Don & Sally Messinger

Jim & Winnie Stone

Thank you to all of our Patrons for purchasing tickets to tonight's special gala!

Sandy & Jeff Brausch

Mike & Penny Shemo/Wolf Advisors

Annette Hallock in honor of her mother, Annie Pearl Treaccar's, 100th Birthday

Song List

Take the A Train – Billy Strayhorn

Caravan – Duke Ellington

Let’s Fall in Love – Harold Arlen

Theme from The Godfather – Nino RotaCarl Topilow, clarinet

Embraceable You – George GershwinJack Schantz, trumpet

Summertime – George Gershwin

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington

There Will Never Be Another You – Harold ArlenHowie Smith, saxophone

Corcovado - Antônio Carlos Jobim Paul Ferguson, trombone

Georgia on my Mind – Hoagy Carmichael

C Jam Blues – Duke Ellington

Sing, Sing, Sing – Louis PrimaJim Rupp, drums

Carl Topilow, ClarinetHas run 3 marathons, each in less than 4 hours. Has rehearsed orchestras in 4 foreign languages plus phonetic Korean.

Evelyn Wright, VocalsHas opened for Mel Torme, Joan Rivers, and Harry Belfonte and has performed for former First Lady Rosalyn Carter, Oprah Winfrey, and General Colin Powell.

Howie Smith, SaxophoneSet up the first Jazz Studies Program on a university level in Australia at the New South Wales State Conservatorium in Sydney in 1973.

Jack Schantz, TrumpetServed as Artistic Director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra for 17 years. Proud charter member of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra.

Jim Rupp, DrumsIn addition to playing for Maynard

Ferguson, Woody Herman, Tony Bennett and Ray Charles, Jim owns Columbus Pro Percussion, and lives

on a small farm in Belleville, Ohio.

Paul Ferguson, TromboneHas taught at an International Jazz

Seminar in Zarautz, Spain, and at the Conservatory in Rouen, France. He is also

an avid golfer and is now entering amateur tournaments for his age group.

Rock Wehrmann, PianoIn addition to his company Sudden

Realizations which produces music for broadcast, Rock also fiddles around with

Mercedes-Benz automobiles.

Tim Powell, BassTim has played for The Who, Harry Connick, Jr.,

Steve Allen, Garrison Keilor, Chuck Berry, Frankie Avalon, and many others. He is a diehard Indians fan who has attended the Indian’s spring training

camp on several occasions.

Meet the Musicians

Board of Directors 2020

Carl Topilow – Conductor and Music DirectorShirley Morgenstern – President and CEO

James M. Stone – ChairmanRussell H. Grindon – Secretary

Barry R. Chesler – Treasurer

Donald Messinger – Immediate Past Chairman

Branden E. BlackmurSondra M. BoydJared Chaney**

David J. ElkEdward H. Gabelman, M.D.

Ann Marie HawkinsEdward H. Luecke

Ryan T. MarrieLisa H. Michel

Justin Mistovich, M.DMichael J. Occhionero

Lydia Parker, M.D.Thomas J. Scanlon*Michael A. Shemo*

Sandra SparberAnthony T. VisconsiRobert B. Weltman

*Past Chairman**Lifetime Board Member

Associate Board of Directors 2020

Jasmin Grindon, PresidentPeter Barrett, Vice President

Jessica FlorianoMaureen FlorianoVeronica Garofoli

Patrick Hawkins HodgsonA.M. Mcerlean

Christopher RazekEmily TopilowClaire Walton

Olivia Zemanek

Auction Items

Play Ball! $4004 club seats on a mutually agreeable date for the 2021 Cleveland Indians baseball season. Includes parking pass as well as food and non alcoholic beverages from the Club Seat Lounge.

Go Browns! $400Four (4) Tickets to the 2021 Cleveland Browns Football Season on a mutually agreeable date. Tickets are located in the lower bowl on the 45 yard line. Includes parking pass.

See you at the Pops! $732Two Dress Circle Subscription Seats to the upcoming Cleveland Pops Orchestra Concert Season. All concerts take place at the iconic Severance Hall at 8:00 PM. Dates are subject to change without notice, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Concerts are:

1. The Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein: Feb. 2021 (TBA)2. George Gershwin: A "Rhapsody" for George!: March 2021 (TBA)3. The Genius of John Williams: March 5, 20214. Singing Sensation Daniel Emmet: April 9, 20215. A Salute to Our Armed Forces: May 14, 2021

Maestro for a Day $2,000Be a part of the music and enjoy this once in a lifetime experience to conduct The Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Lesson is included by our very own Maestro Carl Topilow.

Wandering Minstrels Violin Duo $500An enjoyable hour of entertainment by our Cleveland Pops Concertmaster and Assistant Concertmaster! They will serenade you with Classical and Romantic selections as well as show tunes, movie themes and your favorite standards and will take your requests! You'll love the brilliant sonority of two singing violins.

For the Art Enthusiast $2,500Robert Hartshorn is a master portrait artist and award winning painter of luminous figures. Rob is a fourth generation artist and teacher and is nationally recognized for his commissioned portraits of prominent men, women, and children in oil and pastel. Robert Hartshorn Studios is home can be found in the Tremont Arts District in Cleveland, Ohio.

VIP Experience with Singing Sensation, Daniel Emmet Priceless!Get a behind the scenes look at the Orchestra as they prepare for the concert, meet Maestro Carl Topilow and singing sensation, Daniel Emmet, have front row seats at the pre-concert lecture and sit on stage (if you prefer) or in VIP seating during the performance. A Finalist in 2018 on NBC's America's Got Talent, Daniel Emmet won the hearts of America and around the world with his soaring signature powerhouse vocals, boyish charm, good looks and sense of humor! Emmet, a rising sensation, is receiving high accolades from many. The concert is scheduled for April 9, 2021 at 8:00 PM at Severance Hall.

See The Cleveland Cavs from The Champions Club $4004 seats in arena 3 with access to food in the Champions Club and parking pass. To be arranged at a mutually beneficial date for the 2021-2022 season. The Champions Clubhouse is a distinctive court side club which is limited to 250 members who will enjoy all-inclusive food, beer, wine and other beverages.

Private Concert With Maestro Carl Topilow $1,500Entertain your friends with a special concert by the Pops very own Maestro Carl Topilow accompanied by a piano.

Jazz in Your Backyard! $2,000Enjoy a musical evening in your backyard with the world-class jazz players from the Cleveland Pops Jazz Ensemble. Being stuck at home does not mean you can't enjoy a magical, musical evening with friends and family. All social distancing and mask wearing protocols must be followed due to COVID-19.

Bid on our auction items by visiting: http://bit.ly/Pops_Auction

As Chairman of the Board of our wonderful Cleveland Pops Orchestra, I want to thank you for attending our virtual benefit. It has been a lot of work to set up this

event in the streaming medium for our staff and the musicians involved. I hope and trust you enjoy a chance to hear and see Carl Topilow, our maestro, our

guest vocalist Evelyn Wright, and the terrific Cleveland Pops Jazz Ensemble. Most importantly, I want to express our entire Board and Orchestra’s appreciation for

your support of the Pops by sponsoring or attending the benefit. We all look forward to when we can return to hear the full Orchestra in Severance Hall in the

not too distant future. Your continued support makes that possible! In the meantime, enjoy our virtual evening together.

This year Carl Topilow will be celebrating his 25th season as Music Director and Founding Conductor of Cleveland Pops Orchestra. His eclectic programs, including the music of Broadway, Hollywood, jazz, rock, and light classics, have been critically acclaimed by audiences and critics alike. Topilow enjoys a dual career as both conductor and clarinetist, usually finding an occasion to perform a selection with the Pops on one of his brightly colored clarinets.

Carl is also Conductor of the National Repertory Orchestra, a summer festival in Breckenridge, Colorado and the Firelands Symphony Orchestra, based in Sandusky, OH. He has served as principal pops conductor of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Mansfield Symphony Orchestra.

Topilow has performed as guest conductor with 125 different orchestras in 37 states and 12 foreign countries. His travels this past season took him to the Allentown Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Florida Lakes Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and Lake Charles Symphony.

Recently named Faculty Emeritus after 37 years as Conductor and Director of the Orchestral Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Topilow continued as principal instructor of the master's program in orchestral conducting for two additional years

Topilow's wife Shirley is the President and CEO of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Their daughter Jenny is a violinist with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Their daughter Emily is a recent graduate of Bowling Green State University, where she majored in psychology, minored in marketing, and played in the BGSU Symphony Orchestra.

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra will be back—

we are only on pause!

Tonight, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra is presenting a gala like none other, live from our backyard! We are all about live music, and although you are seeing this on your computer or other device, we are indeed live.

Thank you for the generosity of all our wonderful sponsors and patrons whose passion for our music has given us the assurance that we will return to perform as soon as it safe.

Thank to our Cleveland Pops Jazz Ensemble, composed of extraordinary musicians who are delighted to be back together again to play for you.

We know that it will be a special day when we are back together again in Severance Hall and around Northeast Ohio to perform the music that you love. Until then, stay well and safe, and we look forward to seeing you at the Pops!

Shirley Morganstern, President & CEO

Carl Topilow, Music Director & Conductor

James M. Stone, Chairman of the Board

Beginning October 2019

Carl Topilow

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