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This funding helps us continue bringing high-quality orchestral music and enriching cultural experiences to our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ohio Arts Council helped fund our organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our 2026-2027 season<br>&#8220;Celebrating American Music&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, October 11, 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:30 p.m.<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> St. Paul\u2019s<br><strong>Soloists:<\/strong> Emily Cornelius, violin; Ross Karre, percussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amy Marcy Cheney Beach \u2014 <em>Summer Dreams<\/em>, Op. 47 <br>Arvo P\u00e4rt \u2014 <em>Fratres<\/em><br>Margaret Brouwer \u2014 <em>Century\u2019s Song<\/em><br>Franz Joseph Haydn \u2014 Symphony No. 99 in E-flat Major<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, November 22, 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:30 p.m.<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> Fairmount Presbyterian Church<br><br>Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k \u2014 <em>American Suite<\/em>, Op. 98b, B. 190, in A Major<br>George McKay \u2014 <em>Scenes from the Southwest<\/em><br>Clare Grundman \u2014 <em>Second American Folk Rhapsody<\/em><br>Alan Hovhaness \u2014 Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, <em>Mysterious Mountain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, February 14, 2027<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:30 p.m.<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> First Baptist Church of Shaker Heights<br><strong>Soloist:<\/strong> Emily Cornelius, violin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samuel Coleridge-Taylor \u2014 <em>Hiawatha: Suite from the Ballet Music<\/em>, Op. 82a<br>Marcus Norris \u2014 <em>Glory for Violin and Chamber Orchestra<\/em><br>Florence Price \u2014 <em>Negro Folk Songs in Counterpoint<\/em><br>Margaret Bonds \u2014 <em>Montgomery Variations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, April 4, 2027<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:30 p.m.<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> St. Paul\u2019s<br><strong>Soloist:<\/strong> Brian Wendel, trombone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Virgil Thomson \u2014 <em>The Plow That Broke the Plains: Suite<\/em><br>Henri Tomasi \u2014 Trombone Concerto<br>Aaron Copland \u2014 <em>The Tender Land: Suite<\/em><br>Daniel Perttu \u2014 <em>To Spring<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, May 9, 2027<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:30 p.m.<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> St. Paul\u2019s<br><strong>Soloist:<\/strong> Allison Hillier, piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferde Grof\u00e9 \u2014 <em>Grand Canyon Suite<\/em><br>Leonard Bernstein \u2014 <em>West Side Story: Selections<\/em><br>Francis Poulenc \u2014 Piano Concerto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet our Music Director, Travis J\u00fcrgens!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/our-counductor\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9\">Read more about him here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-default-filter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Perrysburg-138-edited-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Perrysburg-138-edited-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Travis J\u00fcrgens, conductor\" class=\"wp-image-820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Perrysburg-138-edited-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Perrysburg-138-edited-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Perrysburg-138-edited-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Perrysburg-138-edited-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Perrysburg-138-edited-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HCO&#8217;s 44th Season!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026-2027 season marks Heights Chamber Orchestra&#8217;s 43rd year and we ask for your support to help us continue our free-admission concerts for Northeast Ohio music lovers. Founded in 1983, the present orchestra includes approximately 50 professional and talented amateur musicians, many of whom are graduates of Heights High School. Through the generosity of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education we are granted rehearsal space at the high school, but we must cover all other operational costs through support from patrons, grants, benefits, orchestra members and area advertisers such as you. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The orchestra programs a balance of classical standards and contemporary works, and our mission is to encourage the importance of good music in individual and community life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heights Chamber Orchestra is proud to receive support from the Ohio Arts Council. This funding helps us continue bringing high-quality orchestral music and enriching cultural experiences to our community. 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