EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Family Concert Series
One-hour Family Concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra are designed for kids ages 7 and up. Fun for the entire family, each program features innovative guest artists. Subscribe today and get all 3 concerts for $30 along with the best available seats.
PNC Musical Rainbow Series
These wildly popular 30-minute programs are a fun way for children ages 3 to 6 to learn about instruments of the orchestra, one at a time! Kids will sing, clap, and move to the music while Cleveland Orchestra musicians and guests play short solo selections and kid-friendly tunes. Subscribe today and get all 5 programs for $25!
Community Music Initiative
Providing greater access to orchestral music for more Northeast Ohio citizens than ever before, the Community Music Initiative offers programs in partnership with schools, libraries, and cultural institutions throughout the region. Beloved traditions such as Education & Family Concerts join with new initiatives to engage music lovers from 3 to 103!
Music for all ages and stages of life
Education has always been a cornerstone of the mission of The Cleveland Orchestra. Since 1918, the Orchestra has introduced nearly four million Cleveland-area schoolchildren to symphonic music. The 2009-10 season began with historical concerts in two Cleveland public schools, conducted by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, and ends with a concert showcasing new music created over the last decade through the Orchestra’s Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer fellowships.
Throughout the season, the Orchestra’s new Community Music Initiative includes innovative programs such as the PNC Grow Up Great: A Great Early Start in the Arts partnership, where Cleveland Head Start teachers are learning to use music to support the preschool curriculum – numbers, letters, reading, and more, actively engaging young children in the joy and benefits of music.
Individual Orchestra members work with teachers in K-5 academic classrooms through the Learning Through Music program. Musicians coach serious pre-professional music students through its youth orchestra, chamber ensembles, and region-wide clinics. A discounted Student Advantage ticket program makes Orchestra concerts more affordable. A new concert option, Musically Speaking, offers a contextual setting for music. In these ways and more, the Orchestra is expanding and deepening its offerings for all ages and stages of life.
Supporting Education
The Cleveland Orchestra is grateful to the many organizations and individuals whose contributions help make our Education Programs possible. 2010-11 Educational Programs are made possible by:
Endowment Funders
Hope and Stanley I. Adelstein
Kathleen L. Barber
Mr. Roger G. Berk
Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown
Isabelle and Ronald Brown
Alice B. Cull Memorial Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Emrick, Jr.
Charles and Marguerite C. Galanie
Mr. David J. Golden
Dorothy Humel Hovorka
Mr. James J. Hummer
Frank and Margaret Hyncik
Junior Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra
Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel
Christine Gitlin Miles
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Morganthaler
Pysht Foundation
The Ratner, Miller, and Shafran Families and Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
In memory of Georg Solti
The William N. Skirball Endowment
Program Funders
The Abington Foundation
ACMP Foundation
Bicknell Fund
The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Cleveland Clinic
The Cleveland Foundation
Conn-Selmer, Inc.
Dominion Foundation
Giant Eagle
The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
Muna and Basem Hishmeh Foundation
The Laub Foundation
The Lincoln Electric Foundation
The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
The Murch Foundation
The Nord Family Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
Paintstone Foundation
PNC
The Reinberger Foundation
Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation
The Sears-Swetland Family Foundation
The Sherwin-Williams Foundation
The South Waite Foundation
The Surdna Foundation
The Tecovas Foundation
Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust
The Edward & Ruth Wilkof Foundation
The Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra
