SAENGERFESTS, national gatherings of GERMAN singing societies, were a major vehicle for the development of music in Cleveland. The first Saengerfest (Singing Festival) in Cleveland took place 28-30 May 1855; it was the 7th such event in America.
The SAVEL CHOIR was one of the most prominent Finnish organizations in Cleveland for almost 30 years. Organized in 1937 and named after the Finnish word for "melody," the choir's purpose was to preserve the Finnish culture through music. Dr. Waino A. Mackey was the first director.
The SCHUBERT STRING QUARTET was an early Cleveland chamber music group, part of a growing late-19th-century interest in forms other than choral music. Directly preceded by the Cecilian String Quartet (org. 1875), the Schubert String Quartet was organized in 1878 by JOHANN BECK (1st violin), with Julius Deiss (2nd violin), Chas. Reinhart (viola), and Chas.
SCHUBERT, LELAND (11 June 1907-27 June 1998) was an educator and benefactor who with his wife Helen D. gave Mayor CARL B. STOKES' CLEVELAND NOW! program $1 million dollars in 1968 to help provide employment opportunities, improved housing and education for Cleveland's poor. Schubert was born in Toledo, OH to Arthur H.
THE SCULPTURE CENTER is a nonprofit arts organization founded in 1989. Its mission is to foster the careers of emerging sculptors and promote the appreciation, preservation, and maintenance of outdoor sculpture. Located in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, The Sculpture Center is the realization of founders Bernice and David E.
SELTZER, CHARLES ALDEN (15 Aug. 1875 - 9 Feb.
SEMON, JOHN (22 Feb. 1852-14 Dec. 1917) was a landscape painter associated with the group of 19th-century local artists known as the "Old Bohemians." Although he was born in Cleveland, little is known of his early life including his artistic education.
SEVERANCE HALL debuted as the home of the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA 12 years after the latter's formation in 1918. Initially, the Orchestra had performed at Grays Armory and Masonic Auditorium. Underwritten by JOHN L.
SHAW, GLENN MOORE (6 Feb. 1891-22 Aug. 1981) achieved his reputation as a painter primarily on the strength of his murals. Born to Arthur B.
SHEPHERD, ARTHUR (19 Feb. 1880-12 Jan. 1958), prominent in Cleveland's musical community nearly 30 years, was born to Mormon parents, William Nathaniel B. and Emily Mary (Phips) Shepherd, in Paris, Idaho. He graduated from New England Conservatory of Music by 1897, and returned to Salt Lake City to organize and conduct the Salt Lake City Symphony Orchestra.
The SHO-JO-JI DANCERS are a JAPANESE dance group consisting of young 2nd- through 4th-generation American girls of Japanese ancestry. The group was organized in 1955 under the sponsorship of the Japanese American Citizens League, Cleveland Branch, in order to preserve the traditional dances of Japan. Its first performance was on 27 Oct.
SILHOUETTE was the newsletter of the CLEVELAND SOCIETY OF ARTISTS. It made its debut in March 1925 under the editorship of Robb Beebe.
The SINGERS CLUB, a male chorus, was begun informally in 1891 at the Central YMCA by Homer B. Hatch and Carroll B. Ellinwood. Both men were active in local music and choral activities. The club rehearsed at the YMCA and offered Sunday afternoon programs in exchange for use of its space.
The SINGING ANGELS are a world-famous singing group composed of children ages 8-18 from all over northeastern Ohio. The group performs under the auspices of the nonprofit Northeast Ohio Children's Performing Music Foundation, Inc., and its repertoire includes spiritual music, classicals, show tunes, pop songs, and barbershop harmony.
SMITH, ALLEN, JR. (1810-11 Sept. 1890), portrait and landscape painter, was born in Dighton, Mass., to Allen and Lydia (Wardwell) Smith. He worked in Detroit for 6 years before moving to Cleveland in 1841, where he practiced for over 40 years. Smith embarked on his artistic career as a youth by copying prints and drawings.
SMITH, WILSON G. (19 Aug. 1856-27 Feb. 1929), composer, writer, and major music critic, was born in Elyria to George T. and Calista M. Smith. He graduated from WEST HIGH SCHOOL but health problems prevented him from attending college until 1876.
SOMMER, WILLIAM (18 Jan. 1867-20 June 1949), Cleveland artist, was born in Detroit and from 11 to 16 studied drawing with a church woodcarver and trainer for Detroit Calvert Lithograph Co, where he served an apprenticeship from 1881-88. He studied a year in Europe (1890-91), then worked for lithograph companies in New York before moving to Cleveland in 1907.
SPACES provides a venue for emerging artists as Cleveland's principal alternative art gallery. Launched by visual and performance artists who shared a sense of exclusion from commercial galleries and museums, it opened in June 1978 in the Stouffer's Bldg. on PLAYHOUSE SQUARE.
The SPIRIT OF '76, depicting a flag bearer, drummer boy, and fifer marching across a battlefield during the American Revolution, is perhaps the most famous painting produced in Cleveland. The 8' x 10' oil painting was created by ARCHIBALD WILLARD at the suggestion of Cleveland photographer JAS. F.
The ST. CECILIA SOCIETY, probably Cleveland's first permanent orchestra, grew out of the GERMAN Singraf Society. While an exact date of establishment is uncertain, it was actively operating in the 1850s and 1860s. The society presented waltzes and polkas, and in later years it accompanied the Gesangverein in a variety of operatic and choral pieces.
STADIUM OPERA consisted of two seasons of grand opera presented in CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM during its first 2 years, before the CLEVELAND INDIANS provided the facility with a primary tenant.
The STATUE OF TADEUSZ ANDRZEJ BONAWENTURA KOSCIUSZKO, Polish army officer and statesman, was unveiled and dedicated in WADE PARK on 8 May 1905. The 8' statue, situated on a 12' high pedestal on the west side of the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, was sculpted by Gaitano Trentanove at a cost of $9,000.
STEWART, N. COE (1838-28 Feb. 1921), conductor, composer, and instructor, as director of music in the CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, was responsible for implementing a highly successful music program in the 1870s.
The SUBURBAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA is made up of people from all walks of life who have blended their common hobby of music into a viable community experience. Its membership ranges from music professionals in nonperforming areas such as music therapy and teaching, to architects, doctors, businessmen, and others sharing a common avocation for classical music.
