Musicians of the Heights Chamber Orchestra, along with their Music Director Anthony Addison, are proud to present their next concert to the community on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church (13001 Cedar Rd.) in Cleveland Heights.This concert will feature guest conductor Mélisse Brunet along with vocalists Natasha Ospina-Simmons and Katie Fowler. The program will consist of works by French composers Georges Bizet (excerpts from Carmen), Camille Saint-Saëns (Danse Macabre), and Charles Gounod (Symphony No.1 in D Major). As with all Heights Chamber Orchestra concerts, admission is free.

"There is something special about playing French music with a French conductor,” says Music Director Anthony Addison. "The cadences of the French language are so different from those of the German or Italian, and this is echoed in the music.”

Brunet is currently pursuing her Professional Studies degree in Orchestral Conducting as part of an extension of the Cleveland Institute of Music’s International Exchange program. She has performed throughout Europe and Japan and her teachers include Carl Topilow, Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös, and many others. Brunet currently conducts the CIM New Music Ensemble and the FiveOne Experimental Orchestra.

Soprano Natasha Ospina-Simmons holds a Master of Music degree from Baylor University and an Artist Diploma from CIM. Her recent work includes Sophie in Werther for Opera Circle, and Piordiligi in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte. Mezzo-soprano Katie Fowler holds a Masters of Music degree from Kent State University. She has performed with Opera Circle, Opera per Tutti, and Opera Cleveland. Fowler will be singing the Habenera and Seguidilla from Bizet’s Carmen, and Ospina-Simmons will be singing Micaela's aria.

The Heights Chamber Orchestra is made up of amateur musicians primarily from Cleveland Heights and Cleveland’s eastern suburbs. 2011-2012 is the orchestra’s 29th season. For more information about this performance, the orchestra, or future concerts, visit their website at http://www.heightschamberorchestra.org/ or find them on Facebook. Heights Chamber Orchestra is generously funded by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

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