This year the Cleveland Orchestra Holiday Festival offers a variety of Holiday programs for the whole family while the Cleveland Orchestra Store features unique gift ideas.
The Cleveland Orchestra and Choruses join forces for nine concerts of traditional Christmas favorites during The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2011 Holiday Festival, December 2-23. The seasonal programs will include “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah, and “Sleigh Ride” among other favorites, plus sing-alongs and a very special guest. In addition to the traditional series of Christmas Concerts by the Orchestra and Choruses, the Holiday Festival will include a wide variety of other offerings:
Cleveland’s own Burning River Brass (December 15); and The Colors of Christmas, featuring vocalists Peabo Bryson, Jennifer Holliday, Lea Salonga, and Ben Vereen performing with the Orchestra (December 20 and 21).
Also included in the Festival are three PNC Holiday Musical Rainbow programs for families with children ages three and up – “Christmas Brass Quintet,” “A Celebration of Kwanzaa,” and “Music of Chanukah,” featuring members of the Orchestra and guests. Donna Willingham will be the guest storyteller for the “Celebration of Kwanzaa” program. There will be one PNC Holiday Musical Rainbow on the Road performance of the “Music of Chanukah” program, presented at Ganon Gil Preschool of The Temple–Tifereth Israel on December 16. For details, see the calendar that follows this release.
Families can arrive early for the 3 p.m. Christmas Concerts on December 11, 17, 18, and 23 to have Lunch with Santa in Severance Restaurant from 12 noon until 3 p.m.
Severance Restaurant is open for each of the Holiday Festival concerts listed in the calendar that follows this release. Reservations may be made at clevelandorchestra.com or OpenTable.com.
HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS
The Cleveland Orchestra Store offers many special gift items for the holidays, including the latest Cleveland Orchestra CD and DVD recordings along with an extensive discography from years past, music boxes and decorative glassware, music-themed holiday ornaments, stationery, books, stuffed toys and musical gifts for children of all ages, fashion scarves, jewelry, and Cleveland Orchestra logo apparel. The Store is open Tuesday through Friday during regular Store hours from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and before, during, and after concerts. The Store phone number is 216-231-7478. The Store may be visited online at clevelandorchestra.com.
In addition, Cleveland Orchestra Gift Certificates and Blossom Lawn Ticket Books for The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2012 Summer Season at Blossom Music Center are available at the Severance Hall Ticket Office by calling 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or at clevelandorchestra.com.
For 44 years, the Schreibman family, in conjunction with the Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra, has sold engraved Silver Bells to benefit The Cleveland Orchestra’s education programs. The Silver Bells, engraved with “Christmas 2011” and priced at $20 each, have become a favorite holiday tradition and will be available for purchase at the Cleveland Orchestra Store and several gift shops in greater Cleveland. Members of the Women’s Committee will also be selling the bells in Severance Hall’s Smith Lobby prior to many of the Orchestra’s November and December concerts. Contact the Store at 216-231-7478 for details or shop online at clevelandorchestra.com.
TICKET AND PARKING INFORMATION
Venue information: Severance Hall, which opened in 1931 as the home of The Cleveland Orchestra, is located at 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
Call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141 or visit online at clevelandorchestra.com.
Subscription Office Hours: 9-5 Monday-Friday
Ticket Office Hours: 9-6 Monday-Friday, 10-6 Saturday
The Severance Hall Ticket Office is located in the Smith Lobby. The entrance and 15-minute Ticket Service parking are along East Boulevard.
Group Sales (groups of 10 or more): Call 216-231-7493 or email groupsales@clevelandorchestra.com.
For information about parking for Severance Hall concerts, click here.
Cleveland Orchestra Calendar2011 Holiday Festival
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
Traditional holiday programs of seasonal music, sing-along selections, and Christmas classics with choruses and The Cleveland Orchestra.
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 3 p.m.
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 3 and 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 3 and 7 p.m.
Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 3 and 8 p.m.
Severance Hall
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
ROBERT PORCO, conductor
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHORUS (all concerts)
Robert Porco, director
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHILDREN’S CHORUS (Dec. 17, 18, and 23 at 3 p.m.)
Ann Usher, director
MEMBERS OF THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH CHORUS
(Dec. 22 and 23 evening concerts)
Frank Bianchi, director
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY CHORALE (Dec. 11, 16, and 17 [evening] concerts)
Brian Bailey, director
Celebrate the holidays with The Cleveland Orchestra and Choruses in these annual offerings of music for the season, including sing-alongs and a very special guest – all in the festive Yuletide splendor of Severance Hall.
TICKETS: $37-$68; Box seats $85
Call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or order online at clevelandorchestra.com
PNC HOLIDAY MUSICAL RAINBOWS
(for young people ages 3 & up)
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10 a.m.
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 11 a.m.
Concert Hall at Severance Hall
Christmas Brass Quintet
Jack Sutte, trumpet
Michael Miller, trumpet
Hans Clebsch, horn
Jason Smith, trombone
Kenneth Heinlein, tuba
Maryann Nagel, host
TICKETS: $7 General Admission
Call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or order online at clevelandorchestra.com
PNC Musical Rainbow Concerts are endowed by the Pysht Fund.
PNC HOLIDAY MUSICAL RAINBOW
(for young people ages 3 & up)
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 10 a.m.
Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Hall
A Celebration of Kwanzaa
Donna Willingham, storyteller, from the Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers
William Clarence Marshall III, bass
Mell Csicsila, percussion
Andrew Pongracz, percussion
Maryann Nagel, host
TICKETS: $7 General Admission
Call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or order online at clevelandorchestra.com
PNC Musical Rainbow Concerts are endowed by the Pysht Fund.
BURNING RIVER BRASS
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Severance Hall
Burning River Brass
A holiday favorite, the twelve-piece Burning River Brass ensemble entertains with its signature style. In traditional carols and Christmas favorites, these horns really swing!
(Please note that The Cleveland Orchestra does not perform as part of this concert.)
TICKETS: $26-$48; Box seats $60
Call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or order online at clevelandorchestra.com
PNC HOLIDAY MUSICAL RAINBOW ON THE ROAD
(for young people ages 3 & up)
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 10 a.m.
Ganon Gil Preschool of
The Temple–Tifereth Israel
26000 Shaker Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44122
Music of Chanukah
Carolyn Warner, violin and piano
Stephen Warner, violin
Kathryn Wolfe Sebo, cantor
Maryann Nagel, host
TICKETS: $7 General Admission
Call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141
PNC Musical Rainbow Concerts are endowed by the Pysht Fund.
PNC HOLIDAY MUSICAL RAINBOW
(for young people ages 3 & up)
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 12:30 p.m.
Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Hall
Music of Chanukah
Carolyn Warner, violin and piano
Stephen Warner, violin
Kathryn Wolfe Sebo, cantor
Maryann Nagel, host
TICKETS: $7 General Admission
Call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or order online at clevelandorchestra.com
PNC Musical Rainbow Concerts are endowed by the Pysht Fund.
THE COLORS OF CHRISTMAS
Tuesday, DECEMBER 20 at 8 p.m. (Celebrity Series)
Wednesday, DECEMBER 21 at 8 p.m.
Severance Hall
The Colors of Christmas
The Cleveland Orchestra
Herman Jackson, conductor
with
Peabo Bryson, vocalist
Jennifer Holliday, vocalist
Lea Salonga, vocalist
Ben Vereen, vocalist
In a festive program of Christmas favorites and memorable Colors of Christmas hits, these beloved singers perform renditions of beloved favorites such as “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “O Holy Night,” “Joy to the World,” and many more.
TICKETS: $41-$82; Box seats $108
Call (216) 231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or order online at clevelandorchestra.com
All programs and artists are subject to change.
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