<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-94cc7865-7fff-0122-7118-a5207d4281b3"><p style="text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><i>The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra presents "Bria con Brio!"</i></b></font></p><p style="text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><b><i>featuring Bria Skonberg</i></b></font></p><p style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">To open our 39th season, we are joined by Canadian vocalist and trumpeter Bria Skonberg, who the Wall Street Journal has said is “poised to be one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation.”</font></span></p><p style="text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Join us on Friday, November 3rd, or Saturday, November 4th, for an evening of music with trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Bria Skonberg.</font></span></p><p style="text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-83ee1c02-7fff-edbc-a094-271180dd852f"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Friday, November 3rd, 2023</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">BLU Jazz+, 47 E Market Street, Akron</font></span></p></span><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">  <a href="https://bit.ly/CJOBriaSblu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,151,167);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/CJOBriaSblu</span></a></font></p></span></blockquote><span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p style="text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, November 4th, 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maltz Performing Arts Center</span></p></font></span><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">  <a href="https://bit.ly/CJOBriaSMaltz" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,151,167);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/CJOBriaSMaltz</span></a></font></p></span></blockquote><span><p style="text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="font-weight:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br><br></font></b></span></p></span><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  Or head to </span><a href="http://www.clevelandjazz.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,151,167);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.clevelandjazz.org</span></a></font></p></span></blockquote><p style="text-align:left;line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></span></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif">Theresa Lesh</font><div><font face="georgia, serif">Managing Director, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://clevelandjazz.org" target="_blank">clevelandjazz.org</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>