Cleveland Jazz Orchestra/The Musical Theater Project

“Blue Skies” Irving Berlin and the American Dream October 12 & 13, 2019

Good Times, Great Time – The CJO at 35!

Join us as we celebrate our 35th year with another season filled with amazing internationally and locally known jazz figures at venues throughout Northeast Ohio.

2019-2020 Season - Upcoming Shows A Motown Christmas December 6, 2019 – BLU Jazz+ December 7, 2019 – Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center The CJO’s annual holiday show this year features music from the Motor City.

Join us for a holiday season of swingin’ soulfulness and slants on seasonal favorites with singers Evelyn Wright and Reggie Kelly and the CJO. The Big Easy meets the Northcoast – it’s MARDI GRAS TIME February 20, 2020 – Beachland Ballroom February 22, 2020 – BLU Jazz+ For the first time in 35 years, the CJO will be throwing a Mardi Gras party!

Let the Good Times Swing! The CJO will be joined by vocalist Reggie Bowens - don’t miss our reverent and creative spins on some of the most fun music ever created.

The Inaugural “Women in Jazz” Series – Regina Carter, violin May 9, 2020 – Maltz Performing Arts Center New in our 35th year is the launch of our “Women in Jazz” series.

We are very excited about our first guest artist in this series! Regina Carter, a Downbeat Award winner, a Doris Duke Artist and a MacArthur Genius Award winner, is an internationally recognized figure whose artistry spans an incredibly wide gamut, ensuring that there truly will be “something for everyone” in this show.

CJO Heritage Concert 35th Anniversary Live Recording with Ken Peplowski!

June 19, 2020 – BLU Jazz+ June 20, 2020 – Tri-C West Campus Our 35th year finishes with a live recording featuring native Clevelander and legendary clarinetist/saxophonist Ken Peplowski: “the greatest living jazz clarinetist”. Come be a part of our history!!!

Ticket links and more information: www.clevelandjazz.org

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CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA and THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT present

“Blue Skies” Irving Berlin and the American Dream Saturday, October 12, Ohio Theatre • 8 PM

Sunday, October 13, Fairmount Temple • 3 PM Conceived, written and hosted by BILL RUDMAN Co-hosted by PAUL FERGUSON Featuring MEMBERS OF CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA and the JOE HUNTER TRIO Vocalists VINCE MASTRO, TREVA OFFUTT and MICHAEL SHIRTZ Musical direction by PAUL FERGUSON and JOE HUNTER Production manager and lighting designer JEREMY K. BENJAMIN Sound designer ERIC SIMNA Media supervision MARK LOGIES This concert is made possible in part by generous gifts from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, George Gund Foundation, Kulas Foundation, John P. Murphy Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, Robert Conrad, Lainie Hadden and Richard & Pat Pogue.

CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA Paul Ferguson, Artistic Director

THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT Bill Rudman, Artistic Director

This season made possible with the generous support of:

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CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA has been Northeast Ohio’s premier jazz voice for 35 years, with the mission of enriching the cultural and intellectual fabric of the community with a uniquely American art form. CJO promotes jazz in both its historical and contemporary forms through concerts with gifted jazz musicians, arrangers, composers and educators in Northeast Ohio. CJO aims for worldwide recognition in cooperation with guest artists, and looks to shepherd young musicians toward the future of jazz. Our 35th year features the launch of a “Women in Jazz” series with the incomparable Regina Carter, an extended residency in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, live recordings, our 6th collaboration with The Musical Theater Project, new themes and new locations. For more information, visit clevelandjazz.org.

THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT was formed in 2000 to foster a deep appreciation of the classic American musical—and the social and cultural history surrounding it— by creating programs that educate as well as entertain people of all ages. Through its concert and cabaret series, The Song Is You!, and its school program, Kids Love Musicals!, TMTP serves 30,000 Northeast Ohioans each year. The organization also reaches more than 100,000 listeners annually through the WCLV radio program Footlight Parade, and thousands more through the program’s national distribution on public radio stations and SiriusXM Satellite Radio. For more information, visit MusicalTheaterProject. org or call 216-860-1518.

Paul Ferguson (Co-host, Arranger, Trombone), artistic director of Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, has performed with and arranged music for CJO since 1988. A graduate of Eastman School of Music, Paul has toured extensively with the Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey orchestras. Along the way, he has also performed with The Cleveland Orchestra and Apollo’s Fire, and has backed up many performers including Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, Andy Williams, Mel Tormé and others too numerous to mention. Paul was the winner of the Gil Evans Fellowship in Jazz Composition in 1995 and was the sole American invited to the ART-EZ jazz composition contest in Enschede, Holland, in 2012. He has recorded eight CDs of his work including “Big Band Christmas,” “Rays of Light” and “Encounter.”

Paul has been an instructor of jazz studies at CWRU since 1988.

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Bill Rudman, the founder and artistic director of The Musical Theater Project, is a nationally recognized authority on the American musical. His radio program Footlight Parade is heard locally on WCLV 104.9 and coast-to-coast on 100 public radio stations and SiriusXM Satellite Radio (under the title On the Aisle). Bill has created more than 100 concerts and cabarets for TMTP’s The Song Is You! and Rendezvous series and has produced recordings of classic American theater and film songs featuring such vocalists as Peggy Lee and Maxine Sullivan (including Sullivan’s Grammynominated album of Cotton Club songs).

In 2000 Bill became the first recipient of the Robert P. Bergman Award for his work in arts education and community outreach.

QUESTION: WHAT KIND OF CONCERT IS THIS? Answer: Unique. If this is your first experience with a partnership between Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and The Musical Theater Project, we want to tell what you’re in for.

We’re going to present a number of great songs by Irving Berlin going back more than 100 years—but we’re going to do a lot more than that.

In each of our concerts, which feature terrific professional vocalists, we tell a kind of “story” (in this case, Irving Berlin’s) that we hope will help you enjoy the songs even more. We tell that story through the spoken word delivered by the two of us and the singers—and with video clips, audio clips, more than 100 still images and very attractive lighting.

It takes about four months to put one of these shows together, but our goal is to make it look so easy that you’ll truly relax with us. We can’t think of anybody else in America who does exactly what we do. We’re proud of that.

But one thing about “uniqueness”—you can’t be all things to all people. We’ve built an extraordinarily loyal audience for our collaborations, and we hope that if you’re a firsttimer, you’ll come back. If we’re not your cup of tea, that’s OK, too.

The important thing is that we are all joined together right now to share (as Rodgers & Hammerstein put it) “Something Wonderful.”

Can you think of a better way to spend two hours?

– Bill Rudman and Paul Ferguson

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THE SONGS All music and lyrics by Irving Berlin unless otherwise noted.

ACT ONE Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1911)

Let’s Face the Music and Dance From Follow the Fleet (1936)

Steppin’ Out With My Baby From Easter Parade (1948)

He Ain’t Got Rhythm From On the Avenue (1937)

Russian Lullaby Written for the opening of the Roxy Theatre (1927)

Change Partners From Carefree (1938)

Marie From Sunny Italy (music by M. Nicholson, 1907)

Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning God Bless America From Yip, Yip, Yaphank (1918)

Play a Simple Melody From Watch Your Step (1914)

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

I Love a Piano From Stop! Look! Listen! (1915) Mr. Jazz Himself (1917) A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody From Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 (1919) Lazy (1924) Always (l925)

ACT TWO Blue Skies From Betsy (1926) Easter Parade From As Thousands Cheer (1933) White Christmas From Holiday Inn (1942)

Let Me Sing and I’m Happy From Mammy (1930)

There’s No Business Like Show Business I Got Lost in His Arms Moonshine Lullaby From Annie Get Your Gun (1946)

Puttin’ On the Ritz From Puttin’ On the Ritz (1930)

The Best Thing for You Would Be Me From Call Me Madam (1950)

How Deep Is the Ocean? (1932)

Love, You Didn’t Do Right by Me Count Your Blessings From White Christmas (1954)

Heat Wave Suppertime From As Thousands Cheer (1933) Top Hat Isn’t This a Lovely Day? Cheek to Cheek From Top Hat (1935)

Wait Until You’re Married Probably written for East River (1966) Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil From the Music Box Revue of 1922 (1922) Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor From Miss Liberty (1949)

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THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT Vince Mastro (Vocalist) has had a career in popular music spanning more than 50 years. A native of Cleveland, he won a Decca Records contract that took him to New York City in the 1950s, studying harmony and theory at the Juilliard School and playing clubs such as Gilly’s, the Copa and the Metropol. It was a particularly exciting time to be in Manhattan, and Vince’s friends included Lenny Bruce, Pat Cooper and Theresa Brewer (with whom he performed). For Decca, he recorded “Crazy River” and “Forever Is Always,” among other songs; his best-seller was “Searching for Someone to Love” on the Roulette label. Today he continues to sing, play the keyboard and record. Last season, in another TMTP/CJO partnership concert, he sang the words and music of Cole Porter.

Treva Offutt (Vocalist) is a visual and performing artist and toured with many ensembles including New York City’s Urban Bush Women, Belgium’s Remote Control Productions, Ireland’s Daghdha Dance Company and India’s Adishakti Theater Company. Recent productions include This at Dobama, Aida (choreographer), Rasheeda Speaking and Passing Strange with Karamu, Cole Porter on Broadway with The Musical Theater Project and CJO, as well as a special joint production between Karamu and TMTP: The Impact of “Shuffle Along.” Treva is a proud graduate of RISD, a member of SAG/ AFTRA, and in her 11th year of directing at Heights Youth Theater and teaching Performing Arts at Laurel School. To quote Mr. Berlin: “There’s no business like show business!”

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Michael Shirtz (Vocalist), who is making his debut with TMTP and CJO, is a performer, producer, composer, conductor and educator. Michael is highly regarded for his versatility with jazz, contemporary and musical theater repertoire. Known for his scat singing and cool ease with his audiences, he has worked with such artists as Melissa Manchester, Elizabeth Von Trapp and Ellen Winters. After a decade’s break from performing, he returned to the stage in 2014 with four shows: “As I’ve Learned It: The Jazz Legends,” “America: Our Way,” “An American Songbook Story” (2015) and his faith-based concert, “In Finding Faith” (2017). In 2018 Michael released his album and show “Blue Skies” featuring the story of his music and return to the stage. Currently he works with Maureen McGovern as music director/performer and serves as senior vice president of entertainment and programming at Lakeside Chautauqua, conductor of the Firelands Symphony Chorale and producer of the Jazz@8 Series, and is associated with the Jazz Education Network.

The Joe Hunter Trio has been a featured attraction of TMTP’s The Song Is You! series since it began in 2002. Joe has played piano professionally since 1979, and his versatility has garnered him work with an array of artists. In 1981 he studied in Rio de Janeiro at the Universidade Gama Filho, which fueled his passion for Brazilian music. From 1992–97 he served on the Conservatory of Music faculty at Capitol University in Columbus. Joe has performed with many national artists including Conti Condoli, Tito Puente, Scott Hamilton and Cleveland’s Ernie Krivda.

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He serves on the faculty of Tri-C’s Jazz Studies Program. Bryan Thomas (Bass) can be heard in many diverse musical settings including symphony orchestras, salsa and swing dance bands. He works in multimedia projects that incorporate poetry, theater and visual arts. He also plays blues, bluegrass, African music and American “old time.” Ray Porrello (Drums) is a Louis Bellson protégé and a veteran of the Count Basie Orchestra, and was a featured member of Sammy Davis Jr.’s personal rhythm section. Ray spent several years honing his skills in Las Vegas clubs and hotels. He currently holds the drum chair at Tri-C’s Jazz Studies Program.

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MEMBERS OF CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, PAUL FERGUSON has been director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University since 1988. A graduate of the University of Akron and Eastman School of Music, Paul has traveled with the Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller bands as lead trombonist and arranger and currently fills those functions with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. Paul was principal trombonist of Canton Symphony Orchestra from 1989-98 and at various times has also performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Opera, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland Chamber Brass, New Hampshire Festival Orchestra and various groups across Northeast Ohio. In 1995, Paul was the recipient of the Gil Evans Fellowship in Jazz Composition.

JOHNNY COCHRAN, a native of Cleveland’s southwest side, attended Cleveland School of the Arts and Cuyahoga Community College simultaneously during high school, studying saxophone with Ernie Krivda. He has had the opportunity to perform with artists such as Clark Terry, Carl Allen, Jason and Wynton Marsalis, Randy Brecker, Mike Lee, Billy Hart and Rodney Whitaker. Johnny studied with Gary Bartz at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. While the saxophone is his primary instrument, Johnny also is proficient in piano, drums and several other woodwind instruments.

JACK SCHANTZ, former Artistic Director of CJO, is the Director of Jazz Studies at The University of Akron. Jack has toured with Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Artie Shaw Orchestra and Woody Herman. He has 10

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also worked in the pickup bands of Jimmy Dorsey, Larry Elgart and Guy Lombardo. Among shows he has worked: Miss Saigon, Annie Get Your Gun, Guys and Dolls, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Color Purple and The Sound of Music. He also has performed with artists such as Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Cleo Laine, Jack Jones, Nancy Wilson and Diane Schuur. He has played trumpet and flugelhorn with Cleveland Pops, Blossom Festival Orchestra and Band, and Akron Symphony.

GEORGE SHERNIT, Personnel/Librarian, baritone saxophonist, has performed with The Cleveland Orchestra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He also has worked numerous Broadway shows and is featured on records

by CJO, The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Symphonic Winds. Shernit earned a bachelor of arts degree in music theory and composition, as well as a master’s degree in performance, from Cleveland State University. Shernit has taught at Cleveland State, Case Western Reserve University, Ashland University, The University of Akron, and Muskegon University. A charter member of CJO, he also is the band’s personnel manager. He is a district sales manager with Jupiter Band Instruments.

BRAD WAGNER, saxophonist and composer, originally hails from Akron, Ohio. In June of 2003, Brad received his B.M. in Jazz Studies from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Brad has studied with Rick VanMatre, Brad Goode, Phil DeGreg, John Von Ohlen, Marc Fields, Ernie Krivda and

others. Brad has been a member of many jazz groups including Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Ernie Krivda and the Fat Tuesday Big Band, Hendectet Jazz Collective, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and more. Brad leads his own quartet and sextet and stays busy composing and arranging for various groups and projects.

RECOMMENDED READING, LISTENING AND VIEWING As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin by Laurence Bergreen. New York: Viking, 1990.

Irving Berlin: American Troubadour by Edward Jablonski. New York: Henry Holt, 1999.

Irving Berlin: A Daughter’s Memoir by Mary Ellin Barrett. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

The Songwriter Goes to War by Alan Anderson. New Jersey: Limelight Editions, 2004.

Irving Berlin’s American Musical Theater

by Jeffrey Magee. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

The American Musical and the Formation of National Identity by Raymond Knapp.

New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2005.

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Akron City Gospel Singers Event Sessions

Holiday Tree Festival November 24, 2019

Concert for the Holidays December 7, 2019

Christmas Candlelights Featuring the "Hallelujah" Chorus from Handel's Messiah Dr. Britt Cooper, Conductor December 20, 21, 22, 2019

Requiem by Gabriel Fauré James Mismas, Conductor February 29, 2020

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Scott MacPherson, Conductor

The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin edited by Robert Kimball and Linda Emmett. New York: Knopf, 2001.

Performance Choir Tour

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook. Verve.

Sounds of Spring

Top Hat starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. WB Video.

Follow the Fleet starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. WB Video.

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PRODUCTION STAFF

MANAGEMENT STAFFS

Jeremy Benjamin (Lighting Designer and TMTP Production Manager) has spent the last 32 years designing lighting for drama, opera, musical theater, dance, cabaret and theme parks. He has designed for University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Department, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Dancing Wheels, Great Lakes Theater, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Oberlin Opera Theatre and Department of Theatre and Dance, Ohio Dance Theatre, Opera Cleveland, Pointe of Departure, Stages Repertory Theatre and Verb Ballets. Jeremy currently serves as director of theater/production manager/ technical director at Lorain County Community College.

Heather Meeker (TMTP Executive Director) shares the leadership of The Musical Theater Project with colleague Bill Rudman. For nearly 20 years, she directed public relations and fundraising efforts at arts, cultural and educational nonprofits including the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio, Hiram College and the Repertory Project (now VERB Ballets).

Heather directs TMTP’s student education programming, including Kids Love Musicals!, which serves more than 20,000 students and 200 teachers each year. She is a graduate of Hiram College and earned her MFA in theater at Virginia Tech.

Eric Simna (Sound Designer) is homegrown right here in Northeast Ohio. A graduate of Saint Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, he has been the associate technical director for Tri-C’s Western Campus Theatre since 2017 after starting at the college in 2009. While attending John Carroll in 2008, he created the radio program NEORocks! which exclusively features music from local musicians and is still on the air at WJCU 88.7. Over the years, Eric has been involved with the Heights Music Hop (2015– present), the Van Aken Beer Gardens (2015–16), Larchmere Porchfest (2015– 17), Lakeland Community College, Mercury Theatre Company, The Musical Theater Project and Heights Youth Theatre.

Heidi Lang (TMTP Director of Development and Community Engagement) has 20 years of experience in development. Most recently, she was the development manager for the American Lung Association in Ohio, where her focus was on signature fundraising events. She has also worked locally with the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center, overseeing their gala fundraiser, and with the American Cancer Society on multiple high profile events. Prior to her return to

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Joanna May Cullinan (TMTP Director of Marketing) joined TMTP in September 2014.

She has worked in marketing and outreach positions for Cleveland arts organizations including Cain Park, Mercury Theatre Company and Beck Center for the Arts.

Joanna graduated from Baldwin Wallace University with a BA in theater and attended the graduate studies program in arts administration at the University of Akron. She also attended the National Cabaret Conference at Yale University where she worked with multiple Tony Award nominees and MAC award winners.

Joanna is a local stage director and is the artistic director of Cain Park.

Scott Garlock (CJO Executive Director) is a full professor of Music at Ashland University.

He has a degree in music education from Kent State University, two master’s degrees (music performance and music history) from The University of Akron and a doctorate from The University of Iowa. In addition to teaching for over five years in the public schools, Scott has also taught at Mount Union College and at Knox College. Scott was cited by Benny Green at the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival for his “positive, spirited leadership.” He is also a member of Cleveland Pops Orchestra and Mansfield Symphony Orchestra. Scott served as president of Ohio’s chapter of IAJE, and of JECO (the state jazz education organization) which he helped create.

Theresa Lesh (CJO Managing Director) is delighted to be joining the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra as they celebrate their 35th year.

She is excited to have the opportunity to share her love of the Cleveland art and culture scene, as well as her passion for music and the arts, with a wide audience. She’s eager to work with such a talented group of musicians and expand her own music knowledge of the jazz idiom. As the CJO heads to new venues across Northeast Ohio this season, she looks forward to promoting all the great concerts in the lineup and introducing jazz to new audiences.

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Heather Meeker Executive Director

Theresa Lesh Managing Director

Heidi Lang Director of Development

Kenny Koblitz Executive Director Emeritus

Joanna May Cullinan Director of Marketing

George Shernit Personnel/Librarian

Nancy Maier Associate Artistic Director

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John Karkosiak President Marc Paige Vice President of Governance Mary Glauser Vice President of Marketing Stephen Ropp Treasurer Trustees Christopher Coles, Eric Daniel, David Gedeon, Lynne Gerace, Sam Gerace, Jeff Mihalich, Musette Vincent Artistic Directors Emeriti Jack Schantz, Sean Jones CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA 33333 Station St. Suite 391345 Solon, OH 44139 855-301-5299 Info@clevelandjazz.org clevelandjazz.org

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The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Donors 2019-2020 CJO Founder’s Circle ($10,000+) Barb & Doug Bletcher Director’s Circle ($1000-$2499) Carolyn & John Karkosiak Lynne & Sam Gerace The Albert B and Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation Thomas Coffey Thompson Hine Arranger ($500-$999) Audrey & Kenny Koblitz Barb Kirkley & Marc Paige David Halliwill Jacquelyn & Eric Daniel Laurie & James Mooney Marcia Snavely & Greg Polyak Musette Vincent & Jim Chandler Sandra & Marvin Rubin Soloist ($250-$499) Emily & Scott Garlock Evie Braman George Shernit Judie & Bruce Amsel Lew Bernard Jr. Vivienne & Joel Brotman Lead Chair ($100-$249) Lou Armagno Carolyn & Imre Balogh Nancy & Lawrence Bell Don Bercu Jenny & Glen Brown Chris Burge Dayna & Daniel Charlick Judy & Bob Charlick Jill & Michael Enright Jamie Fitzgerald Char & Chuck Fowler

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Your donations not only make our season possible, but provide the much needed funding for the CJO to provide outreach in the community and perpetuate the love of jazz for generations to come. A donation form is enclosed in tonight’s program or you can donate online at clevelandjazz.org/donate.

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HARBINGER RECORDS A division of The Musical Theater Project, Harbinger Records was formed in 1983 by musical theater authorities Bill Rudman and Ken Bloom with the mission of preserving the traditions of musical theater, cabaret and the Great American Songbook.

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The Musical Theater Project Donors The Musical Theater Project’s donors help to engage and enlighten audiences of all ages about the American Musical - through programs that serve the greater Cleveland community and beyond. We are grateful for the generosity and passion of the following organizations and individuals since July 1, 2018.

FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT The Abington Foundation Akron Community Foundation The Amsdell Group of Companies Autism Speaks, Inc The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Cedars Legacy Fund The Cleveland Foundation Robert R. and Gay C. Cull Family Foundation Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation The George Gund Foundation Lifestyle Simplified LLC The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation The Mabel Mercer Foundation The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Jewish Federation of Cleveland The Kulas Foundation George A. Misencik Living Trust The A.M. Motta Fund The John P. Murphy Foundation Joyce M. Stielau and Herbert W. Stielau Foundation Music and Drama Club Ohio Arts Council The Peterman and DeMinico Family Foundation The Stocker Foundation Third Federal Foundation

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Thomas H. White Foundation US Bank Foundation Wayne County Community Foundation TMTP CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS The following individuals made annual contributions through the TMTP Membership program and the Rendezvous benefit series between July 1, 2018 and September 19, 2019.

Center Stage ($10,000 and up) Anonymous Kathy Coleman Robert Conrad Herb and Sara Drower Joyce Glickman Elaine Hadden Hamilton Harris Richard C. Norton Jr. Richard and Pat Pogue Bill Rudman Steve and Jackie Schultz Encore ($5,000-$9,999) Howard Epstein and Gregg Levine Stephen and Amanda Morris John and Barbara Schubert Lynn and Sheila Smith John and Margie Wheeler Standing Ovation ($2,500-$4,999) Ed and Gay Cull Addicott Viia Beechler Richard Frey Scott and Pamela Isquick Janet Kramer Pauline Ramig Fred and Betsy Stueber Lorry Szabo Jack and Blanche Valancy

Songwriters Circle ($1,000-$2,499) Marilyn Brown Kare Biel-Goebel Harry and Mary Ann Carlson Richard Colbert and Ellen Rie Michael and Bonnie Cole Judith Daykin Bob and Eleanor Dreshfield Chuck and Char Fowler Carol Frankel Bob and Ann Gillespie Henry and Robin Hatch Nancy McCormack Heather and Jami Meeker Mike and Hedy Milgrom Ann and Glenn Miner Spencer Neth and Marjorie Kitchell Alec and Tam Pendleton Michael and Barbara Peterman Ed Pivcevich David and Jane Steger Paul Vincent and Kathy Presciano Jack and Jenifer Warren Repeat Performance ($500-$999) Carol Arbaczewski Manny and Bonnie Kane Barenholtz Glenn and Jeanette Brown Gerald Freedman Ashley Gustafson Michael and Jane Horvitz David Kanzeg Robert and Linda Katz Karmi Mattson Ellen and Bruce Mavec Peter and Susi Meisel Ralph and Carol Meyer Lynn and Mike Miller Anna Maria Motta Eddie and Kit Myers

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Debbie Neale Laura and Ted Pinnick Mary Louise Pollak Jim and Joan Quinn Albert and Audrey Ratner Elton and Lenora Riemer Brendan Ring Jay Rose Larry J. Santon Jr. Meredith Seikel Martha and Ed Towns Joseph and Guadalupe Warren James Wood John and Sylvia Yankey Matinee ($250-$499) Judie and Bruce Amsel Teresa Andreani Jeremy Benjamin Phyllis and Robert Benjamin Lew Bernard Jr. Gary and Kay Bluhm Mary Bookman Mike and Carole Brown Lloyd Max Bunker and Tony Bianchi Mark and Bill Corcoran Clarence and Connie Drennon Chandler and Marsha Everett Jon and Mary Fancher Arthur Fergenson Daniel and Carol Fishwick Peggy Fullmer Thomas Gilbride Karen Gotwald Joe and Allie Hanna Bruce Hennes Arnold and Janice Hirshon Judy and Peter Holmes Linda Hood Carolyn Horn Jack and Kristie Kohl Patrick and Heidi Lang Roger and Jennifer Langston John Lennon John and Cathy Moore Annie C. Morris Tait Jim and Kathy Murphy Deb Nash Marv and Charlene Nevans Alton and Sharon O’Neil Tom and Anne Palmer

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Rich and Sue Pejeau Kermit and Joyce Pike Pete and Iris Pistell Dick and Chris Powers Phillip and Lois Resnick Keith and Margaret Robinson Phillip Robinson Donald Rosenberg and Katherine Brewster Dean Scherbel Dean and Beth Slejko Vernon and Barbara Sponseller Cynthia Stillings Rebecca Storey and Neal Simpson Peggy Barnes Szpatura Ron and Sandra Taddeo Joanne Uniatowski Kathleen Waits and Martin Belsky Robert and Sara Walters Jim and Eileen Wilkoff David Wittkowsky Opening Night ($100-$249) Louise Abrams and Robert Fuerst Dolores Adler Taylor Allen and Pam Snyder Barrie Alves Michael Bahntge and Patricia Radigan Charles Bailin James Baker Ruth Baker and Jordan Wexler Wendy Baldikoski Janet Barlow Linda Barnett Camille Baron Chris and Linda Bartel Lois Bell Lynda Bender Don and Jackie Bercu Roy and Eunice Berko Victor Bernot and Alicia Ciliberto Ralph Bertonaschi and Barbara Barstow Margaret and Leeds Bird Robert and Eileen Blattner Peter and Consuelo Blohm Christian and Georgiann Bodle

Ivy Boyle Helen Braun Maureen Brett Bonnie Brown and Linda Sweress Patricia Brownell Ronald Bukowski Jane T. Campbell Ted and Jo Anna Chapin Sonia Chapnick Nancy Ford Charles Jim and Caroline Chesebrough Anne Lynett Clark Rosemary Corcoran Susan Coyne Jan Curry and Richard Rodda Peter and Sue Danford Andrea and Chad Deal Richard and Iona Dettelbach Eric Dicken and Paul Putman Henry Doll Al and Carol Donley Corinne and Bob J. Dunn III Joanne Durante Loretta Eichenberg Wendy and Gene Elconin Deena and Dick Epstein Christopher Faiver Joyce Feinberg Paul Ferguson Courtney and Shawn Flowers David and Monica Fratus Jane Friedman Stuart Friedman James Frolking Michael and Kathleen Gaydos Joan Graham Iris Greene Jo Ann Greiner Marsha Gross Charles and Linda Gruenspan Bill and Nancy Hachtel Daniel and Christine Hahn Florence Harshman Phyllis Henry Mary Ann and John Hexter David Hlebcar Tom Hoadley and Cindy Lombardo Jerry Hoegner Elizabeth Hoffman Sandy and Harry Holmes

Mark Jacobs John and Liz Jarvey Bruce and Ann Jones Jane Joseph Stephen Kadish Maura Kehoe Gilbert and Gail Kenehan Donald and Patricia Korb Nancy Krueger James Krukones Gerrit and Peg Kuechle Fran Lasky Sue and Howard Maier Tom and Barbara Marchetti Sarah May and Park Goist Robin Mayer William McCoy Jessica Miller Steven Minter Robert and Laura Mock Jeremy and Frances Mohler George and Carole Morris Eudice Morse Bert and Marjorie Moyar Jane and Fritz Neubauer Robert and Pamela Noll Laura Palcisko Barbara Perris Diana Price and Pat Dooley Tom and Helen Rathburn Woody and Susie Reichert Roger and Jan Robinson Jay and Kathy Rockman Bob Rody Sue Rubin Ronald Rydarowicz Patricia Sabga Michael Salkind Jim and Betsy Sampliner John Schambach John and Debra Schinker Melvin and Susan Schwarzwald Stuart and Roberta Sears Mary Segulin Daniel Seifried and Robert Rivera Melanie Shakarian and Peter Kvidera John Shelley Alice Sherman Don & Elaine Sherman Richard Shirey 22

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Sanford and Eppie Shore Debbie Sickle Jay and Toby Siegel Carol Ann Simon Marjorie Simon William and Helen Spatz Joe and K. K. Sullivan John and Mary Lane Sullivan Dennis Taylor Rebecca Thomas Mario and Roberta Tonti Dan and Priscilla Treadwell Ralph and Barbara Trepal Eric Van Baars Mary Warren Ramona Weber Patricia Weintraub Larry and Elizabeth Weiss Don and Adele Wheeler Robert Williams Zandra Wolfgram Sheila Wyse Joseph Yannotti Dudley Yost Mike and Karen Zak Preview (up to $99) Bruce and Gloria Abbott Nancy A. Adams Karen Allgire and Cliff Berns Richard and Eleanor Aron John and Kathy Baker Fran and Marv Bauer Jeffrey and Barbara Beder Phyllis Berlas Larry Biales Claire Biel Fred and Ellen Bishko Jim and Suzanne Blaser Marsha Blond Richard Bongorno Berit Branch Richard and Sharen Brigham Kathryn Carter Tom Conroy Harriett Culp Clancy and Carolyn Danielson Judy Darus Elaine DeMore and Harry Gleeson Ken and Jeannie Diamond Bill Doll and Carolyn Buller

Jeffrey Dross Robbie Duncan Thomas and Lucinda Einhouse Susanna Erdos Gerald and Shulamith Erenberg Michael Putman Estwanik David Ewbank Peter Faass and Anthony Kastellic Theresa Kuehn Sol and Charlene Factor Karen Farber Keith Filip Marc and Ann Freimuth Theresa Fridrich Alan Friedman Edward and Carolyn Gabelman Delores Gair Mary Jo Garrison Lois Gaynor James and Nina Gibans Shelley and Alvin Gilmore Nancy Glende Deborah Glosserman Bernie and Shirley Gordon Helene Gradolph Robert Greenwald Mary Frances Haerr and Kal Zucker Nancy Hammond Louis and Julie Handler Eileen Hoicowitz Don Horn Edie Horvat Cheryl Jackson Stanley and Marcia Jaffe Sandra Johnson Mark Jorgensen Kathryn Karipides Lois Karlsberger Jerry and Karen Ketchaver Theresa Kuehn Carl and Bonnie Kuhns Mindy Kuth Jim and Debra LaPierre Jim Lawson Renee Lieberman Mary Jane Linn Morty and Joni London J.J. Louttit Dan and Nancy Maier

WELCOME TO OUR 2019/20

CONCERT SEASON

Call 216-231-1111 for tickets NEW 6-CONCERT SUBSCRIPTION SERIES

The Texas Tenors

Friday, October. 4, 2019 -- 8:00 pm -- Severance Hall

The Wonderful Music of Oz

Friday, November, 1, 2019 -- 8:00 pm -- Severance Hall

The Fly Dance Company Friday, January 31, 2020 -- 8:00 pm -- Severance Hall

70s & 80s POP!

Friday, March 13, 2020 -- 8:00 pm -- Severance Hall

Fiesta Latina

Saturday, April 4, 2020 -- 8:00 pm -- Severance Hall

19th Annual “American Salute”-- Patriotic Celebration Friday, May 8, 2020 -- 8:00 pm -- Severance Hall

Plus SPECIAL HOLIDAY EVENTS

Cleveland Pops’ “HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR”

Sunday, Dec. 1, 2020 -- 2:00 pm -- Connor Palace --216-241-6000

New Year’s Eve Concert & Party -- “THE ROARING 20s” Concert at 9:00 pm -- Party 11pm to 1:00 am -- Severance Hall All programs and artists are subject to change without notice

For further information, call Cleveland Pops @ 216-765-7677

Cindy Marx Jack and Nikki Maschke Pauline Mastrangelo Kelann Maus Marilyn Meadows Barbara Megery Carl and Janet Messner Matthew Midgett Charles Miles Antoinette Miller Charles and Laura Monroe Lois Morris Jewel Moulthrop and Evan Komito Jim and Kathy Murphy Linda Myers John and Georgia Nelson Joe Newman Marilyn Nudelman Joan Orr and Kathleen Guzowski Mary and David Osburn Estelle Painter Rick Pender David and Judie Perelman Bill Peterson Jane Pfaff Ken Pike and Damaris Peters-Pike Joanne Poderis Ronald Posner James and Susan Prince Mark and Claire Purdy Ed and Janet Reichek

John Reilly Paula Reshotko Mark Rinis Jo Ann Rogers Marcia Rogers Phillip Roscoe Beth and Stan Rosenblum Amy Rosenfield Mike and Angie Rowan Wally Rubin Sheldon Rudolph Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Schaeffer Bruce Schermer Lynn and Lawrence Schmelzer Roger Schore Warren Seamans Ronna Sherman Thomas Shim Adrienne Siegel Ted and Natalie Silverberg Ronald and Loramae Simkoff Shirley Simmons Marion Slejko J. Wesley Sroub Jon Steiger Lorelei Stein-Sapir Heidi and Pete Spencer Edward Stevens Jean Stevens Beverly Stewart Gail Stroud John Stuehr Jan Swetel

Sherrie Szalay Ileen Tepper George Thomas Annette Thornton Diana Tittle Karen Van Linge Barbara Walker Allen and Phyllis Wapnick Churchill and Evelyn Ward Ieda Warshay Sally Weinberg Meg and Sam Weingart Chris and Debbie Weinkamer Annabelle Weiss Fern Weiss Stephen and Joan Werber Janet Wieselthier Judy Wilour and Ron Prosek Jan Wolf Mildred Zalben Marlene Zinamon Stephen and Wendy Zinn We’ve made every attempt to accurately list contributions made between July 1, 2018 and September 19, 2019.

Please call 216-860-1518 regarding any omissions or misspellings and accept our sincere apologies. Thank you for your commitment to The Musical Theater Project.

EXPERIENCE CHAMBER MUSIC UP CLOSE IN SPECTACULAR SETTINGS

Heights Arts is celebrating our 20th birthday with the 14th season of Close Encounters chamber music concerts, performed by members of The Cleveland Orchestra and their peers in magnificent locations throughout Cleveland.

Sunday afternoon performances; discounted member and student tickets available.

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Omni Quartet We Too, Part II: Four First Ladies in Music Heights Arts and Beethoven Birthday Bonanza The Forgotten Builders of Musical Cleveland and Their Teacher

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Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Diversity Statement “Jazz is a distinct music that depends and thrives on individuality, and yet the individual is not oblivious to others, nor is he immune to their feelings… A session in jazz is comparable to an open forum where theories and opinions are discussed openly and freely.” Stan Kenton Cleveland Jazz Orchestra is an organization of and for people who love jazz. We celebrate the diverse origins of jazz, and its heritage of valuing its player and composer based not on race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation or identity, education or disability, but on whether he (or she) has chops. Furthering our mission to enrich the cultural and intellectual fabric of the communities we serve through jazz, we respect, value and draw upon the diverse experiences and perspectives of our Board, staff, musicians and audiences to preserve and promote jazz in greater Cleveland for generations to come.

As such, CJO is committed to modeling diversity and inclusion in the arts, and to fostering and maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all. We strive to: ■ Recognize diversity, inclusion, and equity as connected to our mission and critical to ensuring the well-being of our staff, Board Members and performers and the communities we serve.

■ Commit time and resources to expand more diverse leadership within our Board, staff, committees, and advisory bodies.

■ Advocate for and support Board-level thinking about how systemic inequities influence our organization’s work, and how best to address that in a way that promotes our mission.

■ Challenge assumptions about what it takes to be a strong leader at our organization, and who is well-positioned to provide leadership.

■ Practice and encourage transparent communication in all interactions.

■ Lead with respect and tolerance.

Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Disability Accommodation Statement The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra makes every effort to accommodate the needs of individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities for all its programs. While our performances take place at dozens of different venues, we strive to perform at those that are fully accessible to our audience, artists with disabilities and our own staff. Our current primary performance location at Playhouse Square strives to offer barrier-free access to all performances. This includes accommodations for wheelchair access and seating, services for those with limited sight and hearing, as well as accommodations for service animals.

Upon request, and with 2 weeks notice, specific accommodations will be made subject to our available resources.

■ Acknowledge and dismantle any inequities within our policies and programs.

■ Explore potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusiveness.

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Keep the CJO Cooking!

Donate to ensure CJO’s work in the concert hall, community and schools. ● Sideman ($1-$99) ● Lead Chair ($100-$249) ● Soloist ($250-$499) ● Arranger ($500-$999)

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CJO JAZZ CIRCLE: ● Director’s Circle ($1,000-$2,499) ● Producer’s Circle ($2,500-$4,999) ● Composer’s Circle ($5,000-$9,999) ● CJO Founder’s Circle ($10,000+) Thank you for your support! Your gift is 100% tax deductible. CJO is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

MAIL TO: Cleveland Jazz Orchestra 33333 Station Street, Suite 391345 Solon, Ohio 44139-9998 OR CALL OR EMAIL: 855-301-5299 Booking@clevelandjazz.org www.clevelandjazz.org/donate

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CJO Educational Activities The CJO is helping to create the next generation of jazz performers and listeners through our educational programs: CJO Masterclasses The CJO will help you bring one of our musicians to your school to work with your students for one or more classes, customized to suit your needs.

Side by Side Concerts CJO members work with students and prepare for a shared concert, featuring the sponsor school, as well as the CJO, performing both together and separately.

CJO brings our rehearsals to your school CJO will rehearse at high schools in the Northeast Ohio region, giving students the opportunity to watch up close as the CJO sight-reads, discusses & masters new material for upcoming performances.

School Residencies Due to a grant from the Gund Foundation, the CJO will be doing a residency with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District this year. From Mid-October through early December, CJO musicians will be working at Ben Franklin Middle School.

Free Student Tickets!

Students and their band directors can attend a CJO concert for free in a “field trip” experience.

CJO bank members meet with the students and directors prior to the show. Over 400 students took advantage of this experience last year.

Clinics, Guest Artists and Adjudication Every year, the CJO helps fund performances and workshops by CJO musicians.

To inquire about involving the CJO in your school, contact: booking@clevelandjazz.org

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SAVE THE DATE for the 41st annual

Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

RUBBERBANDance Co-presented with DANCECleveland

June 25-27, 2020

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Nov. 9, 2019 | 7:30 p.m. | Ohio Theatre

Blue Note Records 80th Anniversary Celebration:

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Nov. 13, 2019 | 7:30 p.m.

Tri-C John P. Murphy Foundation Theatre

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