<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 36px;" class=""><b class="">CONTEMPORARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><i class=""><font size="5" class="">Rock Your Potential</font></i></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font size="7" class=""><i class=""><b class="">DROPS of COLOR</b></i></font></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 30px;" class="">featuring the music of</span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 36px;" class=""><b class="">LUCA MUNDACA & ANT</b></span><span style="font-size: 48px;" class=""><b class="">ô</b></span><span style="font-size: 36px;" class=""><b class="">NIO CARLOS JOBIM</b></span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font size="5" class=""><b class="">Saturday, June 4, 2022</b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font size="5" class=""><b class="">7:00 PM</b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font size="5" class="">Cuyahoga Community College</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">Metropolitan Campus Auditorium</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><b style="font-size: 20px;" class="">A celebration of <span style="font-size: 24px;" class="">Brazilian </span>music with Cleveland-based singer/songwriter, <span style="font-size: 24px;" class="">Luca Mundaca </span><i style="font-size: 24px;" class="">rocks the orchestra! </i></b></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><b class="">Luca Mundaca </b>is a gifted artist with a stunning voice. Her music is a glorious blend of her native Brazil with a touch of downtown New York. While mining deep melodic roots from her country’s heritage, she creates musical gems polished with the lightest of touches. Influenced by samba and bossa nova themes, her songs often revolve around nature and our relationship with it. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><b class="">Her hit song “Ha Dias” has over 3.4 million plays on Spotify alone. </b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Antônio Carlos Jobim </b>was a Brazilian composer, songwriter, and singer whose work celebrates Brazil and a passion for the natural world. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Considered by many as the "father of bossa nova”, he merged Brazilian music with jazz to create a new sound that achieved great popularity in the 1960s. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">CYO</b> will be performing works specifically written for orchestra, featured on the Latin Grammy-winning album, <i class=""><b class="">Symphonic Jobim</b></i>.</div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">In addition to the live audience at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus, the concert will be livestreamed to reach Luca's international fan base from South America to Europe.</b></div><div style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 22px;" class="">Tickets on sale now: </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><b class=""><a href="http://cyorchestra.org/performances" class=""><font color="#00364a" size="5" class="">cyorchestra.org/performances</font></a></b></div><div style="font-size: 20.5px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">or </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class="">CONTACT: Leo Zimmerman, Marketing Coordinator</font></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class=""><a href="mailto:leo@cyorchestra.org" class="">leo@cyorchestra.org</a> 216.577.1578</font></b></div></div><div style="font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>