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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Cleveland Pops Orchestra Chorus and West Shore Chorale combine to present a Fall Choral Celebration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Cleveland, OH – September 28, 2016 – </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Two of Northeast Ohio’s most respected choral organizations are blending their 140 voices into an afternoon of choral music and a combined performance of <b><i>“A Jubilant Song.”</i> </b>The choruses will be accompanied by pianist Mio Arai. The concert will take place at <b>3.30 p.m. on Sunday, October 16, 2016</b> <b>in Waetjen Auditorium</b>, located in the Cleveland State University Music Building at 2001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Norman </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'>Dello Joio's</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'> exuberant “<i>A Jubilant Song” </i>was set to the text of “<i>A Song of Joys” </i>by that equally exuberant poet <b>Walt Whitman</b>. Originally scored for women's voices and piano, it was composed by Dello Joio in 1945, and its celebratory mood certainly reflects America's exultation at the end of World War II. Its first performance was at Sarah Lawrence College, a female-only undergraduate institution that became co-educational in 1968.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'>Cleveland Pops Orchestra Chorus, which made its acclaimed debut in Severance Hall on November 2, 2012 is directed by William G. Zurkey. The West Shore Chorale, founded in 1968<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'>is directed by John Drotleff. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'>Admission to the performance of <i>“A Jubilant Song” </i>is $15, payable at the door<i> </i>to Waetjen Auditorium. Free admission for students with student ID. Parking is free. For further information about the concert, please call: 216-765-7677.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black'># # #<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Story contributed by:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gordon L. Petitt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Marketing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cleveland POPS Orchestra<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PH: 216.765.7677<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FX: 216.765.1931<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:glpetitt@clevelandpops.com">glpetitt@clevelandpops.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIjgYYYYoos">The Cleveland POPS is Tops! - VIDEO</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.clevelandpops.com/">www.clevelandpops.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cleveland-POPS-Orchestra/55221814842?ref=ts">Become a POPS Facebook Friend</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Follow us on Twitter @clevePOPSOhio<u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>