The Cleveland Orchestra and flutist, composer, and producer Allison Loggins-Hull are offering four free concerts in collaboration with Cleveland community partners.
Loggins-Hull, the Orchestra’s Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow, curated the In Community Chamber Concert Series to capture the spirit of unity while highlighting Cleveland Orchestra musicians and three partners: H.K. School of Bandura, the Fatima Family Center, and Karamu House. She drew inspiration from the unique missions and histories of each for these intimate concerts.
“The most beautiful aspect of my appointment as The Cleveland Orchestra’s Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow has been the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with people of varying generations and diverse communities across the city of Cleveland,” Loggins-Hull says. “Through this fellowship, my goal has been to craft music inspired by the spirit of this city and the individuals who contribute to its vibrancy. From this intention, the In Community Chamber Concert Series was born.”
The In Community Chamber Concert Series culminates in a performance at Severance Music Center with members of The Cleveland Orchestra on May 11. It will feature music from throughout the series and a new work Loggins-Hull composed for string sextet.
“This composition serves as a heartfelt homage, weaving together the essence of each partner and the thematic threads that have shaped our collective musical journey,” Loggins-Hull says.
Tickets for the In Community Chamber Concert Series are free. They can be reserved at clevelandorchestra.com.
About Allison Loggins-Hull
Celebrated as a musical “powerhouse” by the Washington Post, Allison Loggins-Hull is a composer, flutist, and producer whose work defies genre, from symphonic music to film scores, chamber and electronic music. Her signature composition style for orchestra is characterized by unique sonic effects sometimes compared to the sounds of a synthesizer. Increasingly associated with Afrofuturist culture, her music is often resonant with social and political themes, encompassing reflections of motherhood, Blackness, and identity.
Loggins-Hull formed the groundbreaking duo Flutronix alongside Nathalie Joachim and has performed as an accompanist to major pop acts including Lizzo and Frank Ocean. She has performed on multiple blockbuster film scores and composed the score for Bring Them Back, an award-winning documentary executive produced by Debbie Allen about the legendary dancer Maurice Hines. In 2023, she led an ensemble of flutists at the Met Gala backing a performance by Lizzo.
This season marks Loggins-Hull’s second of three years as the Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow with The Cleveland Orchestra, an engagement that focuses the narratives and history of Cleveland through the prism of one of the world’s great orchestras, culminating in three world premieres. She is also the artist-in-residence at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, including a performance of Diametrically Composed, a concert and commissioning initiative emphasizing the bond between creativity and motherhood.
Loggins-Hull lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her family.
2024 In Community Chamber Concert Series Schedule
Blue and Gold: Colors of the Bandura
Tuesday, March 12 at 7 p.m.
St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church Cultural Center, Parma
Members of The Cleveland Orchestra
H.K. School of Bandura
Program to include:
Caroline Shaw Blueprint
Valentin Silvestrov String Quartet No. 1
Judd Greenstei K’Zohar Harakia
Traditional Echo of the Steppes (arr. Loggins-Hull)
Works for Bandura Ensemble
Faith
Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m.
Fatima Family Center, Cleveland
Members of The Cleveland Orchestra
Fatima Family Center Adult Senior Gospel Choir
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Program to include:
Andrea Clearfield Ha-Galgal
Damien Sneed Elegy
Jason Moran Cane
Allison Loggins-Hull Shine
Works for Fatima Choir
Legacy: Past, Present, and Future
Wednesday, May 1 at 7 p.m.
Karamu House, Cleveland
Members of The Cleveland Orchestra
Allison Loggins-Hull, flute
Actors and dancers from Karamu House
Program to include:
Valerie Coleman Portraits of Langston
Allison Loggins-Hull Persist
Excerpts from Choir Boy
Finale
Saturday, May 11 at 7 p.m.
Severance Music Center
Members of The Cleveland Orchestra
Valerie Coleman Portraits of Langston
Valentin Silverstrov String Quartet No. 1
Jason Moran Cane
Allison Loggins-Hull New Work (World Premiere, TCO Commission)
All artists and programs are subject to change.
Photo: Roger Mastroianni
