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HONORING MARK PEARSON young students just beginning their academic However, it is not simply the wonderful di- careers. A fourth grade teacher at Lansdown rection that makes the Orchestra so HON. SCOTT McINNIS Elementary School, Ms. Newton demonstrates amazing. The true power and inspiration of the OF COLORADO all the qualities of an exceptional educator. Orchestra stems from its outstanding and mar- Ms. Newton has recently been named Ele- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velously talented collection of musicians. From mentary School Teacher of the Year for Fay- the violins to the flutes to the horns to the Monday, October 2, 2000 ette County. Carrie Newton has worked hard trombones, each section has its own magical Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to to ensure that elementary school students de- sound but still blends modestly with the whole take this moment to honor the considerable velop a first-rate academic foundation that will of the Orchestra. achievements of Mark Pearson. Mark recently lead them to realize their full potential in their A discussion of the grandeur of the Cleve- received recognition at Wilderness 2000, a future endeavors. land Orchestra is hardly complete without conference on wilderness issues, honoring I join our community in recognizing an out- mention of its magnificent home, Severance him for his dedicated work in the wilderness standing teacher who has contributed years of Hall. The beautiful, ornate concert hall has just field. dedicated teaching at Lansdown Elementary. undergone a two-year, $36 million renovation Mark began the work that he is now well Ms. Newton is the kind of teacher that every and expansion. The goal of the project was to known for when he attended the University of parent and child wishes for—an educator who preserve ’s grace and architec- Colorado at Boulder, where he was an active knows how to engage her students and moti- tural integrity. Thus, the original detailing of member of the CU Wilderness Study Group. vate them to learn. It is a pleasure to recog- the Hall has been restored, and its legendary This group studied public lands issues in Colo- nize Ms. Newton on the House floor today for acoustics have been retained and enhanced. rado, examining particularly important areas her superior work in education which has Mr. Speaker, I ask my fellow colleagues to and then forming copious data into field re- earned her the Teacher of the Year Award. join me in recognizing the extraordinary ports. The reports that were done under f achievements of the . I Mark’s supervision were so thorough and so TRIBUTE TO THE CLEVELAND hope that the Orchestra continues bringing joy well done that they soon became a guide of ORCHESTRA to the city of Cleveland and the rest of the sorts for wilderness enthusiasts. Upon grad- world for many years to come, and I submit uating from CU, Mark went on to attend Colo- the aforementioned article into the RECORD. rado State University where he graduated with HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH OF OHIO IN CLEVELAND, MUSIC FOR CONNOISSEURS a masters degree in Public Land Manage- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHILE ITS ARTISTIC PREEMINENCE IS UNQUES- ment. His undergraduate and masters work TIONED, THIS ORCHESTRA MAY FALL SHY OF enabled him to become the well-respected wil- Monday, October 2, 2000 FAME’S PEAK derness expert that he is today. Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I wish to rec- By Greg Sandow Before working with the Colorado Wilder- ognize the remarkable Cleveland Orchestra When Ellen dePasquale joined the Cleve- ness Network, Mark worked with a number of that was recently featured in the Wall Street land Orchestra two years ago, she’d had just different environmental groups. He has been Journal article titled ‘‘In Cleveland, Music for two years of professional violin experience. an active member of the Colorado Environ- Connoisseurs.’’ And yet here she was, a member of the most mental Coalition, the Sierra Club, as well as The Cleveland Orchestra was founded in disciplined orchestra in America, and pos- working for the Wilderness Land Trust. His ex- 1918 under the outstanding direction of Rus- sibly the world. Scarier still, she was leading sian-American conductor Nikolai Sokoloff. The it. She’d been hired as associate concert- pertise in Forestry and public land manage- master, which made her second in command ment soon landed him a job with Senator BEN renowned Sokoloff initiated an extensive do- of the musicians. But the week she began, NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL as a public lands staff- mestic touring schedule, educational concerts, the main concertmaster, William Preucil, er. His knowledge of and leadership on wilder- commercial recordings and radio broadcasts. was playing in front of the orchestra as a so- ness issues is now being utilized by San Juan This rich tradition continued under the distin- loist, leaving Ms. dePasquale in charge. I was Citizens Alliance, where he is currently em- guished Artur Rodzinski, who served as music overwhelmed,’’ she told me. ployed. director from 1933–43. His claim to fame was ‘‘We tortured her!’’ Mr. Preucil laughed, chatting with her and me and two other Mark has been a leading member of the wil- the presentation of 15 fully-staged operas at Severance Hall. After a short reign by Erich Cleveland Orchestra musicians. ‘‘We broke derness community for over two decades. Mr. her fingers,’’ deadpanned Robert Vernon, the Speaker, on behalf of the State of Colorado Leinsdorf, the orchestra went through a period principal violist. But these were jokes. The and the U.S. Congress, I would like to con- of revolutionary change and growth under the surprising reality, as Ralph Curry, a member gratulate Mark on his well-deserved award. incredible leadership of begin- of the cello section, explained it, was utterly f ning in 1946. Both the number of Orchestra simple: ‘‘She sat down and people followed members and the length of the season in- her.’’ Leading an orchestra, Ms. dePasquale HONORING CARRIE NEWTON AS creased, and the Orchestra started touring said, suddenly was ‘‘easier than it ever had THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outside the United States. The famous Cleve- been.’’ TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR land Orchestra Chorus was also established This is one way to start a special story, FAYETTE COUNTY about the culture of the Cleveland Orchestra, during this time. When Szell passed away in whose musical preeminence is taken for 1970, he was temporarily replaced by Pierre granted by professionals. That’s been true HON. ERNIE FLETCHER Boulez and later by during the ever since the ’50s, when George Szell was OF KENTUCKY 1972–73 season. Maazel not only lived up to music director and conducted—as we can IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the standards set by his predecessors, but he hear on his recordings, still available from also left his own mark on the Orchestra by ex- Sony Classical—with clarity, forceful intel- Monday, October 2, 2000 panding their repertoire to include more 20th lect and decisive grace. Mr. FLETCHER. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor century compositions. Christoph von Dohnanyi He set a standard that’s still in force. I’ve heard three Cleveland recordings of Bee- to recognize an outstanding educator in the succeeded Maazel as music director in 1982, thoven’s Ninth, one with Szell conducting, Central Kentucky educational community. For and he continues to hold the position today. another with Loren Maazel, music director twenty-nine years, Carrie Newton has been a During von Dohnanyi’s tenure, the Cleveland from 1972 to 1982, and the third with Cleve- tireless advocate for learning, especially in the Orchestra has soared to rank among the best land’s current music director, Christoph von area of literacy, who has inspired countless of the world’s symphonic ensembles. Dohnanyi. Szell’s performance is both the

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Philanthropi- main more famous—the Vienna Phil- Maazel’s case, maybe in spite of it), the mu- cally, Mr. Ong told me, Cleveland is ‘‘ex- harmonic, for example, whose very name sicians play every note with radiant care. traordinarily generous.’’ seems synonymous with classical music. Robert Vernon and Ralph Curry both played To learn more, I called Ohio Sen. George Cleveland might be a better orchestra, but under Szell; both say they were taught the Voinovich, who’d earlier been Cleveland’s because it’s not flashy, the final peaks of tradition when they arrived and that they mayor, and John Grabowski, assistant pro- fame may so far have eluded it. passed it on to those who came in after fessor of history at Case Western Reserve f them. and director of research at the Western Re- They haven’t changed what they look for, serve Historical Society. Mr. Grabowski CELEBRATING THE ASSOCIATION they said, when new players audition. ‘‘A talked about Cleveland’s ‘‘climate of serv- FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF beautiful sound,’’ Robert Vernon summa- ice’’ and how loyal Cleveland workers are to MEXICAN AMERICANS’ 30TH rizes, ‘‘not the flashiest playing.’’ ‘‘Someone their jobs. But what struck me most was YEAR OF SERVICE TO THE HIS- who listens,’’ William Preucil offered. ‘‘Our that both men had their own connection character,’’ Mr. Vernon said, ‘‘is to sacrifice with the orchestra. PANIC COMMUNITY our own position to be with the other per- For many years, nearly every school-child son’’—something I noticed in Cleveland was bused to Severance Hall; HON. GENE GREEN These musicians, orchestra staff members Mr. Grabowski heard concerts that way, OF TEXAS said, play their best on matter where they while Senator Voinovich’s mother took him IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are. And I heard that myself when some of to performances. ‘‘I really miss that part of them gave a concert in the gym of a local el- my life,’’ the senator said, almost wistfully. Monday, October 2, 2000 ementary school. This was part of a new pro- ‘‘As the mayor of the city, one of the nice Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on Oc- gram called Learning Through Music, which things was to go to Severance Hall and be tober 20, 2000, the Association for the Ad- (though Cleveland is hardly the first orches- known by some of the musicians.’’ vancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) will tra to do this) not only puts musicians in the The renovated hall is breathtaking—an art be celebrating the 30th year of service to the schools, but makes them part of the schools’ deco palace, red and gold with silver and Hispanic community. This is a tremendous curriculum. The gym was packed with kids faux-Egyptian highlights, more playful than and their working-class parents. The pro- you might expect, but also simpler and more achievement, and I wish them continued suc- gram ranged from standard classical rep- serious. Inside it, the orchestra plays won- cess. ertoire—a movement, for instance, from the derfully serious concerts, with soloists cho- Founded in 1970 in Houston, Texas, AAMA Berlioz ‘‘Symphonie Fantastique,’’ cannily sen for their connoisseur’s appeal (‘‘We don’t is the largest Hispanic nonprofit service pro- arranged for 10 or so players—to rock and hire big names just because they’re names,’’ vider in Texas. This community organization jazz and the sharp contemporary rhythm of Edward Yim, the orchestra’s artistic admin- was founded to advance the needs of His- Steve Reich’s ‘‘Clapping Music’’ (played istrator, very quietly declared), and pro- panic families that are coping and struggling to after a minute of silence, during which the grams carefully constructed, with a constant beat back the grip of poverty, poor health and kids were encouraged to hear the sounds presence of contemporary scores. family planning, and low educational attain- that rustled and stirred around them). And Are there problems? The only one I might while it’s hardly a secret that orchestras have found was an apparent disagreement ment. Today, AAMA provides services in don’t always care about performance for over incoming music director Franz Wa¨ lser- Houston and across South Texas. children, in this one the musicians spoke to Mo¨ st, who’ll succeed Mr. von Dohnanyi two In my congressional district, AAMA operates the kids with all the flair of accomplished years from now; the board, I think, adores the George I. Sanchez Charter High School, entertainers and played with the same ar- him, but the musicians only said (as musi- which provides at-risk Hispanic youth with an resting certainty you’d hear on their records cians often will). alternative educational environment. Today, with Mr. von Dohnanyi. The audience was on ‘‘Let’s wait and see.’’ the school is one of the largest and most suc- its feet screaming; I’ve never seen an orches- I started asking everybody what difficul- cessful charter schools in Texas. tra make so many friends so quickly. ties there might be; Thomas Morris answered In addition to these education services, But, then, the culture of the Cleveland Or- ‘‘complacency’’—not now, but maybe in the AAMA also operates many social service pro- chestra goes deeper than music. ‘‘There’s a future. I’ll raise his bet and offer ‘‘smug- grams, including three gang intervention pro- sense of community you don’t find many ness.’’ Mr. Morris isn’t smug (I was amazed other places, and a can-do spirit,’’ said Rich- to find that his institution seemed even grams, two HIV and AIDS counseling pro- ard Kessler, director of the American Music stronger than he says it is), but it’s tricky grams and several drug and alcohol abuse Center, who got to know many orchestras being sure that you’re the best. The musi- programs throughout Texas. With these pro- from the inside when he worked as a consult- cians made comparisons with other orches- grams in place, it is easy to see why AAMA ant on orchestral education programs (in- tras that can’t easily be quoted; they’re is the largest social service provider in Texas. cluding Cleveland’s). ‘‘I’ve never been in an surely true, but baldly written down they AAMA is also involved in community devel- institution that had less internal tension,’’ might not seem plausible. And there’s a curi- opment. The AAMA Community Development said Patricia Wahlen, the orchestra’s veteran ous artistic challenge, which springs from a Corporation is dedicated to the revitalization of director of development, after I’d watched problem of perception. The Cleveland Or- Houston’s inner-city through the development her conduct a meeting. ‘‘Talent I know I can chestra, as I’ve said, is musically pre- find,’’ said Thomas W. Morris, the executive eminent, but ever since George Szell, this of affordable and decent housing. The AAMA director, talking about how he hires new largely has been preeminence for con- Community Development Corporation recently staff. ‘‘So I look for imagination.’’ noisseurs. What’s missing, at least from the completed and leased a new 84-unit afford- ‘‘The personality is the main thing, fi- orchestra’s image, is the expectation of sim- able living center in Houston’s East End. nally,’’ Mr. Dohnanyi told me, describing pler musical virtues, especially direct emo- I am proud of everyone associated with what he looks for in new musicians. I spoke tional expression. Mr. von Dohnanyi (‘‘not AAMA. They work tirelessly on behalf of our to four people on the board of directors, and an obvious choice,’’ said Mr. Ong, ‘‘but per- communities. I ask every Member of the none of them mentioned what his day job fect for us’’ understands musical integrity; House of Representatives to join me in cele- was until I asked. All four were powers in he allows great sonic explosions, for exam- brating AAMA’s 30th year of service and in the Cleveland business world; they’d have to ple, only at climactic moments. wishing them continued success. be, since the board raised $25 million toward At Carnegie Hall, at the start of Charles the recent $116 million Ives’s ‘‘The Unanswered Question,’’ he f ‘‘We have a passion for the music, for the evoked the softest orchestral sound I’ve ever HONORING GEORGE MANZANARES musicians,’’ said the board president, Rich- heard, a kind of wordless aural poetry just a ard J. Bogomolny (himself an accomplished breath away from silence. but even though violinist who plays chamber music with he might surprise you in romantic music— HON. SCOTT McINNIS members of the orchestra, though, charac- try his wrenching, limpid Tchaikovsky OF COLORADO teristically, it wasn’t he who let me know ‘‘Pathe´tique’’ on Telarc—he’s most strik- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that), John D. Ong, one of two co-chairmen ingly emotional in unpopular atonal works Monday, October 2, 2000 of the board, describing the orchestra’s posi- by Berg and Schoenberg. Mr. Wa¨ lser-Mo¨ st, of tion in the city, told me, ‘‘George Szell lived course, will have his own story to tell. But Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to in Cleveland and was seen doing the normal Mr. von Dohnanyi’s version of Cleveland’s take this time to honor a remarkable human

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