “OSU Parking” are also available on campus and open at 3:30 p.m.
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If you need to park in any on-campus lots that will be charging a fee for the game, notify the parking attendant that you will not be attending the game.
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Lots and campus traffic will likely be congested from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. as campus staff clears lots for game day parking.
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If the reserved lots above are full, the green shaded OSU lots noted here are available to park in for attending the event.
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Please notify the parking attendant in any green shaded OSU lots that you are not attending the football game, you are attending the PRAX event.
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A reminder that any red lots will not be available after 1 p.m. and are tow zone: Green’s a go! Red means Tow!
Beaver Bus:
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The campus Beaver Bus runs until 7 p.m., the start time for the concert.
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You can see routes and the live bus tracker here.
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The last bus will stop running at 7 p.m. and will not be available for transportation post-concert.
Leaving the Event:
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The concert will be done by 8:30 p.m. The football game will at approx. 10:30 p.m. This timing will allow our patrons to easily exit campus before the football game traffic on normal routes.
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Please note that 26th street between Western Blvd. and Washington Way will be closed on Friday for football gameday activities.
When
PRAxTAILGATE begins at 4 p.m.
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