Cleveland Orchestra Miami opens 2016-17 season with focus on Miami Community

Cleveland Orchestra Miami has published a press release about the kickoff of its 2016-17 season:

Cleveland Orchestra Miami begins its 2016-17 season in November. The first week of the 2016-17 season includes two Education concerts by The Cleveland Orchestra at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Education Concerts for Miami-Dade County Public Schools
The Cleveland Orchestra, led by associate conductor Brett Mitchell, will perform two education concerts at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on November 9, at 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. These hour-long are free for students in the Miami-Dade County Public School District. The program, titled “The Sounds of the Orchestra,” will be performed for more than 4,000 fourth-grade students. Students will experience the distinct sounds of the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections, and will learn how composers weave these individual groups into diverse musical landscapes.

The Cleveland Orchestra joins Coral Reef High School Orchestra in a side-by-side rehearsal
This season, The Cleveland Orchestra will continue its longstanding collaboration with the Coral Reef High School Orchestra and director Lee W. Stone with a side-by-side rehearsal on January 31, 2017, at the school, led by Cleveland Orchestra Associate Conductor Brett Mitchell.

To read the complete press release, please click here.