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SUPERMAN AT THE SYMPHONY

Sunday October 30 at 3 p.m.

THE MAGIC FIREBIRD Sunday March 5 at 3 p.m.

PETER AND THE WOLF Sunday April 2 at 3 p.m. Pre-Concert Activities begin 1 hour prior to each performance.

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

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21 the magic firebird Enchantment Theater Company .. . . . . . . 20    Program — March 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Conductor: Ruth Reinhardt . . . . . . . . . . . 22   Puzzle: Bird-Word Finder .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 About the Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insert

29 peter and the wolf Magic Circle Mime Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28    Program — April 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Conductor: Brett Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 About the Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insert

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Dear Families and Friends,   Welcome to Severance Hall and the 45th 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.

Please join us in welcoming new Family Concert Series sponsor, American Greetings, whose generous support helps make these concerts possible. Additional support comes from The Giant Eagle Foundation.    Our season begins with our annual Halloween Spooktacular, this year with a superhero twist! Superman at the Symphony celebrates in music the adventures of the Man of Steel, who was created right here in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland, the brainchild of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Superman became the most popular comic superhero of all time.    The Family Concert season continues on March 5 with The Magic Firebird! Special guests The Enchantment Theatre Company joins The Cleveland Orchestra, led by guest conductor Ruth Reindhardt, to present this classic Russian fairytale set to the original ballet music by Igor Stravinsky — with life-sized puppets, masks, and more. Don’t miss this magical production!    The Family Concert season comes to a close on April 2, when The Cleveland Orch­ estra, led by Brett Mitchell, is joined by special guests from the Magic Circle Mime Co. in a hilarious retelling of Prokofiev’s beloved tale Peter and the Wolf.   Before each Family Concert, come early for a family-friendly themed lunch at Severance Restaurant. Then enjoy our free pre-concert actitivities throughout Severance Hall. And afterward, stop by the Cleveland Orchestra Store to choose from a terrific collection of books and CDs, gift items, and logo-wear for kids and adults, and our 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 music director Franz Welser-Möst, The Cleveland Orchestra has become one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world, setting standards of extraordinary artistic excellence, creative programming, and community engagement. The New York Times has declared it “the best in America” for its virtuosity, elegance of sound, variety of color, and chamber-like musical cohesion. Plans will soon be announced to celebrate the ensemble’s 100th season in 2017-18 as a prelude to a second century of extraordinary music making and worldwide acclaim. Strong financial and community support from across the ensemble’s

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home region is driving the Orchestra forward with renewed energy and focus, increasing the number of young people attending concerts, and bringing fresh attention to the Orchestra’s legendary sound and committed programming — including free community presentations, varied offerings of musical styles and period, and annual opera presentations in innovative stagings and pairings. 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 concert presentations and community partnerships in Miami, Florida, a recurring residency at Vienna’s Musikverein, and

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regular appearances at Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival, at New York’s Lincoln Center Festival, and at Indiana University. 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, 191833; Artur Rodzinski, 1933-43; Erich Leins­ dorf, 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 home brought a special pride to the ensemble and its hometown. With acoustic refinements under Szell’s guidance and a building-wide restoration and expansion in

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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1998-2000, Severance Hall continues to provide the Orchestra an enviable and intimate acoustic environment in which to perfect the ensemble’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. For more information, concert schedules, and upcoming presentations, visit www.clevelandorchestra.com.

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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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, and for 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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Seven music directors have led the Orchestra, including George Szell, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Franz Welser-Möst.

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

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

Jung-Min Amy Lee

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair

Peter Otto

FIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Jessica Lee

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Clara G. and George P. Bickford 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

CELLOS Mark Kosower*

Louis D. Beaumont Chair

Richard Weiss 1

The GAR Foundation Chair

Emilio Llinás 2

Charles Bernard 2

Eli Matthews 1

Bryan Dumm

James and Donna Reid Chair Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair

Sonja Braaten Molloy Carolyn Gadiel Warner Elayna Duitman Ioana Missits Jeffrey Zehngut Vladimir Deninzon Sae Shiragami Scott Weber Kathleen Collins Beth Woodside Emma Shook Yun-Ting Lee Jiah Chung Chapdelaine VIOLAS Wesley Collins*

Helen Weil Ross Chair 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 Martha Baldwin Dane Johansen Paul Kushious BASSES Maximilian Dimoff *

Clarence T. Reinberger Chair

Kevin Switalski 2 Scott Haigh 1

Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair

Lynne Ramsey 1

Mark Atherton Thomas Sperl Henry Peyrebrune

Stanley Konopka 2 Mark Jackobs

Charles Carleton Scott Dixon Derek Zadinsky

Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair

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

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

Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair

OBOES Frank Rosenwein * Edith S. Taplin Chair

Corbin Stair Jeffrey Rathbun 2

Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair

Robert Walters ENGLISH HORN Robert Walters

Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair

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

E-FLAT CLARINET Daniel McKelway

Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair

BASSOONS John Clouser *

Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair

Gareth Thomas Barrick Stees 2

Sandra L. Haslinger Chair

Jonathan Sherwin CONTRABASSOON Jonathan Sherwin

HORNS Michael Mayhew §

Knight Foundation Chair

Jesse McCormick

Robert B. Benyo Chair

Hans Clebsch Richard King Alan DeMattia

PERCUSSION Marc Damoulakis*

Margaret Allen Ireland Chair

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

TRUMPETS Michael Sachs *

Carolyn Gadiel Warner

Jack Sutte Lyle Steelman2

LIBRARIANS Robert O’Brien

Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair

James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair

Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair

Joe and Marlene Toot Chair

Donald Miller

Michael Miller CORNETS Michael Sachs *

Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair

Michael Miller TROMBONES Massimo La Rosa*

Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair

Richard Stout

Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair

Shachar Israel 2

BASS TROMBONE Thomas Klaber EUPHONIUM AND BASS TRUMPET Richard Stout TUBA Yasuhito Sugiyama* Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair

TIMPANI Paul Yancich *

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

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CONDUCTORS Christoph von Dohnányi MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE

Brett Mitchell

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair

Robert Porco

DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES

Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair

Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair

Tom Freer 2*

Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair

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SUPERMAN

PRE-CONCERT

Superman at the Symphony Super-Spooktacular October 30 Pre-concert activities for the October 30th concert include:

SUPER-SPOOKTACULAR COSTUME     (Reinberger Chamber Hall, ground floor)

CONTEST

To enter the contest, join the line at Reinberger Chamber Hall. Prizes will be awarded in several categories, including best Superman and best Superwoman. Judging begins at 2 p.m.

SUPERMAN

AND MORE! (Smith Lobby, ground floor)

Visit a special exhibit from the Siegel & Shuster Society, named after the co-creators of Superman and dedicated to keeping Superman’s memory alive in the city where he was created — right here in Cleveland — and around the world!!

SING

AND SWING (Smith Lobby, ground floor)   Join the percussion 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    (Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer)

featuring Thriller

Just in time for Halloween, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” comes to life, recreated by the Dance Centre, along with a special Superman performance, too.

About METROPOLIS SYMPHONY

I began composing my Metropolis Symphony in 1988, inspired by the celebrations in Cleveland of the 50th anniversary of Superman’s first appearance in the comics. When I completed the score in 1993, I dedicated it to the conductor David Zinman, who had encouraged me to compose the work, and to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The Metropolis Symphony evokes an American mythology that I discovered as an avid reader of comic books in the 1950s and ‘60s. Each movement of the symphony — which can be performed separately — is a musical response to the myth of Superman. I have used Superman as a compositional metaphor in order to create an independent musical world that appeals to the imagination. The symphony expresses the energies, ambiguities, paradoxes, and wit of American popular culture. Like composer Charles Ives, whose music recalls small-town America early in the 20th century, I draw on my eclectic musical background to reflect on today’s urban America. —Michael Daugherty Severance Hall 2016-17

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SUPERMAN

SUPERMAN CREATED IN CLEVELAND!    Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were just teenagers at Glenville High School back in the 1930s when they created an American icon — Superman! The Man of Steel’s earliest adventures took place right here in Cleveland, and Siegel and Shuster based many of the characters on people they knew. Siegel and Shuster were inspired by their hometown, and even though they would eventually move away, their hearts remained in Cleveland.    Superman has changed greatly over the years, but his message remains the same. He stresses truth, justice, and the American way. The character was meant to give hope for a better world and a more prosperous life, and to promote firm values of right and wrong. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster are no longer with us, but their creation has become a signature part of America. As Jerry Siegel once wrote, “Do good to others . . . and every one can be a Superman!”

Special thanks . . . to Laura Siegel Larson, daughter of Jerry Siegel, co-creator with Joe Shuster of Superman, and to the Siegel & Shuster Society for historical background and archival materials for today’s concert — and for their unbridled and continuing enthusiasm for the Man of Steel.

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Superman and Cleveland

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SUPERMAN AT THE SYMPHONY

Sunday afternoon

October 30 at 3:00 p.m.

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Superman March from the movie Superman   by JOHN WILLIAMS Love Theme from Superman   by JOHN WILLIAMS “Oh, Lois!” [Mvt. 4] from Metropolis Symphony   by MICHAEL DAUGHERTY March of the Villains from Superman   by JOHN WILLIAMS   narrated by Eric Charnofsky Selections from Metropolis Symphony   by MICHAEL DAUGHERTY     Mvt. 3 — MXYZPTLK     Mvt. 1 — Lex     Mvt. 5 — Red Cape Tango Superman March from Superman   by JOHN WILLIAMS

The Cleveland Orchestra’s Family Concert Series is sponsored by American Greetings Corporation.

These concerts are also supported by The Giant Eagle Foundation.

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The concert runs approximately one hour.

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SUPERMAN

Brett Mitchell

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

The 2016-17 season marks Brett Mitchell’s fourth and final year as a member of The Cleveland Orchestra’s conducting staff. In this role, he leads the Orchestra in several dozen concerts each season at Severance Hall, Blossom Music Festival, and on tour. He also serves as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. In June 2015, he led the Youth Orchestra in the ensemble’s second international tour, to China. With the 2017-18 season, Mr. Mitchell assumes office as the newlyappointed music director of the Colorado Symphony in Denver. In the current season, he holds the title music director designate. He also continues an active career as a guest conductor, leading performances throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Recent and upcoming guest engagements include performances with the orchestras of Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Oregon, Saint Paul, and Washington D.C., and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, among others. Mr. Mitchell served as music director of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, 2010-15. He has previously been assistant conductor of the Houston Symphony (2007-11), where he led over 100 performances with the ensemble and concurrently held a League of American Orchestras American Conducting Fellowship. He was also an assistant conductor

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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), leading 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, which selected him as its Young Alumnus of the Year in 2014. Mr. Mitchell also participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington D.C., studied with Kurt Masur as a recipient of the inaugural American Friends of the Mendelssohn Foundation Scholarship, and with Lorin Maazel. For more information, please visit www.brettmitchellconductor.com.

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SUPERMAN

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THE FIREBIRD

About The Firebird Enchantment Theatre is a fable-based company. Our stories are myths, fables, or authored fairy tales often drawn from older legends. Many are stories of transformation. Enhanced by Stravinsky’s powerful and brilliant score, The Firebird is a tale of physical and spiritual transformation, rich and finely textured. The journey of the Prince is a voyage of true self-discovery. Through the magic of live performance, actors, musicians and audience create a world of new possibilities for love and friendship. —Leslie Reidel, Enchantment Theatre Co.

Enchantment Theatre Company

THE MAGIC

FIREBIRD

Enchantment Theatre Company strives to thrill Theatrical Adaptation by audiences with innovative and visually draWilliam Leach matic family theater productions. The company was founded in 1979 by Jennifer Blatchley Director/Choreographer Smith and Landis Smith, both actors and playLeslie Reidel wrights, and expanded to an artistic partnership with resident director Leslie Reidel in 1995. Production Designer C. David Russell The Company’s distinctive artistry combines masked actors, puppets, magic, music, and Mask/Puppet Design more. Original and inspiring productions have Jonathan Becker served more than a million children and famiC. David Russell lies across America and around the world — including performances at the Brooklyn Academy Technical Director of Music and Lincoln Center in New York City, Andrew Cowles and at Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center. The company has appeared with major orchestras This production is dedicated to the memory of our friend and nationwide, including those of Atlanta, Balcolleague William Leach. timore, Cleveland, Houston, Minnesota, and Seattle, and with the Boston Pops on PBS’s Christmas at the Pops. Everyone working at Enchantment believes that music, like theater, has the power to illuminate and transform. The Company’s collaborations with symphony orchestras are inspired by a shared vision that by bringing together the magic of music and theater greater possibilities are born.

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The Magic Firebird

The Cleveland Orchestra


A M E R I C A N G R E E T I N G S FA M I LY C O N C E R T S E R I E S

Concert No. 2

THE MAGIC

FIREBIRD

Sunday afternoon

March 5 at 3:00 p.m.

The Cleveland Orchestra Ruth Reinhardt, conductor with special guests Enchantment Theatre Company

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Galop from Dance of the Comedians   by DMITRI KABALEVSKY Baba-Yaga, Opus 56   by ANATOLI LIADOV Slavonic Dance in A major [Opus 46 No. 5]   by ANTONÍN DVORÁK V

The Firebird   by IGOR STRAVINSKY

featuring . . .  Prince Ivan  The Princess  The Evil Magician Kascheï  The Unicorn  and The Magic Firebird

The Cleveland Orchestra’s Family Concert Series is sponsored by American Greetings Corporation.

These concerts are also supported by The Giant Eagle Foundation.

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The concert runs approximately one hour.

Family Concert: March 5

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THE FIREBIRD

Ruth Reinhardt German conductor Ruth Reinhardt became assistant conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra with the 2016-17 season. She previously served as conducting assistant with the Seattle Symphony for 2015-16 and as an associate conducting fellow with the Taki Concordia program under Marin Alsop. She was also conductor of the New York-based EON Ensemble. She is making her Cleveland Orchestra debut this week. Born in Saarbrücken, Germany, Ruth Reinhardt began her formal musical education at the age of six studying the violin and completed her studies at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) with Rudolf Koelman. She began conducting in 2004, taking private lessons with Constantin Trinks, music director of Staatstheater Darmstadt, and from 2008 studying at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste with Johannes Schlaefli and later in Leipzig with Ulrich Windfuhr. She holds a master of music degree in conducting from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Alan Gilbert. She has participated in masterclasses with Bernard Haitink, David Zinman, Paavo and Neeme Järvi, Marin Alsop and James Ross. Reinhardt has worked as Chief Conductor of the Lincoln Center Chamber Orchestra and additionally worked with the Juilliard Orchestra and gave concerts with the Juilliard Lab Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall. Recent engagements include working with the Staatskapelle

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Halle at the ImpulsFestival, where her performance of Guillaume Connesson’s Lucifer was broadcast on national German radio. As a child, Ms. Reinhardt was a member of the Children’s Chorus of Saarländ­isches Staatstheater, and opera lies at the core of her musical education. Her operatic performances include Die Fledermaus at the Leipzig University of the Arts and Dvořák’s Rusalka and Weber’s Der Freischütz with the North Czech Opera Company. From the beginning of her career, connecting classical music with young people has been an integral part of Ruth Reinhardt’s work as a conductor. She worked as Teaching Fellow for the Music Advancement Program at Juilliard, teaching chamber music and serving as assistant conductor to the MAP Orchestra. At the age of 17, she composed and conducted a children’s opera in her hometown, performed by children and youth of the community and surrounding areas. During her studies in Zürich, she conducted the premieres of two children’s operas.

Conductor: The Magic Firebird

The Cleveland Orchestra


WORD FiNDER

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While the Firebird may be a mythical creature, there are many kinds of real birds in the world. Bird names and types can be found in this puzzle, along with some bird-related words. Words buried here are listed at the bottom. Words may appear forward, backward, up, down, and/or diagonally, and overlapping.

B L U E B I R D N C L B X W O R C B T J A G A Z N U O P U G O K N N H L W A L G Z E W C T V F C R L M E I A I Y N O R E H K A T E O K Y G K C C W A N G S W A N A S T H V O N C K K X O N E N A R C S S A R I G O I A B H O R L S B C H I C K E N N S H D I S C L M T T U R K E Y X I E K C E R E U I R E V O L P V A B L E G W E D R N E R I W R E N H O G L A O C N X U O W S T U T S Q R A O E R B O D X T C E I G S X A E E I W R G P C R X L L I B N R O H S R J A K I A K I R U A L I C A N O O E P N I G R A B E V F L A M I N G O S V A G A R T G P L L U G A E S N G R O U S E O O N I C N I U G N E P O N A C U O T O I P H C N I F A N E O O R O D N O C M D O S P R E Y N A C I L E P E X M M N I T A R E K C E P D O O W A Z U U A E W M I G R A T I O N A L W O A H S blackbird bluebird chickadee chicken cockatoo condor crane crow

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goose grouse hawk heron hornbill hummingbird ibis jay

Bird Word Finder

loon migration nest oriole osprey ostrich owl parrot

pelican penguin plover robin sandpiper seagull song sparrow

stork swan toucan turkey vulture woodpecker worm wren

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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.

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

THE CLE VELA N D O RC H ES T R A

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

The Cleveland Orchestra


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

PROGRAM FUNDERS The Abington Foundation American Greetings Corporation 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 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 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 1,500 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

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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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P E TE R & TH E WO LF

Magic Circle Mime Co. Magic Circle Mime Co. is regarded as one of today’s premier family

ation, please contact: attractions. Their acclaimed performances, which unite the concert agement management.com orchestra with visual theater, are consistently praised for imaginative management.com and innovative content. ob Robbins Magic Circle Mime Co. performs with virtually every major orch­ avid Middleton

estra in North America and has performed on numerous occasions with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota, Montreal, Ottawa, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington D.C., and Winnipeg. Magic Circle Mime Co. also has a growing reputation outside North America. In the Pacific Rim and Far East they have performed at festivals and with major orchestras in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan. Appearances include the Beijing Music Festival, Shanghai International Children’s Festival, Taiwan International Children’s Festival, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, West Australia Symphony Orchestra, and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. They made their European debut at the Palau de la Música de Valencia in April of 2007, and performed for the first time in South Amer­ ica in 2012. Magic Circle Mime Co. is the creative partnership of Maggie Petersen and Douglas MacIntyre. Both artists have backgrounds in theater and instrumental music, and have utilized that training to create their highly regarded programs.

Peter and the Wolf Story/Synopsis Without upsetting the conductor, three musicians and an assistant must outwit a fearsome wolf that threatens orchestra and audience alike. The concert hall becomes the dramatic setting and musicians are the characters of the story as Sergei Prokofiev’s exhilarating musical tale springs to life.

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About the Artists

The Cleveland Orchestra


A M E R I C A N G R E E T I N G S FA M I LY C O N C E R T S E R I E S

Concert No. 3

PETER AND

THE

WOLF

Sunday afternoon

April 2 at 3:00 p.m.

The Cleveland Orchestra Brett Mitchell, conductor — see bio on page 16 with special guests Magic Circle Mime Co.

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Overture to Die Fledermaus [“The Bat”]   by JOHANN STRAUSS JR. Peter and the Wolf   by SERGEI PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf is a musical story about a young boy and his encounter with a big, bad wolf, written by composer Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. Prokofiev constructed the music as a child’s introduction to the orchestra, with each character in the story represented by a different instrument or group of instruments playing a distinct musical theme: Peter is represented by the strings the bird by the flute the duck by the oboe the cat by the clarinet the wolf by the horn section the grandfather by the bassoon and the hunters by the timpani

The Cleveland Orchestra’s Family Concert Series is sponsored by American Greetings Corporation.

These concerts are also supported by The Giant Eagle Foundation.

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The concert runs approximately one hour.

Family Concert: April 2

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Musical Games 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.

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

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Musical Games

STRINGS

BRASS

PERCUSSION

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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.

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Opportunities to Perform T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A believes in the power of music to transform lives.

The Orchestra sponsors several ensembles for student singers or instrumentalists 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 musicmaking — 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

Youth Orchestra .

Founded in 1986, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra provides a unique preM U SIC DI R ECTOR B R ET T M ITCH ELL 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 216-2317352 or visit www.ClevelandOrchestraYouthOrchestra.com.

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 of D I R E C T O R L I S A W O N G 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.

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

The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus CH I LDREN’S CHORUS was founded in 1967 and is comprised of D I R E C T O R A N N U S H E R 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.

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TH E M U S I C AL ARTS ASSOCIATION

as of September 2016

operating The Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, and Blossom Music Festival

O F F I C ER S A ND EXEC UT I VE C O MMIT T EE   Dennis W. LaBarre, President   Richard J. Bogomolny, Chairman   The Honorable John D. Ong, Vice President

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

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

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

Larry Pollock Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Audrey Gilbert Ratner Barbara S. Robinson

RE S I D ENT TR U S TEES   George N. Aronoff   Dr. Ronald H. Bell   Richard J. Bogomolny   Charles P. Bolton   Yuval Brisker   Jeanette Grasselli Brown   Helen Rankin Butler   Irad Carmi   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   Betsy Juliano

Jean C. Kalberer   Nancy F. Keithley   Christopher M. Kelly   Douglas A. Kern   John D. Koch   S. Lee Kohrman   Dennis W. LaBarre   Norma Lerner   Virginia M. Lindseth   Alex Machaskee   Milton S. Maltz   Nancy W. McCann   Thomas F. McKee   Loretta J. Mester   Beth E. Mooney   John C. Morley   Donald W. Morrison   Meg Fulton Mueller   Katherine T. O’Neill   The Honorable John D. Ong   Rich Paul   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 Meredith Smith Weil Jeffrey M. Weiss Norman E. Wells Paul E. Westlake Jr. David A. Wolfort

N O N- R ES I D ENT TRUS T EE S   Virginia Nord Barbato (NY) Wolfgang C. Berndt (Austria)

Laurel Blossom (SC)   Richard C. Gridley (SC)

Loren W. Hershey (DC) Herbert Kloiber (Germany)

T R U S TEES EX- O F FI C I O   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 T R U S TEES EM E R I T I   Charlotte R. Kramer   Gary A. Oatey

PA S T PR ES I D ENT S   D. Z. Norton 1915-21   John L. Severance 1921-36   Dudley S. Blossom 1936-38   Thomas L. Sidlo 1939-53

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 N O RARY T RUS T EES FOR LIFE   Robert P. Madison   Gay Cull Addicott   Robert F. Meyerson   Allen H. Ford   James S. Reid, Jr.   Robert W. Gillespie   Dorothy Humel Hovorka   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

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director

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André Gremillet, Executive Director

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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-Möst, Music Director   Brett Mitchell, Associate Conductor DEPARTM ENT OF EDUCATION AN D COM M U N ITY PROGRAMS   Joan Katz Napoli, Director   Sandra Jones, Manager, Education and Family Concerts   Mollibeth Cox, Manager, Community Learning Programs   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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