<div class="gmail_quote">To whom it may concern,<div><br></div><div>My name is Michael Dalby and I am a member of the Heights Chamber Orchestra. I have recently been asked to handle the promotion of the group's concerts and activities and have been given this email address as someone that could assist us in getting the word out. Below is the most recent press release announcing our upcoming 2/19 concert. If you are able to help us promote this concert in the Northeast Ohio Performing Arts List we would very much appreciate your assistance.</div>


<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div> </div>
<div><strong><font size="4">Michael Dalby</font></strong></div><div><strong><font size="4"><br></font></strong></div><div><strong><font size="4"><br></font></strong></div><div><strong><font size="4"><br></font></strong></div>


<div><strong><font size="4"><div style="background-color:transparent;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:normal;font-size:medium"><b style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Heights Chamber Orchestra</span><br>


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<a href="http://heightschamberorchestra.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,153);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://heightschamberorchestra.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>


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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">email: <a href="mailto:medalby@gmail.com" target="_blank">medalby@gmail.com</a></span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Musicians of the Heights Chamber Orchestra, along with their Music Director Anthony Addison, are proud to present their next concert to the community on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church (13001 Cedar Rd.) in Cleveland Heights.This concert will feature guest conductor Mélisse Brunet along with vocalists Natasha Ospina-Simmons and Katie Fowler. The program will consist of works by French composers Georges Bizet (excerpts from </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Carmen</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Camille Saint-Saëns (</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Danse Macabre</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), and Charles Gounod (</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Symphony No.1 in D Major</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">). As with all Heights Chamber Orchestra concerts, admission is free.</span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">"There is something special about playing French music with a French conductor,” says Music Director Anthony Addison. "The cadences of the French language are so different from those of the German or Italian, and this is echoed in the music.” </span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Brunet is currently pursuing her Professional Studies degree in Orchestral Conducting as part of an extension of the Cleveland Institute of Music’s International Exchange program. She has performed throughout Europe and Japan and her teachers include Carl Topilow, Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, and many others. Brunet currently conducts the CIM New Music Ensemble and the FiveOne Experimental Orchestra.</span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Soprano Natasha Ospina-Simmons holds a Master of Music degree from Baylor University and an Artist Diploma from CIM. Her recent work includes Sophie in </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Werther</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for Opera Circle, and Piordiligi in Mozart’s </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cosi fan tutte</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  Mezzo-soprano Katie Fowler holds a Masters of Music degree from Kent State University. She has performed with Opera Circle, Opera per Tutti, and Opera Cleveland. Fowler will be singing the Habenera and Seguidilla from Bizet’s </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Carmen</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and Ospina-Simmons will be singing Micaela's aria.</span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>


<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Heights Chamber Orchestra is made up of amateur musicians primarily from Cleveland Heights and Cleveland’s eastern suburbs. 2011-2012 is the orchestra’s 29th season. For more information about this performance, the orchestra, or future concerts, visit their website at </span><a href="http://www.heightschamberorchestra.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,153);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.heightschamberorchestra.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or find them on Facebook. Heights Chamber Orchestra is generously funded by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. </span></b></div>


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