<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="docs-internal-guid-48d1de25-1589-ec00-42a6-4f380d9ecd6e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Heights Chamber Orchestra</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">P.O. Box 18413</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Cleveland Heights, OH 44118</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://heightschamberorchestra.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,153);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">http://heightschamberorchestra.org/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">PRESS RELEASE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The musicians of Heights Chamber Orchestra will present their next concert to the community on </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 3:30 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> at Gesu Catholic Church</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(2470 Miramar Blvd., University Hts, OH 44118). This is the inaugural concert with new Music Director </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Mark Allen McCoy</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. The program features the Gesu Parish Choir singing selections from </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Mendelssohn</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">’s “Elijah” as well as </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Mozart</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">’s “Ave Verum Corpus.” The orchestra will also perform Psalm and Fugue, Op. 40a by Alan </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Hovhaness</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> and the rarely-heard Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, Op. 47 by Niels </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Gade</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Mark Allen McCoy </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">is currently the Music Director/Conductor of the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra in Northern Virginia and Music Director/Conductor of the Heights Chamber Orchestra in Cleveland Ohio. Composer/Conductor David Amram stated Mark McCoy is doing what so many talk about but aren't able to actually accomplish. He has created an ensemble, that is as thrilling and rewarding for outsiders to hear as it is for the members of the community which his excellent orchestra serves." Having been lauded by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as " . . . conducting with the broad, sweeping gestures typical of the old Central European tradition . . ." this dynamic American conductor has enjoyed success on a national and international scale. Known for his exciting and innovative programming, McCoy is a dedicated advocate for the arts, making classical music accessible to entire communities. Concertgoers have deemed him ". . . impressive, emotive, and energetic" in repertoire ranging from pops to ballet. His family/educational concerts have been praised as both entertaining and thought-provoking, inspiring a whole new generation of concertgoers.</span></span><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>
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