<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Dear Friends,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Originally announced for November 4th, <b>CityMusic Cleveland's concert has been changed to Wednesday, November 5th</b> (still 7:30 pm at Fairmount Presbyterian Church). We know everybody will be tied to their televisions on Tuesday, watching election returns. So we've rescheduled our performance.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">I'm also enclosing information about CityMusic's<b> Children's Concert</b>, featuring the Simple Symphony of Benjamin Britten, and Prokofiev's "Peter & the Wolf" on Saturday, November 8th (3 pm, also at Fairmount Presbyterian Church). This is part of an expanded <b>Education Program</b>, including school concerts in Elyria and Slavic Village, and instrumental instruction in those two neighborhoods, as well as Cleveland Heights.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">We'd appreciate your help in getting the word out.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">As always, I would be happy to provide you with photos or any additional information that you might like.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Cordially,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Beverly Simmons, Marketing Director</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b>CityMusic Cleveland</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">PO Box 1930</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Cleveland, OH 44106</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">cell 216-401-2485</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(34, 81, 167); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="mailto:info@CityMusicCleveland.org">info@CityMusicCleveland.org</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(34, 81, 167); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://www.CityMusicCleveland.org/">www.CityMusicCleveland.org</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">=========</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b>PRESS RELEASE</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Contact: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Beverly Simmons, 216-283-4649 or 216-401-2485 (not for publication)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(37, 77, 180); "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><a href="mailto:info@citymusiccleveland.org">info@citymusiccleveland.org</a> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(49, 73, 165); min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); "><b>CityMusic Cleveland presents 2 FREE concerts in November: for Adults & Children</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); min-height: 15px; "><b></b><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(49, 73, 165); min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">With ever-larger audiences, <b>CityMusic Cleveland</b> continues to attract both aficionados and those new to classical music. <i>Gramophone</i> magazine raved: “[<b>Music Director James] Gaffigan</b> draws incisive and flexible playing from the orchestra, whose strings are elegant and precise, woodwind full of character, brasses firm and timpani pointed.” <i>Fanfare</i> magazine added, “Bravo!” <i>The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i> has called the orchestra “pure genius,” with music “superbly played” and <i>CoolCleveland.com</i> notes the orchestra’s “uncompromising ability to wed sonic and formal imagination with expressive depth.” In addition, CityMusic Music Director James Gaffigan was recognized by the League of American Orchestras with its 2008 Helen M. Thompson Award for emerging music directors.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">CityMusic's Fifth Anniversary Season, 2008-09, includes many expansions and innovations for CityMusic Cleveland. These include 27 orchestral concerts, a 30-week Education Program repeated in three communities, children’s concerts, and a concert tour to Michigan and Pennsylvania. The tour program is presented Tuesday, <b>November 5, at 7:30 pm in Fairmount Presbyterian Church</b> (2757 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights). Conducted by James Gaffigan, the program features the phenomenal young cellist, <b>Joshua Roman</b>, whom the press has dubbed a “Classical Rock Star.” He’ll solo in the Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor. The program also includes Beethoven’s Symphony no. 2 and the Ballet Music from Mozart’s opera <i>Idomeneo</i>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Since winning the principal chair in the cello section of the Seattle Symphony at the age of 22, <b>Joshua Roman</b> has become a favorite of Seattle music lovers, with sold-out solo and chamber performances throughout the city. When not performing in or in front of a Symphony Orchestra, Joshua is likely to be found on the stage of a club, performing music as varied as jazz or rock, as well as chamber music or a solo sonata by Kodaly or Bach. His fearless pursuit of new challenges has led him to expand his horizons and embark full-time on his growing solo classical career. His interest in and exploration of new music have led Joshua to work with many composers in performance of concerti, chamber music, and solo works, including works of his own. His 2008-09 season includes, among others, performances with CityMusic Cleveland, the Edmonton Symphony, Quad City Symphony, Stamford Symphony, and a return to the Seattle Symphony for the premiere of the David Stock Cello Concerto. Joshua's desire to communicate takes him beyond diverse concert venues. In the summer of 2006 in response to his own growing awareness of the atrocities in Africa — specifically Rwanda — he traveled with his violin-playing siblings to Uganda where they played chamber music in schools, HIV/Aids centers and displacement camps, bringing a message of hope through music.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">A gifted musical communicator,<b> James Gaffigan</b> has been Music Director of CityMusic Cleveland since its second season. He is also Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, under Michael Tilson Thomas, after serving for three years as assistant conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. In June 2008, Maestro Gaffigan was awarded the prestigious Helen M. Thompson Award for Emerging Music Directors, from the League of American Orchestras. He commented, "As a conductor, the work I value most is that which allows me to introduce the relevance of classical music into the everyday lives of all listeners. My work with CityMusic Cleveland has been instrumental to this idea and I hope to continue to be able to excite audiences with accessible concert-going and adventurous programming."</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">On the following Saturday, <b>November 8, at 3 pm </b>(also in<b> Fairmount Presbyterian Church</b>), CityMusic Cleveland invites children of all ages and their families to a free concert featuring Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Benjamin Britten's Simple Symphony. Also conducted by Maestro Gaffigan, this program features poet <b>Mwatabu S. Okantah</b> as narrator of the popular Prokofiev story.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b>Mwatabu Okantah</b> holds the BA in English and African Studies from Kent State University (1976) and the MA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York (1982). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor and Poet in Residence in the Department of Pan-African Studies at Kent State University. A former Director of the Center of Pan-African Culture, he has taught at Union College, The Livingston College of Rutgers University, Cleveland State University and Lakeland Community College. He has published many books of poetry, including Reconnecting Memories: Dreams No Longer Deferred, released in 2004 by Africa World Press. In addition, Baba Okantah has worked in a variety of musical situations, including time as Griot for the Iroko African Drum & Dance Society; in an ongoing collaboration with the Cavani String Quartet; and as leader of the Muntu Kuntu Energy Ensemble. A spoken word and original music CD, Guerrilla Dread: Griot Stylee, is scheduled for release in 2009. To date, Mr. Okantah has appeared at diverse venues including Merkin Concert Hall in NYC, Market Square Concert Series in Harrisburg, Cleveland Museum of Art’s Nia Café, Cleveland Institute of Music Concert Series, Cleveland’s Sanaa and Ingenuity Festivals, the Juneteenth Festival at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, First Night Akron, Akron’s Annual African American Festival, Kent Heritage Festival, Detroit’s Broadside Poet’s Theatre, and a number of universities, including University of Ibadan (Nigeria) and Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal).</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">For more information, call 216-321-8273, write to <a href="mailto:info@citymusiccleveland.org"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(37, 77, 180); ">info@citymusiccleveland.org</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 77, 180); ">,</span></a> or visit <a href="http://www.CityMusicCleveland.org/"><span style="color: rgb(28, 71, 184); ">www.CityMusicCleveland.org</span></a>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(49, 73, 165); min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 34, 243); "><b>CONCERT INFORMATION</b></span><span style="color: rgb(49, 73, 165); ">: </span>(*free childcare available; call venue for reservation)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); "><b>Program #2</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b>James Gaffigan</b>, Music Director</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b>Joshua Roma</b>n, Solo Cello</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ballet Music from "Idomeneo"</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #2 in D Major</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><b>Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at 7:30 pm</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Fairmount Presbyterian Church*</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>2757 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights 44118; 216-321-5800; <a href="http://www.fairmountchurch.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(34, 81, 167); ">www.fairmountchurch.org</span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Adobe Garamond Pro'; color: rgb(33, 30, 31); ">========</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Adobe Garamond Pro'; color: rgb(33, 30, 31); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 34, 243); "><b>Children's Program</b></span><b></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b>James Gaffigan</b>, Music Director</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b>Mwatabu S. Okantah</b>, Narrator</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Sergei Prokofief: "Peter & the Wolf" </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><b>Saturday, November 8, 2008, at 3 pm</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Fairmount Presbyterian Church</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>2757 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights 44118; 216-321-5800; <a href="http://www.fairmountchurch.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(34, 81, 167); ">www.fairmountchurch.org</span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">###</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); "><b>CityMusic Cleveland </b>is a professional chamber orchestra, founded to perform free concerts throughout Northeast Ohio, accompanied by art shows of local artists.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); ">Our mission is to develop audiences and build communities through the arts by:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>¶ Presenting the finest quality performances of classical repertoire,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>¶ Eliminating the twin barriers of high ticket prices and unfamiliar venues, </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>¶ Working with neighborhood leaders to enrich the cultural offerings of their <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); "> communities.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); ">In so doing, <b>CityMusic Cleveland builds audiences for both the musical and visual arts organizations in Northeast Ohio and beyond</b>.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(0, 34, 243); ">###</div></div></div></body></html>