TICKETS for ROCK THE ORCHESTRA 2008 now available!

2007-2008 Season Schedule
All concerts will take place at
Cleveland State University
Music and Communications Building
WAETJEN Auditorium
East 21st Street and Euclid Avenue
Downtown Cleveland
Tickets are available at the door
 

 
Concert One
Saturday, December 15, 2007
7:00 PM, Waetjen Auditorium
 
World Premiere:
The School of Velocity - Greg Dalessio, professor of composition, Cleveland State University
 
World Premiere:
Horn Concerto - John Kennedy
featuring Richard King, principal horn, The Cleveland Orchestra
 
Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome) - Ottorino Respighi
 
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat major - Dmitri Shostakovich
featuring CYO Member Eric Tannenbaum
 

 
Concert Two
Sunday, March 9, 2008
7:00 PM, Waetjen Auditorium
 
A Night at the Movies
CYO takes the listener on a journey through the music of the movies. Features include King Kong, Psycho and Spiderman.
     Our guest composer for this series is Mark Mothersbaugh (Mutato Muzika). CYO will be performing several of his works.
     After the infamous Kent State shootings closed the school for the spring and summer of 1970, Mothersbaugh, Jerry Casale and Bob Lewis formed the idea of the "devolution" of the human race and started to play music as DEVO, a New Wave rock group.
     Since DEVO, Mothersbaugh developed a successful career writing musical scores for film and television. In film, Mothersbaugh has worked frequently with filmmaker Wes Anderson, and scored most of his feature films: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic.
     His music has been a staple of the children's television shows Rugrats and Clifford the Big Red Dog. He also wrote the theme song for Pee-Wee's Playhouse.
     Mothersbaugh is also known for his music in video games including Sony's Crash Bandicoot series, the Jak and Daxter series, and Maxis Software's The Sims 2. This work is often performed with Mutato Muzika, the music production company he formed with several other former members of DEVO including his brother, Bob Mothersbaugh.
     Mothersbaugh composed the distinctive music heard in the award-winning "Get A Mac" commercials (seen on TV and online) for Apple Computer 2006/2007.
     He currently hosts a drawing segment on the children's television series, Yo Gabba Gabba!.
     This series is in collaboration with Daniel Goldmark, Assistant Professor of music at Case Western Reserve University. He specializes in works on American popular music, film and cartoon music, and the history of the music industry.
 

 
Concert Three
Rock the Orchestra!
Friday, May 23, 2008
7:30 PM, Wolstein Center, Cleveland State University

A Contemporary Youth Orchestra Production
FARANDOLE
classically celebrating hip-hop
An Artistic Collaboration with Progressive Arts Alliance

featuring Grammy Award Winning DJ and Hip-Hop Pioneer GrandMixer DXT
 
Replife
Verbal Math
The What?!
Joe Miller
DJ Doc
PAA All Stars
B-Boy Jus Movz
Thaiger
Soy
Ron Sims II
 
CYO once again is going where no orchestra has gone before. Join us as we explore the history of Hip-Hop culture. We will feature music from the 70’s through today honoring artists including Bob James, Herbie Hancock and James Brown. DJ’s, Emcees, Solo Musicians, Dancers and Graffiti Artists will join CYO for this amazing journey!

Tickets available now!