News Release
The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director
Franz Welser-Möst to Perform Education Concert
at Saint Ignatius High School October 14
Release date: October 11, 2011
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Photo by Roger Mastroianni
The Cleveland Orchestra, led by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, will perform an Education Concert at Saint Ignatius High School on Friday, October 14, at 11:00 a.m. The entire high school student body will attend the concert, to be held in the school’s gymnasium.
The concert features Adams’s Doctor Atomic Symphony, and Ravel’s Boléro. Mr. Welser-Möst will introduce the pieces and share excerpts before leading the Orchestra performing the entire works. The Cat-O’-Tonics, a student vocal ensemble, will make its Cleveland Orchestra debut performing The Star-Spangled Banner with the Orchestra to open the program.
The concert is part of The Cleveland Orchestra’s education and community programs, which aim to provide shared musical experiences that engage, inspire, support, and deepen connections with audiences throughout Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland Orchestra has a long and proud history of sharing the value and joy of music with citizens throughout Northeast Ohio. Education and community programs date to the Orchestra’s founding in 1918 and have remained a central focus of the ensemble’s activities for over ninety years. Today, with the support of many generous individual, foundation, corporate, and governmental funding partners, the Orchestra’s educational and community programs reach more than 100,000 young people and adults annually, helping to foster a love of music and a lifetime of involvement with the musical arts.
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