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“FiveOne bursts with inventive, energetic spirit. It certainly will be a pleasure to watch these gifted young players and composers as they weave their artistic fabric further into Cleveland’s musical life.”

–Donald  Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer

“As promised, (FiveOne Music’s) Experimental serves up a fascinating mix of musical styles reflecting the diverse backgrounds and interests of the composers, whose classical training has been individually influenced by Catholic Mysticism, Jazz, Pop and Rock.”

–Daniel Hathaway, Classical Cleveland

FiveOne Experimental Orchestra is a Cleveland-based music collective of sixteen composers and performers with a ‘no-boundaries’ approach to music. Our vision is to create a diverse stream of fresh, new-perspective musical works and to bring an intriguing meld of genres, styles, and artistic disciplines to usual and unusual spaces. Toward that end, we often position players around or within the audience, blend art music with rock, digital sounds or world music, and collaborate with other artists to produce innovative multimedia performances.

The heart of FiveOne’s mission is to challenge both traditional and non-traditional concert-goers to participate with open mind, eyes, ears, and hearts in a truly unique musical experience. We compose with both power chords and counterpoint. Our violins sing like Paganini’s, yet sometimes they create electric guitar sounds. Our audiences are as diverse as our music, yet our music speaks to each listener on a personal level. FiveOne is about using the arts to communicate, to foster community, and create cosmos in a world of chaos.

FiveOne invites you to be a part.