ALLURE | The Three Amandas

A Pilgrimage of Hope 2020-2021 The 29th Season

Allure The Three Amandas

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The Three Amandas Board of Directors

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From the President

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Welcome Howard Bender

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Board Spotlight

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Program 14 Texts & Translations

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The Musicians’ Fund

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Notes on the Program

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Soloist Profiles

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Jeannette Sorrell

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About Apollo’s Fire

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Community Partners

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Meet the Administration

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ON THE COVER: A Soiree on the Terrace; Une Soiree sur la Terasse. Delphin Enjolras (1857-1945).

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Board of Directors President Charles A. Bittenbender Chair James B. Rosenthal Vice Presidents Kathleen Cerveny Samuel D. Harris Daniel Shoskes, M.D. Treasurer Ryan Siebel Secretary William A. Powel III Chair Emeritus Norman C. Harbert

Jeffrey P. Barnett Howard Bender* William P. Blair III T. Clifford Deveny, M.D. James W. Ehrman Ann Fairhurst Andrew Gordon-Seifert Russell Hardy, M.D. Ka-Pi Hoh, Ph.D. Robert H. Jackson Thomas Forrest Kelly, Ph.D. Richard J. Lederman, M.D. Meng “Locky “ Liu Fred J. Livingstone Stephen A. Mahoney, M.D. Linda M. Olejko Kim S. Parry Brendan Patterson, M.D. Phillip Rowland-Seymour Noha Ryder* Jeannette Sorrell* Kathie Stewart** Dean Valore Robert Walcott Sue Yelanjian** *ex officio **Musicians’ Representative

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Continuo Society

Akron Advisory Board Thomas Clark, chair Esther Cooper Susan Delahanty Barbara Feld William Foster Walter Keith Lisa Martinez Lori Nelson Sandra R. Smith Libby Upton The Ambassadors Council Russell Hardy, M.D., chair Karl Bekeny Mitchell Blair Arthur Brooks Frances S. Buchholzer Robert Conrad William E. Conway Norman C. Harbert Samuel S. Hartwell Marguerite B. Humphrey Marjorie H. Kitchell Rabbi Roger C. Klein Annette Lowe Deborah H. Nash Nancy Osgood Clara Rankin Robert Reynolds, M.D. Kasia Rothenberg, M.D. Sandra R. Smith

Apollo’s Fire recognizes and sends continued thanks to all former members of the Board of Directors, who have so generously contributed their time, talents and financial resources over the years. Just as the continuo is the foundation of baroque music, these visionary individuals, through their service on the board, have been the foundation of Apollo’s Fire.

Thomas S. Allen Bonnie Baker James Berlinski Christine Brez Arthur V. N. Brooks Sally Brown Richard Buffett Thomas Clark Nancy Bell Coe Ronald Crutcher Clarence Drichta Ross W. Duffin Suzanne Ferguson William J. Flemm Mark Floyd

John Gibbon Robert C. Gilkeson, M.D. Scott Gonia Joyce Graham Paula Grooms Jonathan Hatch John D. Heavenrich Conway Ivy Denise Jackson Delia Jarantilla Marjorie H. Kitchell Katherine Larson Donald Laubacher William H. Lennon David Love

Michael Lynn Polly Morganstern Donald W. Morrison Clyde L. Nash, M.D. Charlotte Newman Leroy B. Parks, Jr. Thomas F. Peterson, Jr. Jane Pickering Ronald Potts, M.D. Sanford Reichart Robert Reynolds, M.D. Shawn Riley Richard Rodda Alex Sales, D.D.S. Sandra F. Selby

William Sheldon, M.D. John Shelley Carsten Sierck Kempton Smith Kathie Lynne Stewart Rebecca Storey Eugenia Strauss Susan Troia Lee Warshawsky Carol Wipper Lynne Woodman Roger Wright Dave Young

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We are so happy you are here!

From the President Who needs the Three Tenors when you have the Three Amandas? – Greetings and welcome to ALLURE: The Three Amandas! This unique program has long been a dream of Jeannette Sorrell and her virtuoso diva friends – Amanda Forsythe, Amanda Powell, and Amanda Crider. While all three are longtime favorites with Apollo’s Fire audiences, this is the first time that all three are meeting each other and actually singing together.

Thanks to a generous donation, we are delighted to announce that Apollo’s Fire will record this program next week for international CD release in September 2021. The album release will be a festive way to launch our 30th anniversary season next year.

It is not too late to subscribe to our 29th Season: A Pilgrimage of Hope!

Throughout the 2020-2021 season, Apollo (the Greek god of music and healing) will lead us on a musical journey from solitude to hope. You can enjoy our music in whatever way suits you best – attend in person, or at home. (Please see page 42 for details.)

We are thrilled that our new Worldwide Watch-at-Home series launched two weeks ago has already garnered enthusiastic comments from around the country. For example:

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“Wow! Such a moving and memorable performance. The video production allows us to see into the performers’ souls.”

– Cliff from Akron, OH “We loved the video production. Not only are the musicians wonderful, but also the sound and camera work are excellent.”

– Joan and Richard from Chicago, IL “We get a new ‘Covid-19 lockdown light’ here in Germany. But what could be better than watching your awesome Resilience Concert Video again. It’s a ray of hope during these difficult times.”

– Steffen from Germany In other exciting news, the documentary PLAYING WITH FIRE: Jeannette Sorrell and the Mysteries of Conducting, by two-time Oscar award-winning director Allan Miller, was recently named “Best U.S. Documentary” at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival. The film was also chosen for the festival’s Opening Night Gala, and was the “Most Watched” film of the festival.

As Thanksgiving approaches, we are grateful for our patrons, our donors, and our musicians. Apollo’s Fire continues to help our musicians during the pandemic through our Musicians’ Fund. To date, AF has paid out over $150,000 to musicians in partial payments for cancelled concerts and in stipends for many of our core musicians. You can help our beloved musicians by giving to the Apollo’s Fire Musicians’ Fund, where 100% of your donation will go directly to our musicians.

Your generosity through this challenging time inspires us. We promise to inspire you with Passion. Period.

And now, enjoy the incredible ALLURE of The Three Amandas!

Charles A. Bittenbender President

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Howard comes to us from Florida Grand Opera, where he was Chief Development Officer. He previously served as Vice President of Virginia HOWARD BENDER Opera. Prior to his career in arts management, Executive Director Howard had a flourishing career as an opera singer, performing in major opera houses on four continents. He sang for four seasons at the Metropolitan Opera and worked with many of the world’s leading conductors. He attended Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School, and holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music.

Howard has been a delightful asset to AF’s staff this summer. We know that our patrons will enjoy meeting him!

Seven things you didn’t know about Howard Bender: 1.

Age when you started to perform and love early music: 14

3. Favorite Travel Destination: anywhere with Ellen Bender 4. Favorite NEO restaurant: too many to mention!

5. Favorite Tenor: At least 3 per category (sorry), Historic = Jussi Björling, Beniamino Gigli, Richard Tauber; Current = Piotr Beczala, Jonas Kaufmann, Joseph Calleja 6. Most unusual pre-teen accomplishment: pitching a no-hitter in the CH-UH Little League “World Series” of 196?

7. You wouldn’t believe it: played lead guitar in the infamous 60s garage band The Critic’s Choice

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2. Guilty Pleasure: Sunday morning lox and bagels with the NY Times while switching back and forth between WCLV, WKSU and WCPN.

BOARD SPOTLIGHT

CHUCK BITTENBENDER (President) is a retired lawyer and served for 26 years as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of NACCO Industries, Inc. and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. He retired at the end of 2016.

After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, Chuck began his career working in middle management capacities for The Ohio Bell Telephone Company for eight years, the last four of which he also attended Cleveland State Law School at night.

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After receiving his law degree in 1979, he worked as a lawyer for eight years at the Jones Day law firm in Cleveland.

Chuck joined the Board of Apollo’s Fire in 2015, becoming President in 2017.

He has a long history of community engagement and nonprofit service, having served on the Boards of Directors of the Cleveland Skating Club (1990-1994, Board President 1992-1994), the Children’s Museum of Cleveland (1994-2000, Board President 1998-2000), Judson Retirement Community (1997-2004 and 2005-2014, Board Chairman 2001-2004), and the Cleveland Institute of Music (2005-present), in addition to Apollo’s Fire.

Chuck and his wife Christy live in Orange Village. They have two grown sons.

Chuck can often be seen on the tennis court, or reading a good book about baroque music.

Apollo’s Fire is grateful to its volunteer Board of Directors for their dedicated leadership. We are proud to initiate the Board Spotlight series in honor of these individuals who give tirelessly of their time and treasure to Apollo’s Fire. THANK YOU!

DANIEL SHOSKES, MD (Vice President) is a physician and Urology Specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, having over 35 years of experience in the medical field. He is also an avid lute player, and can be seen playing the lute in many YouTube videos.

He graduated from University of Toronto Medical School in 1985. He specializes in renal transplantation, chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, interstitial cystitis, and Men’s Pelvic Health.

Danny is married to Ruth Shoskes, a native of Switzerland. They have three grown children and they enjoy visiting Switzerland as often as possible.

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Danny has a love of classical music, especially from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Growing up, he played the classical guitar but more recently has been playing the lute family of instruments: baroque lute, renaissance lute, vihuela, archlute, baroque guitar and romantic guitar.

His recording discography includes Lautenschmaus (Lute Feast): Ascendance of the German Baroque Lute (July 2011), Patrons of the Lute (May 2014), Weiss Undercover (May 2016), and Fair and Princely Branches (February 2020).

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The Three Amandas Amanda Forsythe, soprano Amanda Powell, soprano Amanda Crider, mezzo-soprano d Jeannette Sorrell, direction, harpsichord, & program design d Francisco Fullana & Emi Tanabe, violin Andrew Fouts, violin & viola René Schiffer, cello William Simms & Brian Kay, lute & theorbo Parker Ramsay, baroque harp Anthony Taddeo, percussion

Thursday, November 5 Friday, November 6 Saturday, November 7 Sunday, November 8

First United Methodist Church, AKRON First Baptist Church, SHAKER HEIGHTS AVON LAKE United Church of Christ First Baptist Church, SHAKER HEIGHTS

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Jeff & Jamie Barnett

I. Dance of Life PRELUDE: El Cant dels Ocells (Song of the Birds) – trad. Catalan, arr. J. Sorrell A NONYMOUS attributed to STEFANO LAN DI ( 15 8 7 -16 39) Passacaglia della Vita (Dance of Life), arr. J. Sorrell

II. In the Palace of Ferrara A N DR EA FALCON I ER I (158 6 -16 5 6) Ciaccona in G Major, arr. R. Schiffer LU Z ZASCHO LUZZASCHI ( 15 4 5 -16 0 7) Toccata del Quarto Tono – Parker Ramsay, harp Dolcezze amarissime (Trio per il Concerto delle Donne), arr. J. Sorrell A L ES SAN DRO PICCI N I N I (15 6 6 -16 38) Toccata in G Minor – William Simms, theorbo BI AGIO MAR I N I (15 94-16 6 3) 14 s ALLURE | The Three Amandas

Passacalio à 4 in G Minor, Op. 22 no. 25 SA MU EL FR I EDR ICH CAP R ICOR NU S ( 16 2 8 -16 6 5 ) O Felix Jucunditas (O Happy Delight), from Theatrum Musicium, arr. J. Sorrell

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III. Love is Too Much BENEDETTO FER R AR I (1603-16 8 1) Amanti, io so vi dire – Ms. Forsythe, soprano MAR I N I Sonata sopra Fuggi dolente core, Op. 22 no. 21 LUZZASCHI Troppo ben può questo tiranno (Trio per il Concerto delle Donne), arr. J. Sorrell

IV. Disdain B A RBAR A STROZZI (1619-167 7) Che si può fare (What can be done?), Op. 8 – Ms. Powell, soprano C L AU DIO MON TEV ER DI (15 67 -16 4 3) Quel sguardo sdegnosetto, from the Scherzi Musicali – Ms. Crider, mezzo-soprano VIRG ILIO MAZZOCCHI (15 97-16 4 6) Sdegno, campion audace – Ms. Forsythe, soprano

DIEGO ORTI Z (15 10-15 70) Two Recercadas from Trattado de Glosas, arr. J. Sorrell Recercada 7 sobre la Romanesca Recercada 2 sobre la Passamezzo moderno J UAN AR AÑ ES (died c. 1649) Un Sarao de la Chacona (A Chacona Party), arr. J.Sorrell

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V. The Allure of Spain

Texts & Translations

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I. Dance of Life Passacaglia della Vita

Dance of Life

Oh come t’inganni se pensi che gl’anni non hann’ da finire, bisogna morire.

Oh how you deceive yourself if you think that your time won’t come to an end.

We have to die.

È un sogno la vita che par sì gradita, è breve gioire, bisogna morire.

Life is a dream that seems so pleasing it’s a short-lived joy, we must die.

Non val medicina, non giova la China, non si può guarire, bisogna morire.

Medicine and quinine are of no avail; we cannot be healed, we must die.

Non vaglion sberate, minarie, bravate che caglia l’ardire, bisogna morire.

Ranting and wailing are useless.

Courage doesn’t matter – we have to die.

Dottrina che giova, parola non trova che plachi l’ardire, bisogna morire.

No guiding doctrine finds the words to allay our fears, we have to die.

La morte crudele a tutti è infedele, ogn’uno svergogna, morire bisogna.

Cruel death betrays us all, abases us all, we must die.

È pur ò pazzia o gran frenesia, par dirsi menzogna, morire bisogna.

It’s folly to deny it and great madness to lie about it – we have to die.

Si more cantando, si more sonando la Cetra, o Sampogna, morire bisogna.

We die when singing, we die when playing the lyre or the bagpipe.

Die we must!

Allure Si muore danzando, bevendo, mangiando; con quella carogna morire bisogna.

We die while dancing, drinking and eating; with that carrion, die we must.

I Giovani, i putti e gl’Huomini tutti s’hann’a incenerire, bisogna morire.

Youngsters, infants and all human beings are turned into ashes, we must die.

I sani, gl’infermi, i bravi, gl’inermi tutt’hann’a finire, bisogna morire.

The healthy, the sick, the clever, the helpless, all shall perish, we must die.

E quando che meno ti pensi, nel seno ti vien a finire, bisogna morire.

And when you expect it the least, you feel it in your heart: we must die.

Se tu non vi pensi hai persi li sensi, sei morto e puoi dire: bisogna morire.

If you ignore it, you’ve lost your senses, you are dead, and can say: we must die.

II. In the Palace of Ferrara Oh, Bitter Sweetnesses

O dolcezze amarissime d’amore, quest’è pur il mio core quest’è pur il mio ben che più languisco.

Oh, bitter sweetnesses of love, this is my heart indeed, this is my love indeed for which I languish most.

Che fa meco il dolor se ne gioisco?

Why does pain stay with me if I rejoice for it?

Fuggite Amor amanti, amore amico, o che fiero nemico!

Allor che vi lusinga, allor che ride, condisce i vostri pianti con quel velen che dolcemente ancide.

Flee from Love, you lovers! Is love a friend?

Oh, what a fierce enemy!

While he is alluring you, while he smiles, he spices your weeping with venom that kills sweetly.

Non credete ai sembianti che par soave ed è pungente e crudo Et è men disarmato all’hor che è nudo.

Do not be fooled by his appearance; for he seems gentle, but is stinging and cruel; and is more dangerous when unveiled.

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Texts & Translations (continued) O Felix Jucunditas

O Happy Delight

O felix jucunditas et jucunda felicitas, Sanctos videre cum sanctis esse et esse sanctum,

O happy delight and delightful happiness, To see the Saints, to be with the Saints, and be holy,

Deum videre et Deum habere in aeternum. To see God and cherish God forever.

O felix jucunditas et jucunda felicitas.

O happy delight and delightful happiness!

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III. Love is Too Much Amanti, io so vi dire

Lovers, I can tell you

Amanti, io vi sò dire ch’è meglio assai fuggire bella Donna vezzosa ò sia cruda ò pietosa ad ogni modo e via il morir per amor è una pazzia.

Non accade pensare di gioir in amare amoroso contento dedicato è al momento e bella Donna al fine rose non dona mai senza le spine.

Lovers, I can tell you it’s much better to flee a fair and charming woman.

Whether she’s cruel or merciful, by all means, and in any way, dying for love is folly!

The thought of rejoicing never occurs when loving.

A happy lover lives for the moment.

In the end, a beautiful woman never gifts roses without thorns.

Vi vuol pianti a diluvi per spegner i vesuvi d’un cor innamorato, d’un spirito infiammato; pria che si giunga in porto, quante volte si dice: ohimè son morto.

It takes a flood of tears to quench the volcanic blasts of a heart in love, of a spirit on fire; before reaching the harbor, how many times we say: Alas! I’m dead!

Credete’l à costui che per prova può dir io vidi io fui se creder no’l volete lasciate star che poco importa à me seguitate ad’amar ad’ogni modo chi dè rompersi il collo non accade che schivi od’erta ò fondo che per proverbio senti sempre dire dal destinato non si può fuggire.

Believe those who’ve been there and can say: “I saw it, I was there.” If you don’t want to believe, don’t bother! – It doesn’t matter to me.

Go on with loving then.

In any case, if you break your neck while trying to scale the heights or descend to the depths, just remember the old proverb – “You can’t escape from fate.”

Allure Donna sò chi tu sei amor sò i fatti miei non tresco più con voi alla larga ambi doi S’ogn’un fosse com’io saria un balordo Amor e non un Dio!

Woman, I know who you are.

Cupid, I know my stuff.

You’ll fool me no more.

Stay away, both of you!

If all were like me, Cupid would be considered a fool not a god!

Troppo ben può

This tyrant, Love

Troppo ben può questo tiranno Amore, per far soggetto un core, se libertà non val, nè val fuggire chi no’l può soffrire.

This tyrant, Love, holds too much power to subdue a heart.

Even he who rejects it and flees cannot escape suffering.

Quando i’ penso talor com’arde, e punge, i’ dico: “Ah core stolto, non l’aspettar; che fai?

Fuggilo sí, che non ti giunga mai.”

Ma non so com’il lusinghier mi giunge, e sì dolce e sì vago e sì soave, ch’io dico: “Ah core stolto, perché fuggito l’hai?

Prendilo sí, che non ti fugga mai.”

When I think at how my heart burns and stings, I say: “Alas, silly heart, don’t wait; what are you doing?

Flee from it! May it never catch you.”

But then that flatterer Love somehow returns, so sweetly, so charmingly, so gently, that I say: “Alas, silly heart, why did you flee from it?

Catch it, may it never slip away.”

IV. Disdain Oh, Bitter Sweetness

Che si può fare?

Le stelle rubelle non hanno pietà, che s’el cielo non da un influsso di pace al mio penare che si può fare?

What can one do?

The rebel stars show no mercy; if heaven doesn’t send a flow of peace to my pain, What can one do?

Che si può dire?

Dagl’astri disastri mi piovano ogn’or; Che si può dire, se perfido amor un respiro diniega al mio martire che si può dire?

What can one say?

From the stars, disasters Rain upon me without end; What can one say, if evil love denies any respite to my torture?

What can one say?

Lyrics by Gaudenzio Brunacci

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Texts & Translations (continued) Quel sguardo sdegnosetto

That Little Haughty Glance

Quel sguardo sdegnosetto lucente e minaccioso, quel dardo velenoso vola a ferirmi il petto, Bellezze ond’io tutt’ardo e son da me diviso piagatemi col sguardo, Sanatemi col riso.

That little haughty glance, radiant and defiant, that poisonous dart flies to wound my heart.

Oh beauties, I burn for you and feel broken inside.

Torture me with your glance, and heal me with your laughter!

Armatevi, pupille d’asprissimo rigore, versatemi su’l core un nembo di faville.

Ma ‘labro non sia tardo a ravvivarmi ucciso.

Feriscami quel squardo, ma sanimi quel riso.

Arm yourself, O eyes, with your most cruel hardness; pour upon my heart a cloud of sparks.

But may your lips revive me quickly, after you’ve killed me.

Let that glance strike me; but may that laughter heal me.

Begl’occhi a l’armi, a l’armi!

Io vi preparo il seno.

Gioite di piagarmi in fin ch’io venga meno!

E se da vostri dardi io resterò conquiso, feriscano quei sguardi, ma sanami quel riso.

Oh fair eyes: to arms, to arms!

I prepare my heart for you.

Rejoice when torturing me, until I faint at last!

And if I must succumb to your darts, let those glances wound me, but heal me with your laughter!

Sdegno, campion audace

Disdain, fearless champion

Sdegno, campion audace de la ragion guerriera, spegando sua bandiera non vuol più tregua nò non vuol più pace.

Disdain, fearless champion of a warlike reason, waving its flag, wants no more truce, No, wants no more peace.

Se t’invita lo sdegno arma col suo furore rompi quel giogo indegno, ah, non ha pace il core hor che sdegno l’avviva.

If Disdain invites you armed with its fury, break that woeful yoke!

Alas, a heart finds no peace when disdain ignites it.

Viva lo sdegno, viva Ch’innalzando la face non vuol più tregua nò non vuol più pace.

Long live Disdain!

When it raises its face, Disdain wants no more truce.

No, it wants no more peace.

Allure V. The Allure of Spain A Chaconna Party

Un sarao de la chacona se hizo el mes de las rosas, huvo millares de cosas y la fama lo pregona.

A la vida, vidita bona, vida vámonos a Chacona.

A chaconna party was given in the month of roses.

Oh, things happened!

It was the talk of the town.

To life, to good little life!

Come and dance the chaconna.

Porque se casó Almadán se hizo un bravo sarao, dançaron hijas de Anao con los nietos de Milán.

Un suegro de Don Beltrán y una cuñada de Orfeo començaron un guineo y acabólo un amaçona y la fama lo pregona.

A la vida, vidita bona, vida vámonos a Chacona.

For Almedan’s wedding, a great party was set.

Anao’s daughters danced with Milan’s grandsons.

Don Beltran’s father-in-law and Orfeo’s sister-in-law danced a guineo, and ended with a wild amazona.

It’s the talk of the town!

To life, to good little life!

Come and dance the chaconna.

Salió la Cabalagarda Con la mujer del Encenque, Y de Çamora el Palenque Con la pastora Lisarda.

La mezquina donna Albarda, Trepó con pasta Gonzalo, Y un ciego dió con un palo, Tras de la braga lindona.

Y la fama lo pregona: A la vida, vidita bona, Vida, vámonos a chacona.

Madame Cabalagarda came out with the wife of Mr. Encenque And Mr. Palenque from Zamora with Lisarda the shepherdess.

Stingy old Mrs. Abarda tricked Gonzalo out of his money.

And a blind man with a cane set off after the lovely underpants.

It’s the talk of the town!

To life, to good little life!

Come and dance the chaconna.

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Bravissimi to our Benefit Committee, our Boards, sponsors, intrepid Staff and AF’s beloved musicians and guest artists who so passionately lent their talents in making Jeannette Sorrell’s virtual musical vision a reality.

Thank you to our Sponsors & Benefit Committee Astri Seidenfeld – Match Sponsor Marie Rowley – Primary Media Sponsor Chuck & Christy Bittenbender – Major Sponsors The O’Connor Hubach Foundation – Major Sponsors Herb & Jody Wainer – Major Sponsors

Benefit Committee Mrs. Clara Rankin, Honorary Chair Jane Kern, Co-Chair Margaret Krudy, Co-Chair Laura Bauschard Mary Behm Bob Benson Marianne Bernadotte Christy Bittenbender Bill Blair Tom Clark

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The Musicians’ Fund

Apollo’s Fire established the Musicians’ Fund in March 2020 to support our musicians who are facing severe loss of income during the coronavirus pandemic.

Through this fund, AF has paid its musicians over $110,000 in partial fees for canceled concerts during the pandemic and in modest “COVID-19 Relief Grants” to those of our core musicians who were most in need.

AF is continuing to support our musicians this season. The larger concert programs that had been planned before the pandemic are now replaced with smaller chamber programs that can be performed with physical distancing on stage. Some of the money from the Musicians’ Fund will be steered to regular AF musicians who are not included in the chamber programs but who would have performed in the larger programs that were originally planned. AF will also provide another round of COVID Relief Grants to our core musicians who are most in need.

Thank you to all of you who have donated to this program. You are truly making a difference in the lives of AF’s most precious resource.... its Musicians.

Notes on the Program

WOMEN AHEAD OF THEIR TIME

by Jeannette Sorrell

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‘Musicians’, 1530s-1540s. Master of the Female Half-Lengths (First half of 16th century).

Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Their names were Amanda, Amanda, and Amanda. – Whoops, their names were Laura, Livia, and Anna. Together, they were known as the Tre Donne di Ferrara – the three ladies of Ferrara. Their ensemble won highest renown throughout Italy and southern Germany. Living in the late 1500s, over 300 years before women were allowed to vote in the U.S., these women achieved widespread fame and respect.

At the same time, one of them was murdered by her husband – a count – who went unpunished. Thus, this is a tale of revolutionary women ahead of their time, living in an era when women had no protections. They pursued their artistry despite knowing that prominence and renown as a female professional artist could bring disaster.

Allure The Concerto delle Donne or Consort of Ladies was based at the palace of Ferrara, near Bologna in northern Italy. The ensemble was founded in 1580 by Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara.

Though the three singers were officially ladiesin-waiting of Duchess Margherita Gonzaga d’Este, they were hired primarily as musicians.

The ensemble was active for 17 years, until the Duke’s death in 1597. Contemporary diarists, commentators, and music publishers praised the women as “virtuose giovani” (young virtuosas). Several of the greatest poets of the time wrote poems in their honor – both as individuals and as a trio.

Alfonso d’Este - Duke of Ferrara (Titian)

The Concerto delle Donne also brought international prestige to Duke Alfonso and his court. As the trio’s fame spread across Italy, it inspired similar ensembles, including at the powerful court of the Medici family. The musical innovations established by the Tre Donne and their director and composer, Luzzascho Luzzaschi, were

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O dolcezz’amarissime d’amore

Notes on the Program (continued) MEET THE TRE DONNE The Tre Donne di Ferrara all came from upper-class backgrounds, but they would not have had entrée into the court of Ferrera were it not for their musical talent. One came from a minor noble family; one was the daughter of a wealthy tutor; and one came from a prominent family of artists.

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Laura Peverara or Peperara (c. 1550 –1601) was a virtuoso singer, a harpist, and a dancer.

She was born in Mantua and grew up in courtly society since her father was a tutor of princes.

Laura was especially praised for her singing of solo madrigals.

Livia d’Arco (c. 1565–1611) was the daughter of a minor Italian noble from Mantua. She arrived at the court of Ferrara around the age of 15 – perhaps sent because of her musical potential.

She began studying the viola da gamba with the court’s maestro di capella (music director) Ippolito Fiorini and with the court’s principal organist, Luzzascho Luzzaschi, who served as director of the Concerto delle Donne. Poems were written in Livia’s honor, including by the

important in the development of the madrigal. The ensemble’s signature style of florid, highly ornamented singing inspired composers of the time, including Gesualdo and Monteverdi.

Thanks to their success, the Tre Donne also revolutionized the role of women as professional artists in Italy. They were paid salaries and received dowries and apartments in the ducal palace. By 1600, thanks to the work and success of the Tre Donne, a woman in Italy could have a viable career as a musician, independent of her husband or father.

The End of the Ensemble: When Duke Alfonso died in 1597 without a direct heir, Pope Clement VIII took the opportunity to annex Ferrara to the Papal States through strong pressure. Alfonso’s family and courtiers had to abandon Ferrara in disarray. This brought an official end to the Concerto delle Donne. In addition, one of the ensemble’s singers had already been murdered weeks earlier by her husband. Thus, 17 years of beautiful artistry came to a tragic end. However, the legacy of the Tre Donne lived on through the musical style they created, which spread throughout Europe and remained prominent for 50 years.

Musical Style. The greatest musical innovation of the Concerto delle Donne was the use of multiple

Allure ornamented upper voices – from one voice singing diminutions (16th-notes or 32nd-notes) above an instrumental accompaniment to two or three voices singing varying diminutions at once.

Many listeners found this practice remarkable and striking. The style was imitated by composers such as Gesualdo, Monteverdi, and a bit later, Barbara Strozzi.

This type of singing requires extraordinary lightness in the quick ornamentation.

The music is also somewhat complex rhythmically, as the notes are used in service of the poetic lyrics rather than the other way around.

Barbara Strozzi – A Woman on her Own

Barbara Strozzi, composer of the solo madrigal Che si può fare, was among the last composers and performers in this style. She was

Anna Guarini, Contessa Trotti (1563 –1598) was one of the most renowned singers of the era. She was the daughter of the famous poet Giovanni Battista Guarini, author of Il pastor fido. She began her employment with the Ferrara royal family at the age of 17, and immediately attracted attention for her beautiful singing. She also played the lute. In 1585 she was married to Count Ercole Trotti in what was probably an arranged marriage. Trotti was much older than Anna. There is also evidence that the marriage was not happy. In 1596 she was accused, evidently without justification, of having an affair with Ercole Bevilacqua, a prominent political and military advisor to the Duke. Bevilacqua had to flee Ferrara. Duke Alfonso ordered Trotti not to harm Anna. However, after the Duke’s death in 1597, Trotti murdered Anna with a hatchet while she lay ill with a fever. Her own brother, Girolamo, served as the murderer’s accomplice.

Trotti was never punished.

Instead, he was pardoned by the new Duke who was put in place by the Vatican.

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Barbara Strozzi The Viola da Gamba Player (Bernardo Strozzi)

great poets Torquato Tasso. In 1585 she was married to Count Alfonso Bevilacqua.

Notes on the Program (continued) renowned for her poetic ability as well as her compositional talent. With eight volumes of her music published in her lifetime, she was considered the most prolific composer – man or woman – of printed secular vocal music in Venice in the mid-17th century.

She achieved this without any support from the Church or consistent patronage of the nobility.

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In baroque Venice, there were thousands of illegitimate children. One of them, it seems, was Barbara Strozzi. Scholars believe she was Giulio Strozzi the illegitimate daughter of Giulio Strozzi, portrait by Tiberio Tinelli a politically influential poet and librettist Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence) in Venice, and his servant Barbara Isabella.

Giulio referred to Barbara as his “adoptive daughter” and played an instrumental role in helping her establish her musical career. As a child, Barbara survived the plague in Venice. She was soon noticed for her captivating singing and her ability to accompany herself on the lute or theorbo. Her father arranged for composition lessons for her with the prominent composer Francesco Cavalli. By the age of fifteen, Barbara was described as “la virtuosissima cantatrice di Giulio Strozzi” (Giulio Strozzi’s virtuosic singer). When Barbara was a teenager, Giulio actively started to publicize her musical talents. He established an academy that welcomed musicians into the privileged social circle. This academy ensured performance opportunities for Barbara, as well as semi-public performances of her own works.

Barbara Strozzi never married, but she had four children with the Venetian nobleman Giovanni Paolo Vidman. Vidman, a patron of the arts, was already married before he met Strozzi. It is assumed that Strozzi was his concubine. In a letter written after Barbara’s death, it is reported that she “was raped by Count Vidman, a Venetian nobleman.”

Death, Drunkenness, & Dancing Other composers on our program include the great Claudio Monteverdi, as well Stefano Landi and Samuel Capricornus. The

Stefano Landi

Allure “Passacaglia della Vita” (Dance of Life) that opens our program comes from an anonymous manuscript but is attributed to Landi. The text is an ironic litany about the inevitability of Death – Bisogna morire, we all must die. Thus, it serves as a kind of transition from our last program, RESILIENCE, which explored music from past plagues and pandemics. The original of this Landi piece is for two sopranos and lute or harpsichord, but I arranged the piece to feature all three of our Amandas as well as strings and plucked instruments.

Samuel Capricornus was a Czech/Hungarian composer who was trained by Italians, as most musicians were in baroque times. Eventually, he became Kapellmeister (music director) in Stuttgart. There, he had trouble getting along with his musicians, just as Bach did 50 years later. Musicians complained to the authorities that Capricornus made them play music that was too difficult. In his defense against these allegations, Capricornus complained about the musicians’ unruliness, gluttony, and drunkenness, saying that the cornetto players played their instruments “like a cow horn.” To me, Capricornus’ “O Samuel Capricornus Felix Jucunditas” (O Happy Delight) seems to evoke a smoky room with delightfully drunken musicians or rather, monks. Like Orff’s Carmina Burana, the image of de-frocked monks who are having a jolly good time seems to emerge. If a hint of jazz comes through the smoky haze in our performance, we hope you won’t mind.

Andrea Falconieri

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When you have three beautiful Amandas together, music becomes a party. The theme that runs through our entire program is the lively Ciaccona – a kind of party dance and chord pattern that was extremely popular throughout southern Europe around 1600.

The Ciaccona was one of the popular “jamming tunes” or “ground basses” that everyone knew. In fact, so many composers wrote virtuoso variations on the Ciaccona ground bass that it was impossible to keep Ciacconas out of our program. Ciaccona pieces in this program include Falconieri’s

Notes on the Program (continued) Ciaccona for Two Violins, Ferrari’s “Amanti, io so vi dire,” and parts of Mazzocchi’s “Sdegno, campion audace.” Monteverdi’s “Quel Sguardo sdegnosetto” is also a type of Ciaccona.

Our program opens and closes with the alluring sounds of Spain, where many Italian musicians visited and soaked up the ambiance. We begin with the haunting traditional melody “El Cant dels Ocells” (Song of the Birds) performed by our Spanish violinist Francisco Fullana, and return to Spain at the end for a final Ciaccona party. Juan Arañes’ “Un Sarao de la Chacona” (A Chacona Party) is a setting of the folk Ciacconas heard in the Spanish villages in baroque times. The songs tell the stories of villagers – men, women, and children – who sang together, danced together, and shared laughter and stories together.

In a stressful and difficult week in our own country’s history, we thought that a party might be good medicine. Please feel free to dance in the aisles, while wearing your mask. © Jeannette Sorrell | Cleveland, November 2020

Please join us for the post-concert

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Meet 2-3 of the featured the artists in our new Q&A ZOOM discussions!

Sunday 11/8 at 6:00-6:30pm (for patrons who attend the live concert) and Thursday 11/19 at 7:30pm (for patrons who watch the video at home).

Sit down with a glass of wine for 30 minutes and toast the musicians on their performance!

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What the Critics are Saying RAVE REVIEWS for the first video in AF’s new Worldwide Watch-at-Home Series

“Apollo’s Fire saddles up the current elephants in the room and goes for an unforgettable ride.”

– SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL (UK)

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In the words of Civil War heroine Harriet Tubman, “Every dream begins with a dreamer.” The new RESILIENCE program from Jeannette Sorrell weaves dreams, struggles, music, and poetry into a poignant and ultimately uplifting journey.

“Apollo’s Fire is a cultural treasure, particularly in its willingness to grapple with the world’s problems and offer comfort and catharsis. They proved once again that they are the embodiment of the program’s title: resilience.”

– Seen & Heard International (UK) “The season opener by Apollo’s Fire is about as timely as can be... drawing poignant parallels to today. No one else... gives Dowland and Purcell such suave, dramatic treatment. Soprano Ashlee Foreman delivers a tour de force in ‘Death Comes to My House’ and the whole group carries ‘Wade

Resilience | Concert Video in the Water’ to captivating heights. The takeaway is a message of hope, a celebration of humanity’s ability to endure.”

– Cleveland.com “Brilliant performances that illuminated two troubled periods in history... The emotional content of the music rang true.

Sensitive videography and close-up camera work gave the viewer access to more than a front row seat.”

– ClevelandClassical.com

WHAT THE AUDIENCE IS SAYING “Wow. Just wow. We watched ‘Resilience’ last night and, for the first time, current events finally took their place in a historical context that makes sense. Between the well chosen and presented readings and the glorious music, a space opened up in my mind to let the spirit in. I was glad that I was in my own living room because I cried and cried — in a good, cathartic way.” – Nancy in Cincinnati, OH “That was the most moving Apollo’s Fire concert I have seen and I’ve gone to many over the years. And when they did the last song, ‘We Shall Overcome’, I burst into tears. The entire program was beautiful.” – Barbara in Willoughby, OH “Deeply moving! Thank you for this gift of grace, beauty, and hope. Indeed, we shall overcome, someday.” – Sandy in Akron, OH

The Resilience Concert Video is now available at apollosfire.org/worldwide.

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“What a magnificent gift this concert is! Acknowledging the losses, the tragedies of this time, and yet rekindling hope in a dark time. Such beauty from so many perspectives, and such musicianship!” – John in Albany, NY

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“It’s amazing to see AF rising to this challenge and helping your musicians. Thank you!”

– Adriane Post, violin

Soloist Profiles AMANDA FORSYTHE, soprano, has been highly praised by OPERA NEWS for her “light and luster” and “wonderful agility and silvery top notes” and is recognized internationally as a leading interpreter of baroque and classical repertoire. She sang Eurydice on the 2015 GRAMMY®-winning recording of Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers. Alongside her other many recordings for Boston Early Music Festival and Boston Baroque, her début solo album of Handel arias, The Power of Love (with Apollo’s Fire on the AVIE label) earned widespread critical acclaim.

Ms. Forsythe performed and recorded Cabri and Carmi La betulia liberata with Les Talens Lyriques at the Salzburg Mozartwoche. She toured Europe and the USA with the French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, performing works based on the Orfeo myth and recording the role of Euridice with him in the 1774 version of Gluck’s Orfeo for the ERATO label.

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Opera engagements have included Semele (Philadelphia), Pamina Die Zauberflöte (Rome, Seattle and Die Komische Oper Berlin), Iris Semele (Seattle), Marzelline Fidelio, Nannetta Falstaff, Amour Orphée, Manto in Steffani’s Niobe (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), Jemmy Guillaume Tell, Corinna Il viaggio a Reims, and Rosalia L’equivoco stravagante (Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro), and Dalinda Ariodante (Geneva and Munich).

Ms. Forsythe’s collaborations with leading baroque ensembles have included performances with Philharmonia Baroque at Tanglewood, Tafelmusik, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, and Boston Early Music Festival. She is a regular soloist with Chicago Symphony Orchestra and recently made her débuts with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra.

She has performed with Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, Kymi Sinfonietta, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

AMANDA POWELL, soprano, has been praised as “the star of the evening” (SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL, UK) and “charismatic and theatrically arresting” (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE). A highly versatile musician, she is at home in repertoire from Monteverdi to Mozart to Ravel, and has toured internationally as soloist in baroque opera, oratorio, and crossover folk programs. Her tour performances with GRAMMY®-winning baroque orchestra Apollo’s Fire (Jeannette Sorrell) include such venues as the

Allure National Concert Hall of Ireland in Dublin, the Irish National Opera House, the Aldeburgh Festival (UK), the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, and Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, among others. Her 2019 debut as Messiah soloist with the Calgary Symphony won kudos as “the soloist of the night... singing to perfection”.

As a recording artist, Ms. Powell has been featured on several Apollo’s Fire albums including Sugarloaf Mountain, Sephardic Journey, and Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain, all of which received rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic and debuted in the top ten on the BILLBOARD Classical Chart. Her 2015 solo debut album, Beyond Boundaries, is an intimate program of folk, jazz, and global music. She is a fluent improvisor and has collaborated with such artists as Bobby McFerrin and Sheila Jordan.

AMANDA CRIDER, mezzo-soprano, has quickly won national attention for her “gleaming vocalism” (BOSTON GLOBE). The WALL STREET JOURNAL declared, “the eloquent Ms. Crider carried the evening,” while the NEW YORK TIMES praised her “winsome, vulnerable and deeply expressive” performance in the role of Alma in the world premiere of Keeril Makan’s opera, Persona with Beth Morrison Projects.

Ms. Crider is a core member of the GRAMMY®-nominated ensemble, Seraphic Fire, and has been a prize winner and finalist in the José Iturbi International, Jensen Foundation, Oratorio Society of New York, and Center for Contemporary Opera vocal competitions, and is a recipient of a Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation. Ms. Crider is also the Founder and Artistic Director of IlluminArts, Miami’s Art Song and Vocal Chamber Music Series.

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Ms. Crider’s concert engagements have included appearances with organizations such as the Calgary Philharmonic, Nu Deco Ensemble, New World Symphony, International Contemporary Ensemble, and Jacksonville Symphony. She has performed leading roles with Los Angeles Opera, Florentine Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Dallas Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera, among others.

With Apollo’s Fire, she has appeared as soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s B Minor Mass, and has also toured with the ensemble in Jeannette Sorrell’s Early American program Come to the River and as Speranza in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo.

“This is an incredible offer of support. I’m floored. This means so very much. Even with concerts canceled, AF’s efforts continue to allow musicians to thrive as best they can. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. And now to go forth and ‘pay it forward’ to students and music lovers in my town!”

– Carrie Krause, violin

Community Access Initiative Share the Music. Share the Love.

Over the past two years, the Community Access Initiative has served more than 7,000 youth and adults in Northeast Ohio – through Presto Seats, free student tickets, and outreach programming.

• Free Family Concerts (returning in April 2021) • Baroque Bistros – casual concerts at trendy restaurants (returning in March and June 2021) • $12 Presto Seats* • School Workshops & Performances • Family Nights at AF (free tickets for families from selected public schools)** • Free Student Rush Tickets**

Apollo’s Fire thanks the Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, and Peg’s Foundation for supporting the Community Access Initiative and helping AF lead the way in innovative arts outreach.

Interested in bringing an Apollo’s Fire workshop to your school? Contact Allison Richards, General Manager at 216.320.0012 x 5, or arichards@apollosfire.org *As long as social distancing directives are in place, $12 Presto Seats will be available only as “Watch-AtHome” tickets. A limited number will be made available for each online concert-video. Presto Seats go on sale beginning three weeks prior to each concert – ORDER EARLY! Tickets may only be purchased by calling the Box Office at 216.320.0012 x 1. Patrons are limited to one (1) Presto Seats link per event. All sales are final, and Presto Seats may not be exchanged. **A limited number of FREE Student Rush and FREE Family Night tickets & streaming links will be made available this year. Please email info@apollosfire.org for more information.

Jeannette Sorrell “Sorrell is an absolute dynamo onstage and a pleasure to see conduct…. a force to be reckoned with. She brought the energy and creativity that… have granted her celebrity status within the early music world... a thrilling experience.” ­–SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE GRAMMY®-winning conductor Jeannette Sorrell is recognized internationally as one of today’s most compelling interpreters of Baroque and Classical repertoire. She is credited by BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE for “forging a vibrant, life-affirming approach to early music.”

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The daughter of a European immigrant father and American mother, she grew up as a musician and dancer. She studied conducting under Leonard Bernstein, Robert Spano, and Roger Norrington at the Tanglewood and Aspen music festivals. As a harpsichordist, she studied with Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam and won First Prize and the Audience Choice Award in the Spivey International Harpsichord Competition, competing against over 70 harpsichordists from Europe, Israel, the U.S., and the Soviet Union.

Sorrell is the founder and artistic director of APOLLO’S FIRE, and has led the renowned period ensemble as conductor and harpsichord soloist in soldout concerts at London’s BBC Proms, Carnegie Hall, Madrid’s Royal Theatre (Teatro Real), London’s Wigmore Hall, the National Concert Hall of Ireland (Dublin), Grand Théâtre de l’Opéra in Bordeaux, the Aldeburgh Festival (UK), the Tanglewood and Ravinia festivals, Boston’s Early Music Festival, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery (Washington), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), among others. At home in Cleveland, she and Apollo’s Fire have built one of the largest audiences of any baroque orchestra in North America.

In demand with symphony orchestras and period groups alike, Sorrell has repeatedly conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony, and New World Symphony, and has also led the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Opera St Louis with the St. Louis Symphony, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, the Florida Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic (Canada), the Royal Northern Sinfonia (UK), the North Carolina Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, among others. Upcoming

Artistic Director & Conductor debuts include the Detroit Symphony, the Montreal Symphony (Handel’s Messiah), and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (Bach’s St. John Passion).

With over 5 million views of their YouTube videos, Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire have released 26 commercial CDs, of which 8 have been bestsellers on the BILLBOARD Classical Charts. She won a GRAMMY® in 2019 for her album Songs of Orpheus with Apollo’s Fire and tenor Karim Sulayman. Her recordings include the complete Brandenburg Concerti and harpsichord concerti of Bach (Billboard Classical Top 10 in 2012). She has also released four discs of Mozart. Other recordings include Bach’s St. John Passion, Handel’s Messiah, the Monteverdi Vespers (Billboard Classical Top 10) and five creative crossover projects, including; Sephardic Journey – Wanderings of the Spanish Jews (Billboard World Music #2, Classical #7) and Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain (Billboard Classical #3, and named “Festive Disc of the Year” by GRAMOPHONE).

Sorrell is the subject of the 2019 documentary by Academy award-winning director Allan Miller, titled PLAYING WITH FIRE. She has also been featured on Living the Classical Life. She has attracted national awards for her creative programming and her “storytelling” approach to early music, which has attracted many new listeners through the use of contextual and dramatic elements.

She holds an honorary doctorate from Case Western University, two special awards from the National Endowment for the Arts for her work on early American music, and an award from the American Musicological Society.

Passionate about guiding the next generation of performers, Sorrell is the architect of Apollo’s Fire’s Young Artist Apprentice program, which has produced many of the nation’s leading young professional baroque players; and the new Artistic Leadership Fellows program.

­–THE INDEPENDENT, London

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“Under the inspired leadership of Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo’s Fire has become one of the pre-eminent period-instrument ensembles, causing one to hear baroque material anew.”

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Music for Troubled Times

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The Three Amandas

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Handel’s Israel in Egypt

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Apollo’s Fire “The U.S.A.’s hottest baroque band” – CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE, UK Named for the classical god of music, healing, and the sun, Apollo’s Fire is a GRAMMY®winning ensemble. The periodinstrument orchestra was founded by award-winning harpsichordist and conductor Jeannette Sorrell, and is dedicated to the baroque ideal that music should evoke the various Affekts or passions in the listeners. Apollo’s Fire is a collection of creative artists who share Sorrell’s passion for drama and rhetoric.

Hailed as “one of the pre-eminent period-instrument ensembles” (THE INDEPENDENT, London), Apollo’s Fire has performed five European tours, with sold-out concerts at the BBC Proms in London (with live broadcast across Europe), the Aldeburgh Festival (UK), Madrid’s Royal Theatre, Bordeaux’s Grand Théàtre de l’Opéra, and major venues in Lisbon, Metz (France), and Bregenz (Austria); as well as concerts at the Irish National Concert Hall (Dublin), the Irish National Opera House (Wexford), the Birmingham International Series (UK), the Tuscan Landscapes Festival (Italy), and Belfast Castle with a live broadcast carried by the Associated Press of Europe.

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AF’s 2014 London concert was praised as “an evening of superlative music-making… the group combines European stylishness with American entrepreneurialism” (THE TELEGRAPH, UK). This concert was chosen by the TELEGRAPH as one of the “Best 5 Classical Concerts of 2014.”

North American tour engagements have included sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall (2018), the Tanglewood Festival (2015 and 2017), the Ravinia Festival (2017 and 2018), the Metropolitan Museum of Art in N.Y. (2013, 2014, and 2015), the Boston Early Music Festival series, and the Library of Congress, as well as concerts at the Aspen Music Festival, Caramoor Festival, and major venues in Toronto, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The ensemble has performed two major U.S. tours of the Monteverdi Vespers (2010 and 2014) and a 9-concert tour of the Brandenburg Concertos in 2013.

At home in Cleveland, Apollo’s Fire frequently enjoys sold-out performances at its subscription series, which has drawn national attention for creative programming.

Apollo’s Fire has released 26 commercial CDs and won a GRAMMY® award in 2019 for the album Songs of Orpheus with tenor Karim Sulayman. AF’s recordings

have won rave reviews in the London press: “a swaggering version, brilliantly played” (THE TIMES) and “the Midwest’s best-kept musical secret is finally reaching British ears” (THE INDEPENDENT). Eight of the ensemble’s CD releases have become best-sellers on the classical Billboard chart: Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos & Harpsichord Concertos, a disc of Handel arias with soprano Amanda Forsythe titled The Power of Love (BILLBOARD Classical #3, 2015), and Jeannette Sorrell’s four crossover programs: Come to the River – An Early American Gathering (BILLBOARD Classical #9, 2011); Sacrum Mysterium – A Celtic Christmas Vespers (BILLBOARD Classical #11, 2012); Sugarloaf Mountain – An Appalachian Gathering (BILLBOARD Classical #5, 2015); and Sephardic Journey – Wanderings of the Spanish Jews (BILLBOARD World Music Chart #2 and BILLBOARD Classical #5, 2016); and Songs of Orpheus (BILLBOARD Classical #5, 2018).

“Led by a brilliant harpsichordist, Jeannette Sorrell, the ensemble exudes stylish energy – a blend of scholarship and visceral intensity.”

– GRAMOPHONE

 Community Partners Apollo’s Fire gratefully recognizes the following local businesses for their generous donation of goods and services throughout the season.

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If you are interested in becoming a Community Partner, please contact Angela Mortellaro, Development & Public Relations Manager, at 216.320.0012 x 6.

Musician Profiles

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ANDREW FOUTS, violin & viola, has been noted for his “mellifluous sound and sensitive style” (WASHINGTON POST). In 2008, he won first prize at the American Bach Soloists’ International Baroque Violin Competition. He is co-artistic director of Pittsburgh’s Chatham Baroque, a frequent concertmaster of the Washington Bach Consort, and performs regularly with Apollo’s Fire, Opera Lafayette, the Four Nations Ensemble, and Ars Lyrica.

FRANCISCO FULLANA, violin, is a winner of a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2014 Johannes Brahms International Violin Competition, and has been hailed as a “rising star” (BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE) and “a paragon of delicacy” (SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE). The Spanish-born violinist has appeared in recital at Carnegie Hall and with numerous European and American orchestras and festivals.

Since 2018 he has performed regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. His debut recording Through the Lens of Time (2018) includes Max Richter’s orchestral work The Four Seasons Recomposed, and contemporary works for solo violin and violin with piano. A second album, Bach’s Long Shadow, will be released in 2020-21. Mr. Fullana holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School and an Artist Diploma from the Thornton School of Music at USC. EMI TANABE, violin, holds a Professional Diploma from Roosevelt University and a Master’s degree in music from the University of North Texas. She is an adjunct faculty member at Benedictine University in Chicago.

She enjoys a multifaceted career as a

violinist – performing not only with baroque ensembles but also with modern groups including jazz, Latin, world music, and theatrical Cirque-style dinner theater shows, among others.

BRIAN KAY, lute & theorbo, is a modernday troubadour. He is the first Artistic Leadership Fellow of Apollo’s Fire and in 2019 won a GRAMMY® Award for his work on the CD Songs of Orpheus. He has performed throughout the world at venues such as the National Concert Hall of Dublin, Belfast Castle (Ireland), Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center.

His live radio appearances include NPR, WYPR and 98ROCK (Baltimore), WGBH (Boston), and WCLV (Cleveland). He has recorded for AVIE and Sono Luminus labels, and has been heard on more than ten album releases. He is a multiinstrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, traditional and historical music specialist, poet, and painter.

PARKER RAMSAY, baroque harp, enjoys a career distinguished by its breadth, crossing instrumental boundaries and genres at the harp, organ, and harpsichord. He specializes in repertoire for early harps and new music for modern pedal harp. In 2019, he recorded his own transcription of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations for the pedal harp at the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge. As a continuo player, he has worked with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Academy of Sacred Drama, and the Shanghai Camerata. In addition to his work as a performer, he is a staff writer for VAN Magazine (Berlin).

He holds degrees from Cambridge University, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Juilliard School.

Allure WILLIAM SIMMS, lute & theorbo, performs regularly with Apollo’s Fire, Tempesta di Mare, and the Washington Bach Consort, among others. He has performed operas and choral works with such groups as the Washington National Opera and Opera Philadelphia. Venues include the National Cathedral and the Kennedy Center. He has recorded with Apollo’s Fire, the Baltimore Consort, and Ronn McFarlane. Mr. Simms holds a Master’s Degree from Peabody Conservatory and is Instructor of Guitar at Mt. St. Mary’s University and Hood College, where he is founder and Director of the Hood College Early Music Ensemble.

RENÉ SCHIFFER, cello, is praised for his “interpretive imagination and patrician command of the cello” (THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER). He is a native of Holland where he was a protégé of Anner Bijlsma. He later studied baroque cello with Jaap ter

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ANTHONY TADDEO, percussion, is a Cleveland-based percussionist and composer. He has studied with world renowned percussionists such as Jamey Haddad, Kendrick Scott, and Jimmy Cobb. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from The School for Jazz at The New School in New York, and a Master’s degree in composition from Youngstown State University. Mr. Taddeo has toured North America and Europe extensively and his versatility as a musician has led him to be featured on over 30 albums.

His most recent compositions have been performed by his ensemble Alla Boara, which seeks to bring recognition to Italy’s richly, diverse folk music.

He is endorsed by Out of the Drawer Percussion as a performing artist.

Linden and viola da gamba with Catharina Meints. As a member of Sigiswald Kuijken’s La Petite Bande for sixteen years, he toured four continents and appeared many times on European television. He has also performed with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Les Musiciens du Louvre, and in over forty projects with Tafelmusik of Toronto.

As a concerto soloist, he has appeared throughout North America and Europe, and can be heard on acclaimed CD recordings of the Vivaldi Concerto for Two Cellos and the Tango Concerto for Two Gambas (his own composition) on British label AVIE. He can be heard on more than forty CD recordings, on the Harmonia Mundi, Philips, Virgin Classics, Erato, Sony, and AVIE labels.

He serves on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music as Teacher of Baroque Cello, and has given masterclasses and coachings for the New World Symphony (Miami), the University of Michigan, Oberlin Conservatory, and Cincinnati College-Conservatory.

Apollo’s Fire is thrilled to announce

The Windy City Residency Three-Concert Miniseries in 2020-21

“At long last, Apollo’s Fire has descended on Chicago…

This was as exciting as baroque music gets.”

– Chicago Classical Review After 4 years of successful concerts at Ravinia, University of Chicago, and Northwestern University, Apollo’s Fire is thrilled to launch the Windy City Residency. Our goal is to help bring new audiences to the early music scene in Chicago, as we have done in Cleveland. (Did you know that Northeast Ohio now has one of the 3 largest audiences for baroque music in the country?)

The 2020-2021 residency includes 3 concerts in Evanston and Lincoln Park.

Attend in Person or at Home!

November 13:

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The Three Amandas (CANCELLED)

Delight A Fiddler’s Noël April 22 & 23: Celebration Vivaldi’s Four Seasons – rediscovered December 17:

Acclaimed violinist Rachel Barton Pine makes her Apollo’s Fire debut.

Plus… beginning in April 2021, our residency periods will also include educational outreach activities for school children.

More information: Call Apollo’s Fire at 800.314.2535 or visit apollosfire.org/touring/chicago/

Visiting Artist for Diversity Outreach

REGGIE MOBLEY

Diversity Fellow

ASHLEE FOREMAN Music Outreach Interns

LIZ BULLOCK

LANGSTON MAXWELL

Apollo’s Fire believes that the arts are most compelling when they truly represent our diverse communities, including people of color.

Whether on stage or in the audience, the deep emotions of music resonate with all of us.

The MOSAIC PROJECT, underway at Apollo’s Fire since January 2020, is an ambitious Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity initiative that offers training, performance, and mentoring for talented young musicians of color. Conceived by Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell, the program strives to increase diversity throughout the national early music field through a “pipeline” approach.

Why Mosaic? Like early music, a mosaic is an ancient art form. Just as a baroque composition consists of small thematic gestures linked together in harmony, so a mosaic picture consists of small, varied, colored pieces assembled in a design. In mosaics and in early music, the diverse, multicolored bits work harmoniously together to create the beauty of the whole.

Learn more at apollosfire.org/mosaic/

AF's Artistic Leadership Fellowship Program AF’s groundbreaking Artistic Leadership Mentoring Program provides mentoring and growth opportunities for outstanding young professional baroque musicians who have demonstrated leadership potential.

Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell designed the program in 2018, seeking to address the lack of opportunities for aspiring artistic directors to develop their leadership skills under the guidance of an experienced mentor. Each of AF’s Leadership Fellows works with Sorrell to develop programs that he/she will lead and perform in. Fellows participate in Board meetings, attend donor events, and collaborate with AF marketing staff to promote the project(s) they are leading. More information at apollosfire.org.

Current Leadership Fellows

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Alan Choo, violin Alan Choo became a Leadership Fellow in September 2019. He made his solo debut with Apollo’s Fire at the Tanglewood and Ravinia Music Festivals in 2017, performing “La Primavera” in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. He is also Founder and Artistic Director of Singapore’s first professional period ensemble, Red Dot Baroque. Since its formation in 2018, the ensemble has enjoyed multiple sold-out concerts and critical acclaim.

As a modern violinist, Alan has appeared as a soloist with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra and many others. He has also given masterclasses and lectures in violin performance at several universities. Alan is in his final year at Case Western Reserve University pursuing a Doctorate in Historical Performance Practice under Julie Andrijeski.

Alan’s Fellowship responsibilities with AF in 2020-21 include serving as soloist and co-concertmaster in the February and April programs, hosting several of AF’s Virtual Pre-Concert Talks, and serving as guest director for AF’s June 2021 “Countryside Concerts.”

Brian Kay, plucked instruments Brian Kay, lutenist and oud player, became AF’s first Artistic Leadership Fellow in September 2018. He has been featured on plucked instruments in many of AF’s most popular programs. He holds a Master’s degree in Historical Performance from the Peabody Conservatory.

Developing a unique artistic identity as a modern-day troubadour, he often performs his own arrangements of medieval and Renaissance ballads, accompanying himself on the lute, lyre, or baroque guitar.

Brian has toured extensively with the ensemble Ayreheart (led by renowned lutenist Ronn McFarlane) and has performed frequently with Hesperus and the Folger Consort. He served as co-director for AF’s Countryside Concerts in June 2017 and June 2018 and co-director of the Baroque Bistro series in 2018 and 2019. He is also featured on AF’s CD recordings Sugarloaf Mountain, Sephardic Journey, and Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain – all on the British label AVIE. Brian’s Fellowship responsibilities in 2020-21 include hosting several of AF’s Virtual Pre-Concert Talks and leading a Baroque Bistro program, as well as performing on plucked instruments in AF subscription programs.

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What the Critics Have Been Saying “One can only hope that the world’s health crisis will run its course quickly so that we can return these vital Apollo’s Fire musicians to their needed role: illuminating the social and emotional connections of all humanity.”

– Seen & Heard International

Last spring saw a flurry of rave reviews for Apollo’s Fire in the concert hall and on CD!

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APRIL: The London Times chose AF’s recording of the Bach St. John Passion as #1 in their survey of all the albums of this masterpiece.

“Perhaps most remarkable of all is the ‘chamber’ version by the U.S. group Apollo’s Fire, directed by Jeannette Sorrell as a gripping, intimate drama…wonderfully sung. For me, this performance brings Bach’s Passion to life as well as any by more famous interpreters.”

– The Sunday Times (London)

MARCH: The “O Jerusalem!” tour was the “pick of the week” in the New York Times, “Critic’s Choice” in the Chicago Classical Review, and won high praise in Cleveland.

“Consistently excellent and engaging...

The individual musicians brought exuberant dedication to their spotlit moments.

Impressive versatility...”

– Chicago Classical Review

“The program showed Apollo’s Fire energetic and compelling as ever.

Theatrical dynamism... moments of communion that collectively become emotionally potent. Palestinian musician Zafer Tawil was expressive both in speaking a few words about his youth in Jerusalem as well as in playing an Arabicstyle improvisation. But, importantly, he could be seen at other times in the ensemble playing or singing along heartily with Christian and Jewish music as well.

Israeli Ney soloist Daphna Mor was a star of the program. Baritone Jeffrey Strauss served not only as an elegant and energetic singer, but also as translator and arranger.

All roads met and mingled.... The finale was a fun and flirtatious triumph.”

– Seen & Heard International “A sensory feast... the program flowed seamlessly. The concert closed with a neighborhood party with all of the melting pot influences of Jerusalem taking part. It was a joyous celebration, ending a wellconceived and well-executed program.”

– ClevelandClassical.com

“Apollo’s Fire refuses to let music lie dead on the page. The Prometheus behind Apollo’s Fire is its founder and music director Jeannette Sorrell. Sorrell presided like an alchemist working in human personalities. It was also exciting to see how much Alan Choo’s artistic grip and confidence have grown.

Infectiously fun…. deliciously melting the walls of time, and showing that the distant past is never that far gone after all.”

– Seen & Heard International

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FEBRUARY: Apollo’s Fire delighted audiences and critics with a new Valentine’s Day program, “L’Amore.” (A new tradition...?)

A FEW OF AF’S TOP TEN BILLBOARD BESTSELLERS

BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

& Concertos for Harpsichord and Violin

SONGS OF ORPHEUS

Monteverdi | Caccini d’India | Landi

“A swaggering version... brilliantly played.”

“Elegant and heartfelt... rendered with stylishness and an easy grace.”

– THE SUNDAY TIMES (London)

– SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

MONTEVERDI VESPERS OF 1610

SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN

“Sorrell and her fine young choir lavish attention on every phrase... an unanticipated delight.”

– INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW (UK)

An Appalachian Gathering “Beautiful and eloquent… infectious energy.”

– GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE

THE POWER OF LOVE

Arias from Handel Operas “Packs an overwhelming emotional punch... exquisitely-judged.”

– EARLY MUSIC REVIEW (UK)

CHRISTMAS ON SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN

An Irish-American Celebration “Riveting… spectacularly performed and deeply moving.”

– SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL

Visit our CD Gift Shop in the lobby, order online or call 216.320.0012 or 800.314.2535. A complete listing of CDs can be found at apollosfire.org.

This year, Apollo’s Fire Goes Worldwide!

Give the Gift of a Watch-at-Home Concert Ticket or Subscription!

Do you have friends in other cities who would enjoy an Apollo’s Fire concert video? Or friends and loved ones sheltering at home in Northeast Ohio?

Gift certificates for virtual tickets or subscriptions are available either as digital PDF’s or paper certificates that you can send through snail mail. * Watch-at-Home concert videos are sent to ticket-buyers and gift certificate recipients 8 days after the final performance of each program. * The video can be watched multiple times for up to 30 days. * Watch-at-Home patrons also receive the password to our lively ZOOM Pre-Concert Talks with visiting scholars and our * Virtual Lobby post-concert Q&A sessions with featured performers.

1 Concert video – $23 3-Concert mini-subscription – $60 (save 20%) 4-Concert subscription - $78 (save 20%) 5-Concert subscription - $93 (save 23%) 6-Concert subscription - $106 (save 26%) For more information visit the box office staff in the lobby, call AF at 216.320.0012, or email info@apollosfire.org.

 Four Ways to Support Your Baroque Orchestra Community support from individuals and foundations is what makes the Passion possible. Help Apollo’s Fire continue making music that stirs our spirits and brings us together in a shared sense of community.

 Give to Apollo’s Fire via cash, check, or credit card.  Shares of stock

Avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of appreciated stock; receive a charitable income tax deduction.

 Distribution from an IRA account

Avoid taxes on transfers of up to $100,000 from your IRA while satisfying required minimum distribution.

 Gifts from a Donor Advised Fund

Obtain a charitable income tax deduction in the year of your gift and subsequently make annual recommendations on gifts from your Donor-Advised Fund.

Donations can be made online at apollosfire.org/support or by mail: 3091 Mayfield Road, Suite 217, Cleveland Heights 44118.

For additional information, please contact Howard Bender, Executive Director at 216.320.0012 x 2.

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Artist-in-Residence for Outreach Performances “Bright-toned, charismatic and theatrically arresting, Amanda Powell commanded the listener’s attention at every point.”

– SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

“Amanda Powell became the star of the evening with a performance so tender it could make a stone cry.”

– SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL

AMANDA POWELL, soprano, has served as AF’s Artist-in-Residence for Outreach Performances since 2018. A longtime favorite with Apollo’s Fire audiences, she directs or co-directs many of AF’s Baroque Bistros and Family Concerts, including such children’s programs as Wing It! – Making It Up As You Go Along and Rainbow Songs – Music of Our Brothers & Sisters Across the Planet. She also served as co-creator of the Mediterranean Roots program for AF’s Countryside series. She leads many of AF’s outreach performances and workshops in schools, libraries, and other community venues around the region.

A highly versatile musician, Amanda Powell has toured internationally as soloist in baroque and crossover/folk programs. Her tour performances with Apollo’s Fire include such venues as the National Concert Hall of Ireland in Dublin, the Irish National Opera House, the Aldeburgh Festival (UK), the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, and Zellerbach Hall in San Francisco, among others. Her 2019 debut as Messiah soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic (Canada) won kudos as “the soloist of the night... singing to perfection.”

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As a recording artist, Ms Powell has been featured on several Apollo’s Fire albums including Sugarloaf Mountain, Sephardic Journey, and Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain, all of which received rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic and debuted in the top ten on the BILLBOARD Classical Chart. Her 2015 solo debut album, Beyond Boundaries, is an intimate program of folk, jazz, and global music.

She is a fluent improvisor and has collaborated with such artists as Bobby McFerrin and Sheila Jordan.

“What an incredible organization Apollo’s Fire is for how they’ve responded during this pandemic. I have always felt grateful to be part of the orchestra, but the sense of community and support is unlike anything else I’m seeing right now, and it’s a huge honor to be a part of it! You are providing security for your artists in addition to keeping the organization afloat” – Brian Kay, Artistic Leadership Fellow

Apollo’s Fire Education Corner “An unseen part of the extraordinary work that Jeannette Sorrell is doing with Apollo’s Fire – the mentoring of young people through music.”

– ClevelandClassical.com Apollo’s Fire has deeply touched and transformed the lives of many youngsters through its unique and vibrant education programs for over a dozen years.

The hallmark of AF’s educational programs is the close interaction between professional musicians and students to garner the intimacy of the artistic learning experience.

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Apollo’s Musettes Ensemble – Treble Youth Choir Talented young singers ages 11-17 are chosen by audition for their clear, pure voices and outstanding musicianship. The ensemble rehearses under the direction of Amanda Powell and Jeannette Sorrell and performs in programs where children's voices are appropriate for the repertoire.

Since its founding in 2005, the Musettes Ensemble has performed in nearly 35 concerts with Apollo’s Fire, including Praetorius’ Christmas Vespers, Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.

The Musettes appear on AF’s acclaimed CD recording of the Christmas Vespers by Michael Praetorius and have been heard across the

“The opportunity to work with a world-class conductor before you are out of high school is amazing. To have the reallife experience of working with professional musicians is fantastic. It helps keep the rest of life in context.”

– Augusta McKay Lodge, Musette alumna & baroque violinist

country on national radio broadcasts of that program. The Praetorius album attracted glowing reviews from the NEW YORK TIMES and GRAMOPHONE, both commenting on the “delightful” homespun charm of the children’s voices.

“I first got to sing with Apollo’s Fire when I was 16, and the experience opened up new horizons for me.

It inspired me to pursue a career in music.”

– Madeline Healey, Musette alumna & professional soprano

in 2018, the Musettes once again performed in Jeannette Sorrell’s Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain.

Our talented young singers sang beautiful Christmas carols and shape-note hymns, and even danced up the aisles and on stage! The concert tour finished with a soldout performance at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Young Artist Apprentice Program “The Young Artists made a splendid impression both as soloists and team players, and earned an enthusiastic ovation.”

– ClevelandClassical.com

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Since 2002, Jeannette Sorrell and her principal players have helped to train future Apollo’s Fire musicians by working with advanced conservatory students on the verge of professional careers. With a track-record of nearly 15 years, AF’s Young Artist alumni have now become leading up-and-coming young professionals in the national early music scene. Apprentices perform alongside seasoned AF musicians in rehearsals, concerts, and occasionally on tour and in recording sessions. Under the guidance of Sorrell and AF principal players, these emerging talents immerse themselves in the musical and also

Apollo’s Fire Education Corner (continued) the promotional/presentational elements necessary to build a career in early music.

Apollo’s Fire Apprentices perform with the ensemble in selected concerts during the season.

For audition information, contact Allison Richards at arichards@ apollosfire.org

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Music Workshops Apollo’s Fire musicians regularly coach Northeast Ohio middle and high school music students. Recent classes have included Kirtland High School, Riverside High School, Massillon High School, Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, the Community Music School at Baldwin Wallace, Hathaway Brown, Laurel School, St. Peter’s School (Mansfield), the Rainey Institute, and The Music Settlement. At the collegiate level, AF principal players have coached students at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Penn State University, the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College, and Shenandoah Conservatory, among others. Additionally, Jeannette Sorrell and René Schiffer have served as guest artist coaches at the New World Symphony in Miami – the nation’s premier orchestral academy.

Since 2018, Apollo's Fire has also performed interactive workshops in Northeast Ohio elementary schools, in collaboration with the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning and with the support of the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. AF has brought these workshops to over 2500 children at 18 schools since 2018. Two workshop

programs are currently offered: “A Spider Named Apollo” (based the children's book by Dr. Jeanne Sorrell and Jeannette Sorrell) and “Wing It! – Making It Up As You Go Along” (an improvisation workshop).

In-school workshops are led by Artist-in-Residence for Outreach Performances Amanda Powell.

NEW IN 2020 - AF will launch virtual programming for elementary students! If you are a teacher interested in using these new online learning materials, please contact Allison Richards at arichards@apollosfire.org for more information.

Family Concerts Interactive Programs for Ages 6-96

WARNING: audience members might learn to sing a fugue theme, dance the Menuet, or play a ground bass at the harpsichord! Impromptu quizzes and prizes abound!

– as do opportunities to talk with the musicians and try playing the instruments. Family Concerts are performed at popular and accessible venues including the Cleveland Museum of Art and Akron Art Museum

A Few of AF's Past Family Concert Programs

BACH & His Amazing Musical Family FROGGIE WENT A-COURTIN’ A Folk Music Discovery A Day at Vivaldi’s Orphanage BAROQUE CLOWNS Meet Harlequin & Columbine!

Ballads & Musical Tall Tales

“Sorrell proves that scholarship and fun aren’t mutually exclusive.”

– The Cleveland Plain Dealer

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RAINBOW SONGS Music of our Brothers & Sisters Across the Planet

“Thank you so much for your care for your artists. This is tremendously appreciated and will certainly be remembered.”

– Margaret Carpenter Haigh, core member of Apollo’s Singers

Thank you to our Supporters FOUNDATIONS, GOVERNMENT & OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Apollo’s Fire is grateful to the following funders who have made the 2020-2021 Season possible: $100,000 & above Cuyahoga Arts & Culture $50,000 – $99,999 Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Cleveland Foundation $20,000 – $49,999 The George Gund Foundation Kulas Foundation John P. Murphy Family Foundation National Endowment of the Arts Ohio Arts Council Peg’s Foundation Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation $10,000 – $19,999 Akron Community Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Horizons Incorporated Ideastream

$2,000 – $4,999 Eileen M. Burkhart & Co., LLC The Ferry Family Foundation Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation The Hankins Foundation The Richard Horvitz & Erica Hartman Horvitz Foundation Lehner Family Foundation The Sisler McFawn Foundation Struktol Company of America The Welty Family Foundation $1,000 – $1,999 Bath Community Fund Cohen & Company Feth Family Foundation Meaden & Moore Wealth Center pinnaCLE. Lloyd L. & Louise K. Smith Foundation

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$5,000 – $9,999 Glenmede Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. The Lubrizol Corporation Northern Trust The O’Connor Hubach Foundation Summa Health Tucker Ellis LLP Whitmer & Ehrman LLC WKSU

Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation

This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

THE RITORNELLO CIRCLE

A ritornello is the recurring theme in a baroque concerto. Likewise, members of the Ritornello Society annually support and sustain the artistic programs of Apollo’s Fire. Their generosity enables us to pursue our vision of attaining international recognition through touring, recordings and broadcasts.

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($25,000 & above) Jeff & Jamie Barnett Chuck & Christy Bittenbender Robert Conrad Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Lederman Marie Rowley Herb & Jody Wainer MOUNT OLYMPUS CIRCLE ($10,000 – $24,999) Anonymous Fred & Mary Behm William P. Blair III Bill & Mary Conway Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra Fred & Holly Glock Cynthia Knight Marilyn & Tom McLaughlin Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin Astri Seidenfeld Dr. Michael J. Seider Drs. Gregory & Jeanne Sorrell Karen & Richard Spector

ESTERHAZY CIRCLE ($2,500 – $4,999) Anonymous (2) Mitch & Liz Blair Keith Eggeman The Ferry Family Foundation Marguerite I. Harkness, CPA

MEDICI CIRCLE ($1,000 – $2,499) Anonymous Violet Abad G.O. Anderson Richard & Eleanor Aron Ric & Kate Asbeck Richard Bauschard Karl & Amanda Bekeny Howard & Ellen Bender John & Laura Bertsch Matthew Bittner Zeda Blau Peter & Consuelo Blohm Mitch & Caroline Borrow Ann Amer Brennan Arthur V. N. Brooks John & Ellen Cannon Kathleen Cerveny Michael & Susan Clark Tom & Karen Clark Herb & Ursula Cohrs Douglas Cooper Harry Core Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Crampton The Hankins Foundation Thomas M. & Janet S. Daniel

Michael & Susan Delahanty Rosa & Jacob Dijkstra Frederick & Mary Lu D’Onofrio Duesenberg Family Dale & Sue Edwards Barbara & Denis Feld Feth Family Foundation Jay & Kim Gaebelein Bob & Ann Gillespie Peter & Francine Gray Jon & Aimee Grimm Mr. & Mrs. Norman Harbert Julia M. Healy Peter & Sunnie Hellman Drs. Ka-Pi Hoh & Brian Perry The Richard Horvitz & Erica Hartman Horvitz Foundation Sarah & Dick Hollington Thomas E. & Marsha G. Hopkins Mrs. M.B. Humphrey The Marta & Donald Jack Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Howard Kinstlinger Eric & Sue Kisch Ursula Korneitchouk Dr. & Mrs. Adrian & Margaret Krudy Lon & Claudia Lanzendorfer Harold & Susan LaPine Jon & Ginny Lindseth Joan C. Long Annette Lowe & Doug Dolch Rev. Richard Lutz Dr. Kandice Marchant Lisa Martinez John C. Morley Stephen & Celeste Myers Kim Parry Ingegard & Gosta Pettersson Virginia Poirier & John Petrenchik Pysht Fund Dr. Robert W. Reynolds Jane N. Richmond Melvin & Miriam Rosenthal James Rosenthal & Annie Fullard Kasia G. & Douglas Rothenberg Mrs. Alicia T. Rozenbom Laura & Joseph Rushton Betty & Dave Schneider Kenneth Shafer

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VERSAILLES CIRCLE ($5,000 – $9,999) Bonnie M. Baker Douglas & Barbara Bletcher Homer Chisholm & Gertrude Kalnow Chisholm Fund Anonymous The Deveny Family James W. Ehrman Dr. Chip Gilkeson Russell Hardy George I. Litman, M.D. Fred & Pearl Livingstone Brendan & Elizabeth Patterson James & Lenore Schilling Daniel & Ruth Shoskes Gregory Videtic, M.D.

Sam & Lynn Harris Samuel & Kimberly Hartwell Jane Haylor & Mel Berger In memory of Sheldon & Marilyn MacLeod Byron G. & Elizabeth A. Hays Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr. Robert & Katherine Kretschmann Stephen & Mary Ann Mahoney Patti & Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren Lori & Dan Nelson John & Linda Olejko Mr. & Mrs. Leroy B. Parks, Jr. Bill & Sandra Powel Phil & Noha Ryder Ryan Siebel Richey & Sandra Smith Tim & Jennifer Smucker Lucy & Dan Sondles John P. & Verna Vander Kooi Robert & Diane Walcott

Thank you to our Supporters (continued)

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Alice S. Sherman Frank Shoemaker Jeannette Sorrell Brit & Kate Stenson Terry & Jamie Stoller Rebecca K. Storey & Neal Simpson Kristina & Albert Susinskas Elizabeth & Michael Taipale Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard Libby & Ed Upton Anne & Ed Wardwell Mary Warren Ed & Ellen Weber Rick & Jo Ann Young David & Judy Young The Zucker Family BRANDENBURG CIRCLE ($500 – $999) Anonymous (3) Pheobe Prioleau & David Anderson Patricia Ashton Cynthia Ball Laura Bauschard In honor of Astri Seidenfeld Christian & Marianne Bernadotte Dennis & Madeline Block The Echle-Walters Family Fund of InFaith Community Foundation Karen Bradley & Tom Norton Erica Brenner & Gary Adams Frances S. Buchholzer Mr. & Mrs. William D. Buss II Albert Leonetti & Ruth Anna Carlson Julia Cepulis Ms. Linda Sperry & Linda Chopra Tom & Anita Cook Louise Cook Esther & David Cooper Roger Creps W. Dean Dabson David & Adelaide Davies Karen Elizabeth Davies Mark DelPrincipe Sara Drowlette Jim & Deb Edwards Diane & Warren Farr Michael Frank & Patricia Snyder Ruth H. Laufer Friedman

Judge Stuart Friedman & Mr. Arthur Kane Alexander & Carol Garklavs Lynn M. Gattozzi Karen Gerken Daniel & Kathleen Gisser Susan L. Golden Richard & Ann Gridley Robert J. Gura Kurt Hass Caitlin Haught Thomas E. & Jane M. Healy Richard & Laurette Hershey Fred Heupler, M.D. Edith F. Hirsch Derf Hopsecger Dr. Christine A. Hudak & Mr. Marc F. Cymes Linda Johnson Carole Kass Walter Keith Jane & Douglas Kern Ilona Kisis Rabbi Roger Klein & Jacqi Loewy Raymond & Katherine Kolcaba Dennis & Betty Kondrich Steve & Carolyn Kuerbitz Heather Lanfranchi & Stephen DeOreo Diann Lapin Jody Lefort & Ken Gober Rudolph & Linda Libertini Jr. William Mandel, DVM Kevin Martin Rex & Heath Mason Ethan & Karen McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon III Laura & Charles Monroe Carole & George Morris The Laura R. & Lucian Q. Moffitt Foundation Brian & Cindy Murphy Deb Nash Gay S. Nelson David Nolin Patrick & Judith O’Hara Glenmede William & Katherine O’Neill Marilyn Orr John S. Perko Mr. Franklyn & Dr. Marion Perry Jane Peterson & Phil Star Dr. & Mrs. Roland Philip Ellen Picard & Pat Hartman Richard & Joanne Prober

Claiborne R. Rankin William Watterson & Melissa Richmond Alan Rocke & Cristine Rom Ted & Martha Rodenborn Arthur Rotatori Myra Samsa Elizabeth Hecht & Pete Savoy Dorothy M. Sawyer Richard & Dina Schoonmaker Rev. Sandra Selby Merryl Shapiro Vance & Donna Sherwood John & Laura Shields Drs. Jerry & Linda Shuck Mr. & Mrs. James Simler Fred W. Steffen Fred & Betsy Stueber Thomas Suddes Richard & Claire Troha Dean & Annie Valore Catherine Veres Mark Walker Dickson & Ann Whitney Mr. & Mrs. David Wildermuth Robert C. & Emily C. Williams Andrea Zadell BUCKINGHAM CIRCLE ($250 – $499) Anonymous (3) Ann V. Adams Michael & Cynthia Ahern Chace & Josephine Anderson Robert Neil Andreano Atty. LuWayne Annos Robert & Dalia Baker Michael & Mary Anne Baumgartner Andrew & Patricia Bazar Jim & Vickie Bell Terry Bernstein Robert Boltz Terry & Christine Bowman John & Mary Boyle Jo Brookhart Tom & Mary Brooks Glenn & Jenny Brown Leslie S. Brown John & Mimi Brulia Bill & Carol Bruml Stephen & Jeanne Bucchieri James & Judy Burghart Catharina Meints Caldwell Michael & Kareen Caputo Richard & Sharon Chmielewski

Kermit & Barbara Lind Susan Locke Mrs. F. Machado John D. Mancinelli Elizabeth K. Mann Roey & Jeff Margulies Rick & Judy Maron Dr. Lee Martin Nancy McCormack Mr. Christopher C. & Dr. Gaylee McCracken Linda & Peter McDonald Charitable Fund Marilyn K. McDonald Robert McInnes Michael & Ellen Meehan Bill & Carla Merkel Loretta S. Miller Timothy & Marjorie Minnis John & Janet Mitchell Kirk Morehead David Nash Deborah L. Neale Joseph & Maryanna Ogonek David & Ann Olszewski Elizabeth Osborne Sue & Jim Paine Jim & Kathy Pender Anne-Marie Petros Robert Plantz Elisabeth C. Plax Malcolm & Virginia Pollard In honor of Sue & Dale Edwards 60th Anniversary Thomas & Maria Prendergast Quentin & Gay Quereau Judith E. Quin John N. Rampe & Elinore Evans Sally & Derek Rance Charles Rankin Dr. Diana C. Reep Michael & Dawn Rickman Dr. Clare M. Rimnac & Dr. Thomas M. Hering Mr. & Mrs. Todd Rosenberg Donald Rosenberg Isobel Rutherford Phil & Noha Ryder Martin I. Saltzman, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. James Sampliner Jaquelynn Savoca Donald E. Schmid & Rosemary L. Reymann Cal & Camille Schroeck Dot Schwende In memory of Joyce Daunch

Paul Secunde Hedy E. Simmons Cheryl & David Simon Peggy Skerda Mr. & Mrs. Kempton Smith Brad & Leslie Smith Mr. & Mrs. William Spatz Drs. Frederick & Elizabeth Specht Alan Steffen Mark & Virginia Steiger Saundra Stemen Sharon G. Stern M.D. AJ & Nancy Stokes Dave & Reanetta Taylor Matthew Vrabel Churchill & Evelyn Ward Deborah M. Webb Mary Wehrle Lucile G. Weingartner Robert A. & Judith M. Weiss Annabelle Weiss Barbara Weiss John & Ruth Wengrovius Lois S. Wolf Diane Powers Wright Stanley & Mary Zitello John & Jane Zuzek INDIVIDUAL DONORS ($100 – $249)

Anonymous (5) Anna Abel James Able Kathy Alexander Judie & Bruce Amsel Pam Amundson & Joel Godard Richard Antonucci Patricia L. Armfelt Jon Asbornsen Jay Auwerter Jacob & Susan Baker Virginia Banks Jacob Bannet George D. Banta, DVM Linda L. Barclay Robert & Susan Barkett Christine Bartzis Victoria B. Bauer William & Christine Baxter Lisa A. Benedetti Kathy Berg Dr. & Mrs. N. K. Berg Holly & Chris Bernene Alexandra Beyer Sue & Art Biagianti Alan & Peggy Bialosky Tom & Dorothy Bier Henry Billingsley Helga Binder Mark & Kathleen Binnig John & Susan Blackwell

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Robert Chwast Judy & Bob Ciulla Lawrence & Beverly Cole James Collins & Patricia Brownell Gary P. Davis Fredrich & Polly Dengel Michael & Jan Devereaux Carol Dolan Barbara A. Domski Constance Dubick Jim & Jane Ehrman Kathryn Eloff Joe & Judy Erlichman John Farina Frederick A. Fellowes Marcia Ferguson Harvey Finkel Casey Forbes Debra Franke Lois Freedman & Mark Munetz Thomas J. Froehlich Nancy Fuller John H. Gardner Kathleen B. Burke & William S. Gaskill Irene Georgantas Andrew Gordon-Seifert Lee & Peter Haas Barbara Hanselman William C. Hatch Christine Havice Robin Herrington-Bowen Franklin & Kathleen Hickman Douglas M. & Suzanne R. Hicks Deborah Hilzinger Joan C. Ishibashi Gale & Jim Jacobsohn Dr. Larry Parker & Mrs. Jennifer Johnson Marjorie Johnson Morton Julius Catherine Keating & Charles King Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Nancy Keithley Barbara Kincaid Melodee Kornacker Jim & Rhonda Kroeger Barbara Kuby Bob & Linda Kuchner Mr. & Mrs. John Kundtz Donna Lalewicz Ed Larson Jane & Bernard Lerner Alan & Jean Lettofsky Richard Lilley & Carmen Letelier

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Thank you to our Supporters (continued) Glenn Blair Lillian Boehmer Mr. & Mrs. Gary Boncella Thomas Bowne Corey Boyer Elizabeth Brinkman Nancy E. Brown Elizabeth G. Burger Marilyn Busch Kevin J. Bylsma James Calhoun Greg Callaghan Janet & Kathleen Carnall Charles & Jan Carr Cindy Carr Eileen Cernea Jason Chance John & Josie Chapman Sonia Chapnick Christopher & Maryanne Chengelis Joanne Chu Anna Lee Cleary Patrick & Jean Cleary-Burns William Clifford Carolyn Coatoam Joan Cody Tony Colby James & Rebecca Cole Matthew & Virginia Collings Thomas & Mary Comerford Colleen & John Cooney Arthur Cooper Derek Cottier Dale & Sue Cowan Barbara Cox Ian Crane KeyBank Foundation Betty A. Crighton John Crighton Margaret Cullis Roman & Diana Dale Barbara Ann Davis Anne & Paul Davis Mark Dawson Mark & Eileen De Guire Chris & Mary Ann Deibel James Demarco Joellen Deoreo Elizabeth Dery & Steven Schecter Robert Dianetti Roderick & Barbara Dibble Charles & Gail Dixon Henry C. Doll Doris Donnelly Mary Kay DeGrandis & Edward Donnelly Patricia Dorner Dr. & Mrs. Michael Dowell Mark Doyle Don & Kathy Dregalla Kristina DuBois Mary Dunbar Susan & John Durham Barbara Eaton S. Stuart Eilers Karl Eiselsberg Mrs. Linda S. Ellis

Mary Emerson John Evans The Art of Freedom Stanley & Sharon Fairchild Jennifer Fakult Catherine Fallick Leah Farrar Robert & Marcia Fein Anita Fell Ruth E. Fenske Suzanne Ferguson Phillip Fertik Daniel Fickes Carol & Daniel Fishwick Claude Flandro David Forte Mr. & Mrs. William M. Foster Christopher Francis Linda R. Frank Elle Frauenthal Helen L. Frey Harriet Friedman A Friend Prof. Leon Gabinet Mike Galloway James Gandre Timothy Gao Stephen H. Gariepy Melinda Garrett Robert & Helen Gelbach Dorinda Gershman Joseph K. Getz Nina Gibans John & Pam Gibbon Andrew Gibson Timothy Gilligan Anne & Walter Ginn Mark Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gould David M. Gracon Norman & Antonette Graham David Gras In loving memory of Anoinette L. Gras who loved music and Apollo’s Fire Roger Gregory Sally & Bob Gries Dr. Kathleen S. Grieser Debra Griest & John Clark Nancy Griffith Traci Gruich Armin Guggenheim Alan & Ruth Gurd Selma Gwatkin Peter & Lee Haas Karen Hackenberry Arndt Haddenbrock Cathleen Hadley-Samia Tom Hagesfeld Louise E. Hamel Martha S. Harding Jan Harding William Harwood Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Hatch Marian Hatton Rodney Hayslett Sandra Virginia Hazra

Louise A. Head John Hemphill Sally Hennessey Malcolm Henoch Yolanda Hicks Merry Higgs Frank & Joan Hiti Gloria Hoffman Bob & Janet Hogue Martin & Maria Hoke Joe Holcomb Gary Holliday Melvin Holt Nancy & David Hooker Ilana Horowitz Ratner Norma Horswell Lansing & Patience Hoskins, MD Rev. David Houdeschell Joan M. Hull Sally Huntsberger Marcia Hurt Mark Hyman Keiko Imai Glenda Insua Byron H. & Diane F. Jackson Dr. Tom & Mary Ann Jackson Jodith Janes MaryAnn Janosik Robert & Linda Jenkins Jerison Family Lisa Johnson Sandra & David Johnson Peter Jones Bob & Annamarie Kachurek Shannon Kahle Gail Kallock Carol Kamphuis Darla Kashian Dr. & Mrs. C. William Keck Ardith Keck Charles Keller Ellen Keller Chere & Patrick Kilbane Janet Kinkaid Daniel Kirkpatrick James H. Kiser Marjorie Kitchell Dr. & Mrs. Robert Kiwi Drs. Robert & Nancy Klein Melinda Knight Nancy & Rik Kohn Susan Korosa Ihor Kowalysko Anthony Kozar & Elizabeth Mather Bob & Carol Kubovcik Raymond Labuda Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Lafave, Jr. Candace Lake Jason Lakin James Lalak David & Janine Lambros Scott Lamont Diane S. LeBlanc Pamela LeRose Richard & Madeline Levitz Cathy & John Lewis Michael & Valerie Libman

Katrina Pipasts Amy & Cantor Misha Pisman Carla Z. Pivcevich Tara Pollak Jeffrey Pollock Mr. & Mrs. Martin P. Pope Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Porter Dr. James F. Quilty, Jr. Kathy Rabin Christine Davies Randall Anne Giller Randall Cal & Roberta Ratcliff Frank & Yolita Rausche William & Jan Resseger Gretchen Reynolds Douglas & Sandra Rider Barbara S. Robinson Hans Rohr Jonathan Ross Anthony & Denise Ross Betty Rossi Nadine Roszko Laurel Schauer Rowen Robert Rutledge Roger & Elizabeth Salomon Kathy Sands Kenneth L. Schafrath Dr. Adrian M. Schnall Glenn E. Schreiber John & Barbara Schubert Betty Jo Scurei Susan & Richard Sebastian Gary Seng Dr. & Mrs. William C. Sheldon Linda A. Seiber David Simmons Shirley Simmons Lois Simpson Clive Sinoff Iola Skinner Catherine Smith Richard & Kim Snyder Murray Somerville Doris Sopher Michael & Saundra Sotak The Spallino Family Mr. & Mrs. William Spanfellner Ina Stanek James Stang Walt & Kathy Stashkiw Mickey Stefanik Joan Steidl & Nancy Logan Lorelei Stein-Sapir Lisa L. Stidham Erin Stone Eileen Stork Pat Strnad Rita Stroempl Anita Szegvari Marica Tacconi Diana & Harris Taylor Martha Thompson

Ray Thompson Edward & Hildred Tornberg Kevin Trangle Dr. & Mrs. George Trautwein In honor of Jeannette Howard & Sara Tucker Sue Tumlinson Linda Turek David Utlak Chuck Vergon Paul Vincent Edward Vogel Patrice Voto William & Trudy Walker Larry Wallerstein John Walton Richard Waltz Jim & Chris Wamsley Bruce Washington Ann Waters Sharon Watts Jean B. Weaver Cliff Weber Mr. & Mrs. Mark Allen Weigand Roger Welchans David Weymiller Cooper & Debbie White Dorothy Whittenberger Yoash & Sharon Wiener Craig & Karen Wilde Vickie Wildeman Laura Williams William Williams Colleen Williams Marcia G. Wittenbrook Casey Forbes & Signe Wrolstad-Forbes Sharon Yarnell Carol Yellig Henry Young Helen L. Zakin Chuck & Ann Zellmer Richard & Mary Zigmond Eleanor Zmeskal

Thank you to our donors who gave at levels not listed in this program book. Your contributions enable our success! This list includes donors from September 15, 2019 - September 15, 2020. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. Please call 216.320.0012 x 6 with any errors or omissions.

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Helen Liggett William S. Lind Steve Linscheid Enno Lohmeyer Stephen Lorton Sue & Larry Luck Richard Lynde Kalle Lyytinen Martha Maddox Jimmy Madsen Harold & Elaine Marsh Patrick Mason Julianne Matsko John & Margaret McBride Jeff McElhinny Frederick T. McGuire III Michael & Christine McGuire Mark & Terese McLeod Elizabeth Mease Eric Megla James & Virginia Meil Maria Menassa Katherine Menges Millee Mervart David & Wendy Miano Hannah Miedel Gene Milford Kevin Miller Helga Miller Sarah Miller Bernard Miner David Minich Vincent Monnier Karen & Randall Moore Tim & Leslie Moore Zachary Morowitz Andy & Joyce Morton Kiri’s “Mom” Skip & Marion Murfey Elizabeth Myers Joseph & Barbara Nahra Don Nash Douglas & Denise Nash Dale & Jim Naylor Mike Needs & Kathy Fraze James T. & Julia Neff Roger Nelson Charlene & Marv Nevans David Nolin & Carolyn Klohn Larry & Donna Nowak Thomas O’Mahoney Terrence O’Malley Mary Openshaw Dr. & Mrs. A.P. Ormond, Jr. William Owens Carol R. Patterson Jean Perkins Janet Pesek Ron Peters Lorna & Butch Pfaelzer Melodie Phillips Stephen Phillips

 Innkeepers & Charioteers Apollo’s Fire would like to thank the following patrons who generously provided accommodations & transportation for our musicians during the 2019-2020 season.

Innkeepers Gail Arnoff & George Woideck • Kathleen & Mark Binnig Chuck & Christy Bittenbender • Jan & Jerry Bohinc Eileen M. Burkhart • Ann Calkins • Richard & Judy Cohen Kim Conklin & Damir Janigro • Elizabeth Cusma • Dulcie Dugar Carol Engler • Leigh & Andrew Fabens • Amy & Tom Feran Debra Franke • Jacqueline Freedman • Debra Golden & Michael Star Antonnette Graham • Russell Hardy • Jane Haylor & Mel Berger Ann Herbruck • Carole Kass • Marjorie Kitchell & Spencer Neth Lili & Gregg Lustig • Mary Ann & Steve Mahoney Jay & Arlene Mann • Dr. Kandice Marchant Marilyn & Tom McLaughlin • Linda Miller & Steve Forgerson Charlotte & Jack Newman • Linda & John Olejko • Jane Richmond Kasia & Douglas Rothenberg • Dr. Linda Sandhaus & Dr. Roland Philip Daniel & Ruth Shoskes • Joseph & Betsy Sopko Anne Unverzagt & Rick Goddard • Ed & Ellen Weber

Charioteers Gail Arnoff • Beth Bliss • Veronica Dever • Carol Engler Betty Gregovich • Carole Hanic • Scott Hare • Byron Hays Edith Hirsch • Barbara Nahra • Martin Pope • Ed Rosenberg Susan Schaul • Peggy Stojkov • Judith Weiss • Bob Young For information about becoming an Innkeeper or Charioteer, please contact Martin Daukss at mdaukss@apollosfire.org.

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Thank you to our Supporters – Addendum Addendum to the gifts listed beginning on page 66.

FOUNDATION, GOVERNMENT, & OTHER ORGANIZATIONS $20,000 – $49,999 Anonymous

THE RITORNELLO CIRCLE VERSAILLES CIRCLE ($5,000 – $9,999)

Arthur V. N. Brooks Tim & Jennifer Smucker ESTERHAZY CIRCLE ($2,500 – $4,999)

Laura & Joseph Rushton Anne & Ed Wardwell MEDICI CIRCLE ($1,000 – $2,499)

Diane & Michael Ellis Dr. Thomas Forrest Kelly Elizabeth Richards Alan Rocke & Cristine Rom Richard & Mary Zigmond BRANDENBURG CIRCLE ($500 – $999)

R. Jeffrey Fast Daniel Garland Louise E. Hamel Elaine Jackson Mr. Franklyn & Dr. Marion Perry

Vicki & Jim Bell John & Pam Gibbon Stephen Lorton INDIVIDUAL DONORS ($100 – $249)

Nancy Arnest Scott Bowen Len Bussard Ann E. Cole Jeffrey & Barbara Dean

The following people have made gifts in memory of Anthony Troia Bob Bensen Chuck Bittenbender Ann E. Cole Rosemary Donzella Richard & Deena Epstein Suzanne & Benoy Joseph Annette Lowe Gil & Carol Lowenthal Audrey Morris Deb Nash Noha Ryder Jeanne Shatten Nancy Soboro Jeanne Sorrell Terry Stoller Gordon & Linda Wetzel Sheila Wyse League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland

Thank you to our donors who gave at levels not listed in this insert. Your contributions enable our success!

This list includes donors from October 20, 2019 - October 20, 2020. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. Please call 216.320.0012 x 6 with any errors or omissions.

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BUCKINGHAM CIRCLE ($250 – $499)

Katherine Funkner Stephen Jones S. L. Kohrman Margaret Krolikowski Lawrence Liden William Mason Audrey Morris Dave Pull Laura Rayburn Judy Reeves Nancy Soboro Marica Tacconi Adele Viguera Gordon Wetzel Michael & Jean Wolpert Charlotte Zmyslo

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Meet the Administration HOWARD BENDER Executive Director Howard joined Apollo’s Fire in 2020. He previously served as Vice-President of Virginia Opera and then as Chief Development Officer of Florida Grand Opera. Prior to his career in arts management, Howard had a flourishing career as an opera singer, performing in major opera houses on four continents. He sang for four seasons at the Metropolitan Opera and worked with many of the world’s leading conductors.

He attended Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School, and holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music.

NOHA RYDER Chief Financial Officer Noha joined the staff of Apollo’s Fire in January 2015 as Director of Development, and became General Manager in September 2016. Prior to joining the staff, she had previously co-chaired AF’s 2014 Gala Benefit. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in business administration from Case Western Reserve University. With over 25 years of varied business, management, and finance experience, she has been an active volunteer for the arts and has served on several non-profit boards.

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ALLISON RICHARDS General Manager Allison joined Apollo’s Fire in 2013, coming from the Cincinnati Symphony where she served as Assistant Artistic Administrator for the CSO, Pops, and May Festival.

A violist by training, she holds a Master’s degree from Mannes College The New School for Music. Allison began her career in artistic administration through internships with Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago Symphony, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Allison is now in her 8th season with Apollo’s Fire, having previously served as Director of Artistic Operations & Touring.

BARBARA FELD Director of Patron & Donor Relations – Summit County Barbara joined the Apollo’s Fire staff in 2020 as Director of Patron & Donor relations in Summit County. Ms. Feld is Executive Director Emerita of Tuesday Musical Association and led Tuesday Musical for 24 years until her retirement in July 2013. She serves on the Apollo’s Fire Akron Advisory Board and is co-chair of Apollo’s Fire’s gala to celebrate 25 years of AF’s Akron concert series. She is a board member of the Akron Roundtable and past chair of that organization. Ms. Feld continues to serve on the Blossom Committee and has served on statewide arts boards, national arts committees, as well as the Arts Advisory Committee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Additionally, Ms. Feld has served as an Ohio Arts Council panelist on many occasions.

ANGELA MORTELLARO Development & Public Relations Manager Angela came to Apollo’s Fire in 2019 after serving as General Manager of the Suburban Symphony Orchestra in Cleveland. She has also worked in the Education department of The Cleveland Orchestra, and for Cleveland Opera Theatre. With a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance from Rice University, Angela enjoyed a 10-year performing career as a professional lyric soprano, with performances at such companies as Lyric Opera of Chicago, Minnesota Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Florida Grand Opera, and Chicago Opera Theatre, among others.

Loren joined Apollo’s Fire in January of 2018. As a voice instructor at the Beck Center for the Arts, he maintains a studio of more than 25 diverse students. Loren completed his Bachelor of Music degree in Performance and Education at Miami University in Oxford, OH, and regulary performs around Northeast Ohio. A Cleveland native, Loren has experience in administration, collaboration, and production.

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LOREN REASH-HENZ Patron Services Coordinator

Meet the Administration (continued) MARGI HAIGH Box Office & Marketing Associate Margi joined the staff of Apollo’s Fire in 2009. She is a professional oboist and respected composer, with many commissions. She holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and San Francisco Conservatory. Margi handles grassroots marketing and program ad sales. She also provides musical typesetting for Jeannette’s arrangements.

MELANIE EMIG Staff Accountant & Patron Services Associate Melanie joined the Apollo’s Fire staff in 2015, assisting with box office operations. Prior to her appointment at AF, Melanie worked as the Registrar for The Music Settlement.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance and a Master’s degree in Opera Theater from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Melanie enjoys teaching and currently maintains a Suzuki piano studio at The Music Settlement.

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ERICA BRENNER Director of Media Production A classically trained musician with a Master’s in music from Yale University, Erica spent 20 years as producer and Director of Audio Production at the GRAMMY®winning Telarc label. As an independent record and video producer, her clients include pianists Orli Shaham and Jon Kimura Parker, orchestral musicians from across the country including Joshua Smith and Michael Sachs (The Cleveland Orchestra), Ryan Anthony (Dallas Symphony), internationally-acclaimed harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, and ChamberFest Cleveland. Erica produces AF’s performance videos and CD recordings.

TOM FRATTARE Stage Production Manager Tom has been AF’s Stage Production Manager for over two decades, since 1999. He previously served as Stage Manager for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He has a Master’s degree in playwriting. He handles AF’s stage logistics at home and on tour.

MARTINS DAUKSS Stage Manager & Operations Coordinator Martins joined Apollo’s Fire in 2009 as Production Assistant, and presently serves as Stage Manager. He works in the area of production logistics and stage set-up for rehearsals, concerts, and on tour, as well as handling CD merchandise sales on tour. He is a pianist and holds a degree in Music with Arts Management emphasis from Baldwin Wallace University.

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THANK YOU to our superb volunteers who open their homes to visiting Apollo’s Fire musicians.

AF’s “Innkeeper” program may be on hold temporarily due to the pandemic, however we are always seeking new host homes - particularly if you live in the Cleveland Heights/Shaker Heights area.

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A Fiddler’s Noël

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DECEMBER 12-13 & 19-21 Jeannette Sorrell, conducting | Amanda Powell, soprano Apollo’s Chamber Singers | The Masked Fiddlers: Susanna Perry Gilmore, Alan Choo, Emi Tanabe, Andrew Fouts Apollo’s Fire welcomes the holidays with fiddle fireworks! Corelli’s famed Christmas Concerto for Two Violins highlights the first half, along with Heinrich Biber’s soulful violin sonata on The Annunciation (the Angel Gabriel’s visit to the Virgin Mary) and selections from Handel’s Messiah. After intermission, the Masked Fiddlers lead a toe-tapping Christmas Barn Dance of traditional carols and fiddle tunes in the Irish and Appalachian traditions.

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