<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv102208114"><table id="yiv102208114bodyDrftID" class="yiv102208114" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv102208114drftMsgContent" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="yiv1955534010MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Ohio Philharmonic
Orchestra performs in a Christmas and Holiday Concert in Cleveland
presented by the Consulate of Italy in Detroit.</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="yiv1955534010MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hard to believe, but the holiday
season is upon us! What better way to jump into it, than attending a free concert by the
extraordinarily talented Ohio Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Italian Maestro Domenico
Boyagian. </span></p>
<p class="yiv1955534010MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p><p class="yiv1955534010MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On Saturday, December 3rd at 7:30pm,
the Ohio Philharmonic Orchestra, for the first time in collaboration with the Consulate
of Italy in Detroit, will perform in the beautiful First Baptist Church of
Greater Cleveland, 3630 Fairmount Blvd. Shaker Heights, OH 44118. This special
concert – an exciting mix of classical and Christmas music - is free and open
to the public, and will be followed by a post concert reception in the church’s
on-premises Spahr Center.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv1955534010MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This Christmas and Holiday celebration
will include a first program of Verdi and Ravel. Selections will be from <i>Aida </i>by
Giuseppe Verdi and <i>Mother Goose Suite </i>by Ravel. The second program will include selections
by Leroy Anderson, Bugler’s Holiday, Babes in Toyland, a Christmas Festival, the
Festive Sounds of Hanukah and others. In addition, the concert will feature the
talent of music composers Jared and Andrew DePolo of Olmsted Falls, Ohio. The
orchestra will perform <span style="font-style: italic;">Spirit of Christmas</span> a composition created by the twin
composers exclusively for this holiday celebration. </span></p>
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<p class="yiv1955534010MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A full professional symphony
orchestra, The Ohio Philharmonic is made up of the most gifted Ohio based
musicians, performing under the directions of its Maestro and Music Director, Domenico Boyagian, as well
as the guidance of William Laufer, Artistic and Executive Director. The concert is the
first collaboration between the Orchestra and the Consulate of Italy in Detroit;
however, Marco Nobili, Consul of Italy in Detroit and Serena Scaiola, Hon. Vice
Consul of Italy in Cleveland, are so impressed by the quality of the musicians
and the mission of the Orchestra’s educational programs, that several other concerts
organized and presented by the Consulate are already in the making in distinguished locations across the
State of Ohio.</span></p><font size="3"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ohiophil.com/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321668842_0">www.ohiophil.org</span></a><br></font><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table>