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Close Encounters Concert: Factory Seconds Brass on Sunday, November 2
Ninth season of Heights Arts chamber music concerts features a unique selection of private venues
The Close Encounters series of four Sunday afternoon concerts presents classical music performed by arguably the world’s best local musicians—members of the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra. Isabel Trautwein, Cleveland Orchestra violinist and Close Encounters artistic director engages her colleagues and other professional musicians to design their own programs, ranging this year from Baroque to Bluegrass. Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate and Cleveland Arts Prize recipient Kathleen Cerveny will recite poems created in response to select musical offerings during the series.
“These concerts are an opportunity to experience chamber music as it is meant to be: up close and in spectacular chambers,” says Isabel Trautwein. “I am especially pleased with this year’s line-up. From Baroque to Bluegrass, from an old warehouse to a shiny glass pavilion, these concerts will be a special Cleveland experience. Adding the free gallery master classes, which will provide talented students an opportunity to perform for top professionals, further demonstrates how Heights Arts connects artists to their community and makes life richer and better for all.”
On Sunday, November 2 at 3:00 p.m., the Factory Seconds Brass Trio presents “Second to None.” Jack Sutte, trumpet, Jesse McCormick, french horn, and Rick Stout, trombone, are all Cleveland Orchestra musicians who serve as second players in their sections. In this concert they bring the sonorous sounds of brass music from several centuries to an elegant Tudor mansion in Cleveland Heights.
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TICKET INFORMATION
Subscriptions for the Close Encounters series, as well as single concert tickets will be available for purchase through Heights Arts or online at www.heightsarts.org beginning Monday, September 22. Discounted student tickets will be available, with proof of enrollment, at Heights Arts Gallery, 2175 Lee Road,Cleveland Heights.
Pre-season series subscriptions are: $180 general public / $140 Heights Arts members. Individual concert tickets are $50 general public / $40 members. Advance ticket purchase is necessary as seating is limited. All concert venues are wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Heights Arts at 216-371-3457.