<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="Section1"><DIV class="MsoNormal">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <BR><BR> Contact: <BR> John Farina, Chief Executive Officer, Red {an orchestra}<BR> 3615 Euclid Ave, Suite 1C<BR> Cleveland, OH 44115<BR> Phone: 216.361.1733<BR><A href="http://www.redanorchestra.org/"><SPAN style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.redanorchestra.org</FONT></SPAN></A><BR><A href="mailto:farina@redanorchestra.org"><SPAN style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">farina@redanorchestra.org</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Soloist Bio and Photos Available<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Red {an orchestra} Celebrates Winter and the Holidays<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Holiday concert will dazzle and delight, featuring local teen virtuoso Caroline Goulding.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Cleveland, Ohio - Red {an orchestra} continues their sixth spectacular season with “A Red Solstice” on December 8, 2007 at the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Tremont and on December 9, 2007 at St. Stanislaus Church in Slavic Village.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As a follow up to their critically acclaimed season opener, Red promises to dazzle and delight with this special and unusual holiday program.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This concert features the works of two remarkable Italian composers and a special arrangement by Red Artistic Director and Conductor Jonathan Sheffer of Heinrich Schutz’s A Christmas Story, with soloists Soprano Jeun Eun Oh and Countertenor Andrew Lippian, and a chorus prepared by David Gooding.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A special highlight will be a bracing performance of Vivaldi’s “Winter” from “The Four Seasons”, performed by local teen violin virtuoso Caroline Goulding.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This program is presented twice in two distinct and significant Cleveland churches. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">The program opens with a work by early 20th century Italian composer Ottorino Respighi.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>From his collection of works, Ancient Airs and Dances, the orchestra will feature Suite No. 3.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While Respighi’s work was created during a politically turbulent time, it also gives you a sense of the Old World and the comfortable feeling associated with the holidays. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Perhaps there is no piece of music that suggests winter more than the second piece on the program, Winter from Antoni Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An early example of how music could be used to tell a story, The Four Seasons describes the shifting moods of the seasons. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Red {an orchestra} is very proud to present the concerto Winter featuring the young violin virtuoso Caroline Goulding as soloist.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Caroline has won many honors for her playing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At the age of 13, she was among the youngest competitors and winners of the Aspen Music Festival’s Violin Concerto Competition and most recently has won the Cleveland Youth Orchestra’s Concerto Competition.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She is now only 15 and is one of the most impressive talents in Cleveland today.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">The final piece on the program is Heinrich Schutz’s A Christmas Story.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This special arrangement by Jonathan Sheffer is a reprisal of one of Red’s most successful concerts. Schutz is widely regarded as one of the greatest of 17th century German composers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sheffer’s version of Schutz’s oratorio seeks to sidestep centuries of accumulated performance practices and return to the essence of the work.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our performance will be in English, and will feature soloists from the Cleveland area as well as a chorus directed by David Gooding.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Red is encouraging patrons to bring a non-perishable food item to support the community food banks sponsored by the churches we are performing in.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Tickets are available for $15, $35, $65, $90 and $110.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information, call Red {an orchestra} at 216.361.1733, or go online at <A href="http://www.redanorchestra.org/"><SPAN style="color:windowtext;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.redanorchestra.org</FONT></SPAN></A>. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Red {an orchestra}’s season is supported in part through the generosity of The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Kulas Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, MKH Consulting, Process Creative Studios, National City Bank, and Forest City Enterprises.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Additional support is received through partnerships with Twist Creative, CoolCleveland.com, Oliver Printing, The Free Times, Northern Ohio Live, WCLV, WCPN, WKSU, and Yamaha. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"># # #<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">About Red {an orchestra}<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Red {an orchestra} is classical musicians, artists, and thinkers united in a commitment to their audiences: to REDefine classical music programming, to REDesign the concert experience and REDiscover classical music.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Red was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 2001 by a volunteer group of arts patrons and musicians. Red educates, entertains, and inspires its audiences by presenting a unique, multi-sensory, and memorable music experience.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Red is setting new standards for imaginative musical programming by presenting music in collaboration with other artistic disciplines such as film, visual arts, opera, theater, poetry, and literature. Core to our mission is an intense focus on cultural renewal and revitalization. Red strives to expand our audiences' experiences by melding innovative style with the traditional orchestral experience.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">The highlights of this concert are as follows:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">A Red Solstice<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Red Celebrates Winter and the Holidays<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR clear="ALL" style="page-break-before:auto;mso-break-type:section-break"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT><DIV class="Section2"><DIV class="MsoNormal">Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 8:00 PM<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Tremont<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Pilgrim Congregational UCC<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">2592 West 14th Street<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Cleveland, OH<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>44113<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 3:00 PM<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Slavic Village<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">St. Stanislaus Church<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">3649 East 65th Street<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Cleveland, OH<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>44105<O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR clear="ALL" style="page-break-before:always;mso-break-type:section-break"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">PROGRAM:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">RESPIGHI<SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN>Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">VIVALDI<SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN>Concerto No.4 in F Minor, Op.8, RV 297<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">“Winter” from “The Four Seasons”<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">SCHUTZ (arr. Sheffer)<SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN>A Christmas Story<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Jonathan Sheffer, conductor<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Caroline Goulding, violin<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">David Gooding, chorus master<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Red welcomes winter and salutes the holiday season with this unusual program.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our program opens with a delightful piece by Ottorino Respighi, Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cleveland Heights’ 15-year-old violin virtuoso Caroline Goulding dazzles us with her bracing performance of “Winter” from Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” for our second piece.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We wrap up this beautiful holiday celebration with a chorus and vocal soloists reprising one of Red’s most successful concerts:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jonathan Sheffer’s arrangement of Heinrich Schutz’s “A Christmas Story.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Red is encouraging patrons to bring a non-perishable food item to support the community food banks sponsored by the churches in which we are performing.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">This concert is proudly presented with the support of Process Creative Studios, National City Bank, Forest City Enterprises, Twist Creative, The Ohio Arts Council, The George Gund Foundation, CoolCleveland.com, Northern Ohio Live, The Free Times, WCLV, WCPN, and WKSU.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><SPAN style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Tickets are available for $15, $35, $65, $90 and $110.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information, call Red {an orchestra} at 216.361.1733, or go online at <A href="http://www.redanorchestra.org/"><SPAN style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.redanorchestra.org</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>John Farina</DIV><DIV>Chief Executive Officer</DIV><DIV>Red {an Orchestra}</DIV><DIV>3615 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1C</DIV><DIV>Cleveland, Ohio 44115</DIV><DIV>216.361.1733 - office</DIV><DIV>216.832.7106 - cell</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:farina@redanorchestra.org">farina@redanorchestra.org</A></DIV><DIV>www.redanorchestra.org</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>