NEWS RELEASE
The Cleveland Orchestra performs Family Concert program
titled “The Mozart Experience” at Severance Hall on March 14
Tito Muñoz conducts program featuring Magic Circle Mime Co.
CLEVELAND, February 16, 2010 – The Cleveland Orchestra will perform its second Family Concert of the 2009-10 season on Sunday, March 14, at 2:00 p.m. The program, titled “The Mozart Experience,” will be led by Assistant Conductor Tito Muñoz and will feature the Magic Circle Mime Company.
“The Mozart Experience” combines music and mime to introduce young audiences to the life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. An impetuous street musician caught playing the orchestra’s grand piano is offered the chance (much to her surprise) to “be Mozart” for this program about one of the most famous composers of all time. The street musician and her prankster companion lead the audience on a musical adventure that reveals the story of Mozart’s life and his musical genius. The program includes excerpts from some of Mozart’s most famous works, including Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Papageno’s Song from The Magic Flute, with baritone Peter Bush as soloist; the third movement from Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major (“Turkish”), K. 219, with First Associate Concertmaster Peter Otto as soloist; and more. A program listing follows.
One-hour Family Concerts are designed for children ages 7 and older and their families, providing an opportunity for families to spend time together while enjoying popular classical music performed by The Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall. Each concert is preceded by fun, free, concert-related activities throughout the Hall beginning one hour prior to the performance.
Pre-Concert Activities for the “Mozart Experience” Family Concert include:
- Instrument Discovery with Royalton Music Center (Smith Lobby on the Ground Floor of Severance Hall) – What is it like to play a violin or cello? Can you make a sound on the flute? How do you hold a trumpet or trombone? Children can learn the answers to these questions discovering their “inner musician” in this hands-on music-making experience with the assistance of staff from Royalton Music Center and students from Baldwin-Wallace College.
- The MozART Corner (Founders Gallery – Box Level) – Young artists can choose from a selection of line drawings of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in The MozART Corner. Children can create a colorful Mozart keepsake to take home as an addition to their Severance Hall “Mozart Experience.”
- Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Chamber Music Groups (Reinberger Chamber Hall on the Ground Floor of Severance Hall) – Talented musicians from the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra perform a chamber music program including music by Mozart and others.
Family Concerts are sponsored by Giant Eagle.
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The Cleveland Orchestra’s Family Concerts are part of its Community Music Initiative, offering a broad array of educational programs designed to foster a love of music and a lifetime of participation in the musical arts. Families with younger children are encouraged to come to PNC Musical Rainbow Concerts for children aged 3 to 6. New this year, MusicMentors brings Cleveland Orchestra musicians to work with selected schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to support school string programs. MusicMasters draws on the expertise of Cleveland Orchestra musicians to offer clinics, masterclasses, and coaching throughout Northeast Ohio. Other educational programs include Cleveland Orchestra Education Concerts (which bring 25,000 school children to Severance Hall each year), the Learning Through Music school partnership program, Concert Previews, the Student Advantage Program for college students, Music Study Groups for adults, and several programs to nurture aspiring young musicians (Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Youth Chorus, and Children’s Chorus). For more information about any of these programs, call the Orchestra’s Department of Education and Community Programs at (216) 231-7355, or visit clevelandorchestra.com.
Biographical information on Tito Muñoz follows. Biographical information on the Magic Circle Mime Co. is available on request.
Calendar Listing
Sunday, March 14, at 2:00 p.m.
(Pre-concert activities 1:00-1:45 p.m.)
Severance Hall
FAMILY CONCERT
The Mozart Experience
The Cleveland Orchestra
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Magic Circle Mime Co.
“The Mozart Experience”
Program includes:
Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je, maman”
Overture to The Impresario
Papageno’s Song from The Magic Flute
Peter Bush, baritone
Violin Concerto No. 5 (“Turkish”), Movement 3
Peter Otto, violin
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Movement 1
Overture to Don Giovanni
Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”), Movement 4
Family Concerts are sponsored by Giant Eagle.
TICKETS are priced at $10, $15, $16, $18, and $23.
To charge tickets by telephone on American Express, Discover Card, MasterCard, and Visa, call Cleveland Orchestra Ticket Services at (216) 231-1111 or 800-686-1141 during regular ticket office hours (Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.). Tickets are also available online. The website offers secure ticket transactions with any major credit card and provides complete concert listings.
Please note: There are no added service charges or handling fees for concert tickets purchased through the Severance Hall Ticket Office – in person, by telephone or fax, or on the website.
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Press Contact: Jennifer Schlosser, (216) 231-7518 / jschlosser@clevelandorchestra.com
Tito Muñoz
Assistant Conductor
Sidney and Doris Dworkin Endowed Chair
League of American Orchestras Conducting Fellow
The Cleveland Orchestra
Tito Muñoz is in his third season as Assistant Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra/ League of American Orchestras Conducting Fellow. As an assistant conductor, Mr. Muñoz participates in planning and conducting Education, Family, and other concerts, and serves as cover conductor for Severance Hall subscription concerts and Blossom Festival concerts. Prior to joining the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra, he served as assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. The 2009-10 season marks his subscription concerts debut with The Cleveland Orchestra.
Born in New York City in 1983, Tito Muñoz began his musical training on the violin at age thirteen in the Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program. He continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, and Queens College City University of New York. He is an alumnus of the National Conducting Institute and Aspen Music Festival and School.
Recent and upcoming appearances include the Blossom Festival, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Grant Park (Chicago) Orchestra, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and Toledo Symphony Orchestra. An operatic debut with the Opéra National de Lorraine as well as a debut with the Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy led to re-engagements for subscription concert performances in 2010 and performances of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (“The Rite of Spring”) with the Ballet de Lorraine in 2011. For additional information, visit www.titomunoz.com.
