CLEVELAND POPS ORCHESTRA
24000 MERCANTILE RD UNIT 8, BEACHWOOD, OH 44122 clevelandpops.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE CLEVELAND POPS ORCHESTRA WITH CARL TOPILOW PERFORMS THE HIGHEST QUALITY SYMPHONIC POPS MUSIC TO ENTERTAIN AND ENRICH A WIDE AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP AN ENDURING APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, BOTH ENHANCING THE RICHNESS AND VIBRANCY OF NORTHEAST OHIO LIVING.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2019. THROUGH YOUR GENEROSITY, WE ACHIEVED NEW HEIGHTS, INCLUDING: - OVER 50,000 PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND OUR CONCERTS. FROM SEVERANCE HALL, CONNOR PALACE, AND FREE OUTDOOR CONCERTS AROUND OUR REGION, THE POPS CONNECTS PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF THEIR LIVES. - OVER 100 PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS FROM NORTHEAST OHIO WERE EMPLOYED THROUGH THE POPS. - NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED GUEST STARS HAVE WOWED AUDIENCES, BRINGING YOU THE MUSIC YOU LOVE FROM BROADWAY, THE MOVIES, JAZZ, AND LIGHT CLASSICS. - SCHOOL CHILDREN LEARNED MOVEMENT, VOICE, AND HOW TO PLAY MUSIC THROUGH OUR ACTUAL MUSIC PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, THEREBY GIVING THE NEXT GENERATION THE BEGINNING OF A LIFELONG APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS. - OUR JEAN L. PETITT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROVIDED YOUNG ARTISTS PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE CLEVELAND POPS ORCHESTRA AND RESOURCES TOWARDS CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION. - YOUTH ENSEMBLES, INCLUDING THE CONTEMPORARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, PERFORMED WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS. THE CLEVELAND POPS ORCHESTRA PERFORMED 7 CONCERTS WITH AN APPROXIMATE ATTENDANCE OF 15,000. ALSO, 7 RUN-OUT CONCERTS WERE PERFORMED, SPONSORED BY LOCAL CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT ENTITIES WITH AN APPROXIMATE ATTENDANCE OF 35,000.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDES: ACTUAL MUSIC - ACTUAL MUSIC IS AN EDUCATION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENGAGE CHILDREN IN THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF MUSIC AND DANCE. "ACTUAL MUSIC" PROVIDES EDUCATION, PARTICIPATION, LISTENING AND VISUAL EXCITEMENT TO THE YOUNG STUDENT. THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH THE TOOLS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THE "ACTUAL MUSIC" PROGRAM IS BASED ON THE ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS SET BY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE CLEVELAND POPS YOUTH ORCHESTRA- THE RENOWNED CLEVELAND POPS ORCHESTRA, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT, HAS ESTABLISHED THE CLEVELAND POPS YOUTH ORCHESTRA TO NURTURE AND TRAIN YOUNG MUSICIANS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WHILE PROMOTING CRITICAL THINKING, SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGH MUSIC. UNDER THE BATON OF CONDUCTOR CARL TOPILOW, YOUTH ORCHESTRA MEMBERS EXPLORE THE MUSIC OF BROADWAY, HOLLYWOOD, JAZZ, LIGHT CLASSICS, AND POPULAR SONGS. THE CLEVELAND POPS YOUTH ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS RECEIVE COACHING FROM MEMBERS OF THE CLEVELAND POPS ORCHESTRA AND TEACHERS FROM THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT. MUSICIANS WILL ALSO PERFORM TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, PLUS SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE RENOWNED CLEVELAND POPS ORCHESTRA AT THEIR HOLIDAY CONCERT

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