<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">October 27, <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_24 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_gramm gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-Punctuation gmail-only-ins gmail-replaceWithoutSep" id="gmail-24" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">2018</span> at Highland High School Auditorium, 4150 Ridge Road, Medina, OH 44256</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_25 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_gramm gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-Style gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-25" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">8pm</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:22px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">MEDINA, OH (October 1, 2018) - </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO) opens its 2018/19 World Tour of Music Concert Series with The Music of Leonard Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds on October 27, 2018 at Highland High School Auditorium, 4150 Ridge Road, Medina, OH 44256 at 8pm. This concert will celebrate one of America’s great musical legends, Leonard Bernstein on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Composer, conductor, scholar, activist, Bernstein was truly a citizen of the world.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This concert will feature a selection from his <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_27 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-27" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">catalog</span> of great compositions including well-known titles such as <i>West Side Story</i> and <i><span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_26 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_gramm gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-Punctuation gmail-only-del gmail-replaceWithoutSep" id="gmail-26" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">Candide</span></i><span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_26 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_gramm gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_disable_anim_appear gmail-Punctuation gmail-only-del gmail-replaceWithoutSep" id="gmail-26" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">,</span> to lesser known gems such as <i>I Hate Music</i> and <i>Chichester Psalms</i>. Led from the piano by New York-based <b>Steven Gross</b>, the concert will feature acclaimed Northeast Ohio-based singers <b>Melissa Davis</b> (soprano), <b>Nancy Maultsby</b>(mezzo), <b>Shane Patrick O’Neill</b> (tenor) and <b>Fabio Polanco</b> (baritone). The event will include historical and anecdotal recollections, multi-media footage, plus much more to <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_28 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-28" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">honor</span> this iconic American artist who through his work helped create “The Best of All Possible Worlds”.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">During the week of October 22, Gross and Davis will be presenting school and library workshops throughout the region. For details on the library workshops, visit <a href="http://www.ormaco.org/outreach" style="color:blue">www.ormaco.org/outreach</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tickets are available by calling 330-722-2541, online at <a href="http://www.ormaco.org">www.ormaco.org</a> (credit card fees apply), at all Medina County Buehler’s stores. $12 in advance; $15 at the door (cash or checks only).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The World Tour of Music Fall residency is made possible in part, by underwriting from the following: Ohio Arts Council, Medina Breakfast Kiwanis Club, Lorain Medina Rural Electric People Fund, Armstrong, Medina County District Library, Jan Leatherman and the Medina County Arts Council.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Now in its eighth year, ORMACO is a mostly volunteer non-profit with the mission of making music, arts and culture available to all, with a focus on programs for underserved, disadvantaged and rural populations.</span></p></div>