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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Coming to America, Grades Sound Science, Grades See the Sounds Conductors of the Orchestra Fun & Games Fan Mail Youth Orchestra Children s Chorus Youth Chorus Family Concerts Season Guide for Young Concert-goers Follow the Leader! Who is that person standing on a platform in front of the orchestra, facing the musicians, communicating without speaking, gesturing with both arms? That s the conductor, the person who leads rehearsals and performances by an orchestra (or chorus, band, opera, or other musical group), and much, much more. Overall, it is the conductor s job to shape a musical performance to formulate ideas on the best ways to perform a piece of music and then to guide the musicians toward those goals. The conductor must make sure that the composer s instructions are carried out that all of the notes and rhythms are played correctly, that everyone plays together, and that the different instrumental parts are in precise musical coordination. To help with that, the conductor s version of the music for each selection, called a score, includes the parts for every instrument in the orchestra. The conductor is the one person who knows what everyone should be playing at any given time. And what is that stick held in the right hand to send signals to the musicians? That s a baton (French for stick ). A baton is a tool for keeping the beat, one of the conductor s most important responsibilities. The first beat of a measure is indicated by a downward stroke called the downbeat and the last beat is indicated by an upward stroke. The conductor also gives cues by pointing with the left hand or nodding his/her head to signal the musical entrance of an individual instrument or section, and guides the musicians with regard to: Tempo (speed fast or slow); Dynamics (volume loud or soft); Balance (making sure you can hear all of the instruments); Sound quality (full, thin, gentle, powerful, light, heavy, etc.); Entrances (when to begin playing); Cut-offs (how long to hold a note). Much of a conductor s most important work happens behind the scenes. A conductor devotes many hours to studying scores in order to learn the music in great detail and to understand the composer s intentions, as preparation for rehearsing the orchestra. The live concert performance is the end result of a great deal of work by both conductor and players. s conducting staff includes: Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director (and lead Conductor) Giancarlo Guerrero, Principal Guest Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra Miami Brett Mitchell, Assistant Conductor (and Music Director for Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra) Robert Porco, Choral Conductor You will see either Mr. Mitchell or one of our guest conductors this year when you come to Education Concerts at Severance Hall. Turn to page 5 to learn more about our conductors! With thanks to: NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A-Z by Miles Hoffman, published by Houghton Mifflin, copyright 1997 by Miles Hoffman and National Public Radio. Brett Mitchell Our newest conductor is Brett Mitchell who joined the staff in 2013 as Assistant Conductor of and Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. About Mr. Mitchell: Born in Seattle, Washington Loyal Seattle Seahawks fan Studied piano, saxophone and percussion, in addition to conducting Holds a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was also music director of the University Orchestra Has conducted orchestras all over the United States Serves as cover conductor for The Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and must be ready to cover or jump in for the conductor at any moment (in case of illness, for example) Loves Cleveland, his new hometown! Franz Welser-Möst

2 Cleveland Orchestra Education Concerts for Grades 4-8 Coming to America The United States has long been described as a melting pot of cultures, with people coming to our shores from every nation around the globe. Assistant Conductor Brett Mitchell and The Cleveland Orchestra will explore the music of several composers who immigrated to this land of opportunity in the 20 th century, and how these new citizens contributed to the eclectic musical melting pot of American classical music. John Williams was born in 1932 in New York City. He learned to play several instruments as a child, including piano, and later studied composition and arranging at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He has written music for more than 75 movies, including Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial, Home Alone, Hook, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. John Williams wrote Liberty Fanfare to be performed at the Statue of Liberty s 100 th birthday celebration on July 4, The piece is about five minutes long, and has two parts with similar rhythms throughout. The first part is an energetic fanfare tune played by the brass instruments. The second part is melodic and quiet, played by the string instruments. Together, they make a beautiful and patriotic piece of music! Antonín Dvor ák (pronounced duh-vore-zshock) was born in 1841 in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). His family did not have a lot of money, but at the age of 16, Antonín moved to Prague where he was able to study music and later compose and play the viola in an orchestra. Dvořák moved to the U.S. to teach music in 1892, but became homesick and later returned to his beloved homeland. Symphony No. 9 was written while Dvořák was in the United States. Dvořák s music is known for combining classical music with folk music, and he used Native American stories and African American spirituals when writing this piece. The second movement of Symphony No. 9 is slow and lyrical, beginning with an English horn solo that introduces the main melody of the movement. The movement sounds like a spiritual, and the lyrics Goin home, goin home, I am goin home, were added after it was written. Igor Stravinsky was born in 1882 near St. Petersburg, Russia, to parents who wanted him to become a lawyer, not a professional musician. However, Igor s heart was not in his law studies and he soon turned to playing piano and composing. His first November 19-21, 2014 Brett Mitchell, conductor Williams Liberty Fanfare Dvořák Symphony No. 9 ( From the New World ) Movement 2, Largo Stravinsky The Firebird [1919 suite], Round Dance of the Princesses Stravinsky The Firebird [1919 suite], Finale BARTók Concerto for Orchestra, Movement 4 Williams Music from Star Wars korngold Overture to Captain Blood Bernstein Overture to West Side Story compositions that became very successful were ballets, where music and rhythmic movements are combined. Stravinsky moved to the United States in 1939 after the start of World War II. In The Firebird ballet, Prince Ivan captures the firebird and in exchange for freedom, the firebird gives him a magic feather. He enters into a magical realm ruled by an evil sorcerer who tries to attack Ivan, and he uses the magic feather to call for help. The firebird appears and magically forces the sorcerer to dance to exhaustion. Ivan destroys the egg that holds the evil sorcerer s soul, freeing those who had been turned to stone, and winning the hand of a beautiful princess in the process. Ronde des princesses, or Round Dance of the Princesses, is based off of a Russian folk tune, and is played when Prince Ivan meets the princesses. The Finale ends the ballet, beginning softly and growing to a joyful ending to celebrate Ivan s victory. Béla Bartók was born in 1881 in Hungary. His father was a school teacher and his mother was a pianist. Bartók took his first piano lessons with his mother and began to give piano recitals when he was very young. Much of Bartók s music was influenced by Hungarian, Transylvanian, Rumanian, and Slavonic folk music. Concerto for Orchestra was written in 1943, shortly after Bartók moved to America during World War II, and is one of his most famous and popular works. The piece is written for a full orchestra, even though a concerto is usually a piece of music written for a solo instrument accompanied by the orchestra. Bartók said that he called the piece a concerto rather than a symphony because each section of instruments is treated like a soloist at some point in the piece. The fourth movement, Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto has a very flowing melody that is interrupted by a march-like theme. 2 Erich Wolfgang Korngold was born in 1897 in Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic). He began playing piano at a very young age, and was considered a child prodigy by many famous composers of the time. At the age of 11, he composed his first ballet, The Snowman, which was very successful. Korngold began working in America in 1934 while he was writing movie music in Hollywood, and finally moved to America for good in Overture to Captain Blood is part of Korngold s first film score, written for the movie Captain Blood. Captain Blood is the story of a doctor who becomes a prisoner on a ship, and escapes with his fellow prisoners to become pirates on the open seas. The music sounds very heroic and exciting, just like Captain Blood s pirate adventures. Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on August 25, 1918, and passed away on October 14, 1990, in New York. He began taking piano lessons at age 10, and later studied music at Harvard University. When a well-known conductor suddenly became sick, Bernstein filled in for him on the radio program and became famous overnight. He felt a great desire to bring classical music to the American people, and made a popular TV series for children called Young People s Concerts. West Side Story is Bernstein s most famous musical. The musical tells the story of Tony and Maria, two lovers from rival gangs in New York City, based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The music is an exciting mixture of classical, jazz, Broadway, and Latin music.

3 Cleveland Orchestra Education Concerts for Grades 3-5 April 28-30, 2015 Emil de Cou, conductor Williams vivaldi ELLINGTON Mozart ARMSTRONG The Imperial March (Darth Vader s Theme) from Star Wars Winter from The Four Seasons It Don t Mean a Thing (If It Ain t Got That Swing) Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute Melancholy Blues Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Movement 1, Allegro con brio Williams Flying Music from ET the Extra-Terrestrial The music of Beethoven, Vivaldi, Ellington and Williams come together in this concert exploring the inner world of music and the outer reaches of the universe. Musical instruments inhabit a world of sound all their own. We ll learn how the instruments of the orchestra make their unique sounds, and how composers use those sounds in their music. Then we ll journey beyond our solar system, with music that s encoded on the Golden Disc of NASA s Voyager Spacecraft, a 12-inch gold-plated copper disc (a time capsule of sorts) containing sounds and images chosen to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and left in space to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials! John Williams was born in 1932 in New York City. He learned to play several instruments as a child, including piano, and later studied composition and arranging at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He has written music for more than 75 movies, including Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Home Alone, Hook, and Harry Potter, and has been nominated nearly 40 times for an Academy Award! At this concert, you will hear two of John Williams movie scores. The first is Imperial March from Star Wars. This piece is sometimes called Darth Vader s Theme because it plays whenever Darth Vader appears or is mentioned in the Star Wars movies. The second piece you ll hear is Flying (Theme from E.T. ). This music is played during the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when Elliot s bike begins to fly as he helps E.T. get home. Antonio Vivaldi was born in 1678 in Venice, Italy. He was a composer, violinist and teacher, and composed many pieces of music for the violin and for his students. He also composed over 40 operas! His most famous piece is The Four Seasons, a group of four violin concertos, one for each season. At this concert, you will hear Movement I, Winter from the Four Seasons, which is the last concerto in The Four Seasons. Winter is played at a fast tempo, and uses many techniques to sound like winter winds and rain. For example, the string instruments play very high pizzicato notes, which sounds like falling icy rain or snow. Duke Ellington was born in 1899 in Washington D.C., and started playing piano at the age of seven. He was an American composer, pianist, and jazz conductor for over fifty years, during which he composed thousands of pieces, mostly jazz music. He founded the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1923, and is often considered one of the founders of big-band jazz. At this concert, you ll hear one of his most famous pieces, It Don t Mean a Thing (If It Ain t Got That Swing). Duke Ellington wrote this song in 1931 and recorded it with his orchestra in The original song features vocals, as well as solos by the trombone and alto saxophone. Fast paced and fun, this piece introduced swing music several years before the swing era, when big-band music and swing dancing were very popular. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Austria in 1756, and was considered a child prodigy. From a very young age Mozart could play anything on the piano by memory within minutes of hearing it; he wrote his first composition at the age of five and his first symphony at age eight! Mozart was only six when his father took him on tours all across Europe to show off his talents. By the time he was in his teens, Mozart was writing operas and instrumental works, eventually writing nearly 1,000 pieces of music in the form of symphonies, sonatas, operas, concertos, serenades, religious, and chamber music, before he died at the young age of 35. At this concert, you will hear Mozart s Queen of the Night Aria, which is sung by the Queen in Mozart s opera The Magic Flute. It is one of the most famous and difficult opera arias, and is very fast paced and includes many high notes. Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans in He was a jazz trumpeter and singer, and was very influential in jazz music by making listeners focus more on solo performers. His singing style was also very influential, especially his use of scat singing or making sounds and syllables instead of singing actual lyrics. At this concert, you ll hear Melancholy Blues, a jazz piece recorded by his band, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven. This song features a main melody that is repeated and changed throughout the entire song, and several solos, mostly by the trumpet player. Ludwig van Beethoven showed musical talent when he was only five years old. He played his first concert at age 7, and was composing music and hired as a church organ player at age 11. Some people protested Beethoven s music because he did not follow the accepted rules of composition, but he told them, Rules are made to be broken. His new views on music led the world away from the reserved and balanced Classical musical style and explored the more dramatic and emotional Romantic style. On this concert, you will hear Beethoven s Symphony No. 5, Movement 1. Beethoven wrote this piece after he realized that he was going deaf, and has said that the symphony is about his struggle with his fate. The opening theme of this movement has made this symphony one of the most famous pieces of music ever written! Beethoven uses this loud and exciting opening theme in different ways through the entire movement, [as well as a quiet and calm second theme]. A Note from Emil de Cou When I was young I always dreamed of working for NASA and designing space ships and rocket engines, but I found that my math skills were not strong enough. After seeing a movie theater rerelease of Disney s 1940 Fantasia when I was 15 I was off on a new dream of being a classical musician. This past summer those two dreams came together when I conducted NASA s official commemoration marking the 45 anniversary of the moon landing with special guest Buzz Aldrin at Wolf Trap and earlier that summer a live movie concert of Fantasia with the National Symphony Orchestra. I have found that a love of science, exploration and music all come together - they help make young (and older) minds dream big dreams. There is still nothing more exciting than looking up at the nights sky or listening to my favorite Tchaikovsky symphony (no.5). In my apartment I have a portrait of Tchaikovsky on the wall and my model of the space shuttle Discovery on my desk. 3

4 Contest! Win a Cleveland Orchestra Concert at Your School! loves to perform in schools all over town. Would you like to perform a concert in your school? Seriously, how fun would that be? Get your creative juices flowing and write us a letter or make a video to tell us why should perform at your awesome school. All entries must be postmarked by December 19, 2014 (for students coming to November Education Concerts) or May 15, 2015 (for students coming to Spring Education Concerts). Scheduling based on Orchestra availability. Make sure your entry includes: Your school s name, address and phone Your first name and your classroom teacher s name Your music teacher s name Your principal s name All of the reasons why your school should be selected. Teachers please note: Because our Orchestra is large and does not fit on most school stages, host schools need a large gym, a loading dock, a place to park two large buses and a truck, and 10 parking places. Most concerts take place at 11:00 am or 1:00 pm and are under one hour. A supportive principal of course is also essential! Mail your entry to: Education & Community Programs Department Severance Hall Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio Attention: Sandra Jones FIRST VIOLINS William Preucil CONCERTMASTER Blossom-Lee Chair Yoko Moore ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair Peter Otto FIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Jung-Min Amy Lee ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair Alexandra Preucil ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair Takako Masame Paul and Lucille Jones 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 Dr. Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair Alicia Koelz Oswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair Yu Yuan Patty and John Collinson Chair Isabel Trautwein Trevor and Jennie Jones Chair Mark Dumm Gladys B. Goetz Chair Katherine Bormann SECOND VIOLINS Stephen Rose* Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair Emilio Llinas 2 James and Donna Reid Chair Eli Matthews 1 Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair Elayna Duitman Ioana Missits Carolyn Gadiel Warner Stephen Warner Sae Shiragami Vladimir Deninzon Sonja Braaten Molloy Scott Weber Kathleen Collins Beth Woodside Emma Shook Jeffrey Zehngut Yun-Ting Lee Franz Welser-MöST Music Director Kelvin Smith Family Chair VIOLAS Robert Vernon* Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair Lynne Ramsey 1 Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair Stanley Konopka 2 Mark Jackobs Jean Wall Bennett Chair Arthur Klima Richard Waugh Lisa Boyko Lembi Veskimets Eliesha Nelson Joanna Patterson Zakany Patrick Connolly CELLOS Mark Kosower* Louis D. Beaumont Chair Richard Weiss 1 The GAR Foundation Chair Charles Bernard 2 Helen Weil Ross Chair Bryan Dumm Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair Tanya Ell Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair Ralph Curry Brian Thornton David Alan Harrell Paul Kushious Martha Baldwin BASSES Maximilian Dimoff * Clarence T. Reinberger Chair Kevin Switalski 2 Scott Haigh 1 Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair Mark Atherton Thomas Sperl Henry Peyrebrune Charles Barr Memorial Chair Charles Carleton Scott Dixon Derek Zadinsky HARP Trina Struble* Alice Chalifoux Chair FLUTES Joshua Smith* Elizabeth M. and Chair Saeran St. Christopher Marisela Sager 2 Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair Mary Kay Fink PICCOLO Mary Kay Fink Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair OBOES Frank Rosenwein* Edith S. Taplin Chair Jeffrey Rathbun 2 Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair Robert Walters ENGLISH HORN Robert Walters Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair CLARINETS Franklin Cohen* Robert Marcellus Chair Robert Woolfrey Daniel McKelway 2 Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair Linnea Nereim E-FLAT CLARINET Daniel McKelway Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair BASS CLARINET Linnea Nereim BASSOONS John Clouser* Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair Barrick Stees 2 Sandra L. Haslinger Chair Jonathan Sherwin CONTRABASSOON Jonathan Sherwin HORNS Richard King * George Szell Memorial Chair Michael Mayhew Knight Foundation Chair Jesse McCormick Robert B. Benyo Chair Hans Clebsch Alan DeMattia TRUMPETS Michael Sachs* Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair Jack Sutte Lyle Steelman 2 James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair Michael Miller CORNETS Michael Sachs* Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair Michael Miller TROMBONES Massimo La Rosa* Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair Richard Stout Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair Shachar Israel 2 BASS TROMBONE Thomas Klaber EUPHONIUM AND BASS TRUMPET Richard Stout TUBA Yasuhito Sugiyama* Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair TIMPANI Paul Yancich* Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair Tom Freer 2 PERCUSSION Marc Damoulakis * Margaret Allen Ireland Chair Donald Miller Tom Freer KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS Joela Jones* Rudolf Serkin Chair Carolyn Gadiel Warner Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair LIBRARIANS Robert O Brien Joe and Marlene Toot Chair Donald Miller ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Karyn Garvin DIRECTOR Christine Honolke MANAGER ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair Sunshine Chair * Principal Acting Principal Associate Principal 1 First Assistant Princi pal 2 Assistant Principal CONDUCTORS Christoph von Dohnányi MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE Giancarlo Guerrero PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR, CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MIAMI Brett Mitchell ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair Robert Porco DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair performs in schools once or twice each year. Previous in-school concerts have taken place at Shaker Heights, John Hay, James Ford Rhodes, John Adams and St. Ignatius High Schools. Woodwind Family 8 players 5 Instruments Good Audience Member for Live Orchestra Performance DescriPTiON Applauds when conductor crosses the stage and steps onto the podium. Watches for the conductor to signal the orchestra to begin. Listens quietly in seat while orchestra performs. Claps when music stops and conductor turns to face the audience. Listens carefully to enjoy the music. MUSICAL ENJOYMENT Check us out online! 4 See the Sounds This is page 1 of the conductor s music for Georges Bizet s The Toreadors from his opera, Carmen. Since it shows all the musicians parts, it is called a full score. This printed page takes only 8 seconds in performance and shows the music for 17 different instruments! Each line of music shows the part for one or two players. Some instruments, such as the violins, have several musicians playing the same instrument. This page should be played by a minimum of 65 players. Brass Family 9 players 3 Instruments Percussion Family 4 players 4 Instruments Harp 1 player 1 Instrument String Family 43 players 4 Instruments

5 Conductors of Cleveland Orchestra Education Concerts Brett Mitchell, Assistant Conductor, BIRTHPLACE: Seattle, Washington FAmiLY: I got married this past summer to my beautiful wife Angela, who is a host on WCLV. We live in Lakewood with our two cats, M ow and Jack. FAVORITE FOOD: My mom s turkey dinner is pretty hard to beat. (Then again, so is my dad s flank steak...) FAVORITE MOviE: Impossible to choose just one! I love Star Wars, the first two Superman films (starring Christopher Reeve), Field of Dreams, and Moulin Rouge! FAVORITE book: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. Also love the works of Cummings, Auden, Hesse, Wilde, and Eliot. PERFORMERS I ADmiRE: Every member of The Cleveland Orchestra. STUDIED MUSIC AT: I got my undergraduate degree in music composition from Western Washington University, and my graduate degrees in orchestral conducting from The University of Texas at Austin. Emil de Cou, Guest Conductor BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, CA FAmiLY: Two older sisters (born in Hawaii) and one younger brother FAVORITE FOOD: Movie popcorn and home made tamales FAVORITE MOviE: The Wizard of Oz, Lincoln, Ed Wood, 2001 A Space Odyssey FAVORITE BOOK: Cloud Atlas PERFORMERS I ADmiRE: Halle Berry, Johnny Depp, Renee Fleming, Yo Yo Ma, James Franco STUDIED MUSIC AT: California State University, Long Beach, University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna, Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute with Leonard Bernstein ORCHESTRAS I VE CONDUCTED: Orchestras of San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, DC, New York and Boston Pops, Saint Louis, Houston, Portland, Minnesota, Milwaukee, English and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Paris Opera, and some others INSTRUMENTS I HAVE STUDIED: French horn and piano my HOBBIES ARE: Hiking, photography, collecting vintage jazz recordings, reading about Arctic explorers and American history ORCHESTRAS I VE CONDUCTED: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Houston Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Washington D.C. s National Symphony Orchestra, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. INSTRUMENTS I HAVE STUDIED: My primary instrument has always been the piano, which I ve played since I was a little boy. In school, I first played the saxophone, then switched to percussion in high school. my HOBBIES ARE: I absolutely love Cleveland, but deep down, I ll always be a die-hard Seattle Seahawks fan. Go Hawks! (I know, I know...) 5

6 What Am I? Unscramble the letters using the description in the right hand column as clues to answer the question, What Am I? Answers to this game are also hidden in the Musical Wordfinder Game. a) LOOS A single voice, instrument, or featured part of a concerto. b) DABN An ensemble made up of brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. All in the Families! Unscramble the letters to name the four families of instruments, then unscramble each instrument in the family c) HICEMS A musical instrument that suggests bells. d) RIOT A set of three voices or parts. e) DEER A thin piece of wood over the air opening of a wind instrument. f) ROBEDYKA A piano, xylophone, and an organ are often called this type of instrument. g) ESCOR The name of the music read by a conductor or the name of this newspaper. h) TARSOCHER An ensemble that includes strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments. i) TRUCNODOC An orchestra or band leader. j) TOBAN The stick or wand used by an orchestra or band leader. MUSICAL WORD FIND Instrument names and musical terms listed along the side are found in these letters. They may appear forward, backward, up, down or diagonally. 6 bass drum bassoon castanets cello clarinet concert conductor cymbals double bass flute French horn gong harp maracas oboe orchestra piano piccolo saxophone snare drum tambourine taxi horn timpani triangle trombone trumpet tuba viola violin

7 Send a letter to the editor about your concert experience. Mail your letter to: Education Department Severance Hall Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH Include your name, school and grade 7

8 BRETT MITCHELL MUSIC DIRECTOR marks the 29 th season of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, and its second season with Brett Mitchell as music director. During the season, the 100 members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra will present three concerts at Severance Hall on November 23, February 7 (with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus) and May 3. Youth Orchestra members come from 40 communities across Ohio and western Pennsylvania. It is very possible that someone from your area is in the Youth Orchestra. Most of these talented young musicians have been playing an instrument for at least three years, and some for many more. They became Youth Orchestra members by playing an audition for the music director and members of The Cleveland Orchestra. Members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and their conductor practice together every weekend at Severance Hall. They rehearse the same great music as, and they get to meet and work with many members of who serve as coaches for the Youth Orchestra. If you are in middle school or high school and play an orchestral instrument, please consider auditioning. The Youth Orchestra holds auditions every spring usually in May. For Youth Orchestra information, please call (216) or visit CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHILDREN S CHORUS Ann usher DIRECTOR Children s (COCC) and Preparatory Choruses (COCPC) help students develop their leadership skills through music which help strengthen their future musical experiences. Children s Chorus, founded in 1967, is comprised of students in grades 6-8; performs regularly with and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus throughout their subscription and holiday season. The Preparatory Chorus led by Suzanne Walters and comprised of students in grades 5-8, collaborates with the Children s Chorus in two concerts each season. Students are chosen through auditions held in the spring. For information, please call the Chorus Office at (216) or chorus@clevelandorchestra.com. Lisa Wong DIRECTOR Youth Chorus (COYC) was founded in 1991 to help raise awareness of choral music-making in the schools of northeast Ohio and to encourage more students to continue their choral activities through college and into adulthood. Like their colleagues in the Youth Orchestra, they are in grades 9-12, from over 30 schools and communities, and are selected by competitive auditions. The COYC has the opportunity to perform concerts in the greater Cleveland community as well as on stage at Severance Hall alongside their colleagues in the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. For information, please call the Chorus Office at (216) or chorus@clevelandorchestra.com. Family Concerts This popular three-concert series, designed for young people ages 7 & up, is a perfect introduction to orchestral music. Halloween SpookTACULAR: The Haunted Orchestra A comedy concerto written and directed by Dan Kamin Oct 26, 2014 SUN at 3 p.m. With special guest Dan Kamin Nerdy Mr. Kirby (Dan Kamin) doesn t believe in magic. But when the conductor waves his magic baton, strange things begin to happen, and a concert morphs into a horror show with a haunted orchestra! Families will be delighted by Dan Kamin s antics as he is haunted by the timeless music of Handel, Grieg, Leroy Anderson and others. And don t miss the costume contest for audience and orchestra members! THE LISTENER MARCH 15, 2015 SUN at 3 p.m. With special guests Magic Circle Mime Co. The conductor is set to lead the Orchestra for a very serious concert but who suddenly appears? A bugle playing mime who wants to sing opera? A tap dancing ballerina? What will happen to the concert?! Learn about the music, the orchestra, and the oh-so-important art of listening in this funfilled family concert, featuring music from Britten s The Young Person s Guide to the Orchestra, Mozart s Symphony No. 39, Bernstein s Overture to Candide, and selections from Tchaikovsky s Swan Lake, and Bizet s Carmen. VIVALDI s RING OF MYSTERY MAY 3, 2015 SUN at 3 p.m. With special guests, Classical Kids Live! celebrates Vivaldi, Venice and violins, in this compelling storyconcert set in the 1700s, in Italy, where the young orphan Katrina searches for clues to her past and a missing Stradivarius violin. The drama unfolds accompanied by music of Vivaldi s most popular and important works. Free pre-concert activities begin one hour before concert time. Order tickets online at clevelandorchestra.com, or call , or Family Series Concerts are sponsored by The Giant Eagle Foundation. Acknowledgments The Score is prepared by the Education Department of. All rights reserved. Photos of by Roger Mastroianni The Musical Arts Association, operating Gary Hanson, Executive Director Joan Katz Napoli, Director, Education and Community Programs Sandra A. Jones, Manager, Education and Family Concerts Lauren Generette, Manager, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Rachel Novak, Manager, Learning Programs and Community Engagement Erika Richter, Coordinator, Education & Community Programs s Education Programs are made possible by: Endowment Funders Anonymous, in memory of Georg Solti Hope and Stanley I. Adelstein Kathleen L. Barber Isabelle and Ronald Brown Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Alice H. Cull Memorial Charles and Marguerite C. Galanie The George Gund Foundation Dorothy Humel Hovorka Frank and Margaret Hyncik Junior Committee of Alfred M. Lerner In-School Performance Fund Linda and Saul Ludwig Christine Gitlin Miles, in honor of Jahja Ling Mr. and Mrs. David T. Morganthaler John and Sally Morely Education Fund The Eric and Jane Nord Family Fund Pysht Fund The Max Ratner Education Fund, given by the Ratner, Miller and Shafran families and by Forest City Enterprises, Inc. The William N. Skirball Endowment Jules and Ruth Vinney Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Touring Fund PROGRAM FUNDERS The Abington Foundation Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Cliffs Natural Resources Dominion Foundation FirstMerit Foundation The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation The Giant Eagle Foundation The Hearst Foundations The Laub Foundation Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Nord Family Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation Ohio Arts Council Ohio Savings Bank, A Division of New York Community Bank PNC McGregor Foundation The Reinberger Foundation Albert G. and Olive H. Schlink Foundation The Sherwin-Williams Company Surdna Foundation Thomas H. White Foundation The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation as of August 2014