Checking in with Byron Stripling

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Maestro Carl Topilow held a quick chat with Byron Stripling ahead of Saturday’s concert, All that Jazz. Check out their conversation below and get your tickets!

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Cleveland Pops Orchestra kicks off the holiday season

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Fox 8’s own Wayne Dawson read ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ over the weekend with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra kicking off the holiday season.

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Cleveland Pops: “A Salute to John Williams” (Nov. 12)

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“And now for the two notes that changed the course of music history.” Conductor Carl Topilow was half-joking in his introduction to the “Shark Theme” from Jaws, just one of many recognizable movie moments from the Cleveland Pops Orchestra’s “Salute to John Williams” on November 12. But he was also hinting at the composer’s influential, all-too-easy-to-imitate […]

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Chamber, choral, and new music return in a big way: 2021-22 classical music preview

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The very existence of this Fall preview section should bring joy to any classical music lover’s heart. After months of occasional, scattered events, many of them outdoors, there now are enough traditional concerts on the books by groups all over Northeast Ohio to compile an entire catalog looking forward as far as May.

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