The Parma Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 3:00 PM at Valley Forge High School Auditorium located at 9999 Independence Boulevard in Parma Heights. 

Music Director Dr. Randolph P. Laycock will feature Rachel Brandwein, Harp and Judy Naujoks Moore, flute performing:  Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K 299.  Also: Festival Overture on “the American National Air” by Buck, and Grieg’s Symphonic Dances Op 64.
The orchestra, in its 47th 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.

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.

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 www.parmasymphony.org or calling Business Manager Joe Germana 440-882-2012.

 Rachel Brandwein is the winner of the 2014 Mu Phi Epsilon International Solo
Competition. She is the Mu Phi Epsilon Concert Artist 2014-2016 and is performing and
giving outreach classes throughout the United States.
Rachel is on faculty at Luther College, College of Saint Benedict & Saint John’s
University, and at Mount Calvary Academy of Music. Among her performance and
composition accomplishments are first prizes and grants in numerous regional and
national competitions sponsored by Mu Phi Epsilon, American String Teachers
Association, and the American Harp Society.
A featured soloist at the Ninth World Harp Congress in Dublin, Ireland, Rachel also
toured China with the Juilliard Orchestra. Since moving from New York to Minneapolis in
the fall of 2012, she has performed several times with the Minnesota Orchestra,
VocalEssence, the National Lutheran Choir, as well as professional ensembles around
the Twin Cities. In the fall of 2013 she embarked on a nine state, fifteen concert tour
with Trio Matisse (flute, cello, harp) as part of the Allied Concert Services Tours and is
continuing to perform with the trio. She enjoys concertizing with original and arranged
works with her trombone partner, Dr. David Peterson, as the Branderson Duo. They were awarded a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and in 2016 will premiere a commissioned work by Dr. Paul Salerni as well as complete a residency at Lehigh
University.  Rachel has recently published her compositions on her website:  www.rachelbrandwein.com. By invitation from the American Harp Society, she performed a full recital of her works at the 2014 National Conference in New Orleans. Rachel has presented her works on the Composer’s Concerts at The Juilliard School and on Stony Brook University’s Composer Concert Recital Series. She was commissioned through a grant by the American Harp Society to write a work for Apple Orange Pair, a professional harp and horn duo. They premiered it at the 2015 National Conference. Her compositions have been performed throughout the country, such as at the University of Michigan, University of Indiana, University of Minnesota, Western
Illinois University, Kansas State University, Sacramento State University, and at Interlochen Center for the Arts where she serves on the harp faculty during the summer camp programs.
Rachel earned degrees from the University of Michigan (BM), The Juilliard School (MM), and Stony Brook University (DMA). She also studied harp and French for one year in Paris and Lyon, France. After performing at her doctoral commencement, she was awarded the prestigious Ackerman Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies for high Accomplishment in performance and pedagogy. Rachel's goal as a teacher is to help her students appreciate and fulfill their artistic potential with confidence, creativity, and dedication.

Judy Naujoks Moore has been a member of the Parma Symphony Orchestra for over 40 years. After graduating from Parma Senior High School, she attended Kent State University, where she studied with flute professor Raymond DeMattia. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and a Master's Degree in the Art of Teaching. Judy taught General Music for 35 years in several different schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. She retired from Newton D. Baker School of Arts where she used her certifications in the Orff-Schulwerk process of teaching music. She also recently retired from her choir director position at St. Peter United Church of Christ in Seven Hills. Judy enjoys playing in the symphony with her daughter Alice, a harpist, and son-in-law Darren, a percussionist. She is proud the musical tradition in her family continues with her granddaughter Sydney, who began studying piano two years ago.