<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15314"><div id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15313" class=""><div class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15312"><div class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15311"><div class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15310"><div class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15309"><div id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15308" class="" style="background:white;"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2443" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0D0D0D;">T</span><span class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15318" style="font-size:14.0pt;">he <b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2442">Parma Symphony Orchestra</b> will perform a concert on <b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3123">Sunday, <span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3125" style="color:black;">December 6</span>, 2015</b> at 3:00 PM at <b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2446">Valley Forge High School Auditorium</b> located at 9999 Independence Boulevard in Parma Heights. <br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3128"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3130"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3132" class="">Music Director <b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3134">Dr. Randolph P. Laycock</b> will </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2448" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2447" style="color:black;">feature </span></span><b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3138"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3140" style="color:black;">Andrew Sords</span></b><span class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15317" style="color:black;">, violin & <b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3143">Sawyer Thomson</b>, cello <span id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15316" class="">performing: </span>Brahms <em class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3146"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3148" style="">Double Concerto</span></em> in A minor, Op. 102 and a selection of Holiday Favorites</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3150" style="color:#1F497D;"></span></span></div><div id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15319" class="" style="background:white;"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3153" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15321" class=""><span class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15320" style="font-size:14.0pt;">The orchestra, in its 4</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3157" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D;">7</span><sup class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3159"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3161" style="font-size:14.0pt;">th</span></sup><span class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15322" style="font-size:14.0pt;">
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 class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3164"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3166">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 class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3168"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3170"></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3425"><span class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15322" style="font-size:14.0pt;">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, web-site <a class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3172" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.parmasymphony.org/">www.parmasymphony.org</a> or calling Business Manager Joe Germana 440-882-2012.</span></div><div><br><span class="" id="yiv2899217504yui_3_16_0_1_1448680292529_15322" style="font-size:14.0pt;"></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3174" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D;"></span></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2451" class="" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3178" rel="nofollow" name="_GoBack"><strong class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3180"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3182" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;">American violinist </span></strong></a><strong class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3184"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3186" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">Andrew Sords</span></strong><strong class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2450"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2449" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;">
is recognized internationally for his performances combining visceral
virtuosity and ravishing tone. Hailed in the press as “a fully formed
artist” (<i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3190">Kalisz-Poland News</i>), “utterly radiant” (Canada’s <i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3192">Arts Forum</i>), and “exceptionally heartfelt and soulful” (St. Maarten’s <i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3194">Daily Herald</i>),
Sords has received numerous awards and distinctions reflecting his
career trajectory, including the Pittsburgh Concert Society’s Career
Grant and the NFMC Young Artist Award.</span></strong><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3196" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2454" class="" style="text-align:justify;"><strong class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2453"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2452" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;">Born
in Newark, Delaware, Sords began piano lessons at the age of 5,
followed shortly by violin studies with Liza Grossman. Sords became a
pupil of Linda Cerone, David Russell, and Chee-Yun Kim at the Cleveland
Institute of Music and Southern Methodist University, and a series of
international invitations helped catapult a solo career that has since
spanned 4 continents and over 200 orchestras.</span></strong><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3201" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2457" class="" style="text-align:justify;"><strong class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2456"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2455" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;">Andrew
Sords has appeared regularly with celebrated orchestras and
conductors. In recent seasons, concerto collaborations have included
the Oakland Symphony, Windsor Symphony, Kalisz Philharmonic, Chattanooga
Symphony, Cleveland Philharmonic, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, North
State Symphony, Toronto Philharmonia, Gulf Coast Symphony and Melbourne
Chamber Symphony, among numerous others. Sords has appeared regularly as
a guest on the festival circuit including summer appearances in
Fairbanks, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, and the Republic of Georgia with
Liana Isakadze's World Virtuosi. With Ms. Isakadze's ensemble, Sords
appears in Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. </span></strong><strong class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3206"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3208" style="font-weight:normal;"></span></strong></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2460" class="" style="text-align:justify;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3347"><strong class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2459"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2458" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;">A
man of diverse interests, Sords competed in the charity fundraiser
“Pittsburgh’s Dancing With The Stars” as the first classical artist to
do so. Sords has performed numerous times for GLBT outreach, including
return appearances with the Minnesota Philharmonic, Atlanta
Philharmonic, and on Sirius XM’s <i class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3213">Derek and Romaine Show</i>.
Additionally, Sords performed the National Anthem for ESPN2’s WNBA Pride
Game (2014). Inspired by living composers, Sords is dedicated to
introducing works of our times including Joan Tower, Evan Fein, and
Stephen Feigenbaum. Sords' recent collaboration with Sean Christopher
on the New-Age album “Transcendence” has been a commercial and critical
success, with reviews stating: “much of this is owed to the gorgeous and
precise playing of Andrew Sords, whose violin adds a thrumming
undercurrent of pure life throughout the album’s stainless steel
structure.” This album is available on iTunes, Amazon.com, and CDBaby.
Sords is represented by EMC Artists, Ltd., and makes his home in Shaker
Heights, Ohio.</span></strong></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3348"><strong class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2459"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2458" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;"><br></span></strong></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2463" class="" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3216" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3218" style="font-size:14.0pt;">American cellist </span></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3220" class=""><b class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3222"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3224" style="font-size:14.0pt;">SAWYER THOMSON</span></b></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2462" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2461" style="font-size:14.0pt;">
has garnered accolades as a performer equally at home in
concerto appearances, chamber music, and the orchestral literature. From
performances in the United States and Canada to honing his knowledge of
fine instruments at J&A Beare Rare Violins (London), Mr. </span></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2465" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2464" style="font-size:14.0pt;">Thomson has established himself as a versatile artist.</span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3231" style="font-size:14.0pt;"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2468" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2467" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2466" style="font-size:14.0pt;"> A
native of Dover, Ohio, Mr. Thomson began cello lessons with Keith
Robinson, and recently earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the
Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) as a student of Sharon Robinson.
While at CIM, Mr. Thomson regularly served as principal cellist for the
orchestra and was selected to participate in the Advanced Piano Trio
Program. Summers spent at the Kent/Blossom music festival included
performances alongside The Cleveland Orchestra under such conductors as
Christoph von Dohnányi, Stéphane Denève, and David Zinman. </span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3236" style="font-size:14.0pt;"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3238" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3240" style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2471" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2470" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_2469" style="font-size:14.0pt;">Mr.
Thomson made his concerto debut as a winner of the Akron Youth Symphony
competition in a performance of the Elgar concerto. Shortly thereafter,
he appeared as soloist with the Tuscarawas Philharmonic (Dvorak), and
in 2014 he made his debut on the Trinity Cathedral Series (Cleveland,
Ohio). Upcoming appearances include the Brahms double concerto with the
Parma Symphony (Ohio) and the Mendelssohn piano trios at respected
Canadian venues in Toronto, Guelph, Durham, and Kitchener-Waterloo. </span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3245" style="font-size:14.0pt;"> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3247" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3249" style="">Mr. Thomson performs on a rare Italian cello crafted by Giovanni Grancino in 1690, and makes his home in Cleveland, Ohio.</span></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3251" class=""><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3253" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> <br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448680704250_3255"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>