News Release
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra performs
at Severance Hall on November 20
In first Youth Orchestra program of the season, Music Director James Feddeck conducts Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8
Release date: November 1, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011, at 3 p.m.
James Feddeck conducting the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
in Severance Hall
Photo by Roger Mastroianni
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, now in its 26th season, performs its first Severance Hall concert of the 2011-12 season on Sunday, November 20, at 3 p.m. James Feddeck, in his third season as music director of the Youth Orchestra, conducts a program that opens with Johannes Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, Opus 80, followed by Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 552 (“St. Anne”), orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg. After intermission, the program concludes with Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G major, Opus 88.
FREE CONCERT PRELUDE
Ensembles from the Youth Orchestra will perform chamber music at a Prelude Concert in Reinberger Chamber Hall beginning at 2 p.m. The Prelude program is free to concert ticket holders. A string quartet comprised of violinist Gabe Napoli (Cleveland Heights/attends Hawken School), violinist Joy Regimbal (Hartville/homeschooled), violist Courtney O’Keefe (Hudson High School), and cellist Benjamin Francisco (Hudson/attends Hawken School) will perform the first movement of Edvard Grieg’s String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Opus 27. The ensemble is coached by Eli Matthews, first assistant principal second violin of The Cleveland Orchestra. A string trio comprised of violinist Kaelyn Quinn (Akron/attends Hathaway Brown), violist Nicholas Bobbs (Pepper Pike/attends University School), and cellist Helen Peyrebrune (Cleveland Heights/attends The Lyceum) will perform the first movement of Beethoven’s String Trio in C minor, Opus 9, No. 3. The ensemble is coached by Charles Bernard, assistant principal cello of The Cleveland Orchestra. Also performing will be a woodwind quartet comprised of flutist Elise Campbell (Mayfield High School), oboist Joshua Lauretig (Beachwood High School), clarinetist Rosemary Bullock (Norton/homeschooled), and bassoonist Vincent Disantis (Willoughby South High School). The ensemble is coached by retired Cleveland Orchestra oboist Elizabeth Camus.
Each of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra’s concerts this season is to be broadcast on later dates by WCLV 104.9 FM. The November 20 concert is scheduled to be broadcast at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 15, 2012, and 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 11, 2012.
Severance Restaurant is open for dining service two hours prior to each Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra concert. Reservations are strongly recommended. For Severance Restaurant reservations, call 216-231-7373 anytime or visit online.
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is 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 online.
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is supported by generous grants from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and Surdna Foundation, and gifts from many other donors. Endowment support is provided by The George Gund Foundation and Christine Gitlin Miles.
Ticket and Parking Information
TICKET PRICES
$12 each (reserved seating). Boxes are available at $160 per concert (8 seats per box).
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH ORCHESTRA 3-CONCERT SERIES SUBSCRIPTIONS
All sections except boxes: $30. Full box subscriptions (8 seats in each): $480.
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 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday-Friday and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The office is closed Sundays and holidays, except for those days with performances, when it 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 216-231-7493 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.
For more information or to order tickets, call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or visit online.
Calendar Listing
Sunday, November 20, 2011, at 3:00 p.m.
(Free Prelude Concert at 2 p.m. featuring chamber music by Beethoven and Grieg performed by members of the Youth Orchestra)
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
James Feddeck, conductor
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Bach/Schoenberg: Prelude and Fugue (“St. Anne”)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Tickets: $12 (reserved seating)
To order: 216-231-1111, 800-686-1141, or visit online to select your own seats and print your tickets at home
Location: Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Pre-Concert Dining
Severance Restaurant is open for dining service two hours prior to each Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra concert. For reservations, call 216-231-7373 or visit online.
All artists and programs are subject to change.
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Press Contacts
Ana Papakhian, 216-231-7476; Email
Jennifer Schlosser, 216-231-7518; Email
