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Welcome from the Executive Director December 2014 The Cleveland Orchestra’s holiday season is brimming with joy and music offerings of all kinds, from the magic and beauty of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker in November at PlayhouseSquare . . . to holiday music with the Vienna Boys Choir and Natalie MacMaster . . . to the festive collection of Christmas Concerts here at Severance Hall that have become a holiday tradition for generations of listeners across our community. We are delighted that you are celebrating the holidays with us during this busy and exciting time of year, to continue the tradition — and perhaps to make a new one of your own. ’Tis the season for giving thanks. And Franz Welser-Möst and I and the entire Cleveland Orchestra family are very grateful to you and to everyone who experiences the joy of the Orchestra’s music-making. Students singing together in the Youth Chorus, or playing together in the Youth Orchestra. Families on the Lawn at a Blossom concert, or joined here together for the holidays. Neighbors and friends, enjoying free performances during the Orchestra’s annual “At Home” neighborhood residency. Elementary school children who visit Severance Hall and have the remarkable experience of hearing our world-class orchestra for their first taste of symphonic music. Young people who, through generous funding, are able to experience The Cleveland Orchestra through deep discounts, or for free with their families. Loyal subscribers who wouldn’t miss a concert. New listeners, dazzled by the beauty of this Concert Hall and the magnificence of the musicianship onstage — whether the Orchestra is accompanying “O Come, All Ye Faithful” or playing music by Beethoven, Brahms, and Berlioz. Franz and I are deeply appreciative of the many ways that the Orchestra musicians, staff, and board work together to create unforgettable musical experiences for you. In a very real way, each and every day, we are most thankful for our many supporters: Foundations, who provide funding for innovation. Corporations, who sponsor our concert presentations. Individuals, who donate to The Cleveland Orchestra at a rate higher than at any other major orchestra in the country. I’m proud to say that our supporters are the most loyal group anywhere. Yet I know that we can’t afford to be satisfied with our achievements. We must continue to serve Northeast Ohio to the utmost. We continue our efforts to offer more kinds of concerts and to perform more music for more people than ever before. We rely on you and your generosity to keep our organization moving forward at the very highest levels of excellence and service. As you reflect on what you are grateful for in your own life, I hope you will recall the special memories you associate with The Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, and Blossom, and that you will honor those lasting memories with a year-end gift to the Orchestra. We greatly appreciate all that you do. With all best wishes for a joyous holiday season,
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O ffi c er s a nd exe cutive comm i ttee Dennis W. LaBarre, President Richard J. Bogomolny, Chairman The Honorable John D. Ong, Vice President
Norma Lerner, Honorary Chair Hewitt B. Shaw, Jr., Secretary Beth E. Mooney, Treasurer
Jeanette Grasselli Brown Alexander M. Cutler Matthew V. Crawford David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz
Douglas A. Kern Virginia M. Lindseth Alex Machaskee Nancy W. McCann John C. Morley
Larry Pollock Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Audrey Gilbert Ratner Barbara S. Robinson Raymond T. Sawyer
re s i d ent t r u st ee s George N. Aronoff Dr. Ronald H. Bell Richard J. Bogomolny Charles P. Bolton Jeanette Grasselli Brown Helen Rankin Butler Scott Chaikin Paul G. Clark Owen M. Colligan Robert D. Conrad Matthew V. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler Hiroyuki Fujita Paul G. Greig Robert K. Gudbranson Iris Harvie Jeffrey A. Healy Stephen H. Hoffman David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz Marguerite B. Humphrey David P. Hunt Christopher Hyland James D. Ireland III
Trevor O. Jones Betsy Juliano Jean C. Kalberer Nancy F. Keithley Christopher M. Kelly Douglas A. Kern John D. Koch S. Lee Kohrman Charlotte R. Kramer Dennis W. LaBarre Norma Lerner Virginia M. Lindseth Alex Machaskee Robert P. Madison Milton S. Maltz Nancy W. McCann Thomas F. McKee Beth E. Mooney John C. Morley Donald W. Morrison Meg Fulton Mueller Gary A. Oatey Katherine T. O’Neill The Honorable John D. Ong
Larry Pollock Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Clara T. Rankin Audrey Gilbert Ratner Charles A. Ratner James S. Reid, Jr. Barbara S. Robinson Paul Rose Steven M. Ross Raymond T. Sawyer Luci Schey Hewitt B. Shaw, Jr. Richard K. Smucker R. Thomas Stanton Daniel P. Walsh Thomas A. Waltermire Geraldine B. Warner Jeffrey M. Weiss Norman E. Wells Paul E. Westlake Jr. David A. Wolfort
N on - r es i d e nt t ruS tee s Virginia Nord Barbato (NY) Wolfgang C. Berndt (Austria) Laurel Blossom (SC)
Richard C. Gridley (SC) Loren W. Hershey (DC) Herbert Kloiber (Germany)
Ludwig Scharinger (Austria)
t r u st ee s ex- off i ci o Faye A. Heston, President, Volunteer Council of The Cleveland Orchestra Shirley B. Dawson, President, Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra Claire Frattare, President, Blossom Women’s Committee
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t r u S t ee s e m er iti Clifford J. Isroff Samuel H. Miller David L. Simon*
h ono rary trust ees fo r life Robert W. Gillespie Gay Cull Addicott Dorothy Humel Hovorka Oliver F. Emerson Robert F. Meyerson Allen H. Ford
pa st pr e s i d e nts D. Z. Norton 1915-21 John L. Severance 1921-36 Dudley S. Blossom 1936-38 Thomas L. Sidlo 1939-53
Percy W. Brown 1953-55 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. 1955-57 Frank E. Joseph 1957-68 Alfred M. Rankin 1968-83
Ward Smith 1983-95 Richard J. Bogomolny 1995-2002, 2008-09 James D. Ireland III 2002-08
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remind us more quickly of the Christmas season than the sound of a favorite carol, song, or piece of holiday music. Beyond thoughts of the Christmas Story itself, few things are as sure to set us smiling, humming, and looking forward to annual greetings and visits from family and friends. The rituals of baking, shopping, and hanging decorations are amplified with the simple pleasure of listening to some of the beautiful music inspired by this December holiday. While music specifically associated with Christmas can be dated back at least as far as the 13th century, many of today’s favorite Christmas carols and songs were created in the past 300 years. “Adeste Fideles” was written in 1782, “Silent Night” in 1816, and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” in 1850. Many composers have been inspired by the Christmas Story to write great music — from Bach’s Magnificat (1723) and Christmas Oratorio (1734) to Handel’s Messiah (1741), from Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ (“The Childhood of Christ,” 1854) to Johannes Brahms’s arrangement of “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” (1896), and into the 20th century with such well-known collections as Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols (1942) or the many carol and song arrangements created by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker, and more recent songs for the season by Mel Tormé, John Rutter, Vince Gill, and others. Throughout the 19th century, a renewed interest in (and commercialization of) Christmas saw the growth of many traditions — including the introduction of the Christmas tree (brought to England by Prince Albert in 1834 from his native Germany), the manufacturing of many new kinds of seasonal decorations, the writing of many new Christmas stories (including the publication of “The Night Before Christmas” in 1823 and Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol in 1843), and the widespread adoption of St. Nicholas (soon to be called Santa Claus) as customary parts of the season. Musical offerings also expanded, with the planning of ever-more elaborate and festive presentations to celebrate the season in sound. In America, such inspirational 20th-century choral leaders as Fred Waring and Robert Shaw helped popularize new songs and new arrangements, while major orchestras, new brass ensembles, and groups like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir helped fill the airwaves through special Christmas recordings — and inspired ensembles throughout the country to offer annual holiday concerts. Such performances are today one of the season’s most eagerly awaited traditions, filling concert halls from coast to coast with beloved music and the spirit of Christmas. Few things
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OrchestraNews New Chorus Christmas album available for the holidays . . .
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus has a brand-new Christmas album — available to donors contributing a new gift of $25 or more to the Chorus Fund. Titled The Most Wonderful Time, the CD features selections from recent Christmas Concerts with the Chorus and The Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Robert Porco. The private label CD is not available for purchase, but is offered as a special thank-you gift for donations of $25 or more. Donations can be made through the Severance Hall Ticket Office or by calling the Chorus Office at 216-231-7372.
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Music and the holidays are a perfect match. The Cleveland Orchestra Store offers a host of musical performances this holiday season, including the Orchestra’s latest DVDs and CDs, as well as releases by Orchestra musicians. Music boxes and music-themed holiday ornaments, stationery, books, stuffed toys and musical gifts for children of all ages, fashion scarves, jewelry, and Cleveland Orchestra logo apparel are also on sale at the Store. In addition, Cleveland Orchestra Gift Certificates and Blossom Lawn Ticket Books for the Orchestra’s 2015 Blossom Music Festival are available at the Severance Hall Ticket Office by calling 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or at clevelandorchestra.com.
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OrchestraNews Women’s Committee continues a holiday tradition with Silver Bells raising money for The Cleveland Orchestra Silver Bells and The Cleveland Orchestra have gone hand in hand for more than four decades, and they’re ringing in another year. Reed & Barton silver bells inscribed with “Christmas 2014” are being sold to benefit Community and Education programs of The Cleveland Orchestra. The bells are a project of the Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra. Silver-plated Reed & Barton bells to benefit the Orchestra cost $25. The bells can be purchased from the Cleveland Orchestra Store and from several local gift shops. In addition, Women’s Committee members are selling the bells in the lobbies of Severance Hall at concerts throughout the holiday period.
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On Sunday, January 18, The Cleveland Orchestra performs its 35th annual concert celebrating the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision in music, song, and community service recognition. Admission to the concert is free, but tickets are required. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Friday, January 2, through the Severance Hall Ticket Office in person, by phone, or online at clevelandorchestra.com. There is a limit of 4 tickets per household. Due to high demand, all tickets for this concert are usually distributed by 4 p.m. on the day they are made available.
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Thursday evening, December 11, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. c e l e b r i t y s e r i e s — at t h e m o v i e s
Disney Fantasia Live in Concert with The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Brett Mitchell
Allegro con brio, from Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven (2000) from Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) by Ludwig van Beethoven (1940) 3. Allegro: Merry gathering of the county folk 4. Allegro: Thunderstorm 5. Allegretto: Shepherd’s Song and happy feelings after the storm
from The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1940) Clair de lune by Claude Debussy (1940) The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky (2000) INTERMISSION
Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli (1940) The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas (1940 and 2000) Pomp and Circumstance by Edward Elgar (2000) adapted by Peter Schickele, from Elgar’s Marches Nos. 1- 4
Pines of the Appian Way from Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi (2000) Presentation licensed by Disney Music Publishing © Disney
This movie presentation runs about two hours, with intermission.
This evening’s At The Movies presentation is supported through the generosity of the PNC Bank Celebrity Series sponsorship. Media Partner: The Plain Dealer
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About Fantasia In this age of 3D, HD, widescreen, 7.1 surround sound — and that’s just in your living room! — it can be hard to fathom how revolutionary Fantasia was upon its theatrical release in 1940. Neither symphony hall concertgoers nor families headed to the movies to catch the latest Disney cartoon were prepared for the breadth and depth of color and sound that poured forth from the screen. Walt Disney (1901-1966) and conductor Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) — in collaboration with the talents of 1,000-plus artists, musicians, and engineers at the Walt Disney Studio, alongside the RCA Corporation, dozens of dancers (including Marge Champion and members of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Ballet Theatre), and the entire Philadelphia Orchestra — created a watershed cinematic experience that remains a visionary milestone to this day. Sadly, the expense of installing the Fantasound audio playback system in theaters, and the loss of the European market during World War II, nixed Walt’s dream of an ongoing evolution of updating, wherein individual film segments would be replaced by new ones. Though the Walt Disney Studio would utilize popular songs in several package fi lms of the 1940s and ’50s, it would not be until 1999 and the release of Fantasia 2000, spearheaded by Walt’s nephew, Roy E. Disney, that a Disney-produced feature-length marriage of classical music and animation would once again reach the screen.
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Assistant Conductor Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Endowed Chair The Cleveland Orchestra
Brett Mitchell is in his second season as assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. As assistant conductor, Mr. Mitchell serves as cover conductor for Severance Hall and Blossom Music Festival subscription concerts, and provides assistance to music director Franz Welser-Möst — earlier this year he stepped in to lead two evening subscription concerts of The Cleveland Orchestra for Mr. Welser-Möst, who was temporarily taken ill that weekend. In addition to his responsibilities with The Cleveland Orchestra, Brett Mitchell is currently in his fifth and final season as music director of Michigan’s Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra. In recent seasons, Mr. Mitchell has led the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, as well as the orchestras of Baltimore, Detroit, Memphis, Oregon, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Rochester, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Washington D.C.’s National Symphony Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Northwest Mahler Festival Orchestra. He has also acted as musical assistant and cover conductor with the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra. Recent return engagements include appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Houston Symphony, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Mitchell served as assistant conductor of the Houston Symphony (200711), where he concurrently held a League of American Orchestras American Conducting Fellowship. Since that time, he has returned to lead the Houston Symphony regularly as a guest conductor. He was also an assistant conductor to Kurt Masur at the Orchestre National de France (2006-09) and served as director of orchestras at Northern Illinois University (2005-07). He was associate conductor of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (2002-06), where he led many subscription programs, six world premieres, and several recording projects. Mr. Mitchell has also served as music director of nearly a dozen opera productions, principally as music director at the Moores Opera Center in Houston (2010-13), where he led eight productions. A native of Seattle, Brett Mitchell holds a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was also music director of the University Orchestra. He earned a bachelor of music degree in composition from Western Washington University. Mr. Mitchell also participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington D.C., and also studied with Lorin Maazel and Kurt Masur. 2014 Holiday Festival
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FIRST VIOLINS William Preucil concertmaster
Blossom-Lee Chair
Yoko Moore
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Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair
Peter Otto
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Jung-Min Amy Lee
Associate concertmaster
Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair
Alexandra Preucil
assistant concertmaster
Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair
Takako Masame
Paul and Lucille Jones Chair
Wei-Fang Gu
Drs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair
Kim Gomez
Elizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair
Chul-In Park
Harriet T. and David L. Simon Chair
Miho Hashizume
Theodore Rautenberg Chair
Jeanne Preucil Rose
Dr. Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair
Alicia Koelz
Oswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair
Yu Yuan
Patty and John Collinson Chair
Isabel Trautwein
Trevor and Jennie Jones Chair
Mark Dumm
Gladys B. Goetz Chair
Katherine Bormann
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SECOND VIOLINS Stephen Rose *
Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair
cellos Mark Kosower*
Louis D. Beaumont Chair
Richard Weiss 1
The GAR Foundation Chair
Emilio Llinas 2
Charles Bernard 2
Eli Matthews 1
Bryan Dumm
James and Donna Reid Chair Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair
Elayna Duitman Ioana Missits Carolyn Gadiel Warner Stephen Warner Sae Shiragami Vladimir Deninzon Sonja Braaten Molloy Scott Weber Kathleen Collins Beth Woodside Emma Shook Jeffrey Zehngut Yun-Ting Lee
Helen Weil Ross Chair Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair
Tanya Ell
Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair
Ralph Curry Brian Thornton David Alan Harrell Paul Kushious Martha Baldwin BASSES Maximilian Dimoff *
Clarence T. Reinberger Chair
Kevin Switalski 2 Scott Haigh 1
Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair
VIOLAS Robert Vernon *
Mark Atherton Thomas Sperl Henry Peyrebrune
Lynne Ramsey 1
Charles Carleton Scott Dixon Derek Zadinsky
ChaillĂŠ H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair
Stanley Konopka 2 Mark Jackobs
Jean Wall Bennett Chair
Arthur Klima Richard Waugh Lisa Boyko Lembi Veskimets Eliesha Nelson Joanna Patterson Zakany Patrick Connolly
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Charles Barr Memorial Chair
HARP Trina Struble *
Alice Chalifoux Chair
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O r c h e s t r a FLUTES Joshua Smith *
Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Chair
Saeran St. Christopher Marisela Sager 2
Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair
Mary Kay Fink PICCOLO Mary Kay Fink
Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair
OBOES Frank Rosenwein * Edith S. Taplin Chair
Jeffrey Rathbun 2
Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair
Robert Walters english horn Robert Walters
Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair
horns Richard King *
percussion Marc Damoulakis*
Michael Mayhew §
Donald Miller Tom Freer
George Szell Memorial Chair Knight Foundation Chair
Jesse McCormick
Robert B. Benyo Chair
Hans Clebsch Alan DeMattia
Jack Sutte Lyle Steelman2
librarians Robert O’Brien
James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair
Michael Miller CORNETs Michael Sachs *
Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair
Michael Miller
Richard Stout
Linnea Nereim
Shachar Israel 2
E-flat clarinet Daniel McKelway
bass trombone Thomas Klaber
bass clarINEt Linnea Nereim bassoons John Clouser *
Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair
Barrick Stees 2
Sandra L. Haslinger Chair
Jonathan Sherwin contrabassoon Jonathan Sherwin
Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair
Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair
Robert Woolfrey Daniel McKelway 2
Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair
Rudolf Serkin Chair
Carolyn Gadiel Warner
TROMBONES Massimo La Rosa*
Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair
keyboard instruments Joela Jones *
TRUMPETS Michael Sachs *
clarinets Franklin Cohen *
Robert Marcellus Chair
Margaret Allen Ireland Chair
Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair
euphonium and bass trumpet Richard Stout tuba Yasuhito Sugiyama* Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair
Joe and Marlene Toot Chair
Donald Miller orchestra Personnel Karyn Garvin director
Christine Honolke Manager
Endowed chairs currently unoccupied Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair Sunshine Chair
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First Assistant Principal Assistant Principal
conductors Christoph von Dohnányi music director laureate
Giancarlo Guerrero
principal guest conductor, cleveland orchestra miami
Brett Mitchell timpani Paul Yancich *
assistant conductor
Tom Freer 2
Robert Porco
Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair
Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair
director of choruses
Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair
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Director of Choruses Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Endowed Chair The Cleveland Orchestra
Robert Porco became director of choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra in 1998. In addition to overseeing choral activities and preparing the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and the Blossom Festival Chorus for a variety of concert programs each season, Mr. Porco conducts the Orchestra’s annual series of Christmas concerts at Severance Hall and regularly conducts subscription concert programs, both at Severance Hall and Blossom. In recent seasons, he has led performances of Handel’s Messiah, Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, Verdi’s Requiem, and evenings of Broadway and American favorites at Blossom. Highlights of Mr. Porco’s Cleveland tenure have included preparing the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for a wide variety of performances and repertoire, including performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 conducted by Franz Welser-Möst in January 2007, released as a Deutsche Grammophon recording. He has prepared the Chorus for touring appearances with the Orchestra, including the recent 2013 European Tour, and performances at the Edinburgh International Festival, Lucerne Festival, London Proms, and Carnegie Hall, as well as for the series of operas at Severance Hall under Welser-Möst’s direction. In 2011, Mr. Porco was honored by Chorus America with its annual Michael Korn Founders Award for a lifetime of significant contributions to the professional choral art. His activities and achievements across four decades of work have included preparing choruses for such prominent conductors as Pierre Boulez, James Conlon, Christoph von Dohnányi, Raymond Leppard, James Levine, Jesús LópezCobos, Zubin Mehta, André Previn, Kurt Sanderling, Robert Shaw, and Franz Welser-Möst, among others. As a guest conductor, Mr. Porco has led performances across North America, and in Europe and Asia, with appearances from Edinburgh to Lucerne, Reykjavik to Taipei, and from Chicago’s Grant Park Festival to the Cincinnati May Festival, where he has served as director of choruses since 1989. Ohio native Robert Porco served as chairman of the choral department at Indiana University 1980-98, and in recent years taught doctoral-level conducting at the school. Highlights of his work at Indiana University have included a special performance by 250 students of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass as part of the Tanglewood Music Festival’s celebration of the composer’s 70th birthday. As teacher and mentor, Mr. Porco has guided and influenced the development of hundreds of musicians, many of whom are now active as professional conductors, singers, or teachers. As a sought-after guest instructor and coach, his teaching work has included programs at Harvard University, Westminster Choir College, and the University of Miami Frost School of Music. 2014 Holiday Festival
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Friday evening, December 12, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. Wooster Saturday afternoon, December 13, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. Wooster Saturday evening, December 13, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. Akron Sunday afternoon, December 14, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. Children’s Thursday evening, December 18, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. Youth, Akron Friday evening, December 19, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. Youth Saturday afternoon, December 20, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. Children’s Saturday evening, December 20, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. Youth Sunday afternoon, December 21, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. Children’s Sunday evening, December 21, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.
chRiSTMAS CONCERTS The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
conducted by Robert Porco
with the Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus Children’s and the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Chamber Ensemble Youth and members of the Wooster Chorus of The College of Wooster Wooster and the University of Akron Concert Choir Akron PAR T O N E O Come, All Ye Faithful — Traditional, arranged by Mack Wilberg orc h e st r a a n d c horus “Wachet auf” from Cantata No. 140 — by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) arranged by Granville Bantock
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Three Christmas Hymns 1. Good Christian Men, Rejoice, text by John Mason Nealte arranged by Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett 2. I Wonder As I Wander, music and text by John Jacob Niles arranged by Barlow Bradford 3. Ding, Dong! Merrily on High text by George Ratcliffe Woodward, to music by Jehan Tabourot arranged by Stephen Mager
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“I’m Dreaming of Home” from Joyeux Noel
music by Philippe Rombi (b. 1968), text by Lori Barth and Gary Lewis
with Laura Schupbach, soprano orc h e st r a a n d c horus DECEMBER 14 , 20, AND 21 MATINEES: c h i l dr e n ’s c horus a n d orc h e st r a Shepherd’s Pipe Carol by John Rutter (b. 1945) orchestra and chorus DECEMBER 14 , 20, AND 21 MATINEES: c h i l dr e n ’s c horus a n d orc h e st r a S I N G - A L O N G Hark, the Herald Angels Sing — Traditional, arranged by Carmen Dragon orc h e st r a a n d c horus w i t h au di e nc e (see text on page 24) Farandole, from L’Arlésienne by Georges Bizet (1838-1875) orc h e st r a “Hallelujah” Chorus, from Messiah by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) orc h e st r a a n d c horus I N T E R M IS S I O N
PA R T T W O Suite from Miracle on 34th Street by Bruce Broughton (b. 1945) orc h e st r a “Somewhere in My Memory” from Home Alone by John Williams (b. 1932) orc h e st r a a n d c horus March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland by Victor Herbert (1859-1924) orc h e st r a The Twelve Days of Christmas — Traditional, arranged by John Rutter orc h e st r a a n d c horus Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) orc h e st r a White Christmas
words and music by Irving Berlin (1888-1989), arranged by Randol Bass
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The concert is approximately two hours in length.
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Audience Sing-along Hark, the Herald Angels Sing Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled: Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With th’angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King.
Monday February 2 7:30 p.m.
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Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Robert Porco, Director Lisa Wong, Assistant Director
Joela Jones, Principal Accompanist
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is one of the few professionally-trained, all-volunteer choruses sponsored by a major American orchestra. Founded at the request of George Szell in 1952 and following in the footsteps of a number of earlier community choruses, the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus has sung in hundreds of performances at home, at Carnegie Hall, and on tour, as well as in more than a dozen recordings. Its members hail from nearly fifty Cleveland-area communities and together contribute over 15,000 volunteer hours each year. sopranos
Lou Albertson* Kate Atherton* Amy Foster Babinski Amanda Baker* Karen Bauer-Blazer* Cathleen Bohn Emily Bzdafka* Courtney Cannon* Juliana S. Cole* Susan Cucuzza Karla Cummins* Anna K. Dendy Ashlee Dietrich* Mary Rose Dobe* Emily Engle Lisa Rubin Falkenberg Sarah Gaither Samantha Garner Rosie Gellott Rebecca Gellott* Danielle Greenway Rebecca S. Hall Lisa Hrusovsky Kirsten Jaegersen* Shannon R. Jakubczak Hope Klassen-Kay Kate Macy Angela Mitchell Kathleen Moreland* Julie MyersPruchenski S. Mikhaila Noble-Pace Jennifer Heinert O’Leary Sarah Henley Osburn Melissa B. Patton Lenore M. Pershing Joy M. Powell Roberta A. Privette Nadia Robinson* Cassandra Rondinella
Jennifer R. Sauer Monica Schie Laura Schupbach Sharon Shaffer* Elizabeth Spencer* Laurie Starner* Megan Tettau* Jane TimmonsMitchell Melissa Vandergriff Amber Veverka* Sharilee Walker Carole Weinhardt* Kiko Weinroth Mary Krason Wiker* Alethea Wilhelm Mary Wilson Marilyn Wilson* Constance D. Wolfe Sasha Yasinow* Amy Zubieta altos
Lou Albertson* Alexandria Albainy Emily Austin Katherine Brown* Marie Bucoy-Calavan Julie A. Cajigas Lydia Chamberlin Kathy Chuparkoff* Barbara J. Clugh Nichole Criss* Carolyn L. Dessin Brooke Emmel* Marilyn Eppich Amanda Evans Nancy Gage* Jeri Geldenhuys* Kathy Jo Gutgsell Jenna Hall Ann Marie Hardulak Laura Skelly Higgins* Julie Evans Hoffman*
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Gloria Homolak* Betty Huber Karen Hunt Sarah N. Hutchins Judith Karberg* Cynthia Kenepp* Lucia Leszczuk Diana Martin Danielle S. McDonald Karla McMullen Mary-Francis Miller Connie Moon* Ann Nagy* Peggy A. Norman Alexandra Palma Marta Perez-Stable Rachael Schempp* Alanna M. Shadrake Peggy Shumate* Shari Singer Ina Stanek-Michaelis Melanie Tabak* Rachel Thibo Martha Cochran Truby Sarah B. Turell Gina Ventre Laure Wasserbauer Meredith Sorenson Whitney Nancy A. Wojciak* Flo Worth Debra Yasinow
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Robin Blake Robert Bordon* Gerry C. Burdick Robert Cannon Brent Chamberlin Thomas Glynn* Robert H. Hutson* Daniel M. Katz Patrick Knaubert* Peter Kvidera Tod Lawrence Steve Lawson Rohan Mandelia Ryan P. Masterson Daniel May, Jr. James Newby Tremaine B. Oatman Bronson Peshlakai* Daniel Reiman Matthew Rizer John Sabol Lee Scantlebury Jarod Shamp James Storry Charles Tobias William Venable Michael J. Ward Steven Weems Allen White* Jordan Wilhelm
* The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is pleased to welcome singers marked with an asterisk — members of the Blossom Festival Chorus or former Cleveland Orchestra Chorus members — who are singing with us in these Holiday Festival performances.
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Christopher Aldrich Tyler Allen Jack Blazey Nikola Budimir Kevin Calavan Charles Carr Neal Chiprean Peter B. Clausen Dwyer Conklyn* Nick Connavino Thomas Cucuzza* Christopher Dewald Jeffrey Duber Matthew Englehart Richard S. Falkenberg Kurtis B. Hoffman Martin Horning* Bernard Hrusovsky* William Hrusovsky* Paul Hubbard Thomas Hull Jeral Hurd* Joshua Jones CJ Langmack* Jason Levy Scott Markov Tyler Mason Roger Mennell Robert Mitchell Stephen Mitchell Tom Moormann Keith Norman Glenn Obergefell John Riehl Steven Ross Adam E. Shimko Steven Skaggs Jayme Stayer Adam Thiel S. David Worhatch*
Carolyn Dessin, Chair, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Operating Committee Jill Harbaugh, Manager of Choruses
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Audience Sing-along Silent Night 1. Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright, Round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace. Sleep in heavenly peace.
Severance Hall Christmas Lighting Designer: Christopher Shick, Vincent Lighting Varilite Programmer: Ben Starett
OLD STONE CHURCH Loving Christ, Serving City since 1820
Ave Rex by William Mathias Sunday, December 14 @ 10AM
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Children’s Christmas Tableau Dr. R. Mark Giuliano preaching Sunday, December 21 @ 10AM Christmas Eve Celebrations Wednesday, December 24
5:00PM – Family Service* 7:30PM – Festive Christmas Music 8:00PM – Traditional Candlelight Service*
Trees & Wreaths Festival In the Gallery through January 2
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Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus Ann Usher, Director
Suzanne Walters, Assistant Director Dianna White-Gould, Accompanist
Created in 1967, the Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus is an ensemble of children in grades 6-9 who perform annually with The Cleveland Orchestra. A Preparatory Chorus, comprised of children in grades 5-8, performs twice each year with the Children’s Chorus. The members of the Children’s Chorus and of the Preparatory Chorus rehearse weekly during the school year and are selected by audition with the director (held annually in May and June). A number of Children’s Chorus graduates have continued their association as members of the Youth Chorus or Youth Orchestra or have become adult members of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Yasmin Ahuja Samantha Apanasewicz Emily Beal Leah Benko Célina Béthoux Anna Buescher George Byerley Katelyne Crouch Maksim Damljanovic Alex Dodd Baileigh Edelman Kate Faxon Megan Fowler Allison Fry
Brigette Fuentes Lucy Jane Geiser Mariana Gomez Athena Grasso Elizabeth Heiner Adam Holthaus Elizabeth Javorsky Lexy Jensen Amelia Johnson Annalise Johnson Charlette Kukowski Daniel Lee Arthur Z. Li Annamarie Martin
Catherine Martin Genesis L. Merritt Nathan Niedzwiecki Charlie Proctor Megan Qiang Lali Ramadan Christina Randazzo David Ricci Simon Richard Bailey Ritter Lili Roosa Emma Rosberil Jennifer Rowan Julia Sabik
Amanda Sachs Kailee Shaver Eva Shepard Michael Stupecki Meridith Vandall Lauren Venesile Julia Venesile Madison Violand Eric Walters Casey Walters
Ann Usher
Director, Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Choruses
Ann Usher has served as director of the Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Choruses since 2000. She prepares the Children’s Chorus for their appearances as part of the annual Christmas concerts, community concerts, and in the Orchestra’s performances of operas and symphonic works that call for children’s voices. Ms. Usher is director of the School of Music and a professor of music at the University of Akron, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate choral music education courses. Prior to her appointment as director, she also supervised student teachers and directed the University Singers. She previously taught choral music in the public schools, specializing in the middle school level. She has served on adjudicated committees for the Ohio Music Educations Association (OMEA) and in 2014 served as director of OMEA’s inaugural All-State Children’s Chorus for fourth and fifth graders. Active as a clinician and adjudicator, Ann Usher holds a bachelor of music education degree from the University of Northern Iowa, and a master of music degree in choral conducting and a doctorate in music education from Kent State University.
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Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Lisa Wong, Director Daniel Singer, Assistant Director John Simmons, Accompanist
Founded in 1991, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus gives vocally talented singers of high-school age the opportunity to experience music-making at a professional artistic level. Comprised of students in grades 9-12, the members of the Youth Chorus represent some 40 different communities across Northeast Ohio. The Youth Chorus performs with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra each year, with local colleges and community organizations, and on special occasions with The Cleveland Orchestra. Membership is by annual audition. Youth Chorus Chamber Ensemble Graham Ball Luke Benko Melissa Biltz Alex Bolton Orion Brock Jack Byerley Chris Foley
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University of Akron Concert Choir Marie Bucoy-Calavan, Conductor Josephine Suwanpoh, Accompanist
The University of Akron Concert Choir is a select ensemble consisting of both undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Akron. Comprised primarily of music majors, the group prides itself in artistry and versatility, performing music from a multitude of historical genres and styles. The University of Akron Concert Choir presents concerts both on and off campus, and has performed and toured in the U.S. and abroad, including to Italy, Austria, and Washington D.C. Anna Ahrens Kimberly Brenstuhl Kayla Carson Nick Carson Elyse Dye Jimmy Ferko
John Fielding Angelica Fulop Kristen Giaquinto Allisyn Just David Laubli Durrell LeGrair
Alexander Looney Michael McGroarty Katherine Miller Brandy Kay Riha Hannah Royer Emily Smith
Marie Bucoy-Calavan Marie Bucoy-Calavan is in her first year as the director of choral studies of the University of Akron, where she conducts the Women’s Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, and Men’s Chorus, and teaches courses in undergraduate and graduate choral conducting. She has prepared and performed with symphonic choruses in such distinguished venues as Walt Disney Concert Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Cincinnati’s Music Hall, and the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary. Ms. Bucoy-Calavan has conducted a variety of collegiate opera performances, and is active as a guest clinician and conductor. She most recently served conductor of the May Festival Chorus, Gas IVassistant E THESymphony the symphonic chorus for the Cincinnati She completed her GIFT Orchestra. CleatvCalifornia O F bachelor’s and master’s degrees State University, Fullerton, MUSIC and her eland Orch doctorate at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Gi
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Founded in 1964, the Wooster Chorus of the College of Wooster is comprised of undergraduate students representing all academic areas within the College of Wooster’s liberal arts program. The choir has been praised for its artistry and engaging performances. The Wooster Chorus presents several concerts both on and off campus throughout the academic year, and embarks each spring on a week-long United States tour. Clara Deck Lauren Vanden Broeck Jane Kuan Victoria Peacock Katy Reindel Maddy Baker Acadia Braxton-Barto
Marjorie Etheridge Grace Gamble Mary Jeffries Sarah Roth Erin Posey Mickey Osthimer Nick Penfound
Colin Commager George Marn Jacob Priest Brian Foley James May Matthew Turell Tony Weber
Lisa Wong
Assistant Director of Choruses, The Cleveland Orchestra Director, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus
Lisa Wong has served as assistant director of choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra since 2009. She is also director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus, and is a faculty member at the College of Wooster, where she conducts the Wooster Chorus and the Wooster Singers and teaches courses in conducting and music education. At Severance Hall, Ms. Wong assists in preparing the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Blossom Festival Chorus for performances each year. She previously taught in public and private schools in New York, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, where she worked with the choral department of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (including directing the Chamber Choir of the Indiana University Children’s Choir). Active as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator, Ms. Wong holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from West Chester University and master’s and doctoral degrees in choral conducting from Indiana University.
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H OLIDA Y FESTIVAL at the movies Celebrity series
Disney Fantasia Live in Concert Thursday December 11 at 7:30 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Brett Mitchell, conductor
Experience Disney’s classic Fantasia films as never before, with the music performed live by The Cleveland Orchestra — featuring selections from the original Fantasia (1940) and Disney Fantasia 2000. Sponsor: PNC Bank
HOLIDAY FESTIVAL
PNC Musical Rainbows for the Holidays for young people and their families
Christmas Brass Quintet
Friday December 12 at 10 a.m. <18s Saturday December 13 at 11 a.m. <18s at Severance Hall
Music of Chanukah
Sunday December 14 at 12:30 p.m. at The Temple-Tifereth Israel
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HOLIDAY FESTIVAL
Cleveland Orchestra Christmas Concerts
December 12-14 and 18-21
Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sundays at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Robert Porco, conductor Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and guest choruses Celebrate the holiday season with The Cleveland Orchestra and Choruses in these annual offerings of music for the season, with carols and sing-alongs, a surprise guest, and yuletide merriment for the entire family.
HOLIDAY FESTIVAL
Natalie MacMaster — Christmas in Cape Breton
Wednesday December 17 at 7:30 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Brett Mitchell, conductor Natalie MacMaster, fiddle Experience the fiddling artistry of Natalie MacMaster in a special show mixing folk and Celtic styles with holiday favorites and Nova Scotian jigs.
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W INTER SEASON Mozart and Ravel
January 8 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. January 9 — Friday at 8:00 p.m. <18s January 10 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
MOZART Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”) RAVEL Daphnis and Chloé [complete ballet music]
Boulez Celebration Concert
Pierre Boulez 90th Birthday Celebration
January 15 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Joela Jones, piano Anne Schwanewilms, soprano Members of Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus
BOULEZ Twelve Notations (for solo piano) BERG Three Excerpts from Wozzeck DEBUSSY Jeux [Games], poème dansé BOULEZ Notations I-IV and VII
Mahler’s Sixth
January 16 — Friday at 8:00 p.m. <18s January 17 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
WIGGLESWORTH Études-Tableaux — world premiere MAHLER Symphony No. 6 (“Tragic”) For a complete schedule of future events and performances, or to purchase tickets online 24/ 7 for Cleveland Orchestra concerts, visit www.clevelandorchestra.com.
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January 18 — Sunday at 7:00 p.m. <18s THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Robert Porco, conductor Sterling Elliot, cello Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus William Henry Caldwell, director This annual musical performance celebrates the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision with a program of music, song, and community service recognition TICKETS: Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available beginning January 2. Or listen to the concert live on Cleveland radio stations WCLV (104.9 FM) or WCPN (90.3 FM). Sponsor: KeyBank
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Community Open House
January 19 — Monday from noon to 5:00 p.m. Severance Hall joins in the city-wide celebration of Martin Luther King’s life and achievements with a free public open house featuring musical performances by groups from across Northeast Ohio. Details at clevelandorchestra.com. Free event, no tickets are required.
Pictures at an Exhibition
January 23 — Friday at 8:00 p.m. <18s January 24 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Jakub Hrůša, conductor William Preucil, violin
JANÁČEK Jealousy DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel) Sponsor: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony January 29 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. January 30 — Friday at 11:00 a.m. <18s * January 31 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Tugan Sokhiev, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin
SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 * TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION CONCERT
Sunday January 18 at 7:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Robert Porco, conductor Sterling Elliot, cello Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus William Henry Caldwell, director/conductor
The Cleveland Orchestra’s 35th annual concert celebrating the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision. Presented in collaboration with the City of Cleveland. TICKETS: Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets become available beginning January 2, 2015. Concert Sponsor: KeyBank
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Building Audiences for the Future . . . Today! The Cleveland Orchestra is committed to developing interest in classical music among young people. To demonstrate our success, we are working to have the youngest audience of any orchestra. With the help of generous contributors, the Orchestra has expanded its discounted ticket offerings through several new programs. In recent years, student attendance has doubled, now representing 20% of those at Cleveland Orchestra concerts. Since inaugurating these programs in 2011, over 120,000 young people have participated. Und e r 1 8 s F REE F O R FA M ILIE S
Introduced for Blossom Music Festival concerts in 2011, our Under 18s Free program for families now includes select Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Severance Hall each season. This program offers free tickets (one per regular-priced adult paid admission) to young people ages 7-17 on the Lawn at Blossom and to the Orchestra’s Fridays@7, Friday Morning at 11, and Sunday Afternoon at 3 concerts at Severance. S T U D E N T T I C K E T PR O GRA M S
In the past two seasons, The Cleveland Orchestra’s Student Advantage Members, Frequent Fan Card holders, Student Ambassadors, and special offers for student groups attending together have been responsible for bringing more high school and college age students to Severance Hall and Blossom than ever before. The Orchestra’s ongoing Student Advantage Program provides opportunities for students to attend concerts at Severance Hall and Blossom through discounted ticket offers. Membership is free to join and rewards members with discounted ticket purchases. A record 6,000 students joined in the past year. A new Student Frequent Fan Card is available in conjunction with Student Advantage membership, offering unlimited single tickets (one per Fan Card holder) all season long. All of these programs are supported by The Cleveland Orchestra’s Center for Future Audiences and the Alexander and Sarah Cutler Fund for Student Audiences. The Center for Future Audiences was created with a $20 million lead endowment gift from the Maltz Family Foundation to develop new generations of audiences for Cleveland Orchestra concerts in Northeast Ohio.
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FISHER HOUSE C L E V E L A N D
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WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN • Provide comfortable housing at no cost to families whose veterans are in the Stokes VA hospital or as a VA patient being treated by the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, MetroHealth and others. • A comfort home for families of patients coming from Walter Reed and Bethesda Medical Center. • Cleveland’s Fisher House will have 18 suites in the 16,000 square foot home. • The Fisher House Foundation will evenly split the cost of the $6 million dollar Greater Cleveland Fisher House. The people and businesses of Cleveland must raise HALF of that.
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Volunteer Opportunities The Cleveland Orchestra salutes all the hard-working and dedicated volunteers who provide extraordinary service and support. The Cleveland Orchestra has been supported by large numbers of dedicated volunteers since its founding in 1918. Opportunities for volunteering include membership in a variety of organizations and performing groups, and involvement with education, fundraising, and other projects. The Orchestra’s Volunteer Council was established in 1998 to reinforce the impact that volunteers have on the mission of the Orchestra. Two standing volunteer committees provide important support each year. The Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra was founded in 1921 to support the Orchestra’s educational activities. Now open to men as well as women, the Women’s Committee continues its support of the Orchestra through music education, service, and fundraising. The Blossom Women’s Committee, established in 1968, is a state-wide organization that assists in promoting and sustaining each summer’s Blossom Music Festival. For additional information, please call the Volunteer Office at 216-231-7557.
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Over 400 volunteers provide service-related support each season. Volunteer Ushers participate in “front of house” duties at Severance Hall for Orchestra concerts and many other activities. Tour Guides lead tours of Severance Hall, and Store Volunteers help staff the Orchestra Store at Severance and the Blossom Bandwagon Gift Shop. For more information, please call 216-231-7425. Nearly 300 vocalists volunteer their time and talents in the performing groups that support the Orchestra each year. Membership is by audition. The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is one of the few professionally trained, allvolunteer choruses sponsored by a major American orchestra. Rehearsing weekly throughout the winter season, the Chorus performs choral works with the Orchestra and participates in the Orchestra’s annual Christmas concerts. The Blossom Festival Chorus is comprised of singers from throughout northeastern Ohio, including mem bers of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and performs each summer with the Orchestra at Blossom Festival concerts. Most summer weeks include two or more rehearsals. For further information, please call the Chorus Office at 216-231-7372. In addition to the groups mentioned on these pages, trustees and other community members support the Orchestra as Fundraising Volunteers for annual operating and endowment gifts from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
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Christmas Traditions Annual Messiah Sing
Christmas Eve Prelude
Trinity Chamber Orchestra, soloists, and YOU in the massed choir! Todd Wilson, conductor. Sponsors: Stephen and Patricia Roberts
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Trinity Cathedral Choir with Jody Guinn, harp Choral Eucharist follows
Wednesday, Dec. 17 | 12:10 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 24 | 10:30 p.m.
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Wednesday evening, December 17, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.
Natalie MacMaster CH R IST M AS I N CA PE BR ETON THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by BRETT MITCHELL with NATALIE MacMASTER, fiddle MAC MORIN, piano ERIC BRETON, drums
ORCHESTR AL PRELUDE
The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols
by Malcolm Arnold
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Tunes-a-plenty
Traditional, arranged by Scott MacMillan
Strathspey and the Three Reels
Traditional, arranged by Scott MacMillan
Leahy Christmas Fiddle Medley by Donnell Leahy, arranged by Rebecca Pellett Bach Partita / Devil’s Dream arranged by George Maxman Stars on the Hill Medley arranged by Scott MacMillan and Dan MacDonald INTERMISSION ORCHESTR AL PRELUDE
Orchestral Suite from Far and Away by John Williams w i t h N ATA L I E M a c M A S T E R
More Than a Clog
Traditional, arranged by Scott MacMillan
Christmas in Killarney
Traditional, arranged by Rebecca Pellett
If Ever You Were Mine by Maurice Lennon, arranged by Scott MacMillan Natalie MacMaster — Solos Various The Carnival Medley
Traditional, arranged by Scott MacMillan
The concert runs about two hours, with intermission. Media Partner: WKSU 89.7 FM
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Natalie MacMaster Award-winning Cape Breton musician Natalie MacMaster began her fiddling career at the age of 16 with her debut album Four on the Floor. Her musical venture now spans over three decades and 11 albums, having performed thousands of shows and collaborating with many world-renowned artists. Her most recent album, Cape Breton Girl, has been self-described as a “straight-ahead, traditional record.” The album is filled with invigorating jigs, reels, and strathspeys that embody her most-cherished values — including her family and home, tradition, and faith. Natalie’s family and work-life have been intertwined since marrying fellow fiddler Donnell Leahy in 2002. She believes incorporating family into her performances whenever possible, and music is the perfect way to maintain a healthy work-life balance. MacMaster and Leahy now have five children, the newest addition being born August 2012. She admits that becoming a mother has reinvigorated her love for the stage by giving her a chance to transform from Natalie-the-Mom into Natalie MacMaster-the-Entertainer. Over three decades of performing, MacMaster’s audiences are still left clapping, hollering, and screaming for more as she wows them with stylistic diversity, all within a traditional Cape Breton groove. The applause only increases when she incorporates step dancing into her performance. Nevertheless, it’s the elegance with the bow, the intricate technique with the fiddle, and the embrace of the Cape Breton tradition that fully satisfies admirers in over 100 shows a year. The dedicated work ethic Natalie has shown throughout her career has garnered her well-deserved recognition throughout the industry. In turn, this has given her multiple gold albums and awards from all across North America, as well as several honorary doctorates. She has also received the Arts & Letters Award from the Canadian Association of New York and the honor of being a member of the Order of Canada. Recently, Natalie’s talents have expanded to include co-writing and publishing a picturesque 160-page coffee table book, Natalie MacMaster’s Cape Breton Aire — with Pulitzer Prize-winning wordsmith Eileen McNamara and featuring Boston-based Eric Roth’s breathtaking photography. With her Cape Breton roots, dedication to her craft, and love for family, Natalie is a musical force with a long and successful career in music. She will doubtless continue to warm the hearts of fans for years to come. For more information, visit nataliemacmaster.com.
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Seven music directors have led the Orchestra, including George Szell, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Franz Welser-Möst.
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Education and Music Serving the Community The Cleveland Orchestra draws together traditional and new programs in music education and community involvement to deepen connections with audiences throughout Northeast Ohio has a long and proud history of sharing the value and joy of music with citizens throughout Northeast Ohio. Education and community programs date to the Orchestra’s founding in 1918 and have remained a central focus of the ensemble’s activities for over ninety years. Today, with the support of many generous individual, foundation, corporate, and governmental funding partners, the Orchestra’s educational and community programs reach more than 60,000 young people and adults annually, helping to foster a love of music and a lifetime of involvement with the musical arts. On these pages, we share photographs from a sampling of these many programs. For additional information about these and other programs, visit us at clevelandorchestra.com or contact the Education & Community Programs Office by calling 216-231-7355.
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Each season’s Family Concert series at Severance Hall offers world-class music with outstanding singers, actors, mimes, and more to families from across Northeast Ohio. In recent seasons, the“Under the Sea” concert featured music from Disney’s The Little Mermaid with The Singing Angels.
Through the PNC Musical Rainbows series at Severance Hall, Cleveland Orchestra musicians introduce nearly 10,000 preschoolers each year to the instruments of the orchestra.
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Cleveland Orchestra bassist Mark Atherton with classroom students at Cleveland’s Mayfair Elementary School, part of the Learning Through Music program, which fosters the use of music and the arts to support general classroom learning.
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ORC H ESTR A THANK YOU The Cleveland Orchestra’s Education & Community programs are made possible by many generous individuals and organizations, including:
PROGRAM FUNDERS
The Abington Foundation The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Charter One The Cleveland Foundation Conn-Selmer, Inc. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Dominion Foundation FirstMerit Bank The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation The Giant Eagle Foundation Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation KeyBank The Laub Foundation The Lubrizol Corporation Macy’s The Music and Drama Club National Endowment for the Arts The Nord Family Foundation Ohio Arts Council Ohio Savings Bank, A Division of New York Community Bank PNC The Reinberger Foundation Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation Harold C. Schott Foundation The Sherwin-Williams Foundation Surdna Foundation Target Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust The Edward & Ruth Wilkof Foundation Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra flutist Marisela Sager working with pre-school students as part of PNC Grow Up Great, a program utilizing music to support pre-literacy and school readiness skills.
ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND FUNDERS
Hope and Stanley I. Adelstein Kathleen L. Barber Mr. Roger G. Berk In memory of Anna B. Body Isabelle and Ronald Brown Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Roberta R. Calderwood Alice H. Cull Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Emrick, Jr. Charles and Marguerite C. Galanie Mr. David J. Golden The George Gund Foundation The Hershey Foundation Dorothy Humel Hovorka Mr. James J. Hummer Frank and Margaret Hyncik Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Alfred Lerner In-School Performance Fund Linda and Saul Ludwig Machaskee Fund for Community Programming Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel Christine Gitlin Miles Mr. and Mrs. David T. Morganthaler Morley Fund for Pre-School Education The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund Pysht Fund The Ratner, Miller, and Shafran Families and Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Anonymous, in memory of Georg Solti The William N. Skirball Endowment Jules and Ruth Vinney Youth Orchestra Touring Fund
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More than 1,250 talented youth musicians have performed as members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra in the quarter century since the ensemble’s founding in 1986. Many have gone on to careers in professional orchestras around the world, including four current members of The Cleveland Orchestra.
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In anticipation of The Cleveland Orchestra’s 100th season in 2017-18, we have embarked on the most ambitious fundraising campaign in our history. The Sound for the Centennial Campaign seeks to build the Orchestra’s Endowment through cash T HE gifts and legacy commitments, while also securing broad-based and increasing anC LEVELAND O RCHES T RA nual support from across Northeast Ohio. The generous individuals and organizations listed on these pages have made long-term commitments of annual support, endowment funds, and legacy declarations to the Campaign as of November 20, 2014. We gratefully recognize their extraordinary commitment toward the Orchestra’s future success. Your participation can make a crucial difference in helping to ensure that future generations of concertgoers experience, embrace, and enjoy performances, collaborative presentations, and education programs by The Cleveland Orchestra. To join this growing list of visionary contributors, please contact Jon Limbacher, Chief Development Officer, at 216-231-7520. gifts of $5 million and more
The Cleveland Foundation Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler
Maltz Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner Anonymous
gifts of $1 million to $5 million
Art of Beauty Company, Inc. BakerHostetler Mr. William P. Blair III Mr. Richard J. Bogomolny and Ms. Patricia M. Kozerefski Mrs. M. Roger Clapp Eaton FirstEnergy Foundation Forest City Enterprises, Inc. The George Gund Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz Hyster-Yale Materials Handling NACCO Industries, Inc. Jones Day The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley KeyBank Kulas Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre Mrs. Norma Lerner The Lubrizol Corporation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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Ms. Beth E. Mooney Sally S.* and John C. Morley John P. Murphy Foundation David and Inez Myers Foundation The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund Ohio Arts Council The Payne Fund PNC Bank Julia and Larry Pollock Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. James and Donna Reid Barbara S. Robinson The Leighton A. Rosenthal Family Foundation The Sage Cleveland Foundation The Ralph and Luci Schey Foundation The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation The J. M. Smucker Company Joe and Marlene Toot Anonymous (3)
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gifts of $500,000 to $1 million
Gay Cull Addicott Darby and Jack Ashelman Claudia Bjerre Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Glenn R. Brown Robert and Jean* Conrad GAR Foundation Richard and Ann Gridley The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Kern James and Gay* Kitson
Virginia M. and Jon A. Lindseth Ms. Nancy W. McCann Nordson Corporation Foundation The Honorable and Mrs. John Doyle Ong Charles and Ilana Horowitz Ratner Sally and Larry Sears Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Thompson Hine LLP Anonymous (2)
gifts of $250,000 to $500,000
Randall and Virginia Barbato John P. Bergren* and Sarah S. Evans The William Bingham Foundation Mr. and Mrs.* Harvey Buchanan Cliffs Natural Resources The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Matthew V. Crawford William and Anna Jean Cushwa Nancy and Richard Dotson Patricia Esposito Sidney E. Frank Foundation Albert I. and Norma C. Geller The Gerhard Foundation Mary Jane Hartwell David and Nancy Hooker Mrs. Marguerite B. Humphrey James D. Ireland III Trevor and Jennie Jones Myra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund of The Cleveland Foundation
Mr. Clarence E. Klaus, Jr. Giuliana C. and John D. Koch Dr. Vilma L. Kohn Mr. and Mrs. Alex Machaskee Robert M. Maloney and Laura Goyanes Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund Mr. Donald W. Morrison Margaret Fulton-Mueller National Endowment for the Arts William J. and Katherine T. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Parker Hannifin Corporation Mr. and Mrs. James A. Saks Hewitt and Paula Shaw The Skirball Foundation R. Thomas and Meg Harris Stanton Mr. and Mrs. Jules Vinney* David A. and Barbara Wolfort
gifts of $100,000 to $250,000
The Abington Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George N. Aronoff Jack L. Barnhart Fred G. and Mary W. Behm Ben and Ingrid Bowman Dr. Christopher P. Brandt and Dr. Beth Sersig Helen C. Cole Charitable Trust The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Mary Kay DeGrandis and Edward J. Donnelly George* and Becky Dunn Mr. Allen H. Ford Dr. and Mrs. Hiroyuki Fujita Dr. Saul Genuth The Giant Eagle Foundation JoAnn and Robert Glick Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Iris and Tom Harvie Jeff and Julia Healy Mr. Daniel R. High Mr. and Mrs.* S. Lee Kohrman Kenneth M. Lapine and Rose E. Mills
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Dr. David and Janice Leshner Mrs. Emma S. Lincoln Linda and Saul Ludwig Dr. and Mrs. Sanford E. Marovitz Mr. Thomas F. McKee The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation The Nord Family Foundation Mr. Gary A. Oatey Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. Polsky Fund of Akron Community Foundation Quality Electrodynamics (QED) Helen Rankin Butler and Clara Rankin Williams The Reinberger Foundation Audra and George Rose RPM International Inc. Raymond T. and Katherine S. Sawyer Mrs. David Seidenfeld Andrea E. Senich David Shank Naomi G. and Edwin Z. Singer Sandra and Richey Smith
Ms. Lorraine S. Szabo Virginia and Bruce Taylor Dorothy Ann Turick Ms. Ginger Warner The Denise G. and Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family Foundation Mr. Max W. Wendel Paul and Suzanne Westlake Marilyn J. White The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation Katie and Donald Woodcock William Wendling and Lynne Woodman Anonymous
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Corporate Support
The Cleveland Orchestra gratefully acknowledges and salutes these corporations for their generous support toward the Orchestra’s Annual Fund, benefit events, tours and residencies, and special projects.
Cumulative Giving
John L. Severance SOCIETY $5 million and more
KeyBank PNC Bank $1 million to $5 million
BakerHostetler Bank of America Eaton FirstEnergy Foundation Forest City Enterprises, Inc. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Hyster-Yale Materials Handling NACCO Industries, Inc. Jones Day The Lubrizol Corporation / The Lubrizol Foundation Medical Mutual of Ohio Merrill Lynch Parker Hannifin Corporation The Plain Dealer PolyOne Corporation Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich (Europe) The J. M. Smucker Company The John L. Severance Society recognizes the generosity of those giving $1 million or more in cumulative giving. Listing as of September 2014.
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gifts of $2,500 or more during the past year, as of September 20, 2014 The Partners in Excellence program salutes companies with annual contributions of $100,000 and more, exemplifying leadership and commitment to musical excellence at the highest level. PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE $300,000 and more
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling NACCO Industries, Inc. KeyBank The Lubrizol Corporation Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich (Europe) The J. M. Smucker Company PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE $200,000 to $299,999
BakerHostetler Eaton FirstEnergy Foundation Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Jones Day PNC Bank Thompson Hine LLP PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE $100,000 to $199,999
The Cliffs Foundation Google, Inc. The Lincoln Electric Foundation Medical Mutual of Ohio Nordson Corporation and Foundation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP $50,000 to $99,999
Dollar Bank Parker Hannifin Corporation Quality Electrodynamics (QED) voestalpine AG (Europe) Anonymous $25,000 to $49,999 Charter One Greenberg Traurig (Miami) Huntington National Bank Litigation Management, Inc. Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC (Miami) Northern Trust Bank of Florida (Miami) Olympic Steel, Inc. Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. The Plain Dealer RPM International Inc.
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$2,500 to $24,999 Akron Tool & Die Company American Fireworks, Inc. American Greetings Corporation Bank of America BDI Brothers Printing Co., Inc. Brouse McDowell Eileen M. Burkhart & Co LLC Buyers Products Company Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Cleveland Clinic The Cleveland Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Cohen & Company, CPAs Consolidated Solutions Dominion Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Evarts Tremaine The Ewart-Ohlson Machine Company Feldman Gale, P.A. (Miami) Ferro Corporation FirstMerit Bank Frantz Ward LLP Gallagher Benefit Services The Giant Eagle Foundation Great Lakes Brewing Company Gross Builders Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Jones Day (Miami) Littler Mendelson, P.C. Live Publishing Company Macy’s Marsh/AIG (Miami) Materion Corporation Miba AG (Europe) MTD Products, Inc. North Coast Container Corp. Northern Haserot Oatey Co. Ohio CAT Ohio Savings Bank, A Division of New York Community Bank Oswald Companies PolyOne Corporation The Prince & Izant Company The Sherwin-Williams Company Stern Advertising Agency Struktol Company of America Swagelok Company Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (Miami) Tucker Ellis UBS University Hospitals Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. (Miami) WCLV Foundation Westlake Reed Leskosky Margaret W. Wong & Assoc. Co., LPA Anonymous (2)
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Cleveland POPS with Carl Topilow, conductor presents our 19th Annual
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Enjoy the famous and celebrated MAMBO KINGS. Their distinctive fusion of Latin Rhythms and Contemporary Jazz hits is guaranteed to light up the start to your 2015, including Day Tripper (Lennon/McCartney), Blue Mambo a la Turk (Dave Brubeck) Danzón, Tres Lindas Cubanas, Marinera, Oye Como Va, and many more. The concert begins at 9:00 p.m. followed by dancing to two bands from 11:00 p.m. to1:00 a.m. in two different locations in Severance Hall.
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Foundation & Government Support The Cleveland Orchestra gratefully acknowledges and salutes these Foundations and Government agencies for their generous support toward the Orchestra’s Annual Fund, benefit events, tours and residencies, and special projects.
Cumulative Giving
John L. Severance SOCIETY $10 million and more
The Cleveland Foundation Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Kulas Foundation Maltz Family Foundation State of Ohio Ohio Arts Council The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation $5 million to $10 million
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gifts of $2,000 or more during the past year, as of September 20, 2014 $1 million and more
The Cleveland Foundation Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation $500,000 to $999,999
The George Gund Foundation $250,000 to $499,999
Kulas Foundation John P. Murphy Foundation The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund Ohio Arts Council $100,000 to $249,999
The George Gund Foundation Knight Foundation (Cleveland, Miami) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John P. Murphy Foundation
The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation GAR Foundation Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund David and Inez Myers Foundation
$1 million to $5 million
$50,000 to $99,999
The William Bingham Foundation The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation GAR Foundation Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund David and Inez Myers Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund The Payne Fund The Reinberger Foundation The Sage Cleveland Foundation The John L. Severance Society recognizes the generosity of those giving $1 million or more in cumulative giving. Listing as of September 2014.
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Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Myra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Marlboro 2465 Foundation Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Miami) The Nord Family Foundation The Payne Fund The Sage Cleveland Foundation Surdna Foundation $20,000 to $49,999 Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Batchelor Foundation, Inc. (Miami) The Helen C. Cole Charitable Trust The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust The Gerhard Foundation, Inc. The Helen Wade Greene Charitable Trust John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation National Endowment for the Arts TheFrederickandJuliaNonnemanFoundation William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation Peacock Foundation, Inc. (Miami) Polsky Fund of Akron Community Foundation The Reinberger Foundation The Sisler McFawn Foundation
Foundation and Government Annual Support
$2,000 to $19,999 The Abington Foundation Ayco Charitable Foundation The Ruth and Elmer Babin Foundation Dr. NE & JZ Berman Foundation The Bernheimer Family Fund of the Cleveland Foundation Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation The Conway Family Foundation The Fogelson Foundation The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation Funding Arts Network (Miami) The Hankins Foundation The Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation Richard H. Holzer Memorial Foundation The Laub Foundation Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation The Mandel Foundation The McGregor Foundation Bessie Benner Metzenbaum Foundation The M. G. O’Neil Foundation Paintstone Foundation The Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation The Leighton A. Rosenthal Family Foundation SCH Foundation Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation Jean C. Schroeder Foundation Kenneth W. Scott Foundation The Sherwick Fund Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Memorial Foundation The South Waite Foundation The Veale Foundation The George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust The S. K. Wellman Foundation The Welty Family Foundation Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation The Wuliger Foundation Anonymous (2)
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of the world’s most beautiful concert halls, Severance Hall has been home to The Cleveland Orchestra since its opening on February 5, 1931. After that first concert, a Cleveland newspaper editorial stated: “We believe that Mr. Severance intended to build a temple to music, and not a temple to wealth; and we believe it is his intention that all music lovers should be welcome there.” John Long Severance (president of the Musical Arts Association, 1921-1936) and his wife, Elisabeth, donated the funds necessary to erect this magnificent building. Designed by Walker & Weeks, its elegant Georgian exterior was constructed to harmonize with the classical architecture of other prominent buildings in the University Circle area. The interior of the building reflects a combination of design styles, including Art Deco, Egyptian Revival, Classicism, and Modernism. An extensive renovation, restoration, and expansion of the facility was completed in January 2000.
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Pagers, Cell Phones, and wristwatch alarms All electronic and mechanical devices — including pagers, cellular telephones, and wristwatch alarms — must be turned off while in the concert hall. Photography, Videography, and Recording Audio recording, photography, and videography are prohibited during performances at Severance Hall. Photographs of the hall and selfies can be taken when the performance is not in progress. As courtesy to others, please turn off any phone/ device that makes noise or emits light. In the Event of an Emergency Contact an usher or a member of house staff if you require medical assistance. Emergency exits are clearly marked throughout the building. Ushers and house staff will provide instructions in the event of an emergency. Hearing Aids and Other Health-Assistive Devices For the comfort of those around you, please reduce the volume on hearing aids and other devices that may produce a noise that would detract from the program. Infrared AssistiveListening Devices are available. Please see the House Manager or Head Usher for more details. age restrictions Regardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat throughout the performance. Winter season subscription concerts are not recommended for children under the age of 8. However, there are several age-appropriate series designed specifically for children and youth, including: Musical Rainbows, (recommended for children 3 to 6 years old) and Family Concerts (for ages 7 and older).
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spirit of the season — Snow and a big wreath hanging on the front of Severance Hall are unmistakable signs of the holiday season. 2014 is the forty-sixth year that the large wreath has graced the front portico, welcoming audiences each December for special musical programs to celebrate the Christmas season.
of its founding in 2018, The Cleveland Orch estra is undergoing a new transformation and renaissance. Universally-acknow ledged among the best ensembles on the planet, its musicians, staff, board of directors, volunteers, and hometown are working together on a set of enhanced goals for the 21st century — to develop the youngest audience of any orchestra, to renew its focus on fully serving the communities where it performs through engagement and education, to continue its legendary command of musical excellence, and to move forward into the Orchestra’s next century with a strong commitment to adventuresome programming and new music. The Cleveland Orchestra divides its time each year across concert seasons at home in Cleveland’s Severance Hall and each summer at Blossom Music Center. Additional portions of the year are devoted to touring and to a series of innovative and intensive performance residencies. These include an annual set of concerts and education programs and partnerships in Florida, and recurring residencies at Vienna’s Musikverein, Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival, and New York’s Lincoln Center Festival. Musical Excellence. Under the leadership of Franz Welser-Möst, now in his thirteenth season as the ensemble’s music director in 2014-15, The Cleveland Orchestra is acknowledged as among the world’s handful of best orchestras. Its performances of standard repertoire and new works are unrivalled at home in Ohio, in residencies around the globe, on tour across North America and Europe, and a s i t n e a r s t h e c e nt e nn i a l
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through re recordings, telecasts, and radio and internet broadcasts. Serving the Community. Programs for students and community engagement activities have long been part of the Orchestra’s commitment to serving Cleveland and surrounding communities, and have more recently been extended to its touring and residencies. All are designed to connect people to music in the concert hall, in classrooms, and in everyday lives. Championed by Welser-Möst, a new Make Music! initiative is taking shape, to advocate for the benefits of direct participation in making music for people of all ages. Future Audiences. Standing on the shoulders of ninety years of presenting quality music education programs, the Orchestra made national and international headlines through the creation of its Center for Future Audiences in 2010. Established with a significant endowment gift from the Maltz Family Foundation, the Center is designed to provide ongoing funding for the Orchestra’s continuing work to develop interest in classical music among young people. The flagship “Under 18s Free” program has seen unparalleled success in increasing attendance and interest, and was recently extended to the Orchestra’s concerts in Miami. Innovative Programming. The Cleveland Orchestra was among the first American orchestras heard on a regular series of radio broadcasts, and its Severance Hall home was one of the first concert halls in the world built with recording and broadcasting capabilities. Today, Cleveland Orchestra concerts are presented Each year since 1989, The Cleveland Orchestra has presented a free concert in downin a variety of formats for a variety of audiences — town Cleveland. The 25th free performance including a popular Fridays@7 series (mixing onstage downtown took place on July 2, 2014, in symphonic works with post-concert world music perpartnership with Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, formances), film scores performed live by the Orcheskicking off celebrations throughout the tra, collaborations with pop and jazz singers, ballet and region of America’s 238th birthday. opera presentations, and standard repertoire juxtaposed in meaningful contexts with new and older works. Origins and Evolution. The Cleveland Orchestra was founded in 1918 by a group of local citizens intent on creating an ensemble worthy of joining America’s top rank of symphony orchestras. Seven music directors of increasing international reputation have guided and shaped the ensemble’s growth and sound: Nikolai Sokoloff, 1918-1933; Artur Rodzinski, 1933-1943; Erich Leinsdorf, 1943-1946; George Szell, 19461970; Lorin Maazel, 1972-1982; Christoph von Dohnányi, 1984-2002; and Franz WelserMöst, since 2002.
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Your Role . . . in The Cleveland Orchestra’s Future Generations of Clevelanders have supported the Orchestra and enjoyed its concerts. Tens of thousands have learned to love music through its education programs, celebrated important events with its music, and shared in its musicmaking — at school, at Severance Hall, at Blossom, downtown at Public Square, on the radio, and with family and friends. Ticket sales cover less than half the cost of presenting The Cleveland Orchestra’s season each year. To sustain its activities here in Northeast Ohio, the Orchestra has undertaken the most ambitious fundraising campaign in our history: the Sound for the Centennial Campaign. By making a donation, you can make a crucial difference in helping to ensure that future generations will continue to enjoy the Orchestra’s performances, education programs, and community activities and partnerships. To make a gift to The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit us online, or call 216-231-7562. 2014 Holiday Festival
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TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIFTH SYMPHONY
Thursday January 29 at 7:30 p.m. Friday January 30 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday January 31 at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Tugan Sokhiev, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin
Tchaikovsky’s music is often considered the most Romantic of any composer. His Fifth Symphony has been an audience favorite since its premiere in 1888 — acclaimed for its soaring melodies, and memorably passionate music. Popular Culture Note: the second movement has inspired several songs, including “Moon Love” recorded by Glenn Miller and Chet Baker, and John Denver’s “Annie’s Song.” Sponsor: Jones Day
AT THE MOVIES:
VERTIGO
Friday February 13 at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Brett Mitchell, conductor
The collaboration betwen director Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann created a series of unforgetable films. And Vertigo — with its rich, seductive and complex musical score — is perhaps the greatest achievement of this legendary partnership. In the film’s opening scene, police detective John “Scottie” Ferguson (James Stewart) is afflicted with vertigo during a rooftop chase that results in the death of a fellow officer. An old college chum hires Scottie as a private investigator to follow his wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak). Scottie becomes increasingly enamored of the woman he is following — and observations turn to obsession. Sponsor: PNC Bank
See also the concert calendar listing on pages 32-33, or visit The Cleveland Orchestra online for a complete schedule of future events and performances, or to purchase tickets online 24 / 7 for Severance Hall concerts.
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