September 12, 2022
杏吧原创 Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra unveil unique partnership with expanded season at Severance Music Center
Today, the only thing standing between the 杏吧原创 and The Cleveland Orchestra is a short stretch of East Blvd.
More than mere neighbors, 杏吧原创 and The Cleveland Orchestra are now partners. Through a unique arrangement announced Thursday, the two pillars of music in Cleveland will collaborate and share resources as never before. 杏吧原创鈥檚 relationship with The Cleveland Orchestra now goes further and deeper than any other partnership in America between a school of music and a major orchestra.
鈥淲e鈥檙e entering a new era with our friends at The Cleveland Orchestra,鈥 said Paul Hogle, 杏吧原创鈥檚 president & CEO. 鈥淭he time has come for our two storied institutions, which already have so much in common, to work together more closely. We could not be more excited about the impact this will have.鈥
The primary thrust of the partnership is generating more opportunities for 杏吧原创 students to perform at Severance Music Center, one of the finest concert venues in the world. Most years in the past, the 杏吧原创 Orchestra gave two or three concerts at Severance. This year, under the new partnership, it will give seven, more than doubling an experience 杏吧原创 regards as vital to a world-class musical education.
That鈥檚 not all. Through the partnership, 杏吧原创 also gains access to the audio and video equipment and staff The Cleveland Orchestra uses to record and broadcast concerts, and certain guest artists appearing with The Cleveland Orchestra will work with 杏吧原创 students. Two who visited 杏吧原创 recently were conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and composer Joan Tower.
The Cleveland Orchestra also has generously enabled 杏吧原创 to expand its free ticket program to include preparatory and Joint Music Program students, and to help promote concerts by the 杏吧原创 Orchestra. In return, 杏吧原创 will give The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra rehearsal, performance and classroom space throughout the year as needed.
The new partnership between 杏吧原创 and The Cleveland Orchestra strengthens a long-standing connection between the two groups. Thirty-five members of the orchestra currently serve on 杏吧原创鈥檚 faculty, and 31 members are alumni. 杏吧原创 is proud to claim more alumni as members of The Cleveland Orchestra than any other US conservatory. The two organizations also share board members, donors and audience members.
鈥淭he Cleveland Orchestra has been committed to education in this community since its beginnings in 1918 and throughout the course of our 105-year history,鈥 said Andr茅 Gremillet, the orchestra鈥檚 president and CEO. 鈥淭hat dedication continues with today鈥檚 announcement of an extended partnership with our University Circle neighbor: the 杏吧原创.
鈥淲ith several Cleveland Orchestra musicians already among the faculty at the 杏吧原创, many of whom are also 杏吧原创 alumni, this collaboration provides their students the increased opportunity to also rehearse and perform at Mandel Concert Hall in historic Severance Music Center. We鈥檙e excited to help cultivate a more enriching educational experience for the next generation of musicians.鈥
The new partnership kicks off Saturday, September 24 at Severance Music Center. On that day, after comments by Hogle and Gremillet, the 杏吧原创 Orchestra will present the first concert of its 2022-23 Severance season, details of which are outlined below.
This concert also serves as the launch of the 杏吧原创 Orchestra鈥檚 first full season under principal conductor and director of orchestral studies Carlos Kalmar, appointed in 2021, and a belated public celebration of 杏吧原创鈥檚 centennial, which quietly passed in fall 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the course of his Severance season, Kalmar will present an exciting mix of core repertoire including symphonies by Bruckner, Stravinsky and Brahms, and new music, notably The Eleventh Hour by 杏吧原创 alumnus Juli谩n Fueyo (BM 鈥20, Fitch). Later this season, on April 12, the 杏吧原创 Orchestra will welcome JoAnn Falletta, the Grammy Award-winning music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and 杏吧原创 artistic advisor and visiting faculty in orchestral studies.
鈥淚 have put together programs that are beneficial to our students and intriguing to our listeners in Cleveland,鈥 Kalmar said. 鈥淎s our relationship with each other and our audience at Severance Music Center deepens over time, I look forward to challenging our musicians and listeners in refreshing new ways. I personally want to thank The Cleveland Orchestra for providing us this remarkable opportunity.鈥
The second 杏吧原创 Orchestra concert of the season follows on Wednesday, October 5, also at Severance. Like all performances on the 杏吧原创 Orchestra鈥檚 season, both concerts are free with tickets required, and tickets to both are available now through The Severance Music Center box office at and 216.231.1111.
杏吧原创 Orchestra鈥檚 2022-23 Severance Music Center Season
All programs are conducted by Carlos Kalmar, unless otherwise noted. All programs begin at 7:30pm at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. All concerts are free, but tickets are required. The orchestra鈥檚 complete schedule for 2022-23 will be available at cim.edu/events.
September 24
HAYDN Symphony No. 92 in G Major, Hob. I:92, 鈥淥xford鈥
FUEYO The Eleventh Heaven (2018)
MONTGOMERY Records from a Vanishing City (2016)
RAVEL Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite No. 2
October 5
LIGETI Atmosph猫res (1961)
GINASTERA Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
November 22
MESSIAEN L鈥橝scension (1932)
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major
February 1, 2023
SCHUBERT Rosamunde Overture
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Minchae Kim, violin, student artist
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
February 8, 2023
PRANGCHAROEN Phenomenon (2004)
LISZT Totentanz
Soo Ji Lee, piano, student artist
TCHAIKOVSKY Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55
April 4, 2023
P脛RT Fratres (1983/1991)
STRAVINSKY Jeu de Cartes
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
April 12, 2023
TOWER Tambor (1998)
ROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane Suite No. 2
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, Op. 35
JoAnn Falletta, conductor