No auditions will be held for the first season. Goddard plans to perform the Brahms Requiem in late summer. Regular rehearsals will be held on Monday evenings. Pianist Daniel Barber will accompany the group. Board member Laurence Schiffman said he hopes this will be the first in a series of young artist recitals by the Suzuki group, a nonprofit organization that promotes Suzuki training.
Children are welcome at the recital, which is free and open to the public.
The orchestra employs 75 contract musicians. The Cleveland Orchestra will give its annual free downtown Cleveland concert on July 2 on Public Square. Resident conductor Jahja Ling will direct the concert, which includes fireworks and special lighting effects. The quintet was recorded during its performance of the Ballet from Claude Debussy's Petite Suite at the Library of Congress. Moakley has been an advocate for the arts and arts education.