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[VIDEO] The Cleveland Women’s Orchestra at 90 Years

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by Stephanie Manning

The oldest surviving women’s orchestra in the country — the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra — turns 90 years old this year. They’ll celebrate this milestone on Sunday, October 26th at 2:30 pm with a concert at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tickets available online.

Learn more in this video profile of violinist Joan Ferst and bassoonist Charlotte Hines, who have both been with the group for more than 50 years. Music director Eric Benjamin also talks about one of the featured pieces, Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1.

Also on the program is Fanny Mendelssohn’s Overture in C, Edward Elgar’s Sea Pictures (featuring mezzo-soprano Kira McGirr), and Clara-Jane Maunder’s The Coast (U.S. premiere).

Watch the video below and find it on Instagram and Facebook. [Read more…]

Violins of Hope: Cleveland Women’s Orchestra commemorates Women’s Orchestra at Auschwitz (December 6)

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by Robert Rollin

Auschwitz-Women's-OrchestraLast Sunday afternoon, December 6, The Cleveland Women’s Orchestra, under its Music Director and Conductor Robert Cronquist, presented “A Commemorative Program in Memory of the Women’s Orchestra at Auschwitz” at Kangesser Hall at The Park Synagogue in Cleveland Heights. The event received support from Violins of Hope Cleveland and The Cleveland Jewish Federation. Robert Conrad, President of WCLV, acted as host and introduced each work. It was a lively and interesting concert. [Read more…]

Cleveland Women’s Orchestra to commemorate Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz on December 6

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by Daniel Hathaway

Auschwitz-Women's-OrchestraWhen Hedy Milgrom’s mother and relatives emerged from a cattle car at the Auschwitz concentration camp, the first thing they saw and heard was an orchestra playing on the train platform. “My mom turned to her sister and said, ‘See, there’s an orchestra here. There’s music. They’re playing violin. How bad could it be?’ Very bad, as they found out within minutes.”

That orchestra was the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, to be commemorated by the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra in a free concert on Sunday, December 6 at 3:00 pm in Kangesser Hall at The Park Synagogue. Robert Cronquist will conduct music by Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Erich Korngold, and Frédéric Chopin in a performance narrated by WCLV president Robert Conrad. Hedy Milgrom, who is vice-president for endowments and development at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, will share some personal reflections. [Read more…]

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