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Friday, February 24, 2023, at 8:00 p.m.

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center Daniel Reith, conductor

RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883)

Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)

Mass No. 2 in G major, D. 167 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei AMANDA POWELL, soprano ETHAN BURCK, tenor SETH HOBI, baritone CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH CHORUS

INTERMISSION JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Opus 68 I. Un poco sostenuto — Allegro II. Andante sostenuto III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso IV. Adagio — Più andante — Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

This performance is about 1 hour and 40 minutes in length.

Major support for the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra provided by The Geoffrey and Sarah Gund Endowment.

Tonight’s concert will be broadcast on ideastream/WCLV Classical 90.3 FM on Sunday, April 9, 2023, at 4:00 p.m.

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Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Composed: 1862

BY Richard Wagner

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (“The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”) is Wagner’s only comic opera. At five hours in length, it is a serious comedy, filled not just with humor but with weighty questions — of the rightful place of rules and law in everyday life, of free choice in romance and love, and of the value of arts and music in society. Wagner also pokes fun at his own critics — and critics in general — who show resistance to changing with the times, preferring old styles to new innovations.

The prelude to the opera is filled with joyful music and the effortless artistry of Wagner as BORN a mature composer. Created in the midst of his May 22, 1813 three-decade ordeal of writing the four Ring Leipzig, Germany of the Nibelung operas, Wagner exercises all DIED his creativity in both the opera and the prelude.

February 13, 1883 Remarkably, he wrote the prelude before the Venice opera, already outlining many of the opera’s main musical themes. Usually, this is done in reverse after the full opera is completed. To top it off, he created a fugal intermingling of these melodies — a jab at his critics who inaccurately accused Wagner of not understanding the basic building blocks and forms of classical music. Here, Wagner shows his skill as a “mastersinger” of the first rank.

Duration: 10 minutes

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Mass No. 2 in G major, D. 167 Composed: 1815 Schubert was only 18 when he wrote his Second Mass over a six-day period in March 1815.

Incredibly, this was already his second entry in the genre. His Mass No. 1 in F major, written a year earlier to celebrate the centennial of his parish church in Lichtenthal, was a grand affair following in the footsteps of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. It required an orchestra of more than 60 musicians, six soloists, and chorus.

BY Franz Schubert BORN January 31, 1797 Vienna DIED November 19, 1828 Vienna

In his second Mass, Schubert turned toward a more intimate rendering of the liturgical texts. This was no big concert piece but a more personal and practical work; a missa brevis rather than the more austere missa solemnis.

The G-major Mass was first performed at the same church in Lichtenthal, where Schubert was a choirboy, but in a more modest service.

Originally written for chorus, three soloists, strings, and organ, Schubert later added wind, trumpet, and timpani parts.

The opening Kyrie sets a calm and gentle tone with the chorus’s entrance. The lovely solo soprano part — likely debuted by Therese Grob, a daughter of Schubert’s neighbors who also sang the solo soprano part in the first Mass — introduces the Christe eleison, before calmly passing the melody back to the chorus, repeating the Kyrie eleison.

The sunshine-filled Gloria, “unclouded by any of the sombre forebodings that mark the composer’s last years,” according to authors Carl A. Rosenthal and Abram Loft, shows off Schubert’s exceptional melodic skills, especially as the soloists join in the exquisite Dominus Deus.

The Credo begins softly, as if whispering with delicately plucked strings nudging along the melody. The suspended wonder transforms into pronouncement of faith before miraculously receding back into whisper.

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The grand statement of the Sanctus breaks the spell of the Credo, closing with a contrapuntal Osanna in excelsis, showcasing Mozart’s profound influence on Schubert, in the best of ways. The succeeding Benedictus brings together soprano, tenor, and bass soloists in that order to unite in a trio of melting sweetness.

In the final Agnus Dei, the soprano plaintively invokes the first petition for mercy, and her final words are repeated by the chorus.

The bass soloist makes the second petition, again the chorus echoes his words. The final invocation, by soprano and reaffirmed by chorus, brings the Mass back full circle to G major.

Duration: 25 minutes

Sung Texts KYRIE Kyrie eleison, Christie eleison, Kyrie eleison.

KYRIE Lord, have mercy upon us, Christ, have mercy upon us, Lord, have mercy upon us.

GLORIA Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te, Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam, Domine Deus, rex coelestis, Pater omnipotens. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei filius Patris, Qui tollis peccata mundi miserere nobis, [suscipe deprecationem nostram, Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris,

GLORIA Glory be to God on high, And on earth, peace to men of good will, We praise thee, we bless thee, we adore thee, we glorify thee, We give thanks to thee for thy great glory, Lord God, heavenly king, Father almighty, Lord The only-begotten son, Jesus Christ, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us, [receive our prayer, Who sitteth at the right hand of the

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miserere nobis,] Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, to solus altissimus, [Jesu Christe], cum sancto spiritu in gloria Dei Patris, Amen.

Father, have mercy on us,] For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord, thou only art the most high, [Jesus Christ], with the Holy Ghost in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

CREDO Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae visibilium omnium et invisibilium, [Et] in unum Dominum, Jesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum, [et] ex Patre natum, ante omnia saecula, Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero, genitum non factum, con substantialem Patri, per quem omnia facta sunt, Qui propter nos homines et [propter] nostram salutem descendit de coelis, Et incarnatus est de spiritu sancto ex Maria Virgine et homo factus est, Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato passus et sepultus est, Et resurrexit tertia die secundum scripturas, et ascendit in coelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris, et iterum venturus est cum gloria judicare vivos et mortuos, cujus regni non erit finis.

Et in spiritum sanctum,

CREDO I believe in one God, Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible, [And] in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, [born] of the Father before all ages, God of God, light of light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made, Who for us men and [for] our salvation came down from heaven, And became incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried, And the third day he rose again, according to the scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father, and he shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.

And in the Holy Ghost,

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Dominum et vivifacantem, qui ex Patre Filioque procedit, qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et conglorificatur, qui locutus est per prophetas, [Et unam sanctam catholicam et apostolicam ecclesiam,] Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum, Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, et vitam venturi saeculi, Amen.

the lord and life-giver, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is adored and glorified, who spake by the prophets, [And in one holy catholic and apostolic Church,] I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins, And I expect the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come, Amen.

SANCTUS Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth, pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.

Osanna in excelsis.

SANCTUS Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts, Heaven and earth are full of Thy Glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

BENEDICTUS Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.

Osanna in excelsis.

BENEDICTUS Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

AGNUS DEI Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis, dona nobis pacem.

AGNUS DEI Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us, give us peace.

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Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Opus 68 Composed: 1855–76 The opus number of Brahms’s First Symphony tells a whole story: Number 68, out of his lifetime catalog.

Like Beethoven, Brahms came late to writing symphonies. Beethoven was 30 years old when his First Symphony appeared — and yet his Opus 68 was already his Sixth Symphony.

BY Johannes Brahms BORN May 7, 1833 Hamburg, Germany DIED April 3, 1897 Vienna

Brahms was 43 when his First Symphony appeared. He was unquestionably intimidated by the great Beethoven and the large shadow he cast over Western music. Beethoven’s nine symphonies, the last premiered in 1824, were held up to be the ultimate standard against which all modern music should be compared. especially in Germany. Brahms, always conscious of his German heritage, made sure that when he finally wrote a symphony of his own, it would compare favorably.

Brahms began work on his first concerto for piano (an instrument he played well) when he was 21, and started to sketch a symphony the following year, probably the beginning of what would eventually emerge as his First Symphony. Two orchestral Serenades from those early years reveal his ability to write for orchestra. His German Requiem (1868) and his Variations on a Theme

by Haydn (1873) also show this skill.

All that said, Brahms felt that his first symphonic effort should be weighty and substantial, without any frivolities such as the programs and suggestive titles that other living composers were attaching to their new symphonies. For Brahms, a symphony should be a strong and pure musical statement, without storyline or tale to tell.

One way to achieve this weightiness was to delay the main substance of the first and last movements with slow introductions.

These passages prepare the ground (and the listener’s ears) for the stirring quicker music that is to come. In both cases, we hear outlines of themes, even themes themselves, that will later be part of the Allegro body of the movement (the “argument” made up of the formal

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sections of music). The seriousness with which these introductions signal the music to come is not to be underestimated.

The heavy tread of the timpani at the opening of the first movement is one of Brahms’s simplest yet most impressive ideas, supporting the winds’ descending phrase and the strings’ complementary ascent.

Melodies of the conventional kind are rare in the first movement, even after the Allegro begins. Instead, the material is mostly made up of motivic fragments that lend themselves well to energetic argument.

The second movement, in contrast, is rich in gorgeous melody. The writing for strings is particularly powerful. Oboe and clarinet come forward with solo material, and, at the end of the movement, a solo violin sings high above the orchestra, bathed in nostalgia.

Where Beethoven would usually write a scherzo, Brahms preferred a less hectic, medium-paced movement. This third movement takes us back to the relaxed serenades of Brahms’s early years, and although a middle section introduces some tension, the lovely clarinet melody returns. The movement ends in tranquility.

Perhaps a slow, portentous introduction was then needed to draw the mind back to the important matter of a fourth-movement finale.

No light Haydnesque solution was possible for Brahms, so he prefaced the main part of the movement with a series of dramatic sections, including some solemn entries for horns and trombones, before launching into the famous main tune. This has inevitably been likened to the “Joy” theme in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, but it has its own identity, and it carves out its own course in a powerful movement that maintains its potency and drive to the very end.

Those who heard this work in 1876 were left in little doubt that no symphony of comparable range and impact had been heard since Beethoven’s famous Ninth. Brahms, characteristically taking no chances, had made sure that his First Symphony was the mightiest thing he had yet done. And, indeed, it remains one of the mightiest things he ever composed.

Duration: 45 minutes

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FIRST VIOLINS Moshi Tang CONCERTMASTER Hawken School

Marina Ziegler ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Copley High School

Sherry Du Hudson High School

Anthony Yang Andrews Osborne Academy

Avaneesh Polaconda Strongsville High School

Holly Bennett Cleveland School of the Arts

Nicolo Moulthrop Shaker Heights High School

Anika Westerbeke Hawken Mastery School

Jacob Andreini University School

Chengyu Jiang Solon High School

Sophie Ng Avon High School

Hana Mazak Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School

Emily Boron Shaker Heights High School

Sophia Muller Cleveland Heights High School

Cyprus Foster Homeschooled

SECOND VIOLINS Carol Huang PRINCIPAL Hathaway Brown

Christina Bencin ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Hathaway Brown

Aidan Scheuer Westlake High School

Ehren Collins University School

Cavin Xue

Alice Han

Elena Ziegler

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Audrey Greer

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Stine Adkins

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Elizabeth Huang Shaker Heights High School

Yikun Zhao

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Jill King Lakewood High School

Aiden Tian

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Hannah Lee

Claire Hua

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Brian Hong

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Alexandra Chen

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Harris Wang

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Louis X. Wang

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Kailani Farivar Solon High School

VIOLAS Julia Peyrebrune PRINCIPAL The Lyceum

Alexandra Yeoh ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Homeschooled

Ben Wong

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BASSES Jonathan Jacques PRINCIPAL Shaker Heights High School

Bettie McGurr ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Hudson High School

Travis Phillips University School

Sullivan Wiggins

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Lindsey Jones

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Rowan Toth-Cseplo

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Jason Wei

Harvey S. Firestone CLC

Bobby Johnston

Solon High School

Ethan Lee Mentor High School

Milo Page Homeschooled

Roy Morcos Hudson High School

Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School

Sachin Singh University School

FLUTES Amy Deng Avon Lake High School

Olivia Fritz B

CELLOS Chengyu Li

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Eleanor Pompa

Grace Gregg Brunswick High School

Christine Kim

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Laurel School

Kobby Owusu Solon High School

Hathaway Brown

Elena Ko W Avon High School

Ada Ortan Avon High School

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PICCOLO Grace Gregg W

HORNS Jack Berendt B

OBOES Sophie Craciun W

Maxwell Foster W

Lakewood High School

Matthew Dawson Mentor High School

Andrew Kelly B Bay Village Middle School

Isabel Martin Walsh Jesuit High School

CLARINETS Elizabeth Corn Ontario High School

Chloe Fuller Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School

Owen Ganor B Rocky River High School

Ava Haehn W Riverside High School

Shannon Joyce Saint Joseph Academy

BASSOONS Emma Foster B Copley High School

Megan Janke

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PERCUSSION Abby Bemak W

Aurora High School Hudson High School

Josslyn Rossos Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School

Lakeland Community College

Aaron Miller David Schrembeck W HARP Lina Tian W Hathaway Brown

Alyssa Webb Olmsted Falls High School

TRUMPETS Frank Berendt

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS Isabel Mearini S Shaker Heights High School

Aurora High School

Sam Haskell Brunswick High School

Kahlen Sykora W Jackson Local Schools

Alex Wu B Western Reserve Academy

TROMBONES Grace Berendt Aurora High School

Elden Schrembeck W B Lake High School

Thomas Toth Mentor High School

TUBA Casey Mobley W Wadsworth High School

TIMPANI Aaron Miller W

MANAGER Kennedy McKain LIBRARIAN Malia Rivera DIRECTOR OF INSTRUMENTAL PATHWAYS Lauren Generette Performers are listed alphabetically within each woodwind, brass, and percussion sections.

Superscripts indicate principal player according to the following key: W S B

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David Schrembeck B Lake High School

Major support for the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is provided by The Geoffrey and Sarah Gund Endowment. The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is supported by a generous grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and by gifts from many other donors from across Northeast Ohio. Endowment support is provided by The George Gund Foundation.

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The following eight endowed Youth Orchestra chairs have been created in recognition of generous gifts to The Cleveland Orchestra’s endowment: Concertmaster, Daniel Majeske Memorial Chair Principal Cello, Barbara P. and Alan S. Geismer Chair Principal Viola, Anthony T. and Patricia A. Lauria Chair Principal Bass, Anthony F. Knight Memorial Chair Principal Flute, Virginia S. Jones Memorial Chair Piccolo, Patience Cameron Hoskins Chair Principal Harp, Norma Battes Chair Principal Keyboard, Victor C. Laughlin M.D. Memorial Chair

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Daniel Reith Music Director, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Assistant Conductor, The Cleveland Orchestra Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair Daniel Reith was appointed assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) starting in the 2022–23 season. As COYO’s music director, Mr. Reith oversees the ensemble’s artistic planning, selects personnel for the ensemble, and leads rehearsals and performances of the Youth Orchestra. He’s also actively involved with the Orchestra’s education programs and community performances, and provides assistance for the Orchestra’s Classical and Blossom Music Festival seasons.

Mr. Reith was the 2019 winner of Opptakt, Talent Norway’s program for fostering young conductors, and has since performed with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, and the Norwegian Armed Forces. In 2022, Mr. Reith made his debuts with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. He also served as assistant conductor for the Norwegian Opera production of Orpheus in the Underworld.

In addition to his conducting work, Mr. Reith is a talented pianist and chamber musician, having performed in concerts and competitions throughout Germany, Norway, and other countries. Mr. Reith has been awarded several scholarships in Germany, where he’s worked with orchestras such as the Hamburg Philharmonic and Neubrandenburg Philharmonic.

Mr. Reith grew up in Bühl, Germany, and studied music in his home country as well as Norway. He received bachelor’s degrees in piano from Freiburg’s Academy of Music and the Norwegian Academy of Music. He also received a bachelor’s degree in music theory at Freiburg’s Academy of Music, followed by a bachelor’s degree in conducting at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. In 2021, he received his master’s degree in conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music.

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Ethan Burck Tenor “Promising young tenor” (Seen and Heard International) Ethan Burck from Aurora, Illinois, began his Master of Musical Arts at the Yale School of Music in fall 2022, after finishing his Master of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music. This season, he performs in Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, as well as in scenes in which he sings the roles of Lensky from Eugene Onegin, Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles, and Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann with the Yale Opera. During his time at the Curtis Institute of Music Mr. Burck performed roles including Ferrando in Così fan tutte; Tito in Mercy, a filmed adaptation of Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito; and a “nicely traced” (OperaWire) turn as the title character in Albert Herring. While at Curtis, Mr. Burck “heroically stepped in’’ (parterre box) to make his Opera Philadelphia debut as Shepherd in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. Mr. Burck was an apprentice artist at Santa Fe Opera in summer 2021. He received his bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Baldwin Wallace University in 2019. At Baldwin Wallace his performances included Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress, Young Jim in Glory Denied, and Paolino in Il matrimonio segreto.

Seth Hobi Baritone Cleveland native Seth Hobi is a 21-year-old baritone who has been heard extensively in Northeast Ohio.

An alumnus of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus, Mr. Hobi has performed in genres ranging from musical theater, opera, contemporary music, and early music. He recently was a baritone soloist in performances of Handel’s Messiah and was cast in the lead role of Max Rosenbaum in the staged premiere of Cathy Lesser Mansfield’s opera, The Sparks Fly Upward. As a choral singer, Mr. Hobi is a Shari Bierman Singer Fellow with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and has performed with the Case Western Reserve University Early Music Singers, Old Stone Singers, and Singers Club of Cleveland. Mr. Hobi has

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collaborated in concert with composers such as Cecilia McDowall, Sydney Guillaume, and John Adams. Mr. Hobi is currently in his third year pursuing a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance at Cleveland State University, where he studies with Amanda Powell. He has also studied with Tyler Evatt-Young and Bob Godfrey.

Amanda Powell Soprano Amanda Powell is at home in repertoire from Monteverdi to Mozart to Ravel, and has toured internationally as soloist in Baroque opera, oratorio, and crossover folk programs. She performed with Grammy Award–winning Apollo’s Fire in venues such as the National Concert Hall of Ireland in Dublin, the Irish National Opera House, the Aldeburgh Festival (U.K.), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the National Gallery (Washington, D.C.), and Zellerbach Hall (San Francisco). Her 2019 debut in Handel’s Messiah with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra won kudos as “the soloist of the night... singing to perfection.”

As a recording artist, Ms. Powell has been featured on Apollo’s Fire albums including Sugarloaf Mountain, Sephardic Journey, and Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain — all of which debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard Classical Chart. Her solo album, Beyond Boundaries, is an intimate program of folk, jazz, and global music. She has collaborated with Bobby McFerrin, Jamey Haddad, and Sheila Jordan, and currently tours with the Italian folk/ jazz group Alla Boara.

Ms. Powell is on the voice faculty at Cleveland State University. She is also community arts liaison for the Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Church in Cleveland Heights.

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Shannon Katzenberger Lakewood High School

Keniel Keeney Laurel School

Kelly Kirchner Laurel School

Rohan Kumar Elif Albulut Solon High School

Serin Arikan Hawken School

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Kingsten Lin University School

Edith Masuda

Cameron Armstrong

Laurel School

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Aurora McCloud

Aiste Berzinskas West Geauga High School

Nina Tejada Bramhall Beaumont High School

Abs Burkle Cleveland Heights High School

Marin Carlson Kenston High School

Zelie Cerda-Malicdem Aurora High School

William Christian Shaker Heights High School

Natasha M. Dudick Padua Franciscan High School

Henry Dyck Cleveland Heights High School

Eleanor Fleming Orange High School

Jacob Gao Copley-Fairlawn Middle School

Jade Gladue Laurel School

Eva Gross

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Lila Nagy North Olmsted High School

Adelyn Nicholson Mayfield High School

Maggie Panichi Independence High School

Eli Posa Beachwood High School

Leah Rodrick Normandy High School

Carley Sorrent Wadsworth High School

Sasha Turner Hawken School

Julia Weber West Geauga High School

Sammy Weidenthal University School

Sydney Wilson Independence High

Sophia Young Berkshire High School

Laurel School

Ishani Zimmerman

Julianne Harbath

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Hawken Upper School

Matthew Hebert Independence High School

Vishwum Kapadia

The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus is supported by the Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation.

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Daniel Singer Director, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Daniel Singer joined the choral conducting staff of the Cleveland Orchestra in 2012 as assistant director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus. He was promoted to assistant director of Choruses and director of the Youth Chorus with the start of the 2018–19 season.

In 2022, Mr. Singer joined the music faculty of The College of Wooster, where he teaches courses in music education, conducting, and music theory. From 2011–2022, Mr. Singer served as director of music at University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio, where he conducted orchestra and chorus. He is also active as a guest conductor and has worked with honor choirs and student ensembles in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and North Carolina. Mr. Singer has performed professionally with Quire Cleveland and Apollo’s Fire, and has sung as baritone soloist with ensembles throughout Northeast Ohio. He is also an arranger and composer, having written for choral and instrumental groups throughout the United States.

Prior to coming to Ohio, Mr. Singer worked as a performer, music director, and teacher in the Chicago area. He taught high school choral music in the cities of Lincolnshire and Cary and participated in music engagement in the Chicago Public Schools. Mr. Singer holds degrees in music education and conducting from Northwestern University and Michigan State University.

Devon Steve Assistant Director, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Devon Steve is in his first season with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus, of which he is an alumnus.

He is a Cleveland native, returning after years of teaching in Des Moines, Iowa. He currently serves as director of music at University School, teaching choir and orchestra. An active choral singer, he participates in ensemble projects across the Midwest. Mr. Steve received a bachelor’s degree in music education from St. Olaf College and is pursuing his master’s degree in choral conducting from Simpson College.

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About the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is a full symphonic ensemble composed of 89 young musicians drawn from 41 communities in 12 counties across Northern Ohio. Founded in 1986 by Jahja Ling (then resident conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra), the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) provides serious young music students of middle and high school age with a unique pre-professional orchestral training experience. The 2022–23 season marks COYO’s 37th season and the first under the direction of Daniel Reith.

Among the acclaimed artists to work with COYO are Marin Alsop, Pierre Boulez, Stéphane Denève, Christoph von Dohnányi, Giancarlo Guerrero, Witold Lutosławski, Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, Michael Tilson Thomas, Antoni Wit, and Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. The ensemble has been featured on three international tours.

The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is part of a suite of Cleveland Orchestra programs designed to nurture aspiring young musicians, which also includes the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus, the Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus and Preparatory Chorus, and the Crescendo and Music Mentors pathways initiatives for students in Cleveland schools. In addition, with the support of many generous individual, foundation, corporate, and governmental funding partners, the Orchestra’s full range of education and community programs reach more than 100,000 young people and adults annually, helping to foster a lifelong relationship with music by removing barriers to participation, advocating for and helping to facilitate equitable access to comprehensive music education in schools, and harnessing the lifechanging power in service to the community.

Auditions for the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra’s 2023–24 Season will take place in May. Learn more about requirements and how to apply at clevelandorchestrayouthorchestra.com.

Open to middle and high school-aged instrumentalists.

The application deadline is Friday, March 24.

For questions, call 216-456-8410 or email coyo@clevelandorchestra.com.

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About the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus The 2022–23 season marks the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus’s 32nd season. Founded in spring 1991, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus was established to help raise awareness of choral music-making in the schools of Northeast Ohio and encourage students to continue their choral singing activities through college and into adulthood. The Youth Chorus provides professional guidance for talented singers in grades nine through twelve beyond their high school experience and performs works from the standard choral-orchestral repertoire.

The members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus are selected through competitive auditions held each spring. This season, the members represent more than 20 schools and communities from six counties across Northeast Ohio. The Youth Chorus participates in a half-dozen performances each season, including a joint concert at Severance Music Center with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and frequently with The Cleveland Orchestra.

In addition to performances at Severance Music Center, the Youth Chorus participates in concerts and community engagement programs in the greater Cleveland area, and ensemble singers also attend workshops and masterclasses with noted choral directors and clinicians. The Youth Chorus has appeared in concert at the Ohio Choral Directors Association, the Ohio Music Education Association Convention, and on the subscription concert series at a number of churches across Northeast Ohio.

Auditions for the 2023–24 season will be held this spring. The coming season will include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Honor Choir, and community performances. Choristers who participate in Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Chamber Ensemble have additional opportunities to perform in the Holiday Concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra. More information is available at coyc.cochorus.com.

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Youth Orchestra Coaching Staff The following members of The Cleveland Orchestra have served as section coaches for the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra in preparation for this concert: VIOLINS Stephen Tavani Assistant Concertmaster

HORNS Hans Clebsch Alan DeMattia

Kathleen Collins

Emeritus Horn

VIOLA Stanley Konopka

TRUMPET Lyle Steelman

Assistant Principal

Jeffrey Irvine Emeritus Viola

CELLOS David Alan Harrell

Assistant Principal

TROMBONE Shachar Israel Assistant Principal

James DeSano Emeritus Trombone

BASSES Mark Atherton Martin Flowerman

TUBA Yasuhito Sugiyama

Emeritus Bass

FLUTE Jessica Sindell

PERCUSSION Thomas Sherwood

John Rautenberg

HARP Trina Struble

Emeritus Flute

Principal

Assistant Principal

OBOE Frank Rosenwein Principal

CLARINET Robert Woolfrey

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS Joela Jones Emeritus Keyboard

WITH SPECIAL THANKS Michael Ferraguto Librarian

BASSOON Phil Austin Emeritus Bassoon

Gareth Thomas

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School Music Teachers The members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and Chorus express gratitude to their school music directors for the role they play on a daily basis in developing musical skills: Sarah Dixon Aurora High School

Mason Smith Aurora High School

Jesse Martin

Jelani Watkins Hawken School

Sam Hartman Hudson High School

Roberto Iriarte

Avon High School

Hudson High School

Joshua Brunger

Gretchen Obravac

Avon Lake High School

Mark Awad Bay Village Middle School

David Luddington Beachwood High School

Allison Siekmann Beachwood Middle School

Steven Cocchiola Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School

Ethan Eraybar Brunswick High School

Daniel Heim Cleveland Heights High School

Jesse Lang Cleveland Heights High School

Diana Richardson Cleveland School of the Arts

Michael Foster Copley High School

Basil Kochan Copley High School

Sloan Stakleff Firestone CLC

Amy Rach Green Local Schools

James Hogan Hathaway Brown School

Yu Yuan Hawken Mastery School

Kyra Mihalski Hawken School

Jodie Ricci Hawken School

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Independence High School

Michele Monigold Jackson Local Schools

Jared Cooey Lake Local Schools

Demetrius Steinmetz Lakeland Community College

Ryan Brooks Lakewood High School

Elizabeth Hankins Lakewood High School

Clinton Steinbrunner Lakewood High School

Joel McDaniel Laurel School

Joseph Kucel The Lyceum

Brian Fancher Mayfield High School

Adam Landry Mentor High School

Steven Poremba Mentor High School

Matthew Yoke Mentor High School

Sarah Shonk Normandy High School

Alex Phan North Olmsted High School

Audrey Melzer Oberlin Senior High School

Julie Budd Olmsted Falls High School

Elijah Henkel Ontario High School

Brandon DuVall Orange High School

Tammy Plasterer Padua Franciscan High School

David Schwartz Riverside High School

Michael Komperda Rocky River High School

Katherine Holaway Roxboro Middle School

Brian Patton Saint Joseph Academy

Bill Hughes Shaker Heights High School

Donna Jelen Shaker Heights High School

Nicholas LaPete Shaker Heights High School

Stephanie Bettinger Solon Middle School

Gerald MacDougall Solon Middle & High School

Andrew Hire Strongsville High School

Damon Conn Twinsburg City School District

David Kay University School

Devon Steve University School

Darlene Khoury Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School

Dana Hire Wadsworth High School

Nicholas Ratay Walsh Jesuit

Margaret Karam Western Reserve Academy

Hilary Patriok Westlake High School

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Private Music Teachers The members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and Chorus express gratitude to their private teachers for their patience, insight, and expertise: VIOLIN TEACHERS Masha Andreini David Bowlin Wei-Shu Co Catherine Cosbey Heather Crawford Kim Gomez* Wei-Fang Gu* Liesl Hook-Langmack Olga Kaler Joan Kwuon Yung-Ting Lee* Sonja Braaten Molloy* Yoko Moore Eugenia Poustyreva Mary Price Amber Rogers Carol Ruzicka Zhan Shu* Laura Shuster Stephen Sims Jennifer Walvoord Joy Wiener Yu Yuan* VIOLA TEACHERS Jeffrey Irvine Laura Keunen-Poper Nancy McConnell James Rhodes Lembi Veskimets* Ann Yu Louise Zeitlin

CELLO TEACHERS Martha Baldwin* Ruby Brallier Eliza Fath David Alan Harrell* Rebecca Konow Dmitry Kouzov Paul Kushious* Daniel Pereira Richard Weiss* Elizabeth Zadinsky BASS TEACHERS Patricia Johnston Tracy Rowell Bryan Thomas Susan Yelanjian FLUTE TEACHERS Kyra Kester Audrey Park Heidi Ruby-Kushious Debbie Woods

TRUMPET TEACHERS Chris Hall Michael Miller* Rich Pokrywka Erik Sundet TROMBONE TEACHERS Adam Landry Eric Richmond Elisabeth Shafer TUBA TEACHER Christopher Blaha PERCUSSION TEACHERS Luke Rinderknecht Joan Wenzel

OBOE TEACHERS Jack Harel Mary Kausek Justine Myers Corbin Stair*

HARP TEACHER Jody Guinn

CLARINET TEACHERS Arlyn Caral Meghan Colbert Adrienne Lape Alix Reinhardt Craig Wohlschlager Robert Woolfrey*

VOCAL TEACHERS Jennifer Call Marie Cox Judy Fesk Carol Mancini Vicki McCrone Noriko Paukert Miki Saito

BASSOON TEACHERS Mark DeMio Judith Guegold

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HORN TEACHERS Alan DeMattia Sam Hartman Rose Madonia

KEYBOARD TEACHER Madeline Levitz

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LATE SEATING As a courtesy to the audience members and musicians in the hall, late-arriving patrons are asked to wait quietly until the first convenient break in the program, when ushers will help you to your seats. These seating breaks are at the discretion of the House Manager in consultation with the performing artists.

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HEARING AIDS AND OTHER HEALTH-ASSISTIVE DEVICES For the comfort of those around you, please reduce the volume on hearing aids and other devices that may produce a noise that would detract from the program. Infrared AssistiveListening Devices are available. Please see the House Manager or Head Usher for more details.

AGE RESTRICTIONS Regardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat throughout the performance.

Classical season subscription concerts are not recommended for children under the age of 8. However, there are several age-appropriate series designed specifically for children and youth, including Music Explorers (recommended for children 3 to 6 years old) and Family Concerts (for ages 7 and older).

Copyright © 2023 by The Cleveland Orchestra and Musical Arts Association Amanda Angel, Managing Editor of Content (AAngel@clevelandorchestra.com) (AAngel@clevelandorchestra.com) Program books for Cleveland Orchestra concerts are produced by The Cleveland Orchestra and are distributed free to attending audience members.

The Cleveland Orchestra is proud to have its home, Severance Music Center, located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, with whom it has a long history of collaboration and partnership.

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