CONCERT LISTINGS FOR DECEMBER 15 — DECEMBER 28

A two-week calendar is published every Monday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.

DECEMBER 16 – TUESDAY

12 Noon – Charlotte Beers Plank, organ. Click here to view or download the program. Church of the Covenant, University Circle, Cleveland. Free.

DECEMBER 17 – WEDNESDAY

6:00 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Chamber Music in the Galleries: The Art of Motion. QinYing Tan, harpsichord. Music by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Johann Pachelbel, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, and J. S. Bach. Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free.

7:00 pm – PUMC Concert Series: Burning River Brass: Christmas Around the World. Time-honored carols from around the world and the group’s very own Big Band Nutcracker. Painesville United Methodist Church, 71 N Park Pl, Painesville. Freewill offering.

7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra Holiday Concert. Sarah Hicks, conductor, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and the Blossom Festival Chorus. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.

DECEMBER 18 – THURSDAY

7:00 pm – Apollo’s Fire. Michael Praetorius’ Christmas Vespers. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, & Molly Netter, sopranos; Doug Dodson, countertenor; Michael Jones & Matthew Newhouse, tenors; Matthew Dexte, bass; Apollo’s Singers; and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir). Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.

7:00 pm – Music at Bath Concert Series. Burning River Brass: Christmas Around the World. Time-honored carols from around the world and the group’s very own Big Band Nutcracker. The Bath Church UCC, 3980 W. Bath Road, Akron. Freewill offering.

DECEMBER 19 – FRIDAY

2:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra Holiday Concert. Sarah Hicks, conductor, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and the Blossom Festival Chorus. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.

7:00 pm – Arts Renaissance Tremont, Burning River Brass Annual Holiday Spectacular. Pilgrim Church, 2592 W 14th St., Cleveland. Freewill offering.

DECEMBER 20 – SATURDAY

1:30 pm – Wooster United Methodist Church: Burning River Brass: Christmas Around the World. Time-honored carols from around the world and the group’s very own Big Band Nutcracker. 243 N. Market St., Wooster. Freewill offering

7:00 pm – Apollo’s Fire. Michael Praetorius’ Christmas Vespers. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, & Molly Netter, sopranos; Doug Dodson, countertenor; Michael Jones & Matthew Newhouse, tenors; Matthew Dexte, bass; Apollo’s Singers; and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir). First Baptist Church, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights. Tickets available online.

7:00 pm – Federated Church. Burning River Brass: Christmas Around the World. Time-honored carols from around the world and the group’s very own Big Band Nutcracker. Federated Church, 76 Bell St., Chagrin Falls. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – TrueNorth Chamber Orchestra and Chorale. Rick Fortney, conductor, the Avon Lake Presbyterian Chancel Choir, and Maryann Nagle Violand & Greg Violand, narrators. John Rutter’s Magnificat and various Christmas carols. Avon Lake Presbyterian Church, 32340 Electric Blvd., Avon Lake. Freewill offering.

DECEMBER 21 – SUNDAY

2:30 pm – The Cleveland Opera: A Polish Christmas! This one-hour program brings to you beloved Polish music of Fryderyk Chopin, Henryk Wieniawski, Stanisław Moniuszko, as well as Gaude Mater Polonia, Bogurodzica, Rota, and of course a selection of Polish carols with the artists leading a sing-along. Dorota Sobieska – soprano, violin, mandolin, Sam Gross – tenor, tenor recorder, lute-guitar, Wanda Sobieska – violin, viola, rebec, Jacek Sobieski – piano, hurdy-gurdy. Saint Casimir Church Social Hall, 8223 Sowinski Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.

3:30 pm – Arts Series Port Clinton: Burning River Brass: Christmas Around the World. Time-honored carols from around the world and the group’s very own Big Band Nutcracker. Port Clinton HS Performing Arts Center, 821 S Jefferson St, Port Clinton. Free

4:00 pm – Apollo’s Fire. Michael Praetorius’ Christmas Vespers. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, & Molly Netter, sopranos; Doug Dodson, countertenor; Michael Jones & Matthew Newhouse, tenors; Matthew Dexte, bass; Apollo’s Singers; and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir). St. Raphael Catholic Church, 525 Dover Center Road, Bay Village. Tickets available online.