News Release
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and Youth Chorus
perform concert at Severance Hall on March 6
In second Youth Orchestra program of the season, Music Director James Feddeck
conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus joins the Youth Orchestra
for selections from Orff’s Carmina Burana
Youth Orchestra marks its 25th season and Youth Chorus marks its 20th season
Release date: February 15, 2011
Sunday, March 6
James Feddeck conducting the
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra in Severance Hall
Photo by Roger Mastroianni
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra will perform its second Severance Hall concert of the 2010-11 season on Sunday, March 6, 2011, at 7 p.m. James Feddeck, in his second season as music director of the Youth Orchestra, will begin the performance with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. After intermission, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, joined by the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus, prepared by its director, Frank Bianchi, will perform selections from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Vocal soloists in the performance will be Youth Chorus members Justin Caithaml (attends Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, is from Elyria) and Jaired Birks (attends Cleveland Heights High School), both baritones.
FREE CONCERT PRELUDE
Ensembles from the Youth Orchestra will perform chamber music at a Prelude Concert in Reinberger Chamber Hall beginning at 6:00 p.m. The Prelude program is free to concert ticket holders. A woodwind quartet comprised of flutist Elise Campbell (Mayfield High School), oboist Joshua Lauretig (Beachwood High School), clarinetist Rosemary Bullock (homeschooled, Norton), and bassoonist Vincent Disantis (Willoughby South High School) will perform Stravinsky’s Pastorale, Debussy’s “Golliwog’s Cakewalk” from Mother Goose (arranged by Bill Holcombe and Bill Holcombe Jr.), and the first movement (Allegro) from Jean Françaix’s Woodwind Quartet. The ensemble is coached by Cleveland Orchestra oboist Elizabeth Camus. A string quartet comprised of violinist James Thompson (attends St. Ignatius High School, lives in Pepper Pike), violinist Megan Zapfe (Westlake High School), violist Jordyn Woodhams (home schooled, Seven Hills), and cellist Nathanael Matthews (home schooled, Seville) will perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s five-movement String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Opus 110. The ensemble is coached by Eli Matthews, first assistant principal violin of The Cleveland Orchestra.
Each of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra’s concerts this season is to be broadcast on later dates by WCLV 104.9 FM. The March 6 concert is scheduled to be broadcast at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, 2011, and 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 2, 2011.
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus are part of The Cleveland Orchestra’s initiative to engage the community in transformational musical experiences and to foster a love of music and a lifetime of participation in the musical arts. For more information, please contact the Orchestra’s Department of Education & Community Programs at 216-231-7355, or visit clevelandorchestra.com.
SELECT YOUR OWN SEATS
Severance Hall patrons can select their own seats online. Clicking on any “Buy Ticket” button on the calendar will link to the Ticket Reservations page. This ticket ordering page automatically displays the “Select Your Own Seat” option (if applicable). Patrons may alternatively select the “Choose Best Available” option.
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is supported by a generous grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and by many other donors. Endowment support is provided by The George Gund Foundation and Christine Gitlin Miles.
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus is supported by the Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation.
Ticket and Parking Information
Ticket Prices: $12 each (reserved seating). Boxes are available at $160 per concert (8 seats per box).
Ticket Office: The Severance Hall Ticket Office is located in the Smith Lobby. The entrance and 15-minute Ticket Service parking are along East Boulevard. The Ticket Office is open 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday-Friday and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed Sundays and holidays, except for those days with performances, when the Ticket Office opens 3 hours before concert start time.
Group Sales (groups of 10 or more): Call the Cleveland Orchestra Group Sales Office at Severance Hall at 216-231-7463 or email groupsales@clevelandorchestra.com for information.
Parking: For information about parking for Severance Hall concerts, click here.
Venue information: Severance Hall, which opened in 1931 as the home of The Cleveland Orchestra, is located at 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
Calendar Listing
Sunday, March 6, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
(Free Prelude Concert at 6 p.m. featuring chamber music by Debussy, Françaix, Shostakovich, and Stravinsky performed by members of the Youth Orchestra)
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
James Feddeck, conductor
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus
Frank Bianchi, director
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and Youth Chorus
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Orff: Selections from Carmina Burana
Tickets: $12 (reserved seating)
To order: 216-231-1111, 800-686-1141, or online to select your own seats and print your tickets at home
Location: Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
All artists and programs are subject to change.
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Press Contacts
Jennifer Schlosser, 216-231-7518; Email: jschlosser@clevelandorchestra.com
Ana Papakhian, Office: 216-231-7476; Cell phone: 216-370-2595; Email: anap@clevelandorchestra.com
