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</div><div id="yiv8433016879yui_3_16_0_1_1417839854505_6466" style="" class="yiv8433016879">The <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417844928051_2673" class="yiv8433016879" style="">Parma Symphony
Orchestra</span> will present a <span class="yiv8433016879" style="color:black;"></span>Holiday
concert on <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417844928051_2587" class="yiv8433016879" style="">Sunday, December 7, 2014</span>
<span style="" class="yiv8433016879" id="yiv8433016879yui_3_16_0_1_1417839854505_2704">at 3:00 PM at <span id="yiv8433016879yui_3_16_0_1_1417839854505_6467" class="yiv8433016879" style="">Valley Forge High School Auditorium</span>
located at 9999 Independence Boulevard in Parma Heights. <br class="yiv8433016879" style="">
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<div id="yiv8433016879yui_3_16_0_1_1417839854505_6468" style="" class="yiv8433016879"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417844928051_2675" style="" class="yiv8433016879">Music Director <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417844928051_2674" class="yiv8433016879" style="">Dr. Randolph P. Laycock</span> will </span>present<span style="" class="yiv8433016879" id="yiv8433016879yui_3_16_0_1_1417839854505_2702">: Alexander Wasserman performing, Franz
Liszt Piano Concerto #2 in A Major and A Collection of Traditional Holiday
Music </span></div>
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<div id="yiv8433016879yui_3_16_0_1_1417839854505_6469" style="" class="yiv8433016879"><span style="" class="yiv8433016879" id="yiv8433016879yui_3_16_0_1_1417839854505_2687">The orchestra, in
its 46<sup style="" class="yiv8433016879">th</sup> season consists of 75 members of all walks of life from all
over the entire Greater Cleveland area. They meet weekly for rehearsals
and present at least four concerts annually.<br style="" class="yiv8433016879">
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General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students and senior
citizens. Family passes of $20 are available for families of up to 2
adults and their children. All tickets are available at the door
beginning at 2:30 PM. <br style="" class="yiv8433016879">
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The Parma Symphony Orchestra is a self-supporting community orchestra in
cooperation with the Parma City Schools. For more information can be
found on Facebook or their web-site www.parmasymphony.or</span>g.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417844928051_2678" style="" class="yiv8433016879">Hailed as a “sensitive and sophisticated artist,” pianist <span class="yiv8433016879" style="">Alexander Wasserman</span> is rapidly
establishing himself as one of the most engaging performers of his
generation. A recent prize winner of the Bauru/Atlanta piano competition,
Dr. Wasserman maintains an active concert schedule, with recent recital
performances in the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland,
La Jolla, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Santa Barbara and
Washington, D.C. His performances are frequently broadcast on television and
classical radio stations throughout the country.</div>
<div style="" class="yiv8433016879"><span style="" class="yiv8433016879" id="yiv8433016879yui_3_16_0_1_1417839854505_2685">As a concerto
soloist, Dr. Wasserman has appeared with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic (CA),
the New Valley Symphony (CA), the Suburban Symphony (OH), The Santa Barbara
Choral Society and Orchestra (CA), and the Parma Symphony (OH) in concertos by
Beethoven, Liszt, Grieg, Rachmaninov, and Tchaikovsky. This season includes
performances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major with the DeKalb Symphony
Orchestra (GA), and The Parma Symphony. As an orchestra pianist, Dr. Wasserman
appeared as a member of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra
under the direction of Marin Alsop in the summer of 2014. As a chamber
musician, he frequently collaborates with members of the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, and has appeared as guest pianist with the Atlanta Chamber Players.
A recent performance of Schubert’s “Trout” quintet with the Atlanta Chamber
Players resulted in immediate re-engagement for the Brahms Piano Trio in C
Major. As a guest artist for the Atlanta Symphony’s “pre-concert chamber
series,” Dr. Wasserman was featured on stage at Atlanta Symphony Hall in a
performance of Loeffler’s “Two Rhapsodies” for Viola, Oboe, and Piano with
Atlanta Symphony Principal Oboist, Elizabeth Koch-Tiscione and Violist, Jessica
Oudin. He has since been invited back to perform on the 2014-15 Atlanta
Symphony pre-concert chamber music series. </span></div>
<div style="" class="yiv8433016879"><span style="" class="yiv8433016879" id="yiv8433016879yui_3_16_0_1_1417839714279_3220">Equally
dedicated to the education of emerging talent, Dr. Wasserman is the recently
appointed Artist-in-Residence at Reinhardt University (GA). He also served as
Professor of Piano at Youngstown State University (OH) shortly before his move
to Atlanta. He has given masterclasses at University of St. Thomas (MN), Westmont
College (CA), Cleveland Music School Settlement (OH), Youngstown State
University (OH), Kennesaw State University (GA), and Reinhardt University
(GA). Alexander Wasserman, a native of Los Angeles, began formal piano
studies with Suzanne Julian. He went on to receive degrees in Piano Performance
from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music (BM), the
Cleveland Institute of Music (MM), and the Peabody Institute of the Johns
Hopkins University (GPD). Most recently, he completed the prestigious Doctor of
Musical Arts program in Piano Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
His primary teachers include Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Yong-Hi Moon, Daniel Shapiro,
and Antoinette Perry. Additional study with Paul Schenly and Sergei Babayan has
also been of primary influence. Dr. Wasserman currently resides in
Atlanta, GA with his wife, Jessica Oudin, a member of the Atlanta Symphony
viola section.</span></div>
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