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The Canton Symphony Orchestra's MasterWorks Series Opens With AMERICAN MOSAIC, 10/5

By: Sep. 19, 2014
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October 5, 2014 is opening night for the Canton Symphony Orchestra's (CSO) 2014-2015 MasterWorks Series. The concert, titled "American Mosaic", features music by American composers John Corigliano, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Howard Hanson and Dudley Buck. The night also marks the first time audience members will be able to access Umstattd Performing Arts Hall, where the performance will be held, through the Zimmermann Symphony Center entrance. The pre-concert lecture, free to all ticket concert ticket holders, begins at 6:30pm and the concert begins at 7:30pm.

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Gerhardt Zimmermann, Music Director of the CSO, selected the program to be a celebration of the orchestra as well as the new facility that bears his name. "This is what it is all about - the music, the performers and the audience. This facility allows us to enhance the experience for everyone involved," he stated. "It's an All-American program, with an All-American orchestra, in an All-American city. What a wonderful way to start our season!" To continue the celebration, the orchestra will host a free post-concert party at the Z for all audience members.
The program includes pieces that will engage the vocal talents of guest soloists soprano Allison Pohl, baritone Britt Cooper, the Canton Symphony Chorus and Walsh University Chorale. The vocalists will join the orchestra on Copland's Simple Gifts, Bernstein's Take Care of this House and Make (Our) Garden Grow, and Hanson's Song of Democracy.

New York City based Allison Pohl, has performed widely in the United States, Italy and China. In 2013, she performed with "Opera in the Heights" in Houston, Texas inFalstaff and at Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival and North Shore Music festival in Il Tabarro. She also performed with Camerata Philadelphia during a 10-city concert tour of China in 2012.

Baritone Dr. Britt Cooper is the Director of Fine and Performing Arts and Director of Choral Activities at Walsh University as well as the Director of the Canton Symphony Chorus. As a singer, Dr. Cooper has performed with and studied under some of the most influential conductors in American choral music including Robert Shaw and Joseph Flummerfelt.

Tickets for the concert range from $25-$45. There are senior, student and group discounts available. Dress is casual and the concert is appropriate for ages 8 and older. Tickets and the full concert season schedule are available atwww.cantonsymphony.org, by calling (330) 452-2094, at the Zimmermann Symphony Center - 2331 17th Street NW in Canton - weekdays from 10am-2pm or at the Umstattd Performing Arts Hall box office beginning one hour before the performance.

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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