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The Cleveland Orchestra Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Severance Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Orchestra News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11 The Cleveland Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14 Roster of Orchestra Musicians. . . . . . . 16-17 The Music of Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 By the Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Severance Hall Wreath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Musical Arts Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Getting Involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-47 Concert Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61 In January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

december 8-9 The Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 About the Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Synopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Conductor: Brett Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus . . . . . 36

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

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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. As Ohio’s most visible international ambassador, The Cleveland Orchestra proudly carries the name of our great city everywhere we go. Here at home, we are committed to serving all of Northeast Ohio with vital education and community programs, presented alongside wide-ranging musical performances. Ticket sales cover less than half the cost of presenting the Orchestra’s season each year. By making a donation, you can make a crucial difference in helping to ensure our work going forward.‑ To make a gift to The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit us online, or call 216-231-7562.

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Welcome from the Executive Director December 2016 Welcome to The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2016 Holiday Festival, a beloved annual offering of celebratory performances for generations of Northeast Ohioans. I am delighted you have joined us to continue the tradition — or perhaps create a new one to enjoy with family and friends not just this year, but for many joyous seasons into the future. As you pause and take a moment to catch your breath amid festive preparations, family gatherings, and moments for year-end reflection, we hope you find pure pleasure here in simply nourishing your soul with music of the season. Expressing the Joy of the Season in Music. The holidays are a time for sharing. From lovingly prepared meals enjoyed with family, friends, and neighbors . . . to decorating homes and lighting candles . . . from smiles shared with new-found friends or longtime acquaintances . . . to the sparkle in a child’s eyes at opening the perfect gift . . . from fresh snowfall . . . to the season’s promise of peace and goodness. The true spirit of the season, in fact, lies in serving others. On behalf of the entire Cleveland Orchestra family, let me express how honored we are to share the joy of music with you and all of Northeast Ohio this season and every season of the year. It is a privilege to serve you through concerts under the stars as part of each summer’s Blossom Music Festival, to share free performances on the radio or in person at Public Square, to inspire new generations through the incredible power of music in schools and in neighborhoods throughout the year. We know that music can make a positive difference each and every day . . . to excite, to soothe, to make a difficult day better, or to make a joyous season even greater. A Time of Gratitude and Generosity. Franz Welser-Möst, the musicians, board of trustees, staff, volunteers, and I are all grateful for your interest and support. We are deeply appreciative each and every day of the many caring people who help make each season possible. Foundations, who provide funding for education programs and innovation. Corporations, who sponsor concert presentations and special initiatives. Individuals, who donate to The Cleveland Orchestra at a rate higher than that of any other major orchestra’s hometown in the country. This past year has made clear to me that the Northeast Ohio community is the most loyal and supportive group I have experienced anywhere. You are our greatest strength. Your support and interest, your appreciation and enthusiasm make a difference in all that we do. We are dedicated to honoring you by continuing to serve Northeast Ohio to the utmost, now and for generations into the future. Your passion and generosity are the fuel that drives The Cleveland Orchestra forward — in excellence and service, innovation and inspiration. As you reflect on what you are grateful for in your own life, I hope you will recall the deeply meaningful experiences that The Cleveland Orchestra has given you, and that you will celebrate those lasting memories with a year-end gift to the Orchestra. Thank you. With the very best wishes for a joyous holiday season,

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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.

of the world’s most beautiful concert halls, Severance Hall has been home to The Cleveland Orchestra since its opening on February 5, 1931. After that first concert, a Cleveland newspaper editorial stated: “We believe that Mr. Severance intended to build a temple to music, and not a temple to wealth; and we believe it is his intention that all music lovers should be welcome there.” John Long Severance (president of the Musical Arts Association, 1921-1936) and his wife, Elisabeth, donated the funds necessary to erect this magnificent building. Designed by Walker & Weeks, its elegant Georgian exterior was constructed to harmonize with the classical architecture of other prominent buildings in the University Circle area. The interior of the building reflects a combination of design styles, including Art Deco, Egyptian Revival, Classicism, and Modernism. An extensive renovation, restoration, and expansion of the facility was completed in January 2000. HAILED AS ONE

PAGERS, CELL PHONES, AND WRISTWATCH ALARMS All electronic and mechanical devices — including pagers, cellular telephones, and wristwatch alarms — must be turned off while in the concert hall. PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY, AND RECORDING Audio recording, photography, and videography are prohibited during performances at Severance Hall. Photographs of the hall and selfies can be taken when the performance is not in progress. As courtesy to others, please turn off any phone/ device that makes noise or emits light. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY Contact an usher or a member of house staff if you require medical assistance. Emergency exits are clearly marked throughout the building. Ushers and house staff will provide instructions in the event of an emergency. HEARING AIDS AND OTHER HEALTH-ASSISTIVE DEVICES For the comfort of those around you, please reduce the volume on hearing aids and other devices that may produce a noise that would detract from the program. Infrared AssistiveListening Devices are available. Please see the House Manager or Head Usher for more details. AGE RESTRICTIONS Regardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat throughout the performance. Winter season subscription concerts are not recommended for children under the age of 8. However, there are several age-appropriate series designed specifically for children and youth, including: Musical Rainbows, (recommended for children 3 to 6 years old) and Family Concerts (for ages 7 and older).

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OrchestraNews Newest Cleveland Orchestra album with Mitsuko Uchida released in October

The Cleveland Orchestra’s newest album of Mozart concertos with pianist Mitsuko Uchida was released at the end of October by Decca. The new album features Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 17 and 25, from live recordings made at Severance Hall concerts in February 2016. The recording is available through the Cleveland Orchestra Store and represents the fifth album of Mozart concertos pairing Uchida with The Cleveland Orchestra. This album is just one of many on offer amidst holiday gift items at the Store, located on the groundfloor of Severance Hall.

Cleveland Orchestra offers holiday gift ideas, including new recordings, gift certificates, and more . . .

Music and the holidays are a perfect match. The Cleveland Orchestra Store offers a host of musical performances this holiday season, including the Orchestra’s latest DVDs and CDs, as well as releases by Orchestra musicians. Music boxes and music-themed holiday ornaments, stationery, books, stuffed toys and musical gifts for children of all ages, fashion scarves, jewelry, and Cleveland Orchestra logo apparel are also on sale at the Store. In addition, Cleveland Orchestra Gift Certificates and Blossom Lawn Ticket Books for the Orchestra’s 2017 Blossom Music Festival ($145 thru December 31) are available at the Severance Hall Ticket Office by calling 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or at clevelandorchestra.com.

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OrchestraNews Women’s Committee continues a holiday tradition with Silver Bells raising money for The Cleveland Orchestra Silver Bells and The Cleveland Orchestra have gone hand in hand for more than four decades, and they’re ringing in another year. Reed & Barton silver bells inscribed with “Christmas 2016” are being sold to benefit community and education programs of The Cleveland Orchestra. The bells are a project of the Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra. Silver-plated Reed & Barton bells to benefit the Orchestra cost $30. The bells can be purchased from the Cleveland Orchestra Store and from several local gift shops. In addition, Women’s Committee members are selling the bells in the lobbies of Severance Hall at concerts throughout the holiday season this month.

Free tickets to Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert go on sale January 3

On Sunday, January 15, The Cleveland Orchestra performs its 37th annual concert celebrating the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision in music, song, and community service recognition. Admission to the concert is free, but tickets are required. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Tuesday, January 3, through the Severance Hall Ticket Office in person, by phone, or online at clevelandorchestra.com. There is a limit of 4 tickets per household. Due to high demand, all tickets for this concert are usually distributed by 2 p.m. on the day they are made available.

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its Centennial Season in 2017-18, The Cleveland Orchestra continues refining its mission, praised as one of the very best orchestras in the world and noted for its devotion and service to the community it calls home. The 2016-17 season marks the ensemble’s fifteenth year under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst, one of the world’s most renowned musical leaders. Looking toward the future, the Orchestra and its board of trustees, 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 fully focus on serving its hometown community (through outstanding concerts, vibrant musical engagement, and strong music education programs), to develop the youngest audience of any orchestra, to build on its tradition of community support and financial strength, and to move 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 concert presentations and community partnerships in Miami, Florida, a recurring residency at Vienna’s Musikverein, and regular appearances at Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival, at New York’s Lincoln CenAS IT APPROACHES

ter 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 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. 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 touring cities 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” neigh-

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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 Wel ser-Möst’s creative vision has given the Orchestra an unequaled opportunity to

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borhood residency program, designed to bring the Orchestra and the citizens of Northeast Ohio together in new ways. Additionally, a Make Music! initiative championed by Franz Welser-Möst advocates the benefits of direct participation in making music for people of all ages. 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 Family Foundation, the Center is designed to provide ongoing funding for the Orchestra’s continuing work to develop interest in classical music among young people and to develop the youngest audience of any orchestra. 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 2016 Holiday Festival

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 performances as some of the best such concert experiences anywhere in the world. Hundreds of thousands have learned to love music

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ity 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 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.

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 has introduced more than 4 million young people to symphonic music over the past nine decades.

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Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair

Peter Otto

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Jessica Lee

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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

Kelvin Smith Family Chair

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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HARP Trina Struble *

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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

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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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It’s A Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Frank Capra based on the story “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern produced by Frank Capra cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc and Joseph Walker musical score by Dimitri Tiomkin with the music performed live by THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

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James Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Bailey Donna Reed . . . . . . . . . . Mary Hatch Bailey, George’s wife Lionel Barrymore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Potter Thomas Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Bailey, George’s uncle Henry Travers . . . . . . . . Clarence Odbody, George’s Angel Beulah Bondi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ma Bailey Ward Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bert Frank Faylen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernie Gloria Grahame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Violet The film is presented with one intermission. Original score restored and produced for concert presentation by CineConcerts Justin Freer, President/Producer Brady Beaubien, Producer Jennifer Wootton, Production Associate David Hoffis, Sound Engineer and Production Supervisor Edward Kalnins, Video Playback It’s a Wonderful Life produced by Liberty Films and originally released by RKO Pictures. The film, restored score, and this concert presentation are licenced by Paramount Pictures.

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It’s A Wonderful Life — In Music The Cleveland Orchestra’s symphony concert presentation of Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life includes the full original musical score created by composer Dimitri Tiomkin in 1946, and restored by CineConcerts in 2015. This version of the scoring never made it into the movie; it was drastically altered prior to the film’s release, which RKO Pictures had decided to move up from the spring of 1947 to the pre-Christmas season of 1946. The changes were intended, in part, to give the movie a lighter and happier “holiday” feeling throughout — more so than Capra’s original concept for the film had envisioned, which Tiomkin had worked to match. Capra oversaw the edits and changes to the score (even borrowing from other films), which involved cutting more than 40 minutes of music and caused the director and composer to stop talking to one another for a time. Thus, this live symphony orchestra presentation may offer interesting surprises for audiences familiar with the theatrical release on video and television.

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A modern-day take on Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, set in America. Adapted from the story “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren.

MOVI E SYNO P S IS Christmas, 1946. George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has longed to travel, but never had the opportunity — choosing instead to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents Potter from taking control of everyone’s lives and finances is George’s modest building and loan company, founded by his community-minded father. On Christmas Eve, however, George’s Uncle Billy loses the business’s $8,000 of receipts while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money and hides it from Billy. When the bank examiner discovers the shortage later that night, George realizes that he will be held responsible and sent to jail — and the company will collapse, finally allowing Potter to take over the town. Thinking that his wife, their young children, and others he loves will be better off with him dead, George drinks in a local bar at the edge of town and contemplates suicide. But the everyday prayers of people all over town wishing George well result in a gentle angel named Clarence coming to earth to help George. If Clarence is successful, he will finally earn his angel wings. In a series of scenes reviewing the years past, Clarence shows George what things would have been like if George had never been born. Events without his presence lead history and relationships into different, less positive directions. Catching up to this very Christmas Eve, Clarence shows a nightmarish vision in which the Potter-controlled town is sunk in sex and sin — and those George loves are either dead, ruined, or miserable. George realizes that he has touched many people in a positive way and that his life has truly been a wonderful one. He awakens to find that it is still Christmas Eve and heads home to face his future, buoyed by all those around him. There is, in fact, a plan afoot to save the Bailey Building & Loan Co. — and George’s family and people from all over town show up to celebrate not just the holiday season but George Bailey’s goodness and friendship. 2016 Holiday Festival

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The Music of Christmas remind us more quickly of the Christmas season than the sound of a favorite carol, song, or piece of holiday music. Beyond thoughts of the Christmas Story itself, few things are as sure to set us smiling, humming, and looking forward to annual greetings and visits from family and friends. The rituals of baking, shopping, and hanging decorations are amplified with the simple pleasure of listening to some of the beautiful music inspired by this December holiday. While music specifically associated with Christmas can be dated back at least as far as the 13th century, many of today’s favorite Christmas carols and songs were created in the past 300 years. “Adeste Fideles” was written in 1782, “Silent Night” in 1816, and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” in 1850. Many composers have been inspired by the Christmas Story to write great music — from Bach’s Magnificat (1723) and Christmas Oratorio (1734) to Handel’s Messiah (1741), from Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ (“The Childhood of Christ,” 1854) to Johannes Brahms’s arrangement of “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” (1896), and into the 20th century with such well-known collections as Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols (1942) or the many carol and song arrangements created by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker — and more recent songs for the season by Mel Tormé, John Rutter, Paul McCartney, Vince Gill, Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Pentatonix, and others. Throughout the 19th century, a renewed interest in (and commercialization of) Christmas saw the growth of many traditions — including the introduction of the Christmas tree (brought to England by Prince Albert in 1834 from his native Germany), the manufacturing of many new kinds of seasonal decorations, the writing of many new Christmas stories (including the publication of “The Night Before Christmas” in 1823 and Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol in 1843), and the widespread adoption of St. Nicholas (soon to be called Santa Claus) as customary parts of the season. Musical offerings also expanded, with the planning of ever-more elaborate and festive presentations to celebrate the season in sound. In America, such inspirational 20th-century choral leaders as Fred Waring and Robert Shaw helped popularize new songs and new arrangements, while major orchestras, new brass ensembles, and groups like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir helped fill the airwaves through special Christmas recordings — and inspired ensembles throughout the country to offer annual holiday concerts. Such performances are today one of the season’s most eagerly awaited traditions, filling concert halls from coast to coast with beloved music and the spirit of Christmas. FEW THINGS

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CHRISTMAS CONCERTS THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA and CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHORUS

conducted by Brett Mitchell

with the Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus Children’s Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Chamber Ensemble Youth and the Wooster Chorus of The College of Wooster Wooster University of Akron Chamber Choir Akron

PART ONE A Christmas Fanfare by James Beckel (b. 1948) orc h e st r a “Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas” from Home Alone 2 music by John Williams (b. 1932), lyrics by Leslie Bricusse (b. 1931)

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Angels’ Dance — Variations on “Angels We Have Heard on High” by Steven Amundson (b. 1955)

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AT DECEMBER 11, 17, AND 18 MATINEES ONLY:

“Christmas Time Is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi (1928-1976) and Lee Mendelson (b. 1933) arranged by Matthew Naughtin

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In the Bleak Midwinter — English Carol arranged by David Willcocks and John Rutter music by Gustav Holst (1874-1934), lyrics by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

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“Somewhere in My Memory” from Home Alone music by John Williams (b. 1932), lyrics by Leslie Bricusse (b. 1931)

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CHILDREN’S CHORUS ON DECEMBER 11, 17, AND 18 MATINEES

Oh, Holy Night by Adolphe Adam (1803-1856) French lyrics by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877), English lyrics by John Sullivan Dwight (1813-1893) arranged by Arthur Harris orc h e st r a a n d c horus

Christmas à la Valse by Robert Wendel (b. 1951) orc h e st r a Fanfare: Joy to the World

musical fanfare by Randol Alan Bass (b. 1953) to the tune by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), words by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

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PART TWO Brazilian Sleigh Bells by Percy Faith (1908-1976) arranged by Lee Norris

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Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) lyrics by Mitchell Parish (1900-1993) arranged for chorus by Mark Brymer

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The Twelve Days of Christmas — Traditional, arranged by John Rutter orc h e st r a a n d c horus ’Twas the Night Before Christmas

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The concert is approximately two hours in length.

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Brett Mitchell

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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 a four-city tour to China, marking the ensemble’s second international tour and its first to Asia. With the 2017-18 season, Mr. Mitchell assumes office as the newly-appointed 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, where an increased focus on locally relevant programming and community collaborations resulted in record attendance throughout his tenure. He had earlier 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 to Kurt Masur at the Orchestre National de France (2006-09) and served as director of

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orchestras at Northern Illinois University (200507). He was associate conductor of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (200206), 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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1 Joy to the World, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King. Let ev’ry heart prepare Him room, and Heav’n and nature sing, and Heav’n and nature sing — And Heav’n, and Heaven and nature sing.

2 Deck the hall with boughs of holly. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. ’Tis the season to be jolly. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Don we now our gay apparel. Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la. Troll the ancient Yuletide carol. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.

3 God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay. Remember, Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day — To save us all from Satan’s pow’r when we were gone astray. O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy. Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.

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4 Hark, the herald angels sing: “Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies: with the angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Hark! The herald angels sing: “Glory to the newborn King!”

5 Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh, O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way: “Ha, ha, ha!” Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright — what fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight. Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way — oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way — oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.

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Robert Porco

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Robert Porco became director of choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra in 1998. In addition to overseeing choral activities and preparing the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and the Blossom Festival Chorus for a variety of concert programs each season, Mr. Porco has led many Cleveland Orchestra concerts at both Severance Hall and as part of the summertime Blossom Music Festival. He has also served as director of choruses for the Cincinnati May Festival since 1989. In 2011, Mr. Porco was honored by Chorus America with its annual Michael Korn Founders Award for a lifetime of significant contributions to the professional choral art. The Ohio native served as chairman of the choral department at Indiana University 1980-98, and in recent years has taught doctoral-level conducting there. As teacher and mentor, Mr. Porco has guided and influenced the development of hundreds of musicians, many of whom are now active as professional conductors, singers, or teachers. As a sought-after guest instructor and coach, he has taught at Harvard University, Westminster Choir College, and the University of Miami Frost School of Music.

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December 10-11 and 15-18

Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Robert Porco, Director Lisa Wong, Assistant Director

Joela Jones, Principal Accompanist

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is one of the few professionally-trained, all-volunteer choruses sponsored by a major American orchestra. Founded at the request of George Szell in 1952 and following in the footsteps of a number of earlier community choruses, the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus has sung in hundreds of performances at home, at Carnegie Hall, and on tour, as well as in more than a dozen recordings. Its members hail from nearly fifty Cleveland-area communities and together contribute over 15,000 volunteer hours each year. sopranos

Lou Albertson* Amy Foster Babinski Amanda Baker* Claudia Barriga Karen Bauer-Blazer* Genevieve M. Bettendorf Kimberly Brenstuhl Florence Brodowski Yu-Ching Ruby Chen Susan Cucuzza Karla Cummins* Anna K. Dendy Emily Engle Lisa Rubin Falkenberg Samantha Garner Annie Gartman* Hannah Goldberg* Lou Goodwin* Julia Halamek* Rebecca S. Hall Lisa Hrusovsky Kirsten Jaegersen* Shannon R. Jakubczak Sarah Jones-Gould Chelsea Kimmich* Hope Klassen-Kay Adrienne Leska Dawn G. Liston* Kate Macy Lisa Manning Jessica M. May Imani Mchunu* Megan Meyer Angela Mitchell* Kathleen Moreland* Roberta Myers* Julie MyersPruchenski S. Mikhaila Noble-Pace Jennifer Heinert O’Leary Melissa B. Patton Lenore M. Pershing Joy Rivera

Nadia Robinson* Cassandra E. Rondinella Meghan Schatt Monica Schie Valerie Sibila* Samantha Smith Laurie Starner* Megan Tettau* Jane TimmonsMitchell Tunde Varga* Sharilee Walker Carole Weinhardt Kiko Weinroth Mary Krason Wiker* Mary Wilson Constance Wolfe altos

Alexandria Albainy Emily Austin Laura Avdey Debbie Bates Ellen Beleiu* Dawn Bodnar Katherine Brown* Julie A. Cajigas Lydia M Chamberlin Kathy Chuparkoff* Brianna Clifford Barbara J. Clugh Nichole Criss* Carolyn L. Dessin Brooke Emmel* Marilyn Eppich Amanda Evans Haley Gabriel Nancy Gage*

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Diana Gardner* Rachael Grubb* Kathy Jo Gutgsell Ann Marie Hardulak Laura Skelly Higgins* Julie Evans Hoffman* Gloria Homolak* Betty Huber Karen Hunt Sarah Hutchins Kate Klonowski Kristi Krueger* Elise Leitzel* Lucia Leszczuk Diana Martin Danielle S. McDonald Karla McMullen Holly N. Miller* Peggy A. Norman Marta Perez-Stable Rachel Rood* Marge Salopek* Alanna M. Shadrake Shelley B. Sobey* Kellie Sonntag* Ina Stanek-Michaelis Rachel Thibo Martha Cochran Truby Gina L. Ventre Laure Wasserbauer Maggie Fairman Williams Leah Wilson Nancy A. Wojciak* Debra Yasinow Lynne Leutenberg Yulish

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Robert Bordon* Vincent L. Briley Gerry C. Burdick Brent Chamberlin David Ciucevich Thomas Glynn* Corey Hill R Robert H. Hutson* Gary Kaplan* Daniel M. Katz Peter Kvidera Tod Lawrence Rohan Mandelia Paul March* James Newby Tremaine Oatman Ryan Pennington Matthew Rizer Ted Rodenborn Andrew Sabol* John Sabol Lee Scantlebury James Storry Charles Tobias William Venable Michael J. Ward Allen White* basses

Christopher Aldrich Tyler Allen Brian Bailey Jack Blazey Sean Cahill Kevin Calavan

Carlos Castells Peter B. Clausen Dwyer Conklyn* Nick Connavino Thomas Cucuzza* Christopher Dewald Jeffrey Duber Matthew Englehart Thomas E. Evans Richard Falkenberg Philip K. Greer* Nicolas Gutierrez Ryan D. Honomichl* Bernard Hrusovsky* William Hrusovsky* Jeral Hurd* Robert L. Jenkins III* Joshua Jones Kevin Kutz* Jason Levy Tim Manning Scott Markov Tyler Mason Preston Masters R Roger Mennell Robert Mitchell Stephen Mitchell Tom Moormann Keith Norman Daniel Parsley Francisco X. Prado John Riehl James B. Snell Stephen Stavnicky Patrick Wickliffe

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* = The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is pleased to Carolyn Dessin, Chair, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Operating Committee Jill Harbaugh, Manager of Choruses

welcome singers marked with an asterisk — members of the Blossom Festival Chorus or former Cleveland Orchestra Chorus members — who are singing with us in these Holiday Festival performances.

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Pre-Concert Singing

In the hour before select Christmas Concerts, the following choruses will be singing in Severance Hall’s Bogomolny-Kozerefsky Grand Foyer prior to the performance onstage: CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHILDREN’S CHORUS Sunday afternoon, December 11 Saturday afternoon, December 17 Sunday afternoon, December 18 CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH CHORUS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Thursday evening, December 15 Sunday evening, December 18 WOOSTER CHORUS OF THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER Saturday evening, December 17 UNIVERSITY OF AKRON CHAMBER CHOIR Saturday evening, December 10

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Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus Ann Usher, Director

Suzanne Walters, Assistant Director Dianna White-Gould, Accompanist

Created in 1967, the Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus is an ensemble of children in grades 6-9 who perform annually with The Cleveland Orchestra. A Preparatory Chorus, comprised of children in grades 5-8, performs twice each year with the Children’s Chorus. The members of the Children’s Chorus and of the Preparatory Chorus rehearse weekly during the school year and are selected by audition with the director (held annually in May and June). A number of Children’s Chorus graduates have continued their association as members of the Youth Chorus or Youth Orchestra or have become adult members of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Yasmin Ahuja Leah Benko Colin Blades-Thomas Bayleigh Braucher Mia Bruner Gregory Bullis Jr. Brendan Burdick Amelia Cassidy Ashley Cvetichan Aiden James Dumm Baileigh Edelman Eleanor Fleming

Megan Fowler Brigette Fuentes Claudia Gagliani Jaimee Gilliland Zoe Hartz Celia J. Hawk Maria Hisey Annalise Johnson Sohum Kapadia Molly Largent Brynn LeBlanc Bridget Lee

Arthur Z. Li Catherine Eileen Martin Isabella Martin Audrey Ours Michael Overman Grace Prentice Charlie Proctor Mary Proctor Emma Grace Ramon Graham Richard Lilly Ross Somiya Schirokauer

Emma Schoeffler Lydia Smith Olivia Stein Anna Stenger Christina Troyer Nora von der Heydt Bess von der Heydt Brooke Wightman Charles C. Williams IV Delainey Wyville

Julie Weiner, Manager of Youth Choruses

Ann Usher

Director, Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Choruses

Ann Usher has served as director of the Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Choruses since 2000. She prepares the Children’s Chorus for their appearances as part of the annual Christmas concerts, community concerts, and in the Orchestra’s performances of operas and symphonic works that call for children’s voices. Ms. Usher is coordinator of music education and a professor of music at the University of Akron, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate choral music education courses. She has previously served as director of the School of Music and interim director of the School of Dance, Theater, and Arts Administration. Prior to her appointment as director, she also supervised student teachers and directed the University Singers. She previously taught choral music in the public schools, specializing in the middle school level. She has served on adjudicated committees for the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) and in 2014 served as director of OMEA’s inaugural All-State Children’s Chorus for fourth and fifth graders. Active as a clinician and adjudicator, Ann Usher holds a bachelor of music education degree from the University of Northern Iowa, and a master of music degree in choral conducting and a doctorate in music education from Kent State University. 2016 Holiday Festival

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December 8-9 and December 11, 15, 18

Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Lisa Wong, Director Daniel Singer, Assistant Director

Daniel Overly, Accompanist

Founded in 1991, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus gives vocally talented singers of high-school age the opportunity to experience music-making at a professional artistic level. Comprised of students in grades 9-12, the members of the Youth Chorus represent some 40 different communities across Northeast Ohio. The Youth Chorus performs with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra each year, presents its own annual holiday program, and sings in concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra. Membership is by audition. YOUTH CHORUS (singing in “It’s a Wonderful Life” — see page 19) YOUTH CHORUS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (singing in Christmas Concerts — see page 27) Sema Albulet

Sarah Grube

Annamarie Martin

Hannah Rutkowski

Sydney Ball

Ben Gwinnell

Ellie Martin

Steven Schein

Alyse Hancock-Phillips

Madeleine Massey

Maria Schreiner

Adam Holthaus

Eddie McLaughlin

Elise Scullin

Anthony Iacovone

Eunice Min

Robert Shaw

Grace Christian Academy

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Grace Mino

Eva Shepard

University School

Elizabeth Javorsky

Cameron Morris

Emily Shields

Chagrin Falls High School

Tiger Jin

Kristina Mullen

Jackson Slater

University School

Eleni Karnavas

Nathan Niedzwiecki

Michael Stupecki

Mayfield High School Cleveland Heights High School

Amelia Bayless-Marr

Shaker Heights High School

Leah Beardslee

Mentor High School

Luke Benko

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Hannah Cogar

Lakewood High School

Katelyne Crouch

Pymatuning Valley High School

Shaker Heights High School Lake Ridge Academy Berea-Midpark High School University School

Mentor High School

Shaker Heights High School Hathaway Brown

Andrews Osborne Academy Independence High School

Lydia Kee

Home School

Seth Ketchum

Fairview Park High School

Maya Cundiff

Aaron Kim

Maksim Damljanovic

Katie Kleckner

Sasha Desberg

Rachel Kovatich

Jade Domos

Natalily Kyremes-Parks

Taniya Dsouza

Averie Lester

Saint Joseph Academy K12 Home School

Revere High School Aurora High School Gilmour Academy

Joshua Estok

Mentor High School

Niamh Field

Newbury Jr./Sr. High School

Spencer Fortney

Kirtland Middle School

Joe Foti

Saint Ignatius High School

Debolina Ghosh Hathaway Brown

Mariana Gomez

Saint Peregrine Academy

Westlake High School Ohio Connections Academy Strongsville High School Shaker Heights High School Lakewood High School

Rebecca Li

Andrews Osborne Academy

Jennifer Lutz

North Royalton High School

Narayah B. Lyles

Cleveland School of the Arts

Grace Maicki

Hawken School

Sarah Malarney

Gilmour Academy Laurel School Laurel School

Benedictine High School Shaker Heights High School Highland High School Rocky River High School Hathaway Brown Homestead Lutheran Academy

Wesley Nixon

Rocky River High School

Charles Nykiel

Mentor High School

Isabella O’Brien-Scheffer

Berea-Midpark High School

Sara Phillips

Amherst Steele High School

Rosalie Phillips

Hathaway Brown

Saint Joseph Academy Mentor High School Hawken School

Saint Joseph Academy Bay High School Kirtland High School Mentor High School Hawken School

Highland High School

Meghan Sweeney

Mentor High School

Natalie Thomas Laurel School

Joey Thornton

University School

Angel Victoria Tyler

Andrews Osborne Academy

Casey Walters

Jackson Memorial High School

Justin Prindle

Dana Way

Megan Qiang

Azalea Artemis Webster

Victoria Rasnick

Sydney Williams

Mimi Ricanati

Garrett Wineberg

Emma Violet Rosberil

Alex Wuertz

Solon High School Hathaway Brown Strongsville High School Shaker Heights High School Saint Joseph Academy

Laurel School Shaker Heights High School Rocky River High School West Geauga High School Beaumont School

Jennifer Rowan

Mentor High School

Laurel School

Julie Weiner, Manager of Youth Choruses

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Wooster Chorus

Lisa Wong, Director Toni Shreve, Accompanist

Founded in 1964, the Wooster Chorus of the College of Wooster is comprised of undergraduate students representing all academic areas within the College of Wooster’s liberal arts program. The choir has been praised for its artistry and engaging performances. The Wooster Chorus presents several concerts both on and off campus throughout the academic year, and embarks each spring on a week-long United States tour. Oliver Ades Emily Anderson Gabby Angeles-Paredes William Barnett Todd Brockelman Eli Culley Emma Farrenkopf Natasha Foley

Grace Gamble Jesse Garrett-Larsen Colleen Gilfether Ayana Henderson Grace Hodges Catherine Jaicks Morgan Kelly Zoe Kuhn

George Marn Rie Matsuzaki Helen Overstreet Hannah Paredes Andrew Peacock Victoria Peacock David Pfeffer Jeremy Smucker

Matthew Sobota Rachel Tomei Eliza Trickett Matthew Turell Jessica Vorse Afton Widdershins Jeff Young

Lisa Wong

Assistant Director of Choruses, The Cleveland Orchestra Director, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus

Lisa Wong became assistant director of choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra with the 2010-11 season, helping to prepare the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Blossom Festival Chorus for performances each year. With the 2012-13 season, she took on the added position of director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus. In addition to her duties at Severance Hall, Ms. Wong is an associate professor of music at the College of Wooster, where she conducts the Wooster Chorus and the Wooster Singers and teaches courses in conducting, choral literature, and music education. She previously taught in public and private schools in New York, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. Active as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator, she serves as a music panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Recent accolades have included work at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, as a part of Tunaweza Kimuziki, and as a conductor for “Conducting 21C: Musical Leadership for a New Century” in Stockholm, Sweden. Ms. Wong holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from West Chester University and master’s and doctoral degrees in choral conducting from Indiana University.

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University of Akron Chamber Choir Marie Bucoy-Calavan, Conductor

The University of Akron Chamber Choir is the premier auditioned choir at the University, consisting of undergraduate and graduate students. Comprised of both music and non-music majors, the group prides itself on its artistry, versatility, and a high level of musicianship and musicality. The University of Akron Chamber Choir is the flagship touring ensemble, performing music from a multitude of historical genres and styles in venues throughout the United States and abroad. Anna Ahrens Megan Calderone Kayla Carson Nathan Embaugh Jenna Gasser Steven Holcomb

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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 Jeanette Grasselli Brown Matthew V. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz 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 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 N O N- R ES I D ENT TRUS T EE S Virginia Nord Barbato (NY) Wolfgang C. Berndt (Austria)

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

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 Spring 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

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

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

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

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

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

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Each year, thousands of Northeast Ohioans experience The Cleveland Orchestra for the first time. Whether you are a seasoned concertgoer or a first-timer, these pages give you ways to learn more or get involved with the Orchestra and to explore the joys of music further. Created to serve Northeast Ohio, The Cleveland Orchestra has a long and proud history of sharing the value and joy of music. To learn more, visit clevelandorchestra.com

The Cleveland Orchestra performs all varieties of music, gathering family and friends together in celebration of the power of music. The Orchestra’s music marks major milestones and honors special moments, helping to provide the soundtrack to each day and bringing your hopes and joys to life. From free community concerts at Severance Hall and in downtown Cleveland . . . to picnics on warm summer evenings at Blossom Music Center . . . From performances for crowds of students, in classrooms and auditoriums . . . to opera and ballet with the world’s best singers and dancers . . . From holiday gatherings with favorite songs . . . to the wonder of new compositions performed by music’s rising stars . . . Music inspires. It fortifies minds and electrifies spirits. It brings people together in mind, body, and soul.

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Changing Lives The Cleveland Orchestra is building the youngest orchestra audience in the country. Over the past five years, the number of young people attending Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Blossom and Severance Hall has more than doubled, and now makes up 20% of the audience! • Under 18s Free, the flagship program of the Orchestra’s Center for Future Audiences (created with a lead endowment gift from the Maltz Family Foundation), makes attending Orchestra concerts affordable for families. • Student Advantage and Frequent FanCard programs offer great deals for students.

The Cleveland Orchestra is one of the world’s most acclaimed and sought-after performing arts ensembles. Whether performing at home or around the world, the musicians carry Northeast Ohio’s commitment to excellence and strong sense of community with them everywhere the Orchestra performs. The ensemble’s ties to this region run deep and strong: • Two acoustically-renowned venues — Severance Hall and Blossom — anchor the Orchestra’s performance calendar and continue to shape the artistic style of the ensemble. • More than 60,000 local students participate in the Orchestra’s education programs each year. • Over 350,000 people attend Orchestra concerts in Northeast Ohio annually. • The Cleveland Orchestra serves as Cleveland’s ambassador to the world — through concerts, recordings, and broadcasts — proudly bearing the name of its hometown across the globe.

• The Circle, our new membership program for ages 21 to 40, enables young professionals to enjoy Orchestra concerts and social and networking events. • The Orchestra’s casual Friday evening concert series (Fridays@7 and Summers @Severance) draw new crowds to Severance Hall to experience the Orch estra in a context of friends and musical explorations.

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Building Community The Cleveland Orchestra exists for and because of the vision, generosity, and dreams of the Northeast Ohio community. Each year, we seek new ways to meaningfully impact Cleveland’s citizens.

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Inspiring Minds Education has been at the heart of The Cleveland Orchestra’s community offerings since the ensemble’s founding in 1918. The arts are a core subject of school learning, vital to realizing each child’s full potential. A child’s education is incomplete unless it includes the arts, and students of all ages can experience the joy of music through the Orchestra’s varied education programs. The Orchestra’s offerings impact . . . . . . the very young, with programs including PNC Musical Rainbows and PNC Grow Up Great. . . . grade school and high school students, with programs including Learning Through Music, Family Concerts, Education Concerts, and In-School Performances.

• Convening people at free community concerts each year in celebration of our country, our city, our culture, and our shared love of music. • Immersing the Orchestra in local communities with special performances in local businesses and hotspots during our annual “At Home” neighborhood residencies. • Collaborating with celebrated arts institutions — from the Cleveland Museum of Art and PlayhouseSquare to Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet — to bring inspirational performances to the people of Northeast Ohio. • Actively partnering with local schools, neighborhoods, businesses, and state and local government to engage and serve new corners of the community through neighborhood residencies, education offerings, and free public events.

. . . college students and beyond, with programs including musician-led masterclasses, in-depth explorations of musical repertoire, pre-concert musician interviews, and public discussion groups.

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Supporting Excellence

The Cleveland Orchestra is in the midst of the Sound for the Centennial Campaign, a ten-year initiative that seeks to sustain the musical excellence and community engagement that sets this ensemble apart from every other orchestra in the world.

VOLUNTEERING

Get Involved The Cleveland Orchestra has been supported by many dedicated volunteers since its founding in 1918. You can make an immediate impact by getting involved. • Over 100,000 friends of The Cleveland Orchestra participate online in our news, concerts, and performances through Facebook and Twitter. • The Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra and the Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra support the Orchestra through service and fundraising. For further information, please call 216-231-7557.

Ticket sales cover less than half the cost of The Cleveland Orchestra’s concerts, education presentations, and community programs. Each year, thousands of generous people make donations large and small to sustain the Orchestra for today and for future generations. Every dollar donated enables The Cleveland Orchestra to play the world’s finest music, bringing meaningful experiences to people throughout our community — and acclaim and admiration to Northeast Ohio. To learn more, visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate

• Over 400 volunteers assist concertgoers each season, as Ushers for Orchestra concerts at Severance Hall, or as Tour Guides and as Store Volunteers. For more info, please call 216-231-7425. • 300 professional and amateur vocalists volunteer their time and artistry as part of the professionally-trained Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Blossom Festival Chorus each year. To learn more, please call 216-231-7372.

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Learn More To learn more about how you can play an active role as a member of The Cleveland Orchestra family, visit us at Blossom or Severance Hall, attend a musical performance, or contact a member of our staff.

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Making Music The Cleveland Orchestra passionately believes in the value of active musicmaking, which teaches life lessons in teamwork, listening, collaboration, and self expression. Music is an activity to participate in directly, with your hands, voice, and spirit. • You can participate in ensembles for musicians of all ages — including the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Children’s Chorus, Youth Chorus, and Blossom Festival Chorus, and the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. • Each year, the Orchestra brings people together in celebration of music and events, giving voice to music at community singalongs and during holiday performances. • We partner with local schools and businesses to teach and perform, in ensembles and as soloists, encouraging music-making across Northeast Ohio. Music has the power to inspire, to transform, to change lives. Make music part of your life, and support your school’s music programs.

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Administrative Offices: 216-231-7300 Ticket Services: 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141 or clevelandorchestra.com Group Sales: 216-231-7493 email groupsales@clevelandorchestra.com Education & Community Programs: phone 216-231-7355 email education@clevelandorchestra.com Orchestra Archives: 216-231-7356 email archives@clevelandorchestra.com Choruses: 216-231-7372 email chorus@clevelandorchestra.com Volunteers: 216-231-7557 email lcohen@clevelandorchestra.com Individual Giving: 216-231-7556 email bdeeds@clevelandorchestra.com Legacy Giving: 216-231-8006 email legacygiving@clevelandorchestra.com Corporate & Foundation Giving: phone 216-231-7523 email eezell@clevelandorchestra.com Severance Hall Rental Office: phone 216-231-7421 email ebookings@clevelandorchestra.com

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Individual Annual Support The Cleveland Orchestra gratefully recognizes the individuals listed here, who have provided generous gifts of cash or pledges of $2,500 or more to the Annual Fund, benefit events, tours and residencies, and special annual donations.

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Giving Societies

$10 MILLION and more

In celebration of the critical role individuals play in supporting The Cleveland Orchestra each year, donors of $2,500 and more are recognized as members of special Leadership Giving Societies. These societies are named to honor important and inspirational leaders in the Orchestra’s history. The Adella Prentiss Hughes Society honors the Orchestra’s founder and first manager, who from 1918 envisioned an ensemble dedicated to community service, music education, and performing excellence. The George Szell Society is named after the Orchestra’s fourth music director, who served for twenty-four seasons (1946-70) while refining the ensemble’s international reputation for clarity of sound and unsurpassed musical excellence. The Elisabeth DeWitt Severance Society honors not only the woman in whose memory Severance Hall was built, but her selfless sharing, including her insistence on nurturing an orchestra not just for the wealthy but for everyone. The Dudley S. Blossom Society honors one of the Orchestra’s early and most generous benefactors, whose dedication and charm rallied thousands to support and nurture a hometown orchestra toward greatness. The Frank H. Ginn Society honors the man whose judicious management of Severance Hall’s finances and construction created a beautiful and welcoming home for Cleveland’s Orchestra. The 1929 Society honors the vibrant community spirit that propelled 3,000 volunteers and donors to raise over $2 million in a nine-day campaign in April 1929 to meet and match John and Elisabeth Severance’s challenge gift toward the building of the Orchestra’s new concert hall.

JOHN L. SEVERANCE SOCIETY Daniel R. Lewis (Miami, Cleveland) Jan R. Lewis (Miami, Cleveland) Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr. $5 MILLION to $10 MILLION

Mr. Richard J. Bogomolny and Ms. Patricia M. Kozerefski Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler Mrs. Norma Lerner and The Lerner Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner $1 MILLION to $5 MILLION

Irma and Norman Braman (Miami) Mr. Francis J. Callahan* Mrs. M. Roger Clapp* Mr. George Gund III * Francie and David Horvitz (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz Mr. James D. Ireland III * The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre Sue Miller (Miami) John C. Morley The Family of D. Z. Norton The Honorable and Mrs. John Doyle Ong Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Charles and Ilana Horowitz Ratner James and Donna Reid Barbara S. Robinson Peter B. Lewis* and Janet Rosel Lewis (Miami) The Ralph and Luci Schey Foundation Mr.* and Mrs. Ward Smith Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Anonymous (2) The John L. Severance Society is named to honor the philanthropist and business leader who dedicated his life and fortune to creating The Cleveland Orchestra’s home concert hall, which stands today as an emblem of unrivalled quality and community pride. Lifetime giving listing as of September 2016.

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Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $200,000 TO $499,999

Irma and Norman Braman (Miami) Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra (in-kind support for community programs and opportunities to secure new funding) Mr. and Mrs. James A. Haslam III Mrs. Norma Lerner and The Lerner Foundation Milton and Tamar Maltz Sue Miller (Miami) INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $100,000 TO $199,999

Mr. Richard J. Bogomolny and Ms. Patricia M. Kozerefski Dr. and Mrs. Hiroyuki Fujita Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz James D. Ireland IV The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Kloiber (Europe) Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre Elizabeth F. McBride John C. Morley Mr. Patrick Park (Miami) Mary M. Spencer (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Franz Welser-MĂśst

The Leadership Council salutes those extraordinary donors who have pledged to sustain their annual giving at the highest level for three years or more. Leadership Council donors are recognized in these Annual Support listings with the Leadership Council symbol next to their name:

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $50,000 TO $74,999

Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra The Brown and Kunze Foundation Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Glenn R. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler T. K. and Faye A. Heston Giuliana C. and John D. Koch Dr.* and Mrs. Jerome Kowal Jan R. Lewis (Miami) Toby Devan Lewis Mrs. Emma S. Lincoln Virginia M. and Jon A. Lindseth Margaret Fulton-Mueller Roseanne and Gary Oatey (Cleveland, Miami) Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr. Charles and Ilana Horowitz Ratner James and Donna Reid The Ralph and Luci Schey Foundation Sally and Larry Sears Hewitt and Paula Shaw Barbara and David Wolfort (Cleveland, Miami) Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra

Elisabeth DeWitt Severance Society gifts of $25,000 and more

George Szell Society

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $30,000 TO $49,999

gifts of $50,000 and more INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $75,000 TO $99,999

Mr. William P. Blair III David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation (Miami) Elizabeth B. Juliano Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Kern Ms. Nancy W. McCann Ms. Beth E. Mooney The Honorable and Mrs. John Doyle Ong Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Barbara S. Robinson (Cleveland, Miami) Janet* and Richard Yulman (Miami) Anonymous

Dr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Berndt (Europe) Mr. and Mrs. David J. Carpenter Robert and Jean* Conrad George* and Becky Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Gund Mrs. John A. Hadden, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Healy Milton A. and Charlotte R. Kramer Charitable Foundation Julia and Larry Pollock Rachel R. Schneider Richard and Nancy Sneed Jim and Myrna Spira R. Thomas and Meg Harris Stanton Ms. Ginger Warner (Cleveland, Miami) The Denise G. and Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family Foundation Paul and Suzanne Westlake listings continue

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THE CLEVELAN D ORCHESTRA listings continued INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $25,000 TO $29,999

Mr. and Mrs. William W. Baker Marsha and Brian Bilzin (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Bolton In dedication to Donald Carlin (Miami) Judith and George W. Diehl JoAnn and Robert Glick Mr. Loren W. Hershey Mrs. Marguerite B. Humphrey Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Jack, Jr. Junior Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra Thomas E Lauria (Miami) Susan Morgan Martin, Patricia Morgan Kulp, and Ann Jones Morgan Mrs. Jane B. Nord William J. and Katherine T. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ratner Mr. and Mrs. James A. Saks Marc and Rennie Saltzberg Mr. Larry J. Santon Anonymous (2)

Dudley S. Blossom Society gifts of $15,000 and more INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $20,000 TO $24,999

Gay Cull Addicott Randall and Virginia Barbato Laurel Blossom Mr. Yuval Brisker Jill and Paul Clark Mr. and Mrs. Matthew V. Crawford Mary Jo Eaton (Miami) Mr. Mike S. Eidson, Esq. and Dr. Margaret Eidson (Miami) Jeffrey and Susan Feldman (Miami) Hector D. Fortun (Miami) Mary and Jon Heider (Cleveland, Miami) David and Nancy Hooker Cherie and Michael Joblove (Miami) Allan V. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kelly Jonathan and Tina Kislak (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Meidar (Miami) The Miller Family Sydell Miller Lauren and Steve Spilman Stacie and Jeff Halpern Kim Sherwin William I.* and Marjorie B. Shorrock Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stelling (Europe) Mrs. Jean H. Taber Rick, Margarita, and Steven Tonkinson (Miami) Tom and Shirley Waltermire Anonymous INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $15,000 TO $19,999

William Appert and Christopher Wallace (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Dean Barry Dr. Christopher P. Brandt and Dr. Beth Sersig

LEADERSHIP PATRON PROGRAM Barbara Robinson, chair Robert Gudbranson, vice chair Ronald H. Bell Henry C. Doll Judy Ernest Nicki Gudbranson Jack Harley Iris Harvie

Faye A. Heston Brinton L. Hyde David C. Lamb Larry J. Santon Raymond T. Sawyer

The Leadership Patron Program recognizes generous donors of $2,500 or more to the Orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Campaign. For more information on the benefits of playing a supporting role each year, please contact Elizabeth Arnett, Manager, Leadership Giving, by calling 216-231-7522.

Dr. Ben H. and Julia Brouhard Irad and Rebecca Carmi Mr. and Mrs. William E. Conway Mrs. Barbara Cook Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ehrlich (Europe) Mr. Allen H. Ford Ms. Dawn M. Full Richard and Ann Gridley Robert K. Gudbranson and Joon-Li Kim Kathleen E. Hancock Sondra and Steve Hardis Jack Harley and Judy Ernest Richard and Erica Horvitz (Cleveland, Miami) Tati and Ezra Katz (Miami) Mr. Jeff Litwiller Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. McGowan Mr. Thomas F. McKee Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel Edith and Ted* Miller Lucia S. Nash Drs. Michael and Judith Samuels (Miami) Mrs. David Seidenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Oliver E. Seikel Howard Stark M.D. and Rene Rodriguez (Miami) Joe and Marlene Toot Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Umdasch (Europe) Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Weaver Meredith and Michael Weil Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Weiss Florence and Robert Werner (Miami)

Frank H. Ginn Society gifts of $10,000 and more INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $12,500 TO $14,999

Mrs. Barbara Ann Davis Eeva and Harri Kulovaara (Miami) James and Virginia Meil Joseph and Gail Serota (Miami) Gary L. Wasserman and Charles A. Kashner (Miami) Margaret and Eric* Wayne Sandy and Ted Wiese listings continue

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A Place to Be Remembered . . . The Cleveland Orchestra is entering the public phase of a major fundraising effort, the Sound for the Centennial Campaign. The campaign is focused on adding more value to our community by securing financial strength for the Orchestra’s second century. The campaign is building the Orchestra’s endowment through cash gifts and legacy commitments, while also securing broad-based and increasing annual support from across Northeast Ohio. Campaign supporters are eligible for special and unique recognition. From concert dedications and program book recognition to limited-term or permanent naming opportunities of musician chairs. Plus unique options to name spaces and seats in Severance Hall or Blossom Music Center. All available only by supporting The Cleveland Orchestra.

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THE CLEVELAN D ORCHESTRA listings continued INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $10,000 TO $12,499

Sheldon and Florence Anderson (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. George N. Aronoff Jayusia and Alan Bernstein (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Bowen Mr. D. McGregor Brandt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Brown J. C. and Helen Rankin Butler Ms. Lucy Chamberlain Richard J. and Joanne Clark Jim and Karen Dakin Do Unto Others Trust (Miami) Henry and Mary* Doll Nancy and Richard Dotson Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Ellis Jr. Mr. Brian L. Ewart and Mr. William McHenry Isaac K. Fisher (Miami) Kira and Neil Flanzraich (Miami) Albert I. and Norma C. Geller Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gillespie Linda and Lawrence D. Goodman (Miami) Patti Gordon (Miami) Mary Jane Hartwell

Thomas H. and Virginia J. Horner Fund Joan and Leonard Horvitz Ruth and Pedro Jimenez (Miami) Andrew and Katherine Kartalis Alan Kluger and Amy Dean (Miami) Mrs. Elizabeth R. Koch Stewart and Donna Kohl Shirley and William Lehman (Miami) Dr. David and Janice Leshner Elsie and Byron Lutman Mr. and Mrs. Alex Machaskee Mr.* and Mrs. Arch J. McCartney Joy P. and Thomas G. Murdough, Jr. (Miami) Brian and Cindy Murphy Mr. Raymond M. Murphy Dr. Anne and Mr. Peter Neff Mrs. Milly Nyman (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. William M. Osborne, Jr. Andres Rivero (Miami) Audra* and George Rose Paul A. and Anastacia L. Rose Mr. Peter Rose Steven and Ellen Ross

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Ruckman Michael and Chandra Rudd (Miami) Dr. Isobel Rutherford Dr. and Mrs.* Martin I. Saltzman Raymond T. and Katherine S. Sawyer Carol* and Albert Schupp Seven Five Fund David* and Harriet Simon Mrs. Gretchen D. Smith Dr. Marvin* and Mimi Sobel The Stair Family Charitable Foundation, Inc. Lois and Tom Stauffer Bruce and Virginia Taylor Dr. Russell A. Trusso Robert C. Weppler Sandy Wile and Susan Namen Anonymous (3)

Elisabeth Hugh Mr. David and Mrs. Dianne Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Brinton L. Hyde Pamela and Scott Isquick Joela Jones and Richard Weiss James and Gay* Kitson Tim and Linda Koelz Mr. James Krohngold David C. Lamb Kenneth M. Lapine and Rose E. Mills Judith and Morton Q. Levin Claudia Metz and Thomas Woodworth Mr. Donald W. Morrison Georgia and Carlos Noble (Miami) Pannonius Foundation Nan and Bob Pfeifer

Douglas and Noreen Powers Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rosenberg (Miami) Dr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ross Rosskamm Family Trust Mrs. Florence Brewster Rutter Patricia J. Sawvel Dr. and Mrs. James L. Sechler Drs. Daniel and Ximena Sessler Dr. Gregory Videtic Dr. and Mr. Ann Williams Anonymous (2)

Jaime A. Bianchi and Paige A. Harper (Miami) Dr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Blackstone Suzanne and Jim Blaser Dr.* and Mrs. Jerald S. Brodkey Dr. Thomas Brugger and Dr. Sandra Russ Frank and Leslie Buck Mr. and Mrs. William C. Butler Augustine* and Grace Caliguire Ms. Maria Cashy Drs. Wuu-Shung and Amy Chuang Kathleen A. Coleman Diane Lynn Collier and Robert J. Gura Maureen and George Collins (Miami)

Corinne L. Dodero Foundation for the Arts and Sciences Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Daugstrup Pete and Margaret Dobbins Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doman Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Duvin Mary and Oliver* Emerson William R. and Karen W. Feth Joseph Z. and Betty Fleming (Miami) Barbara and Peter Galvin Joy E. Garapic Dr. and Mrs. Adi Gazdar Joyce and Ab* Glickman Brenda and David Goldberg

The 1929 Society gifts of $2,500 to $9,999 INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $7,500 TO $9,999

Robert and Alyssa Lenhoff-Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cohen (Miami) Ellen E. & Victor J. Cohn Supporting Foundation Marjorie Dickard Comella Mrs. Lois Joan Davis Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Davis Bob and Linnet Fritz Dr. Edward S. Godleski Harry and Joyce Graham Mr. Paul Greig AndrĂŠ and Ginette Gremillet Iris and Tom Harvie Henry R. Hatch Robin Hitchcock Hatch Amy and Stephen Hoffman INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $7,499

Dr. and Mrs. D. P. Agamanolis Susan S. Angell Mr. William App Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Baker Montserrat Balseiro (Miami) Fred G. and Mary W. Behm Mr. and Mrs. Jules Belkin Daniel and Trish Bell (Miami) Dr. Ronald and Diane Bell Drs. Nathan A. and Sosamma J. Berger Mr. William Berger Dr. and Mrs. Erol Beytas Mr. David Bialosky and Ms. Carolyn Christian

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THE CLEVELAN D ORCHESTRA listings continued INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $7,499 CONTINUED

Mr. David J. Golden Mr. Albert C. Goldsmith Mr. and Mrs. Randall J. Gordon Robert N. and Nicki N. Gudbranson David and Robin Gunning Alfredo and Luz Gutierrez (Miami) Gary Hanson and Barbara Klante Mr. Robert D. Hart Clark Harvey and Holly Selvaggi Dr. Robert T. Heath and Dr. Elizabeth L. Buchanan Janet D. Heil* Anita and William Heller Thomas and Mary Holmes Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson Carol S. and William G. E. Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Janus David and Gloria Kahan Milton and Donna* Katz Dr. Richard and Roberta Katzman Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Kestner Dr. and Mrs. William S. Kiser Mrs. Natalie D. Kittredge Mr. and Mrs.* S. Lee Kohrman Mr. Clayton R. Koppes Jacqueline and Irwin* Kott (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Kuhn Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Kushnick Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Lafave, Jr. Mrs. Sandra S. Laurenson Anthony T. and Patricia A. Lauria Ivonete Leite (Miami) Irvin and Elin Leonard Mr. Lawrence B. and Christine H. Levey Dr. Alan and Mrs. Joni Lichtin Ms. Grace Lim

Mr. Rudolf and Mrs. Eva Linnebach Anne R. and Kenneth E. Love Robert and LaVerne* Lugibihl Mr. and Mrs. Morton L. Mandel Mr. David Mann Alan Markowitz M.D. and Cathy Pollard Mr. and Mrs. E. Timothy McDonel Dr. and Mrs. Eberhard Meinecke Dr. Susan M. Merzweiler Ms. Betteann Meyerson Mr. Robert Miller Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mitchell Curt and Sara Moll Dr. R. Morgan and Dr. S. Weirich (Miami) Richard and Kathleen Nord Mr. Thury O’Connor Mr. Henry Ott-Hansen Mr. J. William and Dr. Suzanne Palmer Jay Pelham (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Pogue In memory of Henry Pollak Dr. and Mrs. John N. Posch Ms. Rosella Puskas Mr.* and Mrs. Thomas A. Quintrell Mr. and Mrs. Roger F. Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Reid Amy and Ken Rogat Robert and Margo Roth Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl David M. and Betty Schneider Linda B. Schneider Ms. Adrian L. Scott Lee and Jane Seidman Mr. Eric Sellen and Mr. Ron Seidman Ms. Marlene Sharak Vivian L. Sharp Naomi G. and Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund

Drs. Charles Kent Smith and Patricia Moore Smith David Kane Smith Mr. and Mrs. William E. Spatz George and Mary Stark Dr. and Mrs. Frank J. Staub Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Strang, Jr. Stroud Family Trust Mr. Joseph Stroud Dr. Elizabeth Swenson Ms. Lorraine S. Szabo Robert and Carol Taller Kathy* and Sidney Taurel (Miami) Mr. Joseph F. Tetlak Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thornton Mr.* and Mrs. Robert N. Trombly Miss Kathleen Turner Robert and Marti Vagi Robert A. Valente and Joan A. Morgensten Teresa Galang-Viñas and Joaquin Viñas (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Mark Allen Weigand Charles and Lucy Weller Dr. Edward L. and Mrs. Suzanne Westbrook Tom and Betsy Wheeler Nancy V. and Robert L. Wilcox Bob and Kat Wollyung Katie and Donald Woodcock Tony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris Mrs. Henrietta de Zabner (Miami) Anonymous (2)

David Hollander (Miami) Dr. Keith A. and Mrs. Kathleen M. Hoover Dr. and Mrs. Scott R. Inkley Mrs. Carol Lee and Mr. James Iott Robert and Linda Jenkins Richard and Michelle Jeschelnig Barbara and Michael J. Kaplan Dr. Gilles* and Mrs. Malvina Klopman Mr. Donald N. Krosin Charles and Josephine Robson Leamy Ronald and Barbara Leirvik Dr. Edith Lerner Mrs. Idarose S. Luntz Herbert L. and Ronda Marcus Martin and Lois Marcus Ms. Nancy L. Meacham Bert and Marjorie Moyar Susan B. Murphy Joan Katz Napoli and August Napoli Richard B. and Jane E. Nash Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Osenar Dr. Lewis and Janice B. Patterson Dr. and Mrs. Gosta Pettersson Maribel A. Piza (Miami) Dr. Marc A. and Mrs. Carol Pohl

Mrs. Charles Ritchie Carol Rolf and Steven Adler Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Ginger and Larry Shane Harry and Ilene Shapiro Mr. Richard Shirey Mr. Robert Sieck Howard and Beth Simon Angela and Jeffrey Gotthardt Mr. Karl and Mrs. Carol Theil Drs. Anna* and Gilbert True Mr. and Mrs. Les C. Vinney Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. Wernet Richard Wiedemer, Jr. Max and Beverly Zupon Anonymous (2)

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $3,500 TO $4,999

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abookire, Jr. Ms. Nancy A. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Amsdell Agnes Armstrong Howard R. and Barbara Kaye Besser Lisa and Ronald Boyko Ms. Mary R. Bynum and Mr. J. Philip Calabrese Dr. and Mrs. William E. Cappaert Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Carpenter Drs. Mark Cohen and Miriam Vishny Erich Eichhorn and Ursel Dougherty Peter and Kathryn Eloff Mr. William and Dr. Elizabeth Fesler Richard J. Frey Peggy and David* Fullmer Loren and Michael Garruto Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Gelber (Miami) Dr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Gould The Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Charitable Foundation Nancy and James Grunzweig In Memory of Hazel Helgesen Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Herschman Dr. Fred A. Heupler Mr. Robert T. Hexter

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THE CLEVELAN D ORCHESTRA listings continued INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $2,500 TO $3,499 Mr. and Mrs.* Norman Adler Mr. and Mrs. James B. Aronoff Art of Beauty Company, Inc. Mark and Maria Bagnall (Miami) Ms. Delphine Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Belkin Mr. Roger G. Berk Barbara and Sheldon Berns Margo and Tom Bertin John and Laura Bertsch Ms. Deborah A. Blades Bill* and Zeda Blau Doug and Barbara Bletcher Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Bole Mr. and Mrs. David Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Brownell Rev. Joan Campbell Mrs. Millie L. Carlson Leigh Carter Mr. and Mrs. James B. Chaney Dr. Ronald* and Mrs. Sonia Chapnick Mr. Gregory R. Chemnitz Mr. and Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm Michael and Lorena Clark (Miami) Dr. William and Dottie Clark Drs. John and Mary Clough Kenneth S. and Deborah G. Cohen Mr.* and Mrs. Gerald A. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Mark Corrado John and Lianne Cunningham (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Manohar Daga Mrs. Frederick F. Dannemiller The Dascal Family (Miami) Mr. Kamal-Neil Dass and Mrs. Teresa Larsen Dr. Eleanor Davidson Jeffrey and Eileen Davis Carol Dennison and Jacques Girouard Dr. and Mrs. Howard Dickey-White William Dorsky and Cornelia Hodgson Mr. George and Mrs. Beth Downes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dreshfield Ms. Mary Lynn Durham Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Dziedzicki Esther L. and Alfred M. Eich, Jr. Harry and Ann Farmer Scott A. Foerster Joan Alice Ford Mr. Paul C. Forsgren Michael Frank and Patricia A. Snyder Mr. and Ms. Dale Freygang Mr. William Gaskill and Ms. Kathleen Burke Mr. Wilbert C. Geiss, Sr. Anne and Walter Ginn Dr. and Mrs. Victor M. Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. David A. Goldfinger Mr. Davin and Mrs. Jo Ann Gustafson Dr. Lawrence Haims* and Dr. Barbara Brothers Dr. Phillip M. and Mrs. Mary Hall Mr. and Mrs. David P. Handke, Jr. Christian and Holly Hansen (Miami) Elaine Harris Green Lilli and Seth Harris Barbara L. Hawley and David S. Goodman Matthew D. Healy and Richard S. Agnes Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hinnes Dr. Randal N. Huff and Ms. Paulette Beech Ms. Gretchen Hyland Ruth F. Ihde Mr. Norman E. Jackson Pamela Jacobson Mr. Bruce D. Jarosz Dr. Michael and Mrs. Deborah Joyce Rudolf D. and Joan T. Kamper Angela Kelsey and Michael Zealy (Miami)

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The Kendis Family Trust: Hilary & Robert Kendis and Susan & James Kendis Bruce and Eleanor Kendrick Mr. James Kish Fred* and Judith Klotzman Marion Konstantynovich Ellen Brad and Bart Kovac Dr. Ronald H. Krasney and Vicki Kennedy Dr. Michael E. Lamm Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lane, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lasser Michael Lederman Michael and Lois A. Lemr Dr. Stephen B. and Mrs. Lillian S. Levine Robert G. Levy Drs. Todd and Susan Locke Ms. Mary Beth Loud Joel and Mary Ann Makee Janet A. Mann Mr. and Mrs. Raul Marmol (Miami) Dr. and Mrs. Sanford E. Marovitz Ms. Dorene Marsh Dr. Ernest and Mrs. Marian Marsolais Mr. Fredrick Martin Ms. Amanda Martinsek Mr. Julien L. McCall William C. McCoy Mr. and Mrs. James E. Menger Stephen and Barbara Messner Loretta J. Mester and George J. Mailath Mr. Michael and Mrs. Lynn Miller Drs. Terry E. and Sara S. Miller Jim and Laura Moll Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Morris Mr. Ronald Morrow III Randy and Christine Myeroff Steven and Kimberly Myers Deborah L. Neale Marshall I. Nurenberg and Joanne Klein Richard and Jolene Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Callaghan Dr. and Mrs. Paul T. Omelsky James P. Ostryniec (Miami) Mr. Robert Paddock Dr. Dean and Mrs. Kathy Pahr Mr. John D. Papp George Parras Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Tommie Patton Mr. Matt Peart Henry Peyrebrune and Tracy Rowell Dr. Roland S. Philip and Dr. Linda M. Sandhaus Dale and Susan Phillip Mr. Carl Podwoski Mr. Robert and Mrs. Susan Price Drs. Raymond R. Rackley and Carmen M. Fonseca Dr. James and Lynne Rambasek Brian and Patricia Ratner Ms. C. A. Reagan Dr. Robert W. Reynolds David and Gloria Richards James and LaTeshia Robinson (Miami) Mr. Timothy D. Robson Ms. Linda M. Rocchi Dr. Robert and Mrs. Lauryn Ronis Dick A. and Debbie Rose Mr. Kevin Russell (Miami) Mrs. Elisa J. Russo Dr. Harry S. and Rita K. Rzepka Peter and Aliki Rzepka Dr. Vernon E. Sackman and Ms. Marguerite Patton Fr. Robert J. Sanson Ms. Patricia E. Say Don Schmitt and Jim Harmon Mr. James Schutte

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Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Scovil Dr. John Sedor and Ms. Geralyn Presti Ms. Kathryn Seider Charles Seitz (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Seitz Ms. Frances L. Sharp Larry Oscar and Jeanne Shatten Dr. and Mrs. William C. Sheldon Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Shiverick Mr. Grover Short Laura and Alvin A. Siegal The Shari Bierman Singer Family Robert and Barbara Slanina Sandra and Richey Smith Mr. Roy Smith Ms. Barbara Snyder Jorge Solano (Miami) Lucy and Dan Sondles Michalis and Alejandra Stavrinides (Miami) Mr. Taras G. Szmagala, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Timko Erik Trimble Steve and Christa Turnbull Mrs. H. Lansing Vail, Jr. Brenton Ver Ploeg (Miami) Suzanne and Carlos Viana (Miami) Dr. Michael Vogelbaum and Mrs. Judith Rosman Barbara and George von Mehren Mr. and Mrs. Reid Wagstaff Alice & Leslie T. Webster, Jr. Mr. Peter and Mrs. Laurie Weinberger Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wilhelm Dr. Paul R. and Catherine Williams Richard and Mary Lynn Wills Elizabeth B. Wright Rad and Patty Yates Dr. William Zelei Mr. Kal Zucker and Dr. Mary Frances Haerr Anonymous (9)

member of the Leadership Council (see information box earlier in this section)

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The Cleveland Orchestra is sustained through the support of thousands of generous patrons, including members of the Leadership Patron Program listed on these pages. Listings of all annual donors of $300 and more each year are published in the Orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Report, which can be viewed online at clevelandorchestra .com

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Ben and Martha Lavin

Dr. Arthur Lavin

Subscriber and Annual Fund donor

SHARING MUSIC WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS . . .

“My parents loved The Cleveland Orchestra from the earliest days of their marriage — and introduced me to music’s great power, its gripping depths and joyful highs.” Ben and Martha Lavin married shortly after World War II. As a young couple, they became Cleveland Orchestra subscribers, making it a routine part of their week — and sharing Saturday nights and the Orchestra with their best friends. Their son, Arthur, began attending with his parents as a teenager, hearing the Orchestra at both Severance Hall and Blossom Music Center. Those early experiences, listening as a young man to great performances by George Szell, left an indelible impression: “In college, I dove deeply into listening — not studying music, for, although I tried, I was too clumsy to master an instrument. But I found my ears were tuned to music, and I have been plumbing its depths ever since!” “Above all, it is the nearly infinite power of great music to transform the mind and soul that is what I most appreciate, and the gift I so enjoy sharing with others.” Celebrate the power of music, and help build The CleveTHE land Orchestra’s future with your friends and community, by CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA supporting the Annual Fund. Call Elizabeth Arnett, Director of Leadership and Individual Giving, at 216-231-7522 today.

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Corporate Support

The Cleveland Orchestra gratefully acknowledges and salutes these corporations for their generous support toward the Orchestra’s Annual Fund, benefit events, tours and residencies, and special projects.

Cumulative Giving

JOHN L. SEVERANCE SOCIETY $5 MILLION and more

KeyBank PNC Bank $1 MILLION to $5 MILLION

BakerHostetler Bank of America Eaton FirstEnergy Foundation Forest City The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Hyster-Yale Materials Handling NACCO Industries, Inc. Jones Day The Lubrizol Corporation / The Lubrizol Foundation Medical Mutual Parker Hannifin Foundation The Plain Dealer PolyOne Corporation Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich (Europe) The J. M. Smucker Company The John L. Severance Society recognizes the generosity of those giving $1 million or more in cumulative support. Listing as of September 2016.

Annual Support

gifts of $2,500 or more during the past year, as of September 15, 2016

The Partners in Excellence program salutes companies with annual contributions of $100,000 and more, exemplifying leadership and commitment to musical excellence at the highest level. PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE $300,000 and more

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling NACCO Industries, Inc. KeyBank Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich (Europe) The J. M. Smucker Company PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE $200,000 to $299,999

BakerHostetler Eaton FirstEnergy Foundation Jones Day PNC Bank PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE $100,000 to $199,999

American Greetings Corporation Forest City Medical Mutual Nordson Corporation Foundation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Thompson Hine LLP White & Case (Miami) $50,000 to $99,999

Dollar Bank Foundation Litigation Management, Inc. Parker Hannifin Foundation Quality Electrodynamics (QED) Anonymous $25,000 to $49,999 Buyers Products Company Adam Foslid / Greenberg Traurig (Miami) The Lubrizol Corporation Olympic Steel, Inc. RPM International Inc.

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$2,500 to $24,999 Akron Tool & Die Company American Fireworks, Inc. BDI Brothers Printing Co., Inc. Brouse McDowell Eileen M. Burkhart & Co. LLC Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP The Cedarwood Companies Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Steel Container Corporation The Cleveland Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Cohen & Company, CPAs Community Counselling Services Consolidated Solutions Cozen O’Connor (Miami) Dominion Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Evarts Tremaine The Ewart-Ohlson Machine Company Ferro Corporation FirstMerit Bank Frantz Ward LLP Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. The Giant Eagle Foundation Great Lakes Brewing Company Gross Builders Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP The Lincoln Electric Foundation Littler Mendelson, P.C. Live Publishing Company Macy’s Materion Corporation Miba AG (Europe) MTD Products, Inc. North Coast Container Corp. Northern Haserot Oatey Ohio CAT Ohio Savings Bank, A Division of New York Community Bank OMNOVA Solutions Oswald Companies Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. PolyOne Corporation RSM US, LLP The Sherwin-Williams Company Southern Wine and Spirits (Miami) Stern Advertising Agency Struktol Company of America Swagelok Company Tucker Ellis United Automobile Insurance (Miami) University Hospitals Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. (Miami) Westlake Reed Leskosky Margaret W. Wong & Assoc. Co., LLC Anonymous (2)

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Foundation & Government Support The Cleveland Orchestra gratefully acknowledges and salutes these Foundations and Government agencies for their generous support toward the Orchestra’s Annual Fund, benefit events, tours and residencies, and special projects.

Cumulative Giving

JOHN L. SEVERANCE SOCIETY $10 MILLION and more

The Cleveland Foundation Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Kulas Foundation Maltz Family Foundation State of Ohio Ohio Arts Council The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation $5 MILLION to $10 MILLION

The George Gund Foundation Knight Foundation (Cleveland, Miami) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John P. Murphy Foundation $1 MILLION to $5 MILLION

The William Bingham Foundation The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation GAR Foundation Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund David and Inez Myers Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund The Payne Fund The Reinberger Foundation The Sage Cleveland Foundation The Sisler McFawn Foundation The John L. Severance Society recognizes the generosity of those giving $1 million or more in cumulative support. Listing as of September 2016.

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gifts of $2,500 or more during the past year, as of September 15, 2016

$1 MILLION and more

$20,000 to $49,999

The Cleveland Foundation Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The Batchelor Foundation, Inc. (Miami) Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Foundation The Helen C. Cole Charitable Trust The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation The Helen Wade Greene Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts The Frederick and Julia Nonneman Foundation Peacock Foundation, Inc. (Miami) The Reinberger Foundation Sandor Foundation Harold C. Schott Foundation The Sisler McFawn Foundation George Stevens Fund of Akron Community Foundation The Veale Foundation

$500,000 to $999,999

The George Gund Foundation Ohio Arts Council $250,000 to $499,999

Knight Foundation (Miami) Kulas Foundation John P. Murphy Foundation The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund $100,000 to $249,999

GAR Foundation Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund David and Inez Myers Foundation The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation $50,000 to $99,999

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (Miami) The Gerhard Foundation, Inc. Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Myra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Miami) The Nord Family Foundation The Payne Fund The Sage Cleveland Foundation

$2,500 to $19,999 The Abington Foundation The Ruth and Elmer Babin Foundation Dr. NE & JZ Berman Foundation The Bernheimer Family Fund of The Cleveland Foundation Elisha-Bolton Foundation The Conway Family Foundation The Cowles Charitable Trust (Miami) The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation The Jean, Harry and Brenda Fuchs Family Foundation, in memory of Harry Fuchs The Hankins Foundation The Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation Richard H. Holzer Memorial Foundation The Laub Foundation Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust The Lehner Family Foundation The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation Bessie Benner Metzenbaum Foundation The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation The M. G. O’Neil Foundation Paintstone Foundation The Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation The Leighton A. Rosenthal Family Foundation SCH Foundation Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation Jean C. Schroeder Foundation Kenneth W. Scott Foundation Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Memorial Foundation The South Waite Foundation The George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust The S. K. Wellman Foundation The Welty Family Foundation Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation The Wuliger Foundation Anonymous (2)

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HOLIDAY FESTIVAL

Rhapsody in Blue

AT THE MOVIES

Dec 8 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Dec 9 — Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Jan 5 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Jan 6 — Friday at 11:00 a.m. <18s Jan 6 — Friday at 7:00 p.m. <18s Jan 7 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m.

It’s a Wonderful Life

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Brett Mitchell, conductor Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA James Gaffigan, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano

Experience Frank Capra’s classic holiday film on the big screen — with live orchestral accompaniment performed by The Cleveland Orchestra. Relive the drama of George Bai ley’s magical Christmas Eve, as he sees his life’s accom plishments through a different viewpoint . . . of friend ship and family, civic pride and community. Sponsor: PNC Bank

Fridays@7 Sponsor: KeyBank

PNC HOLIDAY RAINBOWS

Dec 9 — Friday at 10:00 a.m. <18s Dec 10 — Saturday at 11:00 a.m. <18s

Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony

Jan 12 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Jan 14 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m.

Christmas Brass Quintet with Jack Sutte, trumpet Michael Miller, trumpet Hans Clebsch, horn Richard Stout, trombone Kenneth Heinlein, tuba

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano

WIDMANN Trauermarsch (for piano and orchestra) BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

For young people and their families. A special holiday edition of our popular Musical Rainbows series, featuring brass sounds of the yuletide, ringing in music for the season and the new year. With host Maryann Nagel. Sponsor: PNC Bank

Sponsor: BakerHostetler

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert

CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS CONCERTS

Jan 15 — Sunday at 7:00 p.m

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Thomas Wilkins, conductor Thomas Mesa, cello Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus William Henry Caldwell, director and conductor

Dec 10 — Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec 11 — Sunday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec 15 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Dec 16 — Friday at 7:30 p.m. Dec 17 — Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec 18 — Sunday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The Cleveland Orchestra’s 37th annual concert cele brating the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision. Presented in collaboration with the City of Cleveland.

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Brett Mitchell, conductor Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and guest choruses

TICKETS: Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available beginning January 3.

Celebrate the holiday season with The Cleveland Orchestra and Choruses in these annual offerings of music for the season, featuring sing-alongs and a very special surprise guest — all in the festive Yuletide splendor of Severance Hall. Sponsor: Dollar Bank

For a complete schedule of future events and performances, or to purchase tickets online 24/ 7 for Cleveland Orchestra concerts, visit www.clevelandorchestra.com.

HERRMANN Suite from Psycho SCHOENBERG Piano Concerto * GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra * not part of Friday concerts

Or listen to the concert live on Cleveland radio stations WCLV (104.9 FM) or WCPN (90.3 FM). Sponsor: KeyBank

Under 18s Free FOR FAMILIES

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Concerts with this symbol are eligible for "Under 18s Free" ticketing. Our "Under 18s Free" program offers free tickets for young people attending with families (one per full-price adult for concerts marked with the symbol above).

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Severance Hall joins in the city-wide celebration of Martin Luther King’s life and achievements with a free public open house featuring musical performances by groups from across Northeast Ohio. Details at clevelandorchestra.com.

Piano Recital: Lucas Debargue Feb 3 — Friday at 8:00 p.m.

A special solo recital presentation featuring the up-andcoming French pianist Lucas Debargue, performing works by Scarlatti, Chopin, Ravel, and Medtner.

Mahler’s Song of the Earth Feb 9 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Feb 10 — Friday at 8:00 p.m. <18s Feb 11 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m.

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano Paul Groves, tenor

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 (“Unfinished”) MAHLER The Song of the Earth [Das Lied von der Erde] Sponsor: Medical Mutual

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION CONCERT

Sunday January 15 at 7:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Thomas Wilkins, conductor Thomas Mesa, cello Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus William Henry Caldwell, director/conductor

Breakfast at Tiffany’s Feb 14 — Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Justin Freer, conductor Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus A classic movie from 1961 for Valentine’s Day! Experience director Blake Edwards’s romantic comedy with Henry Mancini’s legendary score (including “Moon River”) played live by The Cleveland Orchestra. Sponsor: PNC Bank

The Cleveland Orchestra’s 37th annual concert celebrating the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision. Presented in collaboration with the City of Cleveland.

Mozart and Tchaikovsky

TICKETS: Admission is free, but tickets

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Semyon Bychkov, conductor Katia Labéque, piano Marielle Labéque, piano

Concert Sponsor: KeyBank

Feb 16 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Feb 17 — Friday at 8:00 p.m. <18s Feb 18 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m.

are required. Tickets become available beginning January 3, 2017.

MOZART Concerto for Two Pianos TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony Sponsor: BakerHostetler

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RHAPSODY IN BLUE Thursday January 5 at 7:30 p.m. Friday January 6 at 11:00 a.m. <18s Friday January 6 at 7:00 p.m. <18s Saturday January 7 at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA James Gaffigan, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano

In the years surrounding World War II, many composers escaped the tumult of the European political climate for the sunny skies and palm trees of Hollywood. This concert explores works by three of these composers — Schoenberg,* Bartók, and Herrmann — paired with Gershwin’s ever-popular Rhapsody in Blue performed in its original jazz band version. (Popular culture note: Rhapsody in Blue has appeared in countless movies and commercials — and is the signature theme for United Airlines.) * The Schoenberg Piano Concerto is not played on Friday concerts.

Fridays@7 Sponsor: KeyBank

BRUCKNER’S 7TH SYMPHONY

BRONFMAN PLAYS WIDMANN

Thursday January 12 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday January 14 at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano

Anton Bruckner revered Richard Wagner’s music and had witnessed the first performances of Wagner’s opera Parsifal in 1882 while in the midst of writing his Seventh Symphony. When Wagner died the next year, Bruckner turned this big symphony into a memorial of soaring melodies, epic in scale, grand in design. The concert also features a piano concerto by German composer Jörg Widmann jointly commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Toronto Symphony. Sponsor: BakerHostetler

See also the concert calendar listing on previous pages, or visit The Cleveland Orchestra online for a complete schedule of future events and performances, or to purchase tickets online 24 / 7 for Cleveland Orchestra concerts.

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