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CSO to Perform CZECH MATES Concert, Featuring Cellist Joshua Roman, 2/22

By: Feb. 11, 2015
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CANTON, OHIO (February 10, 2015) - A YouTube star will be the next guest soloist for the Canton Symphony Orchestra. Cellist, Joshua Roman is set to perform Dvo?ák's Cello Concerto in b minor with the CSO on Sunday February 22 at a special matinee time of 3:00pm in Umstattd Performing Arts Hall. Music Director Gerhardt Zimmermann explains that " The theme of the concert, Czech Mates, is derived from the fact that all the pieces on the program, the Dvo?ák, Mozart's Symphony No. 38 "Prague", and Suk's Scherzo Fantastique, were written by a composer from the Czech Republic or in the case of Mozart, inspired by that country."

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Joshua Roman became a YouTube sensation in 2009 with his video series titled "The Popper Project" where he performed and uploaded the complete David Popper's High School of Cello Playing to his dedicated YouTube channel. The set of 40 études, a set of solos written to assist musicians in instrumental technique, took Roman over three years to complete and attracted over 500,000 views to date. He earned both Bachelor and Master degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and spent two years as principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony, a position he won at the age of 22. In 2013, Roman gave a premiere of Dreamsongs, a new cello concerto written for Roman by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis, with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the BBC Scottish Symphony, the Alabama Symphony and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador, among many others.

Tickets for the concert start at $25. There are senior, student and group discounts available. Dress is casual and the concert is appropriate for ages 8 and older. Tickets are available at www.cantonsymphony.org , by calling 330-452-2094, at the Zimmermann Symphony Center - 2331 17th Street NW in Canton - weekdays from 9am to 5pm or at the Umstattd Performing Arts Hall box office beginning one hour before the performance.

In addition to the CSO concert, Roman will hold a Master Class for selected cellists on Saturday February 21 at 10:00am at Malone University's Randall Campus Center's Stewart Room. Two student cellists will have the opportunity to perform for and receive feedback and guidance from Mr. Roman. Audience members may observe the class and also learn from the discussion between the students and Mr. Roman. The Master Class is free for spectators. Participants in the class include Jake Klinkenborg from Oberlin College and Conservatory and Dan Peters from Kent State University. Klinkenborg will perform Bach's Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major and Peters will perform Shostakovich's Sonata in d minor for Cello and Piano.

Founded in 1937, the Canton Symphony Orchestra is a fully professional ensemble and organization dedicated to performing concerts that enrich, educate and entertain. Under the direction of Gerhardt Zimmermann, the orchestra performs classical, pops, holiday, and educational programs. Most performances are in Umstattd Performing Arts Hall, 2323 17th Street NW, Canton, Ohio (at McKinley High School across from C.T. Branin Natatorium). Parking at McKinley High School is free. For more information, please visit www.CantonSymphony.org.



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