The Cleveland Orchestra Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert

45TH ANNUAL

Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert JANUARY 19, 2025

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WELCOME FROM THE PRESID E N T & CEO

COVER PHOTO BY HERMAN HILLER, COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Dear Friends, It is a pleasure to welcome you all to Severance Music Center for the 45th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert. Each year, we are delighted to bring together members of our Greater Cleveland community for a joyous evening of music that honors the remarkable and enduring legacy of Dr. King.

Tonight’s program takes us on a journey through the life of Civil Rights leader and author Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King. The music selections depict her growth as an accomplished soprano and activist, who used music to inspire, uplift, and mobilize people during the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. These works will be brought to life by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus under the direction of Dr. William Henry Caldwell, soprano Laquita Mitchell, and The Cleveland Orchestra with Associate Conductor Daniel Reith.

We will also take the opportunity to recognize impactful contributions within our own community. Last year, after two decades, The Cleveland Orchestra refocused the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Awards to especially acknowledge community service in music and the arts. Our honorees this year are music director and educator Dr. David M. Thomas, Hispanic architect and arts advocate Richard K. Levitz, and Benjamin Smith’s Splice-Cream Truck, which connects communities through art and sound. We encourage you to read about their exceptional achievements on pages 10-13.

Our heartfelt gratitude goes to the Orchestra’s longstanding Community Access Partner KeyBank and Jayne Zborowsky for their generous support. For those who could not attend or would like to revisit tonight’s concert, it will be available to stream for free on Adella.live, the digital home of The Cleveland Orchestra, and the Orchestra’s YouTube channel.

We also hope you will return to Severance on Monday, January 20, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, for a free community open house from 11:30 AM to 5 PM, with music, dance performances, and other special activities throughout the hall. A complete schedule and more information are available at clevelandorchestra.com.

On behalf of the entire Cleveland Orchestra family, we thank you for joining us to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and our beloved community.

Warmly,

André Gremillet President & CEO, The Cleveland Orchestra

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LE T TER FROM THE MAYOR OF CLE VEL A N D

Dear Clevelanders, It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 45th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert.

On behalf of the City of Cleveland, I want to express our gratitude to The Cleveland Orchestra for its vital contributions to our city’s world-class arts and culture scene. This annual celebration is a reminder of how music brings people together across diverse backgrounds. The Cleveland Orchestra embodies this spirit, creating a shared space where we can connect, reflect, and celebrate the transformative beauty of art.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day calls us to honor the life and legacy of a heroic leader who championed social justice, civil rights, and equality for all. Dr. King’s unfaltering courage and determination in confronting systemic racism inspires us to work toward a more just and equitable society.

Dr. King’s movement for justice would not have been made possible without the trailblazing partnership of Coretta Scott King, a visionary leader in her own right. A gifted soprano with a bachelor’s degree in music and education and a graduate degree in voice from the New England Conservatory, Coretta Scott King understood the unifying power of music. She directed her gifts not just toward her artistry but also toward empowering a global movement centered on peace, justice, and equality.

Together, Mrs. King and Dr. King inspired the world to confront hatred with love and division with hope.

As Clevelanders, it is our shared responsibility to carry forward this legacy. Let us honor Dr. King and Mrs. King by recommitting ourselves to their vision of unity, hope, and justice. Take this moment to celebrate their remarkable contributions and reflect on how we can each play a role in advancing their dream of equality for all.

Enjoy this program and thank you for joining us for this meaningful celebration.

Sincerely,

Justin M. Bibb Mayor, City of Cleveland clevelandorchestra.com

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The 45th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert Sunday, January 19, at 7 PM The Cleveland Orchestra Daniel Reith, conductor | Laquita Mitchell, soprano | Aseelah Shareef, host Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus Dr. William Henry Caldwell, chorus director and conductor P RO G R A M

Opening Remarks André Gremillet, President & CEO, The Cleveland Orchestra

Invocation Reverend Dr. Lisa M. Goods, Senior Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church

City of Cleveland Welcome Rhonda K. Brown, Senior Strategist Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy

Sponsor Remarks Eric Fiala, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, KeyBank & CEO, KeyBank Foundation

Severance Music Center Welcome Jejuana C. Brown, Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Community Relations, The Cleveland Orchestra

Presentation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service in the Arts Awards Jeffery J. Weaver, Chair, The Cleveland Orchestra Community Engagement Committee Kevin Conwell, Cleveland City Council Yvonne Conwell, Cuyahoga County Council Recipients: Richard K. Levitz | Dr. David M. Thomas Benjamin Smith’s Splice-Cream Truck P R O G R A M C O N T I N U E D N E X T PA G E   

KeyBank is the Community Access Partner for the 2025 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert.

The Cleveland Orchestra recognizes and thanks Mrs. Jayne M. Zborowsky for her support of this concert.

With gratitude to the New England Conservatory Archives and Aaron Flagg for their contributions to tonight’s program.

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TH E PRO G R AM J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954) (arr. Hale Smith)

Lift Every Voice and Sing MLK Chorus

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)

Traditional

(arr. William L. Dawson)

Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 Ain’t That Good News!

MLK Chorus; Dr. William Henry Caldwell, conductor

My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord

Traditional

(arr. Glenn L. Jones)

MLK Chorus; Laquita Mitchell, soprano; Dr. William Henry Caldwell, conductor

O Divine Redeemer

Charles Gounod (1818–1893)

Laquita Mitchell, soprano INTERMISSION

Traditional

Hold On!

(arr. Jester Hairston)

MLK Chorus; Dr. William Henry Caldwell, conductor

Louise Shropshire

If My Jesus Wills/We Shall Overcome

(1913–1993) (arr. Tim Berens)

MLK Chorus

Adolphus C. Hailstork

Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed

Florence Price

Hold Fast to Dreams

Undine Smith Moore

Love Let the Wind Cry ... How I Adore Thee

Valerie Coleman

Umoja: Anthem of Unity

Traditional

Amazing Grace

(b. 1941)

(1887–1953) (orch. Brandon Ridenour) (1904–1989) (orch. Nicholas Hersh) (b. 1970)

(arr. Tim Berens)

Laquita Mitchell, soprano

Laquita Mitchell, soprano

MLK Chorus

Tonight’s program will be broadcast live on WCLV 90.3 and WKSU 89.7, and livestreamed on Adella.live and YouTube. It will be available on replay for 10 days following the concert.

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TCO CO MMU N IT Y E NG AG EM E N T CO M M IT TEE Jeffery J. Weaver, trustee, chair KeyBank Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, trustee, vice chair

Case Western Reserve University

Charles Bernard The Cleveland Orchestra, musician

Deborah McHamm A Cultural Exchange

Robin Dunn Blossom The Cleveland Orchestra, trustee

Toussaint Miller Harvard University ’25

Richard J. Bogomolny The Cleveland Orchestra, trustee

Ioana Missits The Cleveland Orchestra, musician

Jennifer Coleman The George Gund Foundation

Patricia Moore-Smith Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra

José C. Feliciano BakerHostetler (retired), The Hispanic Roundtable

Tony Sias Karamu House

Iris Harvie The Cleveland Orchestra, trustee George Hwang Pearl of the Orient Restaurant Reverend Courtney Clayton Jenkins South Euclid United Church of Christ Dr. Wael Khoury Marymount Hospital Dennis LaBarre The Cleveland Orchestra, trustee Richard K. Levitz R.K. Levitz LLC Cecil Lipscomb United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Stephen McHale The Cleveland Orchestra, trustee

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R. Thomas Stanton Squire Patton Boggs Karis Tzeng ThirdSpace Action Lab STAFF LIAISONS Jejuana C. Brown The Cleveland Orchestra, Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Community Relations Joan Katz Napoli The Cleveland Orchestra, Vice President of Education & Community Engagement Teagan Webb The Cleveland Orchestra, Director of Community Engagement

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

2025 SERVICE IN THE ARTS AWARDS The Cleveland Orchestra and the City of Cleveland are pleased to announce the recipients of these annual Service in the Arts Awards, as we honor two remarkable community members and an extraordinary organization selected from the many who have dedicated their lives to focus on positively impacting Cleveland through music and the arts in the spirit of Dr. King’s work and teachings:

Richard K. Levitz | Dr. David M. Thomas Benjamin Smith’s Splice-Cream Truck The award recipients have demonstrated the following qualities: Using music and the arts to promote social justice Recognizing musicians and artists of color Improving access to music and arts education Advocating for music and the arts Award Selection Committee: Robert Hubbard, M. Carmen Lane, Joan Katz Napoli, Jeffery J. Weaver, Teagan Webb

TH E 2025 AWARDEES

Richard K. Levitz

LEFT: PHOTO BY DON RICE, COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS | ABOVE: PHOTO COURTESY OF RICHARD K. LEVITZ

Hispanic architect and arts advocate

Richard K. Levitz is an accomplished architect, planner, and urban designer who has worked with numerous local, national, and international clients, including Stark Enterprises, Cuyahoga Community College, MetroHealth, University Hospitals, and Case Western Reserve University. Originally from Colombia, South America, he moved to Cleveland in 1996, largely drawn by the rich cultural life of the city, The Cleveland Orchestra in particular.

Levitz has served with distinction on the Orchestra’s Community Engagement Committee for decades. Stemming from his Colombian roots, he feels a special kinship to the Hispanic/Latino community. In 1997, he initiated the first meeting between the Orchestra’s leadership and ten regional Hispanic/Latino organizations, which led to the first Hispanic Heritage Concert at Severance Music Center in 1998. Since those early initiatives, Levitz has helped establish clevelandorchestra.com

concerts by Orchestra members at the Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center, La Placita, and La Sagrada Familia Church. He also played a key role in implementing Hispanic Family Nights at Blossom and the continuation of the Orchestra’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Concerts at Severance.

In addition to his work with the Orchestra, Levitz has served on the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board since 1997, helping to create and grow Hispanic businesses. He was a member of the Capital Campaign Steering Committee for the mixed-use Hispanic market CentroVilla25 and is a charter member and board member of Campo 25, which was responsible for repurposing the historic Astrup Awning Building into the Pivot Center for Art, Dance, and Expression in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. Levitz has also spearheaded artistic programs in collaboration with Playhouse Square, Piano Cleveland, and The Cleveland Cello Society.

Levitz holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in architecture from New York’s Columbia University and The Ohio State University, respectively. He also completed architecture courses at New College, Oxford, and conducted research in Spanish colonial, urban planning, and civic code in Colombia, South America.

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TH E 2025 AWARDEES

Dr. David M. Thomas

Dr. David Manning Thomas is a music educator and project manager for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and music director of the district’s Emmy-nominated All-City Arts Program.

Over his 25+ year teaching career, he has received numerous awards — including the Louis & Carl Stokes Jazz Legend Award and Tri-C Jazz Legend Award — and earned the distinction of being listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Education.

Alongside his education career, Thomas serves as resident music director at Cleveland’s historic Karamu House.

Notably, he was the music director, composer, and arranger for Karamu’s 2022 and 2023 productions of Black Nativity, the latter of which received Nativity honorable mention in the category of “Best Musical Direction” by the Cleveland Critics Circle Theater Awards. Thomas 12 | 2024/2025 SEASON

has also served as music director for shows such as Dreamgirls, Rent, Bubbling Brown Sugar Sugar, The Wiz, Aida, Blues in the Night, Ain’t Misbehavin’ Misbehavin’, and Memphis, among others.

Thomas’s original compositions and arrangements have been recorded and performed by many amateur and professional ensembles, including the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Cleveland All-City Chorus, and Pieces of a Dream.

His music has been published by GIA Publications, Inc. and he is the co-author of All Night, All Day: A Child’s First Book of African-American Spirituals, which received the Coretta Scott King Award.

Originally from Youngstown, Thomas relocated to Cleveland after performing on many tours with Dizzy Gillespie, Albert Ayler Ayler, Jean Carne, Major Harris, and Rose Royce. He studied at the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education from Case Western Reserve University and a master’s degree in composition from Cleveland State University. Thomas did postgraduate work at Royal Holloway (University of London) and Camden University (London) before completing his studies in the Doctor of Music program at Kent State University. In addition, Thomas is a member of the Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society and Phi Delta Kappa International.

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Music director and educator

Benjamin Smith’s Splice-Cream Truck

PHOTOS COURTESY OF BENJAMIN SMITH

A mobile recording studio that connects communities through sound

The Splice-Cream Truck is a fully analog recording studio — housed in a converted ice cream truck — whose purpose is to “splice together” communities that have been historically separated by color lines and virtual borders. Created by Benjamin Smith, the Splice-Cream Truck records and shares people’s stories across the city of Cleveland, creating an aural bridge between communities. As an incentive for participating in interviews, individuals receive an ice cream treat or a “SPLICEE” (an Icee-like drink), as well as an on-the-spot, 45rpm “vinyl” record.

Originally from California, Smith is a composer, vintage electronics tinkerer, aural/visual artist, and an overall glasshalf-full dreamer. He loves video game music, analog gear of all sorts, and old BBC television programs, but his true clevelandorchestra.com

passion in life is connecting with people through art and sound, especially those who wouldn’t normally be presented with the “opportunity of community” collaboration. He uses and creates sometimes forgotten analog and acoustic (tangible) musical devices to bring a hands-on approach to bringing people together — teaching while creating.

As a person of color, Smith has experienced firsthand how important it is to be seen, heard, and accepted as a unique individual. He seeks to teach that everybody, no matter how “different,” should be treated equally and encouraged to let their light shine brightly, using the vehicle of music to share their stories.

Smith’s other projects include the See Our Light art exhibit, which is currently on display at the Glenville Public Library.

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PAST AWARD EES

2004 – 2024 RECIPIENTS OF THE

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS 2004

2013

2020

Broadway: Diversity in Progress Charles L. See

Care Alliance Health Center Cory United Methodist Church Justin Orr Dr. Betty K. Pinkney

Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell Congresswoman Marcia Fudge Margaret Mitchell Betty Pinkney

2005 Ted Ginn, Sr. Murtis H. Taylor Multi-Service Center

2006 Case Western Reserve University Akil Marshall

2014

2021*

Block By Block Takarria Cannady Duffy Liturgical Dance Arnold R. Pinkney Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton

Craig Arnold (Eaton) Black Lives Matter Cleveland City Council The Cleveland Foundation Cleveland Metropolitan School District Cleveland Public Theater Cuyahoga County The George Gund Foundation Greater Cleveland Partnership Karamu House William Lacey (GE Lighting, a Savant Company) Fred Nance (Squire Patton Boggs) Urban League of Greater Cleveland

2007

2015

Consortium of African American Organizations Dr. Charles S. Modlin

The Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word E. F. Boyd & Sons Funeral Home & Crematory El Barrio Center for Workforce Development Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.

2008 The Cleveland Cavaliers Norma Harko Kevin Hatcher

2016 2009 Esperanza, Inc. Howard Johnson Robert P. Madison Danny R. Williams

Judge Jean Murrell Capers Toussaint J. Miller The Honorable Louis Stokes (posthumously)

2017 2010 Theodore (Ted) J. Horvath The Presidents’ Council Ebony Summers

2011 Baldwin-Wallace College, Student Affairs Division Dr. Julian M. Earls Cedric Thorbes

Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority The Honorable George L. Forbes Chelsea Kellie Hodge The Honorable Carl B. Stokes (posthumously)

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Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center Joan Southgate Dolores White

2023 Dr. William Henry Caldwell Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus LaJean Ray

2018 Councilman Kevin Conwell Titus Hicks KeyBank

2012 Dontea Gresham The Horvitz YouthAbility Program Donshon Wilson

2022

2024 Darelle Hill Christopher Jenkins Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

2019 Rev. Dr. E. T. Caviness Positive Education Program Kayla Thomas

* Honored virtually during the pandemic for extraordinary community service amidst a period of racial reckoning

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TH E SU NG TE XTS

Lift Every Voice and Sing Music by J. Rosamond Johnson Words by James Weldon Johnson Lift ev’ry voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the list’ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chast’ning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,

We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand.

True to our God, True to our native land.

Ain’t That Good News!

Traditional I got a crown up in the Kingdom, Ain’t that good news!

I’m gonna lay down this world, Gonna shoulder up my cross, Gonna take it home to my Jesus, Ain’t that good news!

I got a robe up in the Kingdom, Ain’t that good news!

I’m gonna lay down this world …

I got a Savior in the Kingdom, Ain’t that good news!

I’m gonna lay down this world …

I got a harp up in the Kingdom, Ain’t that good news!

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My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord Traditional In the Lord, in the Lord, My soul’s been anchored in the Lord.

My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’s blood and righteousness.

I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly lean on Jesus’s name.

My soul’s been anchored in the Lord …

Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest is still high.

Hide me, O my Savior, hide, Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last.

In the Lord, in the Lord, My soul is anchored in the Lord!

O Divine Redeemer Music by Charles Gounod Words by Alfred William Phillips Ah! Turn me not away, Receive me though unworthy.

Hear thou my cry, Behold, Lord, my distress.

Answer me from thy throne, Haste thee, Lord, to mine aid, Thy pity shew in my deep anguish.

Let not the sword of vengeance smite me, Though righteous thine anger, O Lord.

Shield me in danger! O regard me; On thee, Lord, alone will I call!

O Divine Redeemer!

I pray thee grant me pardon And remember not my sins.

Forgive me, O Divine Redeemer!

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Night gathers round my soul!

Fearful, I cry to thee!

Come to mine aid, O Lord!

Haste thee, Lord, haste to help me!

Hear my cry! Save me, Lord, in thy mercy.

Come and save me, O Lord!

O Divine Redeemer! …

Save in the day of retribution, From Death shield thou me, O my God. O Divine Redeemer, have mercy!

Help me, my Savior!

Hold On! Traditional Noah, Noah, let me come in, The door’s all fastened and the window’s pinned.

Keep your hand on the plow.

Hold on, hold on!

Noah said, “You done lost your track, You can’t plow straight and keep a-lookin’ back.”

Keep your hand on the plow.

Hold on, hold on!

If you wanna get to heaven, let me tell you how, Just keep your hand on the Gospel plow.

If that plow stays in your hand, Land you straight in the promised land.

Keep your hand on the plow.

Hold on, hold on!

Mary had a golden chain, Every link spelled my Jesus’s name.

Keep on climbin’ and don’t you tire, Every rung goes higher and higher.

Keep your hand on the plow.

Hold on, hold on!

If My Jesus Wills/We Shall Overcome Music and words by Louise Shropshire; Traditional I’ll overcome. I’ll overcome.

I’ll overcome someday.

If my Jesus wills, I do believe, I’ll overcome someday.

We shall live in peace. We shall live in peace.

We shall live in peace someday.

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall live in peace someday.

Gonna sing a new song. Gonna sing a new song.

Gonna sing a new song someday.

If my Jesus wills, I do believe, I’ll overcome someday.

We shall overcome. We shall overcome.

We shall overcome someday.

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall overcome someday.

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Hold Fast to Dreams Music by Florence Price Words by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow

Langston Hughes, “Dreams” from The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Copyright © 2002 by Langston Hughes.

Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates, Inc.

Love Let the Wind Cry ... How I Adore Thee Music by Undine Smith Moore Words by Sappho; Translation by Bliss Carmen and H.T. Wharton Love let the wind cry On the dark mountain, Bending the ash trees And the tall hemlocks With the great voice of Thunderous legions, How I adore thee.

Love, let the clear call Of the tree cricket, Frailest of creatures, Green as the young grass, Mark with his trilling Resonant bell-note, How I adore thee.

Let the hoarse torrent In the blue canyon, Murmuring mightily Out of the gray mist Of primal chaos Cease not proclaiming How I adore thee.

But, more than all sounds, Surer, serener, Fuller of passion And exultation, Let the hushed whisper In thine own heart say, How I adore thee.

Let the long rhythm Of crunching rollers, Breaking and bursting On the white seaboard Titan and tireless, Tell, while the world stands, How I adore thee.

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Amazing Grace Traditional Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me.

I once was lost, but now I’m found.

Was blind, but now, I see.

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace.

’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved: How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

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TH E CO N DU C TOR

Daniel Reith, Associate Conductor

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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, being promoted to associate conductor in June 2024. As COYO’s music director, 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 Severance and Blossom Music Festival seasons.

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, clevelandorchestra.com

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, and the Norwegian Armed Forces. In 2022, Reith made his debuts with the Kristians and 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, Reith is a talented pianist and chamber musician, having performed in concerts and competitions throughout Germany, Norway, and other countries. Reith has been awarded several scholarships in Germany, where he’s worked with orchestras such as the Hamburg Philharmonic and Neubrandenburg Philharmonic.

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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TH E H OST

Aseelah Shareef

Aseelah Shareef offers a unique combination and understanding of inspirational leadership, operations and logistics, organizational programming, and artistry, developed through intense non-profit environments demanding excellence, flexibility, and the capacity to master multiple roles. Just a few of those roles include performing with Step Afrika! — the world’s only professional dance company dedicated to the art of stepping (body percussion), which toured nationally and internationally — and teaching and co-creating new curriculum for Dance at Cuyahoga Community College.

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School of the Arts. Her current role is vice president & chief operating officer at Karamu House, where she implements operational efficiencies across product lines, has developed new arts residency programs, and curates socially and culturally responsive community arts experiences, including after-school and weekend arts education models for lifelong learners. She recently and concurrently served as the interim executive director of the Cleveland Arts Prize, the nation’s oldest municipal arts award.

Shareef is a 2023 YWCA of Greater Cleveland Woman of Achievement and was a member of the inaugural 2019 Arts & Culture Leaders of Color Fellowship cohort sponsored by Americans for the Arts, The Joyce Foundation, and American Express. Her community involvement includes membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., The International Association of Blacks in Dance, Ohio Advisory Group of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, OhioDance, 10K Movement, and the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation.

Shareef holds a master’s degree in arts administration and a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Florida State University.

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TH E ARTIST

Laquita Mitchell

PHOTO BY ZAKIYAH CALDWELL

Soprano

Soprano Laquita Mitchell consistently earns acclaim on opera and concert stages worldwide, having recently been nominated for a Grammy for her contribution in the world premiere of Paul Moravec’s Sanctuary Road with the Oratorio Society of New York. This season, she makes her long-awaited debut as Aida with Dayton Opera. Mitchell also joins the California Symphony for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the Charleston Symphony for Sanctuary Road, the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra for a program of American songs, and The Austin Symphony for a concert production of Porgy and Bess.

Mitchell’s recent operatic highlights include performances with New Orleans Opera, Portland Opera, and Bard SummerScape. She also reprised the role of Julie in Omar at the University of clevelandorchestra.com

North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which she originated in the opera’s world premiere at the Spoleto Festival USA. Mitchell has sung the role of Bess in Porgy and Bess numerous times, including at San Francisco Opera, The Atlanta Opera, Tanglewood, Toledo Opera, and the Margaret Island Open-Air Theatre in Budapest.

An active concert artist, Mitchell has appeared with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Sarasota Orchestra, and Cincinnati May Festival, among others.

Mitchell is an alum of the Houston Grand Opera Studio and San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program. A native of New York City, she was a 2004 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions grand prize winner and was awarded a Sara Tucker Award. She also won first prizes at the Wiener Kammeroper’s Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition — making her the first American to win this competition in more than 20 years — and at the Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers.

Mitchell holds a Master of Music degree and a Professional Studies Certificate from the Manhattan School of Music and completed undergraduate studies at Westminster Choir College.

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Dr. William Henry Caldwell

Working with some of the world’s finest orchestral conductors, Dr. William Henry Caldwell has prepared choruses for the Indianapolis Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Cincinnati May Festival, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and Dayton Bach Society, among others.

Since 2003, Caldwell has served as resident conductor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus for The Cleveland Orchestra, preparing the ensemble to sing with stars such as Ryan Speedo Green, Lawrence Brownlee, Jacqueline Echols, and Solomon Howard. He also serves as resident conductor for the Classical Roots Community Choir for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Stained Glass Community Chorus for the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2024 Juneteenth Celebration.

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Caldwell was a professor and chairman of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Central State University and was director of the Central State University Chorus for more than 30 years. Currently, he is artistic director of the Vocal Arts Mastery Program, sponsored by the Cleveland Foundation and the Tri-C Creative Arts Division, and music director at the historic First Baptist Church of Dayton.

Caldwell attended Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, where he earned degrees in music and English. He pursued further graduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin, The Ohio State University, and the University of CincinnatiCollege Conservatory of Music. In 2022, he was awarded the Doctor of Arts degree from Alma College.

Caldwell is a member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and is an active board member for the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, Miriam Rosenthal Foundations for the Arts, Dayton Public Radio, Cincinnati Youth Choir, and Cincinnati May Festival. He was recently awarded one of nine Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio for 2025.

A native of Demopolis, Alabama, he continues to sing as a lyric baritone and currently lives in Dayton.

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TH E C LEV EL A N D ORC HESTR A

Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director KELVIN SMITH FAMILY CHAIR FIRST VIOLINS

Eli Matthews1 Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair

Tanya Ell Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair

Jeffrey Rathbun2 Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair

Sonja Braaten Molloy

Ralph Curry

Robert Walters

Carolyn Gadiel Warner Elayna Duitman

Brian Thornton William P. Blair III Chair

ENGLISH HORN

Ioana Missits

David Alan Harrell

Jeffrey Zehngut^

Martha Baldwin

Sae Shiragami

Dane Johansen

Stephen Tavani

Kathleen Collins

Paul Kushious

CLARINETS

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Beth Woodside

BASSES

Afendi Yusuf* Robert Marcellus Chair

Emma Shook Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair

Maximilian Dimoff* Clarence T. Reinberger Chair

Liyuan Xie FIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD, Chair

Jung-Min Amy Lee ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair

Dr. Ronald H. Krasney Chair

Wei-Fang Gu Drs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair Kim Gomez Elizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair Chul-In Park Harriet T. and David L. Simon Chair Miho Hashizume Theodore Rautenberg Chair Jeanne Preucil Rose Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair Alicia Koelz Oswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair Yu Yuan Patty and John Collinson Chair

Yun-Ting Lee Jiah Chung Chapdelaine Gawon Kim

VIOLAS Wesley Collins* Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair

Derek Zadinsky2 Charles Paul1 Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair Mark Atherton

Daniel McKelway Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair

Scott Dixon

HARP Trina Struble* Alice Chalifoux Chair

FLUTES Joshua Smith* Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Chair

Isabel Trautwein Trevor and Jennie Jones Chair

Eliesha Nelson^ Anthony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris Chair

Katherine Bormann

Joanna Patterson Zakany

Analise Handke Gladys B. Goetz Chair Zhan Shu

William Bender Thomas Lauria and Christopher Lauria Chair

Youngji Kim

Gareth Zehngut^

CELLOS

Mary Kay Fink Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair

Genevieve Smelser

SECOND VIOLINS Stephen Rose* Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair Jason Yu2 James and Donna Reid Chair

Mark Kosower* Louis D. Beaumont Chair Richard Weiss1 The GAR Foundation Chair Charles Bernard2 Helen Weil Ross Chair Bryan Dumm Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair

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E-FLAT CLARINET

Charles Carleton

Lembi Veskimets The Morgan Sisters Chair

Daniel McKelway2 Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair

Henry Peyrebrune Charles Barr Memorial Chair

Mark Jackobs Jean Wall Bennett Chair

Richard Waugh

Robert Woolfrey Victoire G. and Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Chair

Thomas Sperl

Stanley Konopka2

Lisa Boyko Richard and Nancy Sneed Chair

Robert Walters Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair

BASS CLARINET Amy Zoloto Myrna and James Spira Chair

BASSOONS John Clouser* Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair Gareth Thomas Jonathan Sherwin

Saeran St. Christopher Jessica Sindell2^ Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair

CONTRABASSOON

Mary Kay Fink

HORNS

PICCOLO

Nathaniel Silberschlag* George Szell Memorial Chair

OBOES Frank Rosenwein* Edith S. Taplin Chair Corbin Stair Sharon and Yoash Wiener Chair

Jonathan Sherwin

Michael Mayhew§ Knight Foundation Chair Jesse McCormick Robert B. Benyo Chair Hans Clebsch Richard King Meghan Guegold Hege^

TRUMPETS

BASS TROMBONE

LIBRARIANS

CONDUCTORS

Michael Sachs* Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair

Luke Sieve

Michael Ferraguto* Joe and Marlene Toot Chair

Christoph von Dohnányi

EUPHONIUM & BASS TRUMPET

Donald Miller

Daniel Reith

Gabrielle Petek

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Jack Sutte Lyle Steelman2^ James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair

Richard Stout

Michael Miller

Yasuhito Sugiyama* Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair

CORNETS Michael Sachs* Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair

TIMPANI

Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair

Michael Miller

PERCUSSION

Sandra L. Haslinger Chair

TROMBONES

Marc Damoulakis* Margaret Allen Ireland Chair

Richard Stout Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair Shachar Israel

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KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS Carolyn Gadiel Warner Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair

Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair

Lisa Wong DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES

Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair

Blossom-Lee Chair

vacant

Brian Wendel* Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair PHOTO BY ROGER MASTROIANNI

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ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED

MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE

Paul and Lucille Jones Chair Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair

* Principal § Associate Principal 1

First Assistant Principal

2 Assistant Principal

^ Alum of The Cleveland

Orchestra Youth Orchestra

Sunshine Chair Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair Rudolf Serkin Chair

This roster lists full-time members of The Cleveland Orchestra. The number and seating of musicians onstage varies depending on the piece being performed. Seating within the string sections rotates on a periodic basis.

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RAVEL La valse

FEB 13 & 15 BRUCKNER’S SEVENTH Fabio Luisi, conductor Tim Mead, countertenor SILVIA COLASANTI Time’s Cruel Hand BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

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RECITAL FEB 23 ÓLAFSSON & WANG IN RECITAL Víkingur Ólafsson, piano Yuja Wang, piano Works by Berio, Schubert, Cage, Nancarrow, John Adams, Arvo Pärt, and Rachmaninoff

FEB 27–MAR 1 BEETHOVEN’S EROICA

MAR 22 & 23 YUJA WANG PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

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MAR 6–9 TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH SYMPHONY Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano

Keith Lockhart, conductor

MAR 13 & 15 HAYDN & STRAUSS

SIBELIUS The Oceanides SAARIAHO Oltra Mar THOMAS ADÈS America: A Prophecy IVES Orchestral Set No. 2

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TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Selections from Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T., Harry Potter, and more

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RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

FEB 20 & 22 ADÈS CONDUCTS ADÈS

MAR 14 HAYDN & STRAVINSKY

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RECITAL MAR 27 ANDSNES IN RECITAL Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Works by Grieg, Tveitt, and Chopin

RECITAL APR 8 IN THE FIDDLER’S HOUSE Itzhak Perlman, violin Hankus Netsky, music director, arranger, saxophone, piano Andy Statman, clarinet, mandolin Michael Alpert, vocals, violin Lorin Sklamberg, vocals, accordion Judy Bressler, vocals, percussion Frank London, trumpet Klezmer Conservatory Band

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J.S. BACH Easter Oratorio J.S. BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29 J.S. BACH Magnificat

APR 24–26 MOZART & ELGAR Kazuki Yamada, conductor Francesco Piemontesi, piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 ELGAR Symphony No. 1

MAY 7 KISSIN IN RECITAL Works by Beethoven, Chopin, and Shostakovich

MAY 8–10 MOZART’S SYMPHONY NO. 40 Franz Welser-Möst, conductor MOZART Symphony No. 40 ALLISON LOGGINS-HULL New Work PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 3 *

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