The Cleveland Orchestra Family Concerts

FAMILY CONCERTS

Pre-Concert Activities begin 1 hour prior to each performance.

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GOTTA DANCE!Friday February 26 at 7:30 p.m.

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULARSunday October 25 at 3 p.m.

GREEN EGGS AND HAMADEUSSaturday April 16 at 2 p.m.

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3 The Cleveland Orchestra Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Cleveland Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Roster of Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 Under 18s Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Family of Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 PNC Musical Rainbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25 Performing Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Musical Arts Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Severance Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

15 Halloween SpooktacularHalloween Spooktacular

Pre-Concert Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Program — October 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Puzzle: Halloween Scrambler . . . . . . . . . 17 About the Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insert

21 Gotta DanceGotta Dance

Conductor: Brett Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Program — February 26 . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Cleveland Ballet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Puzzle: Dance Word Finder . . . . . . . . . . . 22

29 Green Eggs and HamadeusGreen Eggs and Hamadeus

Conductor: Rob Kapilow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Program — April 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 About Mozart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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The Cleveland Orchestra is proud of its long-term partnership with Kent State University, made possible in part through generous funding from the State of Ohio.

The Cleveland Orchestra’s home, Severance Hall, is located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, with whom it has a long history of collaboration and partnership.

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Dear Families,

Welcome to Severance Hall and the 44th season of Cleveland Orchestra Family Concerts! The fi rst Family Concerts were performed in 1970 and were originally called “Key Concerts” because they “opened the door” to classical music for young people and families. Whether you are a fi rst-timer or a return visitor, we know you’ll enjoy these entertaining orchestra concerts in the splendor of historic Severance Hall.

Our season, supported through the generosity of The Giant Eagle Foundation, begins with our annual Halloween Spooktacular on October 25. This year, Severance Hall is inhabited by the talented ghosts and goblins of the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra (while The Cleveland Orchestra is on tour in Europe) under the direction of Carl Topilow. Featuring the music of John Williams (composer of Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Superman soundtracks), Paul Dukas (Sorcerer’s Apprentice), and Russell Peck (The Thrill of the Orchestra) it all makes for a delightfully frightful afternoon!

The Family Concert season continues on Friday evening, February 26, 2016, with Gotta Dance! — featuring toe-tapping favorites from the classical repertoire that will make you want to swing your partner and dance around the room! Conductor Brett Mitchell introduces us to the world of orchestral dance music with works by Strauss, Co-pland, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, and more — and our friends from Cleveland Ballet join The Cleveland Orchestra for a dazzling afternoon of music and movement. So put on your dancing shoes and get ready for “Gotta Dance!”

The Family Concert season comes to a close on Saturday afternoon, April 16, when The Cleveland Orchestra is joined by conductor-composer-narrator Rob Kapilow, nick-named “the Pied Piper of classical music,” for Green Eggs and Hamadeus. Proclaimed to be “the most popular music since Prokofi ev’s Peter and the Wolf and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,” this program is a whiz bang mash-up of Mozart’s music, Dr. Seuss’s classic, and Rob Kapilow’s zany and gleeful brand of edutainment. Buckle your seatbelts for a non-stop afternoon of family fun!

Before each Family Concert, come early for our free pre-concert actitivities. And af-terward, stop by the Cleveland Orchestra Store to see the terrifi c collection of books and CDs, gift items, and logo-wear for kids and adults, and our new Make Music t-shirts!

We are delighted to welcome your family to Severance Hall throughout this season as you create new traditions and enduring family memories. With so many studies docu-menting the many benefi ts of music for children, on top of the sheer joy music brings, remember to make music a part of your life every day!

Joan Katz Napoli, Director Education & Community Programs

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A S I T N E A R S T H E C E N T E N N I A L O F its founding in 2018, The Cleveland Orch estra is undergoing a new trans-formation and renaissance. Under the leadership of Franz Welser-Möst, enter-ing his fourteenth year as the ensemble’s music director with the 2015-16 season, The Cleveland Orchestra is acknowl-edged among the world’s handful of best orchestras. With Welser-Möst, the ensemble’s musicians, board of direc-tors, staff , volunteers, and hometown are working together on a set of enhanced goals for the 21st century — to continue the Orchestra’s legendary command of musical excellence, to renew its focus on fully serving the communities where it performs through concerts, engagement, and music education, to develop the youngest audience of any orchestra, to build on its tradition of community sup-port and fi nancial strength, and to move

forward into the Orchestra’s next century with an unshakeable commitment to in-novation and a fearless pursuit of success. The Cleveland Orchestra divides its time each year across concert seasons at home in Cleveland’s Severance Hall and each summer at Blossom Music Center. Additional portions of the year are devot-ed to touring and to a series of innovative and intensive performance residencies. These include an annual set of concerts and education programs and partner-ships in Florida, a recurring residency at Vienna’s Musikverein, and regular appear-ances at Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival, at New York’s Lincoln Center Festival, and at Indiana University. Musical Excellence. The Cleve-land Orchestra has long been commit-ted to the pursuit of musical excellence in everything that it does. The Orchestra’s ongoing collaboration with Welser-Möst

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is widely-acknow ledged among the best orchestra-conductor partnerships of today. Performances of standard repertoire and new works are unrivalled at home, in resi-dencies around the globe, on tour across North America and Europe, and through re-cordings, telecasts, and radio and internet broadcasts. Its longstanding champion-ship of new composers and commissioning of new works helps audiences experience music as a living language that grows and evolves with each new generation. Recent performances with Baroque specialists, re-cording projects of varying repertoire and in diff erent locations, fruitful re-examina-tions and juxtapositions of the standard repertoire, and acclaimed collaborations in 20th- and 21st-century masterworks to-gether enable The Cleveland Orchestra the ability to give musical performances sec-ond to none in the world. Serving the Community. Programs for students and community engagement activities have long been part of the Or-chestra’s commitment to serving Cleveland and surrounding communities, and have more recently been extended to its tour-ing and residencies. All are being created to connect people to music in the concert hall, in classrooms, and in everyday lives. Recent seasons have seen the launch of a unique “At Home” neighborhood residen-cy program, designed to bring the Orches-tra and citizens together in new ways. Future Audiences. Standing on the shoulders of more than nine decades of presenting quality music education programs, the Orchestra made national and international headlines through the creation of its Center for Future Audienc-es in 2010. Established with a signifi cant endowment gift from the Maltz Fam-

ily Foundation, the Center is designed to provide ongoing funding for the Orches-tra’s continuing work to develop interest in classical music among young people. The fl agship “Under 18s Free” program has seen unparalleled success in increasing attendance and interest — with 20% of at-tendees now comprised of concertgoers age 25 and under. Innovative Programming. The Cleveland Orchestra was among the fi rst American orchestras heard on a regular se-ries of radio broadcasts, and its Severance Hall home was one of the fi rst concert halls in the world built with recording and broadcasting capabilities. Today, Cleve-land Orchestra concerts are presented in a variety of formats for a variety of audienc-es — including popular Friday night con-certs (mixing onstage symphonic works with post-concert entertainment), fi lm scores performed live by the Orchestra, collaborations with pop and jazz singers, ballet and opera presentations, and stan-dard repertoire juxtaposed in meaningful contexts with new and older works. Franz Welser-Möst’s creative vision has given the Orchestra an unequaled opportunity to explore music as a universal language of communication and understanding. An Enduring Tradition of Com-

munity Support. The Cleveland Orches-tra was born in Cleveland, created by a group of visionary citizens who believed in the power of music and aspired to having the best performances of great orchestral music possible anywhere. Gen-erations of Clevelanders have supported this vision and enjoyed the Orchestra’s concerts. Hundreds of thousands have learned to love music through its educa-tion programs and celebrated important

Cleveland Orchestra bassist Mark Atherton with classroom students at Cleveland’s Mayfair Elementary School, part of the Learning Through Music program, which fosters the use of music and the arts to support general classroom learning.

Through the PNC Musical Rainbows series at Severance Hall, Cleveland Orchestra musicians introduce nearly 10,000 preschoolers each year to the instruments of the orchestra.


events with its music. While strong ticket sales cover just under half of each sea-son’s costs, it is the generosity of thou-sands each year that drives the Orchestra forward and sustains its extraordinary tra-dition of excellence onstage, in the class-room, and for the community. Evolving Greatness. The Cleveland Orchestra was founded in 1918. Over the ensuing decades, the Orch estra quickly grew from a fi ne regional organization to being one of the most admired sympho-ny orchestras in the world. Seven music directors have guided and shaped the ensemble’s growth and sound: Nikolai Soko loff , 1918-33; Artur Rodzinski, 1933-43; Erich Leins dorf, 1943-46; George Szell, 1946-70; Lorin Maazel, 1972-82; Christoph von Dohnányi, 1984-2002; and Franz Wels-er-Möst, since 2002. The opening in 1931 of Sever-ance Hall as the Orchestra’s permanent

home, with later acoustic refi nements and remodeling of the hall under Szell’s guidance, brought a special pride to the ensemble and its hometown, as well as providing an enviable and intimate acous-tic environment in which to develop and refi ne the Orch estra’s artistry. Touring per-formances throughout the United States and, beginning in 1957, to Europe and across the globe have confi rmed Cleve-land’s place among the world’s top orches-tras. Year-round performances became a reality in 1968 with the opening of Blos-som Music Center, one of the most beau-tiful and acoustically admired outdoor concert facilities in the United States. Today, concert performances, com-munity presentations, touring residencies, broadcasts, and recordings provide access to the Orchestra’s acclaimed artistry to an enthusiastic, generous, and broad constit-uency around the world.

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The Orchestra

FIRST VIOLINSWilliam PreucilCONCERTMASTER

Blossom-Lee ChairYoko MooreASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair

Peter OttoFIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Jung-Min Amy LeeASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair

Takako MasamePaul and Lucille Jones Chair

Wei-Fang GuDrs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair

Kim GomezElizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair

Chul-In ParkHarriet T. and David L.Simon Chair

Miho HashizumeTh eodore Rautenberg Chair

Jeanne Preucil RoseDr. Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair

Alicia KoelzOswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair

Yu YuanPatty and John Collinson Chair

Isabel TrautweinTrevor and Jennie Jones Chair

Mark DummGladys B. Goetz Chair

Alexandra PreucilKatherine BormannAnalisé Denise Kukelhan

SECOND VIOLINSStephen Rose*

Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair

Emilio Llinas 2

James and Donna Reid ChairEli Matthews 1

Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair

Sonja Braaten MolloyCarolyn Gadiel WarnerStephen WarnerIoana MissitsJeffrey Zehngut

Vladimir DeninzonSae ShiragamiScott WeberKathleen CollinsBeth WoodsideEmma ShookElayna DuitmanYun-Ting Lee

VIOLASRobert Vernon*

Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair

Lynne Ramsey1

Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair

Stanley Konopka 2

Mark JackobsJean Wall Bennett Chair

Arthur KlimaRichard WaughLisa BoykoLembi VeskimetsEliesha NelsonJoanna Patterson ZakanyPatrick Connolly

CELLOSMark Kosower*

Louis D. Beaumont ChairRichard Weiss1

Th e GAR Foundation ChairCharles Bernard2

Helen Weil Ross ChairBryan Dumm

Muriel and Noah Butkin ChairTanya Ell

Th omas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair

Ralph CurryBrian Thornton

William P. Blair III ChairDavid Alan HarrellPaul KushiousMartha Baldwin

BASSESMaximilian Dimoff *

Clarence T. Reinberger ChairKevin Switalski 2

Scott Haigh1

Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair

Mark AthertonThomas SperlHenry Peyrebrune

Charles Barr Memorial ChairCharles CarletonScott DixonDerek Zadinsky

HARPTrina Struble*

Alice Chalifoux Chair

This roster lists the fulltime mem-bers of The Cleveland Orchestra. The number and seating of musicians onstage varies depending on the piece being performed.

F R A N Z W E L S E R - M Ö S T M U S I C D I R E C T O R Kelvin Smith Family Chair

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FLUTESJoshua Smith*

Elizabeth M. andWilliam C. Treuhaft Chair

Saeran St. ChristopherMarisela Sager 2

Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn ChairMary Kay Fink

PICCOLOMary Kay Fink

Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair

OBOESFrank Rosenwein*

Edith S. Taplin ChairCorbin StairJeffrey Rathbun 2

Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair

Robert Walters

ENGLISH HORNRobert Walters

Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaff e Chair

CLARINETSRobert WoolfreyDaniel McKelway 2

Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair

Linnea Nereim

E-FLAT CLARINETDaniel McKelway

Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair

BASS CLARINETLinnea Nereim

BASSOONSJohn Clouser *

Louise Harkness Ingalls ChairGareth ThomasBarrick Stees2

Sandra L. Haslinger ChairJonathan Sherwin

CONTRABASSOONJonathan Sherwin

HORNSMichael Mayhew §

Knight Foundation ChairJesse McCormick

Robert B. Benyo ChairHans ClebschRichard KingAlan DeMattia

TRUMPETSMichael Sachs*

Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair

Jack SutteLyle Steelman2

James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair

Michael Miller

CORNETSMichael Sachs*

Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair

Michael Miller

TROMBONESMassimo La Rosa*

Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair

Richard StoutAlexander andMarianna C. McAfee Chair

Shachar Israel2

BASS TROMBONEThomas Klaber

EUPHONIUM AND BASS TRUMPETRichard Stout

TUBAYasuhito Sugiyama*

Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair

TIMPANIPaul Yancich*

Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss ChairTom Freer 2

Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair

PERCUSSIONMarc Damoulakis*

Margaret Allen Ireland ChairDonald MillerTom FreerThomas Sherwood

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTSJoela Jones*

Rudolf Serkin ChairCarolyn Gadiel Warner

Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair

LIBRARIANSRobert O’Brien

Joe and Marlene Toot ChairDonald Miller

ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIEDSidney and Doris Dworkin ChairDr. Jeanette Grasselli Brownand Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair Sunshine ChairRobert Marcellus ChairGeorge Szell Memorial Chair

* Principal § Associate Principal 1 First Assistant Principal 2 Assistant Principal

CONDUCTORSChristoph von DohnányiMUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE

Giancarlo GuerreroPRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR,CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MIAMI

Brett MitchellASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair

Robert PorcoDIRECTOR OF CHORUSES

Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair

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Under 18s Free brings more music to more familiesThe youngest audience members of The Cleveland Orchestra can be intro-duced to the joy of classical music — for free. Our “Under 18s Free” program is designed so that families can attend together, with young patrons ages 17 and under receiving free admission with each regular-priced adult ticket. The program includes Family Concerts and PNC Music al Rainbow performances, as well as most regular programs on Fridays and Sundays at Severance Hall, as well as each summer’s Blossom Music Festival concerts. Under 18s Free is a program of The Cleveland Orch -estra’s Center for Future Audiences. The Center, created with a lead endowment gift from the Maltz Family Founda-tion, was established to fund programs to develop new gene-rations of audiences for Cleveland Orchestra concerts in Northeast Ohio.

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14 The Cleveland OrchestraPre-Concert Activities: October 25

PRE-CONCERT Halloween Spooktacular October 25Pre-concert activities for the October 25th concert include:

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR COSTUME CONTEST (Reinberger Chamber Hall, ground fl oor) To enter the contest, join the line at Reinberger Chamber Hall. Three prizes. Judging begins at 2 p.m. SING AND SWING (Smith Lobby, ground fl oor) Join the percussion and fun with Sing and Swing’s Play Along Jam.

INSTRUMENT DISCOVERY (Smith Lobby, ground fl oor) with Royalton Music Center Kids can discover their “inner musician” by trying out orchestral instruments with the assistance of Royalton Music Center staff .

THE DANCE CENTRE by Heidi Glynias featuring Thriller (Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer) Just in time for Halloween, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” comes to life at Severance Hall, recreated by the Dance Centre.

Enjoy fun-fi lled and informative pre-concert activities beginning one hour before each Family Concert. For details for upcoming concerts, visit clevelandorchestra.com.

HalloweenHalloween Spooktacular!Spooktacular!The spirit of Halloween has crept into Severance Hall. This program of spooky, kooky, musical fun features the Cleveland Institute of Music Orch estra (although they may be diffi cult to recognize in their Halloween costumes!). Get ready for a program fi lled to the brim with magic Tricks and musical Treats in celebration of Halloween!


The Family Concert Series is supported by The Giant Eagle Foundation.

The concert runs approximately one hour.

Family Concert: October 25

“Imperial March” from The Empire Strikes Back by JOHN WILLIAMS conducted by Cesare Depaulis

Main Theme from Superman by JOHN WILLIAMS

Music from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JOHN WILLIAMS (arranged by Jerry Brubaker)

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by PAUL DUKAS narrated by Eric Charnofsky

Danse macabre by CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

The Witches of Eastwick by JOHN WILLIAMS

The Thrill of the Orchestra by RUSSELL PECK narrated by Eric Charnofsky

Please see the program insert for information about today’s performers.

Family Concert No. 1 HALLOWEEN

SPOOKTACULAR!Sunday afternoon October 25 at 3:00 p.m.

Cleveland Institute of Music OrchestraCarl Topilow, conductor and host

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POTIONSCREAMFRIGHTFULMAGICTERRORGRAVESTONEJACK O’LANTERN

17Severance Hall 2015-16 Spooky Word Scramblers

Halloween ScramblersUnscramble the letters to these familiar Halloween things, words, and creatures.

ALL IN THE FAMILYMatch the instruments on the left with their correct instrument

family on the right by drawing a line to connect them.

ViolinTrumpet

GongFluteCello

Timpani (kettle drum)Clarinet

TromboneDouble Bass

TriangleFrench Horn

OboePianoViolaTuba

TrianglePiccolo

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POWERFUL PERCUSSIONReinberger Chamber Hall

OCT 23 | FRI at 10 a.m.OCT 24 | SAT at 10 & 11 a.m.Mell Csicsila & Andrew Pongracz, percussion

THE TERRIFIC TRUMPETReinberger Chamber Hall

APR 8 | FRI at 10 a.m.APR 9 | SAT at 10 & 11 a.m.Jack Sutte, trumpet

THE VICTORIOUS VIOLAReinberger Chamber Hall

MAY 27 | FRI at 10 a.m.MAY 28 | SAT at 10 & 11 a.m.Lembi Veskimets, viola

THE FABULOUS FLUTEReinberger Chamber Hall

NOV 20 | FRI at 10 a.m.NOV 21 | SAT at 10 & 11 a.m.Marisela Sager, fl ute

THE CHEERFUL CELLOReinberger Chamber Hall

MAR 4 | FRI at 10 a.m.MAR 5 | SAT at 10 & 11 a.m.David Alan Harrell, cello

30-minute programs for young people ages 3 to 6, at Severance Hall.Energetic host Maryann Nagel will get children singing, clapping, and moving to the music! Cleveland Orchestra musicians and guests perform short solo selections and kid-friendly tunes, while intro-ducing their instruments. With Laura Silverman, piano.

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DEC 11 | FRI at 10 a.m.DEC 12 | SAT at 11 a.m.Jack Sutte, trumpet Michael Miller, trumpetHans Clebsch, hornRichard Stout, tromboneKen Heinlein, tuba

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The 2015-16 season marks Brett Mitch-ell’s third year as a member of The Cleveland Orchestra’s conducting staff and as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. His contract has been extended through the 2016-17 season, with his title raised from assis-tant conductor to associate conductor. Mr. Mitchell serves as cover conductor for Severance Hall and Blossom Music Festival subscription concerts, and pro-vides assistance to music director Franz Welser-Möst — in his fi rst season, he stepped in on several occasions to lead concerts of The Cleveland Orchestra for ailing colleagues, at Severance Hall and Blossom. In June 2015, he led the Cleve-land Orch estra Youth Orchestra in the ensemble’s second international tour, to China. As a guest conductor, Mr. Mitch-ell has led performances throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, in-cluding engagements with the Lon-don Philharmonic Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, as well as the orchestras of Baltimore, Detroit, Memphis, Oregon, Philadelphia, Pitts-burgh, and Rochester, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Washington D.C.’s National Symphony Orchestra, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has also acted as musical assistant and cover conduc-tor with the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra. Recent return

engagements include appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Houston Sym-phony, Rochester Philharmonic Orches-tra, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Mitchell served as music direc-tor of Michigan’s Saginaw Bay Sympho-ny Orchestra (2010-15) and as assistant conductor of the Houston Symphony (2007-11), where he concurrently held a League of American Orchestras Ameri-can Conducting Fellowship. He was also an assistant conductor to Kurt Masur at the Orchestre National de France (2006-09) and served as director of orchestras at Northern Illinois University (2005-07). He was associate conductor of the Pitts-burgh New Music Ensemble (2002-06) and has also served as music director of nearly a dozen opera productions. A native of Seattle, Brett Mitchell holds a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was also music director of the University Orchestra. He earned a bach-elor of music degree in composition from Western Washington University. Mr. Mitchell also participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington D.C., and also studied with Lorin Maazel and with Kurt Masur.

Brett Mitchell Associate Conductor Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Endowed Chair The Cleveland Orchestra

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Family Concert No. 2

GOTTA DANCE!Friday evening February 26 at 7:30 p.m.

The Cleveland OrchestraBrett Mitchell, conductor and hostwith special guests Cleveland Ballet

Gladisa Guadalupe, Artistic Director

Family Concert: February 26


The concert runs approximately one hour; musical selections subject to change.

Tarantella from Gazebo Dances by JOHN CORIGLIANO

Allegretto and Con Brio from Four Scottish Dances by MALCOLM ARNOLD

Habanera from Carmen by GEORGES BIZET

Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty by PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Waltz: On the Beautiful Blue Danube by JOHANN STRAUSS JR.

Furiant / Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major by ANTONÍN DVOR

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Danzón No. 2 by ARTURO MÁRQUEZ

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22 The Cleveland OrchestraCleveland Ballet

Cleveland BalletThe mission of the new Cleveland Ballet is to present world-class artistry onstage through classical and new works and to ensure that classical and neoclassical ballet are accessible and relevant to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Cleveland

Ballet will create dance and community engagement pro-grams of the highest levels of excellence, reaching deeply into the hearts of Northeast Ohio to inspire audiences. Cleveland Ballet began their successful preview season on October 3 at a sold-out per-formance at Playhouse Square. These dancers are eager to share with you their work and achievements throughout this exciting season!

Gladisa GuadalupeBorn in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gladisa Guadalupe started her training with Ballet de San Juan and its famed ballet teachers, becoming one the company’s young-est members. A Scholarship Alumna of the School of American Ballet, the offi cial training academy of the New York City Ballet, Ms. Guadalupe studied under the celebrated George Balanchine, father of American ballet and of the modern ballet movement, as well as with many of the School’s celebrated faculty members. Ms. Guadalupe’s professional career has included performances under legend-ary choreographers George Balanchine, Dennis Nahat, Ian Horvath, Margot Sap-pington, Ana Garcia, John Butler, Choo San Goh, and Louis Falco. She has toured North and South America, Asia, and Europe, and was selected as a principal dancer with Ballet de San Juan, Ballet Nuevo Mundo de Caracas (Caracas, Venezuela), Cleve-land Ballet, and Cleveland–San Jose Ballet. After retiring from the stage, Ms. Guadalupe served as director and principal teacher at Cleveland Ballet School, the School of Cleveland Ballet. She has instruct-ed in dance for the Cecchetti Council of America, American Ballet Theater, Ballet de San Juan, Ballet San Jose, Ohio Ballet, Rochester School of Ballet, and the University of Akron.


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Dance Word Finder

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Education & Community

Education and Music Serving the Community Th e Cleveland Orchestra draws together traditional and new programs in music education and community involvement to deepen connections with audiences throughout Northeast Ohio

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA has a long and proud history of sharing the value and joy of music with citizens throughout Northeast Ohio. Education and community programs date to the Orchestra’s founding in 1918 and have remained a central focus of the ensemble’s activities for over ninety years. Today, with the support of many generous individual, foundation, corporate, and governmental funding partners, the Orchestra’s educational and community programs reach more than 60,000 young people and adults annually, helping to foster a love of music and a lifetime of involvement with the musical arts. On these pages, we share photo graphs from a sampling of these many programs. For additional in-formation about these and other programs, visit us at clevelandorchestra.com or contact the Education & Community Programs Offi ce by calling 216-231-7355.

Franz Welser-Möst leads a concert at John Adams High School. Through such In-School Performances and Education Concerts at Severance Hall, The Cleveland Orchestra introduced more than 4 million young people to symphonic music over the past nine decades.


Cleveland Orchestra fl utist Marisela Sager working with pre-school students as part of PNC Grow Up Great, a program utilizing music to support pre-literacy and school readiness skills.

Education & Community

More than 1,250 talented youth musicians have performed as members of the Cleve- land Orchestra Youth Orchestra in the quarter century since the ensemble’s founding in 1986. Many have gone on to careers in professional orchestras around the world, including four current members of The Cleveland Orchestra.

T H A N K Y O UThe Cleveland Orchestra’s Education & Community programs

are made possible by many generous individuals and organizations, including:

PROGRAM FUNDERS

The Abington FoundationPaul M. Angell Family Foundation

Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening FoundationMary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Foundation

Conway Family FoundationCuyahoga County Residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture

Dominion FoundationFirstMerit Foundation

The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable FoundationThe Giant Eagle Foundation

The William Randolph Hearst FoundationMuna & Basem Hishmeh FoundationMartha Holden Jennings Foundation

KeyBankThe Laub Foundation

Macy’sThe Nord Family Foundation

Nordson Corporation FoundationOhio Arts Council

Ohio Savings Bank, A Division of New York Community BankPNC Bank

The Reinberger FoundationAlbert G. and Olive H. Schlink Foundation

The Sherwin-Williams CompanyThomas H. White Foundation

The Edward and Ruth Wilkof FoundationWomen’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra

ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND FUNDERS

Hope and Stanley I. AdelsteinKathleen L. BarberMr. Roger G. Berk

In memory of Anna B. BodyIsabelle and Ronald Brown

Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. BrownRoberta R. CalderwoodAlice H. Cull Memorial

Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Emrick, Jr.Charles and Marguerite C. Galanie

Mr. David J. GoldenThe George Gund Foundation

The Hershey FoundationDorothy Humel Hovorka

Mr. James J. HummerFrank and Margaret Hyncik

Junior Committee of The Cleveland OrchestraWalter and Jean Kalberer Foundation

Alfred M. Lerner In-School Performance FundLinda and Saul Ludwig

Machaskee Fund for Community ProgrammingMr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel

Christine Gitlin Miles, in honor of Jahja LingMr. and Mrs. David T. Morganthaler

Morley Fund for Pre-School EducationThe Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund

Pysht FundThe Max Ratner Education Fund, given by the Ratner, Miller,

and Shafran Families and Forest City Enterprises, Inc.The William N. Skirball Endowment

Anonymous, in memory of Georg SoltiJules and Ruth Vinney Youth Orchestra Touring Fund


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All in the Families!Unscramble the letters to name the four families of instruments, then unscramble each instrument in the family.

Unscramble the Words

STRINGSviolaviolinbassharpcello

PERCUSSIONcymbalstambourinetimpanichimescelestagongtriangle

maracasxylophonepianosnare drumcastanetsbass drum

BRASSFrench horntubatrumpettrombone

WOODWINDSclarinetfl uteenglish hornbassoonsaxophoneoboecontrabassoonpiccolo

28 The Cleveland OrchestraConductor

Rob Kapilow is the conductor/creative director of FamilyMusik® for the Celeb-rity Series of Boston and at New York’s Lincoln Center. He has also served as conductor/director of FamilyMusik® for New York’s 92nd Street Y, co-director of the Rutgers SummerFest Festival, assis-tant conductor of the Opera Company of Boston, music director of the touring company Opera New England, and con-ductor of the Kansas City Symphony’s summer FamilyFare program. For over 20 years, Rob Kapilow has brought the joy and wonder of classi-cal music to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Mr. Kapilow’s work brings music into people’s lives — opening new ears to musical experiences and help-ing people to listen actively rather than just hear. The reach of his interactive events and activities is wide, both geo-graphically and culturally — from Native American tribal communities in Mon-tana and inner-city high school students in Louisiana to audiences in Kyoto and Kuala Lumpur, and from tots barely out of diapers to musicologists in Ivy League programs. A frequent guest speaker for museums, business groups, foundations, hospitals, law schools, math depart-ments, and conferences, he is constantly fi nding connections and intersections between music and the rest of the world, making art essential to everyday life. Rob Kapilow has conducted many of North America’s fi nest orchestras, in-cluding those of Atlanta, Detroit, Phila-delphia, St. Louis, St. Paul, Toronto, and

Washington D.C. He has also conduct-ed many new works of musical theater, ranging from the Tony Award-winning Nine on Broadway to the premiere of Fri-da for the opening of the Brooklyn Acad-emy of Music’s “Next Wave Festival” and premieres of works for American Reper-tory Theater. Rob Kapilow dedicates his summer months to writing and composing new music, most recently Chrysopylae, a large-scale work commissioned by the Marin Symphony to celebrate the 75th Anni-versary of the Golden Gate Bridge. He was the fi rst composer to be granted the rights to set Dr. Seuss’s words to music. A new album featuring Nathan Gunn and Is-abel Leonard in two of his popular Family Musik® compositions, Chris van Allsburg’s Polar Express and Dr. Seuss’s Gertrude Mc-Fuzz, was released in November 2014. Rob Kapilow interrupted his aca-demic work at age 19 to study with the legendary Nadia Boulanger. After grad-uating from Yale, he continued his stud-ies at the Eastman School of Music, and then returned to Yale, where he was as-sistant professor for six years. He lives in River Vale, New Jersey, with his wife and three children.

Rob Kapilow


Family Concert No. 3 Green EggsGreen Eggs and Hamadeus and HamadeusSunday afternoon April 16 at 2:00 p.m.

The Cleveland OrchestraRob Kapilow, conductor and host

Family Concert: April 16


The concert runs approximately one hour; musical selections subject to change.

Selections from Eine kleine Nachtmusik[“A Little Night Music” or “A Short Notturno”]a.k.a. Serenade No. 13 in C major, K525 by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) 1. Allegro 2. Romanze 3. Menuetto 4. Rondo

Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and HamAn operatic setting of “Green Eggs and Ham”inspired by the music of Mozart’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” by ROB KAPILOW (b. 1952) produced and directed by Danny Pelzig and featuring soprano Sherry Boone

Green Eggs and Ham is presented with permission of Random House.Copyright © Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Random House Publishing.

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Dr. Seuss properites TM and © 1960 Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P. All rights reserved.

1756 Born January 27, in Salzburg, the seventh and last child of Leopold and Anna Maria. (Only two of their children survived infancy.) Baptized “Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Th eophilus Mozart.”

1759 At age 3, Wolfgang begins to play the harpsichord.

1761 At age 5, he begins to compose.

1762 His father takes Wolfgang (and his sister, Nannerl, four years older) on the road as child prodigies. Over the next four years, they will visit and perform before royalty in Vienna, Paris, and London.

1767 He begins writing his fi rst operas, completing four in two years.

1770 Wolfgang (age 14) and his father visit Italy for the fi rst time, and are exposed to Italian opera in its native land.

1771 At age 15, he begins his service with his father’s employer, the Archbishop of Salzburg.

1778 While he and his mother are in Paris looking for lucrative employment for Wolfgang, Anna Maria is taken ill and dies. Wolfgang must bury her alone, and then tell his father and sister back in Salzburg the news.

1781 Aft er looking for a job in Vienna, Wolfgang is dismissed from his post with the Archbishop and decides to become a freelance musician.

1782 Marries Constanze Weber on August 4. Th ey will have six children, but (typical for the era) only two will survive to adulthood (neither of whom will have children of their own).

1783 Over the next several years, he writes and performs a series of mature piano concertos and creates six string quartets dedicated to Haydn, making for himself both a name and a good living.

1785 Meets Haydn, who praises Mozart as “the greatest living composer.”

MOZART T I M E L I N E

30 The Cleveland OrchestraAbout Mozart

1786 Th e Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna on May 1.

1787 He travels to Prague early in the year to see Figaro, where it is acclaimed a masterpiece. Prague asks him to write a new opera. Father Leopold dies on May 28. Don Giovanni, his second collaboration with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, is premiered in October in Prague. Wolfgang is appointed to the relatively minor (and not very well-paid) post of “chamber composer” by Emperor Joseph II.

1788 Mozart composes what become his last three symphonies (Nos. 39, 40, and 41) in anticipation of a series of benefi t concerts that never take place. His fi nances are increasingly limited and problematic, and he moves around Vienna several times in the next few years to fi nd lodgings he can work in or aff ord.

1790 Così fan tutte is premiered in Vienna. Mozart attends the coronation of Emperor Leopold II.

1791 Composes the operas Th e Magic Flute and La clemenza di Tito, and begins work on his Requiem Mass. Dies on December 5 at the age of 35. Aft er a simple funeral service, following customs of the time in Vienna, he is buried in an unmarked grave.

31Severance Hall 2015-16 About Mozart

Your Role . . . in The Cleveland Orchestra’s Future Genera ons of Clevelanders have supported the Orchestra and enjoyed its concerts. Tens of thousands have learned to love music through its educa on programs, celebrated im-portant events with its music, and shared in its musicmaking — at school, at Severance Hall, at Blossom, downtown at Public Square, on the radio, and with family and friends. Ticket sales cover less than half the cost of presen ng The Cleveland Orchestra’s season each year. To sustain its ac vi es here in Northeast Ohio, the Orchestra has undertaken the most ambi ous fundraising campaign in our history: the Sound for the Centennial Cam-paign. By making a dona on, you can make a crucial diff erence in helping to ensure that future genera ons will con nue to enjoy the Orchestra’s performances, educa on pro-grams, and community ac vi es and partnerships. To make a gi to The Cleveland Orches-tra, please visit us online, or call 216-231-7562.

clevelandorchestra.com

THE CLE VE L AND ORCHE STRA believes in the power of music to transform lives. Th e Orchestra sponsors several ensembles for student singers or instrumentalists look-ing to pursue their interest in music. Students selected through auditions have the unparalleled opportunity to work closely week in and week out with professional musi-cians and conductors, who immerse them in the high standards and traditions of ar-tistic excellence of a world-class orchestra. In addition to signifi cant skill-building and beautiful music-making — and the academic and developmental benefi ts that come with rigorous music study — participants forge lifelong friendships and come to regard Severance Hall as their musical home.

Founded in 1986, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra provides a unique pre-professional experience for musicians in grades 7-12. Players rehearse weekly and perform in Severance Hall, are directed by a member of Th e Cleveland Orchestra’s conducting staff , and receive coaching from Cleveland Orchestra musicians. Membership is by competitive auditions held in May. For information, please call the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra at 216-231-7352 or visit www.ClevelandOrchestraYouthOrchestra.com.

Th e Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus was founded in 1991 to help raise awareness of choral music-making in the schools of Northeast Ohio and to encourage more students to continue their choral activities through college and into adulthood. Members of the Youth Chorus have the oppor-tunity to perform concerts in the greater Cleveland community as well as onstage at Severance Hall alongside their colleagues in the Youth Orchestra. Members of the Youth Chorus are chosen through auditions. For more information, please call the Chorus Offi ce at 216-231-7374 or email [email protected].

Th e Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Cho-rus was founded in 1967 and is comprised of students in grades 6-9. Th e group per-forms regularly with Th e Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Th e Children’s Preparatory Chorus is comprised of students in grades 5-8 and collabo-rates with the Children’s Chorus in two concerts each season. Participation in each ensemble helps students develop their leadership skills through music and works to strengthen their abilities for future musical experiences. For more information, please call the Chorus Offi ce at 216-231-7374 or email [email protected].

Opportunities to Perform

C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A

Youth OrchestraB R E T T M I T C H E L L . M U S I C D I R E C T O R


Youth ChorusL I S A W O N G . D I R E C T O R


CH I LDREN’S CHORUSA N N U S H E R . D I R E C T O R

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34 The Cleveland OrchestraMusical Arts Association

NON-RESIDENT TRUSTEES Virginia Nord Barbato (NY) Wolfgang C. Berndt (Austria) Laurel Blossom (SC)

Richard C. Gridley (SC) Loren W. Hershey (DC) Herbert Kloiber (Germany)

Ludwig Scharinger (Austria)

TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO Faye A. Heston, President, Volunteer Council of Th e Cleveland Orchestra Dr. Patricia Moore Smith, President, Women’s Committee of Th e Cleveland Orchestra Elisabeth Hugh, President, Blossom Friends of Th e Cleveland Orchestra

Carolyn Dessin, Chair, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Operating Committee Beverly J. Warren, President, Kent State University Barbara R. Snyder, President, Case Western Reserve University

PAST PRESIDENTS D. Z. Norton 1915-21 John L. Severance 1921-36 Dudley S. Blossom 1936-38 Thomas L. Sidlo 1939-53

Percy W. Brown 1953-55 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. 1955-57 Frank E. Joseph 1957-68 Alfred M. Rankin 1968-83

Ward Smith 1983-95Richard J. Bogomolny 1995-2002, 2008-09James D. Ireland III 2002-08

RESIDENT TRUSTEES George N. Aronoff Dr. Ronald H. Bell Richard J. Bogomolny Charles P. Bolton Jeanette Grasselli Brown Helen Rankin Butler Scott Chaikin Paul G. Clark Robert D. Conrad Matthew V. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler Hiroyuki Fujita Paul G. Greig Robert K. Gudbranson Iris Harvie Jeffrey A. Healy Stephen H. Hoffman David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz Marguerite B. Humphrey David P. Hunt Christopher Hyland Trevor O. Jones

Betsy Juliano Jean C. Kalberer Nancy F. Keithley Christopher M. Kelly Douglas A. Kern John D. Koch S. Lee Kohrman Charlotte R. Kramer Dennis W. LaBarre Norma Lerner Virginia M. Lindseth Alex Machaskee Milton S. Maltz Nancy W. McCann Thomas F. McKee Beth E. Mooney John C. Morley Donald W. Morrison Meg Fulton Mueller Gary A. Oatey Katherine T. O’Neill The Honorable John D. Ong Larry Pollock

Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Clara T. RankinAudrey Gilbert Ratner Charles A. RatnerZoya ReyzisBarbara S. Robinson Paul RoseSteven M. RossRaymond T. SawyerLuci ScheyHewitt B. Shaw Richard K. SmuckerJames C. SpiraR. Thomas StantonJoseph F. Toot, Jr.Daniel P. WalshThomas A. WaltermireGeraldine B. WarnerJeffery J. WeaverJeffrey M. WeissNorman E. WellsPaul E. Westlake Jr.David A. Wolfort

OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dennis W. LaBarre, President Richard J. Bogomolny, Chairman The Honorable John D. Ong, Vice President

Norma Lerner, Honorary Chair Hewitt B. Shaw, Secretary Beth E. Mooney, Treasurer

Jeanette Grasselli Brown Matthew V. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz

Douglas A. Kern Virginia M. Lindseth Alex Machaskee Nancy W. McCann John C. Morley

Larry PollockAlfred M. Rankin, Jr.Audrey Gilbert RatnerBarbara S. Robinson

THE MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION as of October 2015

operating Th e Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, and Blossom Music Festival

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director Gary Hanson, Executive Director

HONORARY TRUSTEES FOR LIFE Gay Cull Addicott Oliver F. Emerson Allen H. Ford

Robert W. Gillespie Dorothy Humel Hovorka Robert P. Madison

Robert F. MeyersonJames S. Reid, Jr.


H A I L E D A S O N E of the world’s most beautiful concert halls, Severance Hall has been home to The Cleveland Or-chestra since its opening on February 5, 1931. After that fi rst concert, a Cleveland newspaper editorial stated: “We believe that Mr. Severance intended to build a temple to music, and not a temple to wealth; and we believe it is his intention that all music lovers should be welcome there.” John Long Severance (president of the Musical Arts Association, 1921-1936) and his wife, Elisabeth, donated the funds necessary to erect this magnifi cent building. Designed by Walker & Weeks, its elegant Georgian exterior was con-structed to harmonize with the classical architecture of other prominent buildings in the University Circle area. The interior of the building refl ects a combination of design styles, including Art Deco, Egyp-tian Revival, Classicism, and Modernism. An extensive renovation, restoration, and expansion of the facility was completed in January 2000.

LATE SEATINGAs a courtesy to the audience members and musicians in the hall, late-arriving patrons are asked to wait quietly until the fi rst convenient break in the program, when ushers will help you to your seats. These seating breaks are at the discretion of the House Manager in consul-tation with the performing artists.

PAGERS, CELL PHONES, AND WRISTWATCH ALARMSAll electronic and mechanical devices — including pagers, cellular telephones, and wristwatch alarms — must be turned off while in the concert hall.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND SELFIES,VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGPhotographs of the hall and selfi es to share with others can be taken when the perfor-mance is not in progress. However, audio recording, photography, and videography are prohibited during performances at Severance Hall. And, as courtesy to others, please turn off any phone or device that makes noise or emits light.

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYContact an usher or a member of house staff if you require medical assistance. Emergency ex-its are clearly marked throughout the building. Ushers and house staff will provide instructions in the event of an emergency.

AGE RESTRICTIONSRegardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat throughout the performance. Season sub-scription concerts are not recommended for children under the age of 8. However, there are several age-appropriate series designed specifi cally for children and youth, including: Musical Rainbows, (recommended for children 3 to 6 years old), and Family Concerts (for ages 7 and older).

CRYING CHILD?We understand that sometimes young children cannot sit quietly through a one-hour concert and need to get up and move or talk freely. For the listening enjoy-

ment of those around you, we respectfully ask that you and your active child step out of the concert hall to stretch your legs (and baby’s lungs). An usher will gladly help you return to your seat at an appropriate break.

Severance Hall

11001 Euclid AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44106C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A . C O M

11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106Administrative Offi ces: (216) 231-7300

Ticket Offi ce: (216) 231-1111 or 800-686-1141

C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A . C O M

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director Brett Mitchell, Assistant Conductor

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Joan Katz Napoli, Director Sandra Jones, Manager, Education and Family Concerts Rachel Novak, Manager, Learning Programs and Community Engagement Sarah Lamb, Coordinator, Education and Community Programs Lauren Generette, Manager, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

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The Cleveland Orchestra Family Concerts