{"id":2,"date":"2014-07-05T17:26:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T17:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:57:30","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Heights Chamber Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 Auditions!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Heights Chamber Orchestra is seeking <strong>viola<\/strong> and <strong>cello <\/strong>players to join us for our upcoming 2026\u20132027 season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We rehearse on Monday evenings in the Cleveland Heights High School orchestra room. Auditions will be held on Monday, August 17, beginning at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heightschamberorchestra.org\/blog\/2026-auditions\/\">Please sign up for an audition time here<\/a>. We look forward to hearing you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our 2026-2027 season in here! <br>&#8220;Celebrating American Music&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, October 11, 2026<\/h2>\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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, November 22, 2026<\/h2>\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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, February 14, 2027<\/h2>\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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, April 4, 2027<\/h2>\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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, May 9, 2027<\/h2>\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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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\"><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 43rd Season!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The 2025-2026 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>2026 Auditions! The Heights Chamber Orchestra is seeking viola and cello players to join us for our upcoming 2026\u20132027 season! We rehearse on Monday evenings in the Cleveland Heights High School orchestra room. Auditions will be held on Monday, August 17, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Please sign up for an audition time here. 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