Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Plays for the Community This Thursday

The members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra will bring their musical skills to the community this week with a special concert in the auditorium.

The concert serves as a warm up to the orchestra’s 2012 season at Severance Hall in Cleveland. James Feddeck will conduct the orchestra in numerous pieces, including one by Johann Sebastian Bach.

“We have had the good fortune to being them out biannually since 2001 for this warm-up concert,” said Doug Huth, who is on the board of directors for the Kiwanis Club of Brecksville and chairperson of COYO relations. The club hosts the event, .

The composition line-up starts with "Academic Festival Overture" by Johannes Brahms and continues into a prelude and fugue by Bach. After a piece by Antonin Dvorak, the orchestra will play extra pieces as a special treat for the audience to celebrate .

“These are going to be a surprise from the concert master for the attending," Huth said, adding that the audience will include Brecksville's mayor and the co-chairs of the Bicentennial Committee.

What: Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra concert

When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday

Where: Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School auditorium

Tickets: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for students

Tickets are still available, as of Tuesday, at the Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School box office. If buying tickets at the door, Huth recommends arriving early, as it might be busy. For more information or to buy ahead, call Cindy McCarty at 440-526-8876.