Cleveland Orchestra Announces Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert

CLEVELAND, OH - For the 37th year, the Cleveland Orchestra will celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. with a performance at Severance Hall. There will be music from Duke Ellington, Charles Floyd, Peter Boyer, Kurt Carr, Morton Gould, and more.

The performance will take place Jan. 15, 2017, at 7 p.m. Tickets are free and will be available starting Jan. 3, 2017. You can pick tickets up at Severance Hall, you can call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or you can go online and grab them for clevelandorchestra.com If you can't make the concert, the concert will be broadcast live on radio on WCLV Classical 104.9 and 90.3 WCPN ideastream.

At the beginning of the celebration Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson will present the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2017 Community Service Awards, which recognize people making positive impacts on the city.

The evening will also feature a solo performance from cellist Thomas Mesa, first-place winner in the Senior Division of the 2016 Sphinx Competition for Black and Latino string players. Additionally, the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus will perform during the event. The chorus is composed of Cleveland volunteers, brought together from local churches, as well as members of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Blossom Festival Chorus.

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