Programs

  • Apollo's Fire Concert Series

    SUBSCRIPTION SERIES CONCERTS:GRAMMY-WINNING BAROQUE ORCHESTRA APOLLO'S FIRE'S 2023-2024 SEASON MARKED ITS 32ND SEASON UNDER FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JEANNETTE SORRELL. THE SEASON COMPRISED SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS AND HOLIDAY CONCERTS EIGHT PROGRAMS FOR A TOTAL OF 29 CONCERTS PERFORMED IN MULTIPLE VENUES ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO. SPLENDOUR IN LONDON (HANDEL AND PURCELL) - OCTOBER 2023 ISRAEL IN EGYPT (HANDEL)- OCTOBER 2023 NIGHTS IN VENICE (VIVALDI AND MONTEVERDI) NOVEMBER 2023 FIRE & JOY (BACH AND VIVALDI) NOVEMBER 2023 WASSAIL! AN IRISH-APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 2023 SACRED MYSTERIES (BIBER SONATAS) - FEBRUARY 2024 HISPANIA! A VOYAGE FROM SPAIN TO AMERICA MARCH 2024 EASTER ORATORIO (BACH) APRIL 2023APOLLO'S FIRE CONTINUED ITS WATCH-AT-HOME VIDEO SERIES, AN INITIATIVE CONCEIVED INRESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. A SUBSCRIPTION OR TICKET ALLOWS PATRONSEITHER TO ATTEND IN PERSON OR WATCH THE CONCERT-VIDEO AT HOME (ORBOTH). THREE SUCH CONCERTS WERE RECORDED AND VIDEOTAPED. APOLLO'S FIRE ALSO RELEASED A NEW CD ALBUM, MYSTERY SONATAS BY HEINRICH BIBER FEATURING APOLLO'S FIRE'S ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ALAN CHOO, ON BRITISH LABEL AVIE IN FEBRUARY OF 2024.NORTH AMERICA TOURING AND THE CHICAGO SERIESOVER THE YEARS AF HAS PERFORMED ON THE WORLD'S BEST STAGES INCLUDING CARNEGIE HALL, THE BBC PROMS IN LONDON, WIGMORE HALL, TANGLEWOOD, RAVINIA, TO NAME A FEW. APOLLO'S FIRE TOURS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, AND HAS PERFORMED IN 6 EUROPEAN TOURS. MOST RECENTLY, FY24 SAW JEANNETTE SORRELL AND THE APOLLO'S FIRE SINGERS APPEARING WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC WITH HANDEL'S ISRAEL IN EGYPT WHICH ALSO TOURED TO GOSHEN, IN.NORTH AMERICAN TOURING IN FY24 INCLUDED PERFORMANCES AT THE RAVINIA FESTIVAL (IL), CARAMOOR FESTIVAL (NY), MUSIC AT GRETNA (PA), CHATHAM BAROQUE (PA), VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL AND THE CATSKILLS MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION (NY).APOLLO'S FIRE ALSO CONTINUED ITS CHICAGO SERIES TO GROWING AUDIENCES, IN EVANSTON AND CHICAGO, IL. THEY PERFORMED 4 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, 7 CONCERTS TOTAL. ISRAEL IN EGYPT (HANDEL)- OCTOBER 2023 NIGHTS IN VENICE (VIVALDI AND MONTEVERDI) NOVEMBER 2023 WASSAIL! AN IRISH-APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 2023 HISPANIA! A VOYAGE FROM SPAIN TO AMERICA MARCH 2024EDUCATION & OUTREACHAF IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY ACCESS INITIATIVE WHICH AUGMENTS ITS OTHER OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. THE CAI DEEPENS AF'S FOCUS ON STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND INDIVIDUALS ACROSS ALL SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS, THUS BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FOR A SHARED TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE. APOLLO'S FIRE BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF MUSIC TO INSPIRE, TRANSFORM, AND UPLIFT. WE FEEL THAT ALL DESERVE TO SHARE IN THAT EXPERIENCE IN A MANNER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEEPLY DISCOUNTED $12 TICKETS; FREE FAMILY CONCERTS; IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS WITH YOUNG STUDENTS; FREE STUDENT RUSH TICKETS AT ALL CONCERTS; FREE FAMILY NIGHTS WHERE STUDENTS & PARENTS FROM SELECTED PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT FOR FREE; AND BAROQUE BISTROS- CASUAL CONCERTS AT AREA RESTAURANTS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO DISCOUNTED SENIOR CITIZEN TICKETS; THE YOUNG ARTIST APPRENTICE PROGRAM AND AF'S MUSETTE PROGRAM (CHILDREN'S CHOIR AGES 11-17). IN 2019, AF'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE LAUNCH OF THE MOSAIC PROJECT- THE SECOND PHASE OF AF'S COMMUNITY ACCESS INITIATIVE. IN THIS PHASE, APOLLO'S FIRE IS PRIORITIZING DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR AUDIENCE. ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP INCREASE DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL EARLY MUSIC FIELD.
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    Dates
    Aug 1, 2023 – Jul 31, 2024
    Source
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