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THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA F R ANZ WELSER-MÖST M U SIC DI R ECTOR

FAMILY CONCERTS

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR Sunday October 25 at 3 p.m.

GOTTA DANCE! Friday February 26 at 7:30 p.m. GREEN EGGS AND HAMADEUS Saturday April 16 at 2 p.m. Pre-Concert Activities begin 1 hour prior to each performance.

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Program books for Cleveland Orchestra concerts are produced by The Cleveland Orchestra and are distributed free to attending audience members. The Musical Arts Association is grateful to the following organizations for their ongoing generous support of The Cleveland Orchestra: National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Ohio and Ohio Arts Council, and to the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

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Gotta Dance Conductor: Brett Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . Program — February 26 . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland Ballet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puzzle: Dance Word Finder . . . . . . . . . . .

This program book is printed on paper that includes 50% recycled content. All unused books are recycled as part of the Orchestra’s regular business recycling program.

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

The Cleveland Orchestra is proud of its long-term partnership with Kent State University, made possible in part through generous funding from the State of Ohio. The Cleveland Orchestra’s home, Severance Hall, is located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, with whom it has a long history of collaboration and partnership.

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

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Green Eggs and Hamadeus Conductor: Rob Kapilow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Program — April 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 About Mozart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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WELCOME 2015-16 SE A SON

Dear Families,

Welcome to Severance Hall and the 44th season of Cleveland Orchestra Family Concerts! The first Family Concerts were performed in 1970 and were originally called “Key Concerts” because they “opened the door” to classical music for young people and families. Whether you are a first-timer or a return visitor, we know you’ll enjoy these entertaining orchestra concerts in the splendor of historic Severance Hall. Our season, supported through the generosity of The Giant Eagle Foundation, begins with our annual Halloween Spooktacular on October 25. This year, Severance Hall is inhabited by the talented ghosts and goblins of the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra (while The Cleveland Orchestra is on tour in Europe) under the direction of Carl Topilow. Featuring the music of John Williams (composer of Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Superman soundtracks), Paul Dukas (Sorcerer’s Apprentice), and Russell Peck (The Thrill of the Orchestra) it all makes for a delightfully frightful afternoon! The Family Concert season continues on Friday evening, February 26, 2016, with Gotta Dance! — featuring toe-tapping favorites from the classical repertoire that will make you want to swing your partner and dance around the room! Conductor Brett Mitchell introduces us to the world of orchestral dance music with works by Strauss, Copland, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, and more — and our friends from Cleveland Ballet join The Cleveland Orchestra for a dazzling afternoon of music and movement. So put on your dancing shoes and get ready for “Gotta Dance!” The Family Concert season comes to a close on Saturday afternoon, April 16, when The Cleveland Orchestra is joined by conductor-composer-narrator Rob Kapilow, nicknamed “the Pied Piper of classical music,” for Green Eggs and Hamadeus. Proclaimed to be “the most popular music since Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,” this program is a whiz bang mash-up of Mozart’s music, Dr. Seuss’s classic, and Rob Kapilow’s zany and gleeful brand of edutainment. Buckle your seatbelts for a non-stop afternoon of family fun! Before each Family Concert, come early for our free pre-concert actitivities. And afterward, stop by the Cleveland Orchestra Store to see the terrific collection of books and CDs, gift items, and logo-wear for kids and adults, and our new Make Music t-shirts! We are delighted to welcome your family to Severance Hall throughout this season as you create new traditions and enduring family memories. With so many studies documenting the many benefits of music for children, on top of the sheer joy music brings, remember to make music a part of your life every day!

Joan Katz Napoli, Director Education & Community Programs The Cleveland Orchestra

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AS IT NEARS THE CENTENNIAL OF

its founding in 2018, The Cleveland Orchestra is undergoing a new transformation and renaissance. Under the leadership of Franz Welser-Möst, entering his fourteenth year as the ensemble’s music director with the 2015-16 season, The Cleveland Orchestra is acknowledged among the world’s handful of best orchestras. With Welser-Möst, the ensemble’s musicians, board of directors, staff, volunteers, and hometown are working together on a set of enhanced goals for the 21st century — to continue the Orchestra’s legendary command of musical excellence, to renew its focus on fully serving the communities where it performs through concerts, engagement, and music education, to develop the youngest audience of any orchestra, to build on its tradition of community support and financial strength, and to move

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forward into the Orchestra’s next century with an unshakeable commitment to innovation and a fearless pursuit of success. The Cleveland Orchestra divides its time each year across concert seasons at home in Cleveland’s Severance Hall and each summer at Blossom Music Center. Additional portions of the year are 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, a recurring residency at Vienna’s Musikverein, and regular appearances at Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival, at New York’s Lincoln Center Festival, and at Indiana University. Musical Excellence. The Cleveland Orchestra has long been committed to the pursuit of musical excellence in everything that it does. The Orchestra’s ongoing collaboration with Welser-Möst

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is widely-acknowledged among the best orchestra-conductor partnerships of today. Performances of standard repertoire and new works are unrivalled at home, in residencies around the globe, on tour across North America and Europe, and through recordings, telecasts, and radio and internet broadcasts. Its longstanding championship of new composers and commissioning of new works helps audiences experience music as a living language that grows and evolves with each new generation. Recent performances with Baroque specialists, recording projects of varying repertoire and in different locations, fruitful re-examinations and juxtapositions of the standard repertoire, and acclaimed collaborations in 20th- and 21st-century masterworks together enable The Cleveland Orchestra the ability to give musical performances second to none in the world. 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 being created to connect people to music in the concert hall, in classrooms, and in everyday lives. Recent seasons have seen the launch of a unique “At Home” neighborhood residency program, designed to bring the Orchestra and citizens together in new ways. Future Audiences. Standing on the shoulders of more than nine decades of presenting quality music education programs, the Orchestra made national and international headlines through the creation of its Center for Future Audiences in 2010. Established with a significant endowment gift from the Maltz FamSeverance Hall 2015-16

ily 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 — with 20% of attendees now comprised of concertgoers age 25 and under. 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 in a variety of formats for a variety of audiences — including popular Friday night concerts (mixing onstage symphonic works with post-concert entertainment), film scores performed live by the Orchestra, collaborations with pop and jazz singers, ballet and opera presentations, and standard repertoire juxtaposed in meaningful contexts with new and older works. Franz Welser-Möst’s creative vision has given the Orchestra an unequaled opportunity to explore music as a universal language of communication and understanding. An Enduring Tradition of Community Support. The Cleveland Orchestra was born in Cleveland, created by a group of visionary citizens who believed in the power of music and aspired to having the best performances of great orchestral music possible anywhere. Generations of Clevelanders have supported this vision and enjoyed the Orchestra’s concerts. Hundreds of thousands have learned to love music through its education programs and celebrated important

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events with its music. While strong ticket sales cover just under half of each season’s costs, it is the generosity of thousands each year that drives the Orchestra forward and sustains its extraordinary tradition of excellence onstage, in the classroom, and for the community. Evolving Greatness. The Cleveland Orchestra was founded in 1918. Over the ensuing decades, the Orchestra quickly grew from a fine regional organization to being one of the most admired symphony orchestras in the world. Seven music directors have guided and shaped the ensemble’s growth and sound: Nikolai Sokoloff, 1918-33; Artur Rodzinski, 193343; Erich Leinsdorf, 1943-46; George Szell, 1946-70; Lorin Maazel, 1972-82; Christoph von Dohnányi, 1984-2002; and Franz Welser-Möst, since 2002. The opening in 1931 of Severance Hall as the Orchestra’s permanent

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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home, with later acoustic refinements and remodeling of the hall under Szell’s guidance, brought a special pride to the ensemble and its hometown, as well as providing an enviable and intimate acoustic environment in which to develop and refine the Orchestra’s artistry. Touring performances throughout the United States and, beginning in 1957, to Europe and across the globe have confirmed Cleveland’s place among the world’s top orchestras. Year-round performances became a reality in 1968 with the opening of Blossom Music Center, one of the most beautiful and acoustically admired outdoor concert facilities in the United States. Today, concert performances, community presentations, touring residencies, broadcasts, and recordings provide access to the Orchestra’s acclaimed artistry to an enthusiastic, generous, and broad constituency around the world.

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. About the Orchestra

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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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The 2015-16 season will mark Franz Welser-Möst’s 14th year as music director.

SEVERANCE HALL, “America’s most beautiful concert hall,” opened in 1931 as the Orchestra’s permanent home.

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Over 40,000 young people attend Cleveland Orchestra concerts each year via programs funded by the Center for Future Audiences, through student programs and Under 18s Free ticketing — making up 20% of audiences.

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Over half of The Cleveland Orchestra’s funding each year comes from thousands of generous donors and sponsors, who together make possible our concert presentations, community programs, and education initiatives.

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The Cleveland Orchestra has introduced over 4.1 million children in Northeast Ohio to symphonic music through concerts for children since 1918.

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The Orchestra was founded in 1918 and performed its first concert on December 11.

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Kelvin Smith Family Chair

FIRST VIOLINS William Preucil CONCERTMASTER

Blossom-Lee Chair

Yoko Moore

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair

Peter Otto

FIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Jung-Min Amy Lee

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Gretchen D. and Ward Smith 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

Alexandra Preucil Katherine Bormann Analisé Denise Kukelhan

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SECOND VIOLINS Stephen Rose * Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair

Emilio Llinas 2 James and Donna Reid Chair

Eli Matthews 1 Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair

Sonja Braaten Molloy Carolyn Gadiel Warner Stephen Warner Ioana Missits Jeffrey Zehngut Vladimir Deninzon Sae Shiragami Scott Weber Kathleen Collins Beth Woodside Emma Shook Elayna Duitman Yun-Ting Lee VIOLAS Robert Vernon * Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair

Lynne Ramsey 1 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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CELLOS Mark Kosower* Louis D. Beaumont Chair

Richard Weiss 1 The GAR Foundation Chair

Charles Bernard 2 Helen Weil Ross Chair

Bryan Dumm Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair

Tanya Ell Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair

Ralph Curry Brian Thornton William P. Blair III Chair

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

Mark Atherton Thomas Sperl Henry Peyrebrune Charles Barr Memorial Chair

Charles Carleton Scott Dixon Derek Zadinsky HARP Trina Struble * Alice Chalifoux Chair This roster lists the fulltime members of The Cleveland Orchestra. The number and seating of musicians onstage varies depending on the piece being performed.

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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

HORNS Michael Mayhew § Knight Foundation Chair

Jesse McCormick Robert B. Benyo Chair

Hans Clebsch Richard King Alan DeMattia

Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair

TRUMPETS Michael Sachs *

OBOES Frank Rosenwein *

Jack Sutte Lyle Steelman2

Edith S. Taplin Chair

Corbin Stair Jeffrey Rathbun 2 Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair

Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair

James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair

Michael Miller

Robert Walters

CORNETS Michael Sachs *

ENGLISH HORN Robert Walters

Michael Miller

Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair

CLARINETS Robert Woolfrey Daniel McKelway 2 Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair

Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair

TROMBONES Massimo La Rosa* Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair

Shachar Israel 2

E-FLAT CLARINET Daniel McKelway

BASS TROMBONE Thomas Klaber

BASS CLARINET Linnea Nereim BASSOONS John Clouser * Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair

Gareth Thomas Barrick Stees 2 Sandra L. Haslinger Chair

Jonathan Sherwin CONTRABASSOON Jonathan Sherwin

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Margaret Allen Ireland Chair

Donald Miller Tom Freer Thomas Sherwood KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS Joela Jones * Rudolf Serkin Chair

Carolyn Gadiel Warner Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair

LIBRARIANS Robert O’Brien Joe and Marlene Toot Chair

Donald Miller ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair Sunshine Chair Robert Marcellus Chair George Szell Memorial Chair

Richard Stout

Linnea Nereim

Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair

PERCUSSION Marc Damoulakis*

EUPHONIUM AND BASS TRUMPET Richard Stout

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Associate Principal First Assistant Principal Assistant Principal

CONDUCTORS Christoph von Dohnányi MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE

Giancarlo Guerrero TUBA Yasuhito Sugiyama* Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair

TIMPANI Paul Yancich * Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair

Tom Freer 2 Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair

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PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR, CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MIAMI

Brett Mitchell

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair

Robert Porco

DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES

Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair

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

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PRE-CONCERT

Halloween Spooktacular October 25

Pre-concert activities for the October 25th concert include:

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR COSTUME CONTEST (Reinberger Chamber Hall, ground floor) To enter the contest, join the line at Reinberger Chamber Hall. Three prizes. Judging begins at 2 p.m.

SING AND SWING (Smith Lobby, ground floor) Join the percussion and fun with Sing and Swing’s Play Along Jam.

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

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

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

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

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Pre-Concert Activities: October 25

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HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR! October 25 Sunday afternoon

at 3:00 p.m. .m.

Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra Carl Topilow, conductor and host “Imperial March” from The Empire Strikes Back by JOHN WILLIAMS

conducted by Cesare Depaulis

Main Theme from Superman by JOHN WILLIAMS

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

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by PAUL DUKAS

narrated by Eric Charnofsky

Danse macabre by CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

The Witches of Eastwick by JOHN WILLIAMS

The Thrill of the Orchestra by RUSSELL PECK

narrated by Eric Charnofsky

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

The Family Concert Series is supported by The Giant Eagle Foundation. The concert runs approximately one hour.

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Halloween Scramblers

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

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SGILONB

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MYMUM

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OOPSSK

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NUF

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TSAB

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DRISEP EBW

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TOPONI

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MREACS

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LUFFITGHR

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GACIM

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OTRERR

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TEENGVAROS

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KCJA O-TARNNEL

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SCREECH HOWL SPOOKS FUN HAUNTED BATS SPIDER WEB

POTION SCREAM FRIGHTFUL MAGIC TERROR GRAVESTONE JACK O’LANTERN

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ALL IN THE FAMILY Match the instruments on the left with their correct instrument family on the right by drawing a line to connect them.

Violin Trumpet Gong Flute Cello Timpani (kettle drum) Clarinet Trombone Double Bass Triangle French Horn Oboe Piano Viola Tuba Triangle Piccolo Trombone Saxophone Cymbals

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Musical Games

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

POWERFUL PERCUSSION Reinberger Chamber Hall

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

THE FABULOUS FLUTE Reinberger Chamber Hall

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

THE CHEERFUL CELLO Reinberger Chamber Hall

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

THE TERRIFIC TRUMPET Reinberger Chamber Hall

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

THE VICTORIOUS VIOLA Reinberger Chamber Hall

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

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DEC 11 | FRI at 10 a.m. DEC 12 | SAT at 11 a.m. Jack Sutte, trumpet Michael Miller, trumpet Hans Clebsch, horn Richard Stout, trombone Ken Heinlein, tuba All programs, artists, and prices are subject to change.


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The 2015-16 season marks Brett Mitchell’s third year as a member of The Cleveland Orchestra’s conducting staff and as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. His contract has been extended through the 2016-17 season, with his title raised from assistant conductor to associate 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 — in his first season, he stepped in on several occasions to lead concerts of The Cleveland Orchestra for ailing colleagues, at Severance Hall and Blossom. In June 2015, he led the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra in the ensemble’s second international tour, to China. As a guest conductor, Mr. Mitchell has led performances throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, including engagements with 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, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has also acted as musical assistant and cover conductor with the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra. Recent return

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engagements include appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Mitchell served as music director of Michigan’s Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra (2010-15) and as assistant conductor of the Houston Symphony (2007-11), where he concurrently held a League of American Orchestras American Conducting Fellowship. He was also an assistant conductor to Kurt Masur at the Orchestre National de France (200609) and served as director of orchestras at Northern Illinois University (2005-07). He was associate conductor of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (2002-06) and has also served as music director of nearly a dozen opera productions. A native of Seattle, Brett Mitchell holds a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was also music director of the University Orchestra. He earned a 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 with Kurt Masur. Conductor

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GOTTA DANCE! February 26 Friday evening

at 7:30 p.m.

The Cleveland Orchestra Brett Mitchell, conductor and host with special guests Cleveland Ballet

Gladisa Guadalupe, Artistic Director

Tarantella from Gazebo Dances by JOHN CORIGLIANO Allegretto and Con Brio from Four Scottish Dances by MALCOLM ARNOLD Habanera from Carmen by GEORGES BIZET Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty by PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz: On the Beautiful Blue Danube by JOHANN STRAUSS JR. Furiant / Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major V

by ANTONÍN DVORÁK

Buckaroo Holiday from Rodeo by AARON COPLAND

Danzón No. 2 by ARTURO MÁRQUEZ

The Family Concert Series is supported by The Giant Eagle Foundation. The concert runs approximately one hour; musical selections subject to change.

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Cleveland Ballet The mission of the new Cleveland Ballet is to present world-class artistry onstage through classical and new works and to ensure that classical and neoclassical ballet are accessible and relevant to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Cleveland Ballet will create dance and community engagement programs of the highest levels of excellence, reaching deeply into the hearts of Northeast Ohio to inspire audiences. Cleveland Ballet began their successful preview season on October 3 at a sold-out performance at Playhouse Square. These dancers are eager to share with you their work and achievements throughout this exciting season!

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

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Dance & Dances A variety of dance types (from countries around the world) and other dance-related words can be found in this puzzle. The words buried here are listed at the bottom. Words may appear forward, backward, up, down, and/or diagonally, and overlapping. Two-word terms are found as one = chacha.

K T W I S T T A B B O O G I E W O O G I E

O J A X A F E L U S O C N E M A L F E T C

L A L A T O L L B E W E I A R E N A B A H

O W T B T Y L E O P O B D F X C L N O R O

M A Z U R K A T S I F G O I O P I D P A R

ballet ballroom bolero bomba boogie woogie bossa nova cakewalk cha cha

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C Z E J O N B N S P U X N N S O N A I C E

J N W O I L C A A N T X G A E C E N Q H O

E I R T K A R R N R S A P A T W O G U A G

chicken choreography conga contra disco fandango flamenco foxtrot

N S T A A S O A O O Q A O C T E Q O A C R

C P E T S O W T V H U E M E O S U A D H A

L A F C E A B P A E A O J B V I C N R A P

galop gavotte gigue habanera hip hop hornpipe hustle jig

Dance Word Finder

B G K I H R R X A A R I I N A A O N I Z H

X O N E V I B A H V E U G I G N N S L M Y

jitterbug jota kolo line mamba mazurka minuet pavane

S D L Y W G C U A A A Q M Y G O T L L A V

A N M E U A S K G B B N N B A L R O E Z O

L U K Q R T L N E V A M E K A O A W X U L

polka polonaise quadrille round rumba salsa samba saraband

S O G A L O P K X N E N A I X P B O M B A

A R L E P O H P I H T X D M O O R L L A B slow square tango tarantella troika twist two step waltz

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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 THE C L E VE L A N D O RC H E S T R A

P H OTO G R A P H Y BY R O G E R MA S T R O I A N N I

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.

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

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Education & Community

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THANK YOU The Cleveland Orchestra’s Education & Community programs are made possible by many generous individuals and organizations, including:

PROGRAM FUNDERS The Abington Foundation Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Foundation Conway Family Foundation Cuyahoga County Residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Dominion Foundation FirstMerit Foundation The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation The Giant Eagle Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation KeyBank The Laub Foundation Macy’s The Nord Family Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation Ohio Arts Council Ohio Savings Bank, A Division of New York Community Bank PNC Bank The Reinberger Foundation Albert G. and Olive H. Schlink Foundation The Sherwin-Williams Company Thomas H. White Foundation The Edward and 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 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 Junior Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Alfred M. Lerner In-School Performance Fund Linda and Saul Ludwig Machaskee Fund for Community Programming Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel Christine Gitlin Miles, in honor of Jahja Ling Mr. and Mrs. David T. Morganthaler Morley Fund for Pre-School Education The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund Pysht Fund The Max Ratner Education Fund, given by the Ratner, Miller, and Shafran Families and Forest City Enterprises, Inc. The William N. Skirball Endowment Anonymous, in memory of Georg Solti 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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All in the Families! Unscramble the letters to name the four families of instruments, then unscramble each instrument in the family.

IGRSNTS OVLIA NLIVIO SBAS AHPR EOLLC

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SIPCSUOREN ____________________________________________________________________ BLMCASY ________________________________________________________________________ RTBNEAIMOU ___________________________________________________________________ IIPTNAM _________________________________________________________________________ SCHMIE __________________________________________________________________________ EELASTC _________________________________________________________________________ NGOG ____________________________________________________________________________ IAEGLTNR ________________________________________________________________________ ACRAMSA ________________________________________________________________________ NPHLOYXOE _____________________________________________________________________ NAPIO ____________________________________________________________________________ ASNRE DMRU ___________________________________________________________________ SSTNATCAE ______________________________________________________________________ SABS MURD _____________________________________________________________________ SARBS CNEHFR RONH BTUA ET TRMUP MORBTOEN

_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________

SODDWWINO __________________________________________________________________ ANCLTRIE ________________________________________________________________________ LUTFE ____________________________________________________________________________ GSNHEIL RNHO ________________________________________________________________ ABSOSON _______________________________________________________________________ OXOHNPAES ____________________________________________________________________ BOOE _____________________________________________________________________________ NTCOSARSBONOA _____________________________________________________________ COOCPIL ________________________________________________________________________

STRINGS viola violin bass harp cello

maracas xylophone piano snare drum castanets bass drum

BRASS French horn tuba trumpet trombone

WOODWINDS clarinet flute english horn bassoon saxophone oboe contrabassoon piccolo

Unscramble the Words

PERCUSSION cymbals tambourine timpani chimes celesta gong triangle

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The Cleveland Orchestra



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

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Washington D.C. He has also conducted many new works of musical theater, ranging from the Tony Award-winning Nine on Broadway to the premiere of Frida for the opening of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s “Next Wave Festival” and premieres of works for American Repertory Theater. Rob Kapilow dedicates his summer months to writing and composing new music, most recently Chrysopylae, a largescale work commissioned by the Marin Symphony to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. He was the first composer to be granted the rights to set Dr. Seuss’s words to music. A new album featuring Nathan Gunn and Isabel Leonard in two of his popular Family Musik® compositions, Chris van Allsburg’s Polar Express and Dr. Seuss’s Gertrude McFuzz, was released in November 2014. Rob Kapilow interrupted his academic work at age 19 to study with the legendary Nadia Boulanger. After graduating from Yale, he continued his studies at the Eastman School of Music, and then returned to Yale, where he was assistant professor for six years. He lives in River Vale, New Jersey, with his wife and three children. Conductor

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Family Concert No. 3

2015-16 SE A SON

Green Eggs and Hamadeus Sunday afternoon

April 16 at 2:00 p.m.

The Cleveland Orchestra Rob Kapilow, conductor and host Dr. Seuss properites TM and © 1960 Dr. Seuss Enterprises L.P. All rights reserved.

Selections from

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

[“A Little Night Music” or “A Short Notturno”]

a.k.a. Serenade No. 13 in C major, K525

by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) 1. 2. 3. 4.

Allegro Romanze Menuetto Rondo

Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham

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

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

The Family Concert Series is supported by The Giant Eagle Foundation. The concert runs approximately one hour; musical selections subject to change.

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MOZART T I M E L I N E

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1756

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

1759

At age 3, Wolfgang begins to play the harpsichord.

1761

At age 5, he begins to compose.

1762

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

1767

He begins writing his first operas, completing four in two years.

1770

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

1771

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

1778

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

1781

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

1782

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

1783

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

1785

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

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1786

The Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna on May 1.

1787

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

1788

Mozart composes what become his last three symphonies (Nos. 39, 40, and 41) in anticipation of a series of benefit concerts that never take place. His finances are increasingly limited and problematic, and he moves around Vienna several times in the next few years to find lodgings he can work in or afford.

1790

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

1791

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

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About Mozart

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Your Role . . . in The Cleveland Orchestra’s Future Genera ons of Clevelanders have supported the Orchestra and enjoyed its concerts. Tens of thousands have learned to love music through its educa on programs, celebrated 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 presen ng The Cleveland Orchestra’s season each year. To sustain its ac vi es here in Northeast Ohio, the Orchestra has undertaken the most ambi ous fundraising campaign in our history: the Sound for the Centennial Campaign. By making a dona on, you can make a crucial difference in helping to ensure that future genera ons will con nue to enjoy the Orchestra’s performances, educa on programs, and community ac vi es and partnerships. To make a gi to The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit us online, or call 216-231-7562.

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Opportunities to Perform THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

believes in the power of music to transform lives. The Orchestra sponsors several ensembles for student singers or instrumentalists trumentalists looking to pursue their interest in music. Students selected through auditions have the unparalleled opportunity to work closely week in and week out with professional musicians and conductors, who immerse them in the high standards and traditions of artistic excellence of a world-class orchestra. In addition to significant skill-building and beautiful music-making — and the academic and developmental benefits that come with rigorous music study — participants forge lifelong friendships and come to regard Severance Hall as their musical home. C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A

Founded in 1986, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra provides a unique preB R ET T M ITCH ELL . M U SIC DI R ECTOR professional experience for musicians in grades 7-12. Players rehearse weekly and perform in Severance Hall, are directed by a member of The Cleveland Orchestra’s conducting staff, and receive coaching from Cleveland Orchestra musicians. Membership is by competitive auditions held in May. For information, please call the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra at 216-231-7352 or visit www.ClevelandOrchestraYouthOrchestra.com.

Youth Orchestra

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

The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus was founded in 1991 to help raise awareness L I S A W O N G . D I R E C T O R of choral music-making in the schools of Northeast Ohio and to encourage more students to continue their choral activities through college and into adulthood. Members of the Youth Chorus have the opportunity to perform concerts in the greater Cleveland community as well as onstage at Severance Hall alongside their colleagues in the Youth Orchestra. Members of the Youth Chorus are chosen through auditions. For more information, please call the Chorus Office at 216-231-7374 or email chorus@clevelandorchestra.com.

You t h C hor us

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

The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s ChoCH I LDREN’S CHORUS rus was founded in 1967 and is comprised A N N U S H E R . D I R E C T O R of students in grades 6-9. The group performs regularly with The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. The Children’s Preparatory Chorus is comprised of students in grades 5-8 and collaborates with the Children’s Chorus in two concerts each season. Participation in each ensemble helps students develop their leadership skills through music and works to strengthen their abilities for future musical experiences. For more information, please call the Chorus Office at 216-231-7374 or email chorus@clevelandorchestra.com. Severance Hall 2015-16

Student Performance Ensembles

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TH E M U S I C AL ARTS ASSOCIATION

as of October 2015

operating The Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, and Blossom Music Festival O F F I C E R S A ND EX E C UT IVE C O MMI T T E E Dennis W. LaBarre, President Richard J. Bogomolny, Chairman The Honorable John D. Ong, Vice President Jeanette Grasselli Brown Matthew V. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz

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

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

R E S I D E NT TR U S TE E 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 Robert D. Conrad Matthew V. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler Hiroyuki Fujita Paul G. Greig Robert K. Gudbranson Iris Harvie Jeffrey A. Healy Stephen H. Hoffman David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz Marguerite B. Humphrey David P. Hunt Christopher Hyland Trevor O. Jones

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

Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Clara T. Rankin Audrey Gilbert Ratner Charles A. Ratner Zoya Reyzis Barbara S. Robinson Paul Rose Steven M. Ross Raymond T. Sawyer Luci Schey Hewitt B. Shaw Richard K. Smucker James C. Spira R. Thomas Stanton Joseph F. Toot, Jr. Daniel P. Walsh Thomas A. Waltermire Geraldine B. Warner Jeffery J. Weaver Jeffrey M. Weiss Norman E. Wells Paul E. Westlake Jr. David A. Wolfort

NO N- R E S I D E NT TRUS T E E 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)

TR U S TE E S E X- O F FIC IO Faye A. Heston, President, Volunteer Council of The Cleveland Orchestra Dr. Patricia Moore Smith, President, Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra Elisabeth Hugh, President, Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra

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

H O NO R A RY TR U S T E E S FO R L IFE Robert W. Gillespie Gay Cull Addicott Dorothy Humel Hovorka Oliver F. Emerson Robert P. Madison Allen H. Ford PA S T PR E S I D E NT S 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

Robert F. Meyerson James S. Reid, Jr.

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

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director

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Gary Hanson, Executive Director

Musical Arts Association

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11001 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44106 CLEVELANDORCHESTRA.COM

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

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 AND SELFIES, VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING

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, 19211936) 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.

HAILED AS ONE

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Photographs of the hall and selfies to share with others can be taken when the performance is not in progress. However, audio recording, photography, and videography are prohibited during performances at Severance Hall. And, as courtesy to others, please turn off any phone or device that makes noise or emits light.

IN THE EVENT OF AN 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.

AGE RESTRICTIONS Regardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat throughout the performance. 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).

CRYING CHILD? We understand that sometimes young children cannot sit quietly through a one-hour concert and need to get up and move or talk freely. For the listening enjoyment of those around you, we respectfully ask that you and your active child step out of the concert hall to stretch your legs (and baby’s lungs). An usher will gladly help you return to your seat at an appropriate break.

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T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E ST R A Franz Welser-Mรถst, Music Director Brett Mitchell, Assistant Conductor DEPARTM ENT OF EDUCATION AN D COM M U N ITY PROGRAMS Joan Katz Napoli, Director Sandra Jones, Manager, Education and Family Concerts Rachel Novak, Manager, Learning Programs and Community Engagement Sarah Lamb, Coordinator, Education and Community Programs Lauren Generette, Manager, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Administrative Offices: (216 ) 231-7300 Ticket Office: (216 ) 231-1111 or 800 - 686-1141 CLEVELANDORCHESTRA.COM


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