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COYO and Brett Mitchell featured in performance during
May 2015 League of American Orchestras Conference in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, OH – Following the conclusion of a successful 2014-15
Severance Hall season on May 3, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth
Orchestra (COYO) will make a nine-day, four-concert tour to China
June 15-24, 2015. The tour includes performances in Beijing, Tianjin,
Shanghai, and Ningbo featuring Shostakovich’s Festive Overture;
Kilar’s Orawa; Barber’s Medea’s Dance of Vengeance; and
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. On June 14, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at
Severance Hall, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra will present
a free China tour send-off concert. WCLV 104.9 FM will broadcast the
send-off performance live; it can also be streamed online at
WCLV.org. Further details of the tour are included below.
On the occasion of the League of American Orchestras’ 2015
Conference, held in Cleveland May 27-29, COYO alumnus and
world-renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein makes a special appearance
with COYO as part of the conference’s Opening Session concert on May
27 at Public Auditorium. The program features Weilerstein performing
Saint-Sa?ns’s “The Swan” from Carnival of the Animals, and she joins
the Youth Orchestra for a performance of the final movement of
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Alisa Weilerstein was a member of the
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra from 1992 to 1994, and made her
debut with The Cleveland Orchestra at its High School Matinee
Concert in October 1995.
At the beginning of the 2015-16 season, Brett Mitchell’s contract as
music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra will be
extended for two years and his role with The Cleveland Orchestra
will continue for the same period, as associate conductor.
2015 China Tour
Seventy-five members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra will
travel on the tour, representing more than forty communities in a
dozen counties throughout Northeast Ohio. In addition to concerts,
tour activities for the Youth Orchestra members include guided
historic sightseeing tours of each city as well as visits to the
Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and the
Temple of Heaven.
These performances mark the Youth Orchestra’s second international
tour in its 29-year history. In June 2012, the Youth Orchestra made
its first international tour, with concerts in Prague, Vienna, and
Salzburg.
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra’s tour is made possible in
part through the generosity of the Vinney family. In 2011, the Jules
and Ruth Vinney Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Touring Fund was
established to help cover costs of Youth Orchestra touring and to
provide scholarships to eligible Youth Orchestra members. An
endowment gift from the Jules and Ruth Vinney Philanthropic Fund,
advised by their children Les Vinney, Margo Vinney, and Karen
Jacobs, established this generous Touring Fund, which will provide
perpetual support toward the Youth Orchestra’s ongoing touring
program.
2015 CHINA TOUR CALENDAR LISTING:
Sunday, June 14, 2015, at 3:00 p.m.
Severance Hall
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Brett Mitchell, conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture
KILAR Orawa
BARBER Medea’s Dance of Vengeance
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
*Program remains the same for each tour performance
Free and open to the public, tickets available at
www.clevelandorchestra.com or by contacting the Severance Hall
Ticket Office at 216-231-1111.
Thursday, June 18, 2015, at 7:30 p.m.
Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, China*
Friday, June 19, 2015, at 7:30 p.m.
Tianjin Grand Theatre, Tianjin, China*
Sunday, June 21, 2015, at 7:30 p.m.
Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai, China*
Monday, June 22, 2015, at 7:30 p.m.
Ningbo Poly Theatre, Ningbo, China*
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is supported by generous
grants from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and gifts from
many other donors. Endowment support is provided by The George Gund
Foundation. The China Tour is made possible in part by the Jules and
Ruth Vinney Touring Fund, created to help support the current and
future musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra through
a generous endowment gift.
About Brett Mitchell
In addition to his appointment with The Cleveland Orchestra, Brett
Mitchell has led performances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
Oregon Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Columbus Symphony
Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Saint Paul
Chamber Orchestra, and Frankfurt Radio Symphony. He has also served
as cover conductor and musical assistant for The Philadelphia
Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Mr. Mitchell recently concluded a
five-year tenure as music director of Michigan’s Saginaw Bay
Symphony Orchestra (2010-2015), and he served as assistant conductor
of the Houston Symphony from 2007 to 2011. He previously served as
assistant conductor of the Orchestre National de France from 2006 to
2009 and director of orchestras at Northern Illinois University from
2005 to 2007. Mr. Mitchell has also served as music director of
nearly a dozen opera productions, principally at his former post as
music director of the Moores Opera Center in Houston, where he led
eight productions from 2010 to 2013. For a complete biography, visit
www.clevelandorchestra.com/about/musicians-and-conductors/brett-mitchell/.
About the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
The 2014-15 season marks the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra’s
29th year and the second season under the direction of Brett
Mitchell. The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is one of northern
Ohio’s premier musical destinations for aspiring student musicians.
Since its inaugural concert in 1987, the Youth Orchestra has
performed more than 130 concerts and provided a musical home to over
1,300 talented young instrumentalists. Founded by Jahja Ling, then
resident conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland
Orchestra Youth Orchestra provides serious young music students of
middle school and high school age with a pre-professional orchestral
training experience in a full symphony orchestra. The unique musical
experiences that the Youth Orchestra offers include weekly coachings
with members of The Cleveland Orchestra, rehearsals and performances
in historic Severance Hall, and opportunities to work with
internationally renowned guest artists and conductors, which have
included Marin Alsop, Pierre Boulez, Christoph von Dohnányi, Yo-Yo
Ma, Gil Shaham, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Cleveland Orchestra Music
Director Franz Welser-M.st. For a complete biography, visit this
link.JIEMING TANG |
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