A two-week calendar is published every Monday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.
APRIL 23 – TUESDAY
12:00 pm – Covenant Tuesday Noon Organ Plus Concerts: Don Verkuijlen, organ. Music of Myron Roberts (1912-2004): Exultate, Sarabande, Pastorale and Aviary, Litany, Dialogue, In Memoriam & Prelude and Trumpetings. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering. Click here for the live stream.
APRIL 24 – WEDNESDAY
12:00 pm – Trinity Brownbag Concert. Choirs of Hathaway-Brown School, Laura Webster, director. Program to be announced. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.
7:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra, Faith. Damien Sneed’s Elegy, Jason Moran’s Cane, Allison Loggins-Hull’s Shine and Works for Fatima Choir. Fatima Family Center Adult Gospel Choir, Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra, Laquita Mitchell, soprano, and Allison Loggins-Hull, composer and curator. Fatima Family Center 6600 Lexington Ave, Cleveland. Free.
APRIL 25 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire: “Bach’s Easter Oratorio.” Jeannette Sorrell, conductor, Andréa Walker, soprano, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor, Haitham Haidar, tenor, and Edward Vogel, baritone. J.S. Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Easter Cantata. Pre-concert conversation with visiting scholar Michael Marissen one hour before the performance. Federated Church, 76 Bell St., Chagrin Falls. Tickets available online.
APRIL 26 – FRIDAY
7:00 pm – Singers Club of Cleveland. Game On! A Musical Game-Show Concert, where participants engage in a unique concert format. The Singers’ Club of Cleveland sings the questions while contestants (the audience!) interact with our host. Ready to dive into the fun? How about choosing ‘1950s Rock ‘n’ Roll’ for $200! First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland. Free tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Trobár Medieval. Allison Monroe: Artistic Director, Medieval Strings, Elena Mullins Bailey: Soprano, Medieval Harp, Sian Ricketts: Soprano, Medieval Winds, Nathan Dougherty: Tenor, and Allen Otte: Percussion. The program sets some of our favorite Trecento polyphonic works against the monophonic lauda, a sacred Italian offshoot of the troubadour tradition, as well as instrumental dance songs collected from the period. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights. Suggested donation $20 students $10.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra: David Afkham, conductor, Beatrice Rana, piano. Program includes Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2, Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire: “Bach’s Easter Oratorio.” Jeannette Sorrell, conductor, Andréa Walker, soprano, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor, Haitham Haidar, tenor, and Edward Vogel, baritone. J.S. Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Easter Cantata. Pre-concert conversation with visiting scholar Michael Marissen one hour before the performance. St. Raphael Catholic Church, 525 Dover Center Road, Bay Village. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra with bassist and vocalist Richard Bona. A Grammy Award winner, Bona is unsurpassed in connecting African sensibilities with jazz, world, and Afropop musics. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Rd, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Artist Recital Series: Silk Road Ensemble, with percussionist Haruka Fujii, Celtic harpist and vocalist Maeve Gilchrist, cellist Karen Ouzounian, and violinist & vocalist Mazz Swift, with special guests Pura Fé, a Tuscarora/Taíno lap-steel slide guitarist and vocalist, and pipa player Wu Man. “Uplifted Voices,” a new program, shines a light on previously under-recognized voices to change our perspectives on the history and migration of music. Audiences will be led on a musical journey that connects the music of indigenous North America to the world, drawing inspiration from folk and ancestral music of Japan, China, Armenia, Ireland and the Hebrides, and native populations across North America. Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, 90 N. Professor St. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Youngstown Symphony. Hometown favorites “The Vindys” join Maestro Erik Ochsner for a symphonic collaboration you won’t want to miss. Powers Auditorium, De Yor Performing Arts Center, Federal Plaza West, Youngstown. Tickets are available online.
APRIL 27 – SATURDAY
2:00 pm – CMA Performing Arts Series: Song Recital Project. Baritone Jason Fuh and pianist Edward Bak perform Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey). Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard. Free.
7:00 pm – Trobár Medieval. Allison Monroe: Artistic Director, Medieval Strings, Elena Mullins Bailey: Soprano, Medieval Harp, Sian Ricketts: Soprano, Medieval Winds, Nathan Dougherty: Tenor, and Allen Otte: Percussion. The program sets some of our favorite Trecento polyphonic works against the monophonic lauda, a sacred Italian offshoot of the troubadour tradition, as well as instrumental dance songs collected from the period. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 6928 Detroit Ave, Cleveland. Suggested donation $20, Students $10.
7:00 pm – Summit Choral Society Metropolitan Chorus. Britt Cooper leads Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass, Jake Runestad’s The Hope of Loving, and Barber’s Agnus Dei and Adagio for Strings. St. Bernard Church, 44 University Ave., Akron. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Canton Symphony: Rhapsodies from Bohemia. Music Director Designate, Matthew Jenkins Jaroszewicz leads works by Dvorak, Smetna, Alma Mahler, and Gustav Mahler. Umstattd Hall | Zimmermann Symphony Center 2331 17th St. NW, Canton. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Heidi Skok, contralto and John Simmons, piano. Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler’s Ruckert Lieder. Disciples Christian Church 3663 Mayfield Rd. Cleveland Heights. Free
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra: David Afkham, conductor, Beatrice Rana, piano. Program includes Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2, Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – Apollo’s Fire: “Bach’s Easter Oratorio.” Jeannette Sorrell, conductor, Andréa Walker, soprano, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor, Haitham Haidar, tenor, and Edward Vogel, baritone. J.S. Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Easter Cantata. Pre-concert conversation with visiting scholar Michael Marissen one hour before the performance. Afterglow event following the concert: celebrate the end of the season with Jeannette and the musicians, with sweet treats and sparkling beverages. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1361 W. Market St., Akron. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – Richard Bona Trio. With his unique sound and vocal gift, he continuously represents his African origins. Bona’s music addresses the continent’s traditions, culture, beauty, and issues. His purpose and how he connects with his audience have turned him into a staple name in world, jazz, and Afropop music. Richard Bona will be accompanied by drummer Hilario Bell and pianist Jesus Pupo. Finney Chapel, 90 North Professor Street, Oberlin. Free
APRIL 28 – SUNDAY
3:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra: David Afkham, conductor, Beatrice Rana, piano. Program includes Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2, Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Trobár Medieval. Allison Monroe: Artistic Director, Medieval Strings, Elena Mullins Bailey: Soprano, Medieval Harp, Sian Ricketts: Soprano, Medieval Winds, Nathan Dougherty: Tenor, and Allen Otte: Percussion. The program sets some of our favorite Trecento polyphonic works against the monophonic lauda, a sacred Italian offshoot of the troubadour tradition, as well as instrumental dance songs collected from the period. Saint Anselm Church, 12969 Chillicothe Road, Chesterland. Suggested donation $20, Students $10.
3:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Collective. Premiere of Ty Alan Emerson’s OATH BREAKER for chamber ensemble and digital playback. The work takes the audience on a 60-minute journey of anger, grief, and hope, while striving to come to grips with the events of January 6 and the subsequent fallout. Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression, 2937 West 25th St, Cleveland. Free.
4:00 pm – Arts at Holy Trinity: Renée Anne Louprette, organ, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. program to be announced. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 50 N. Prospect St., Akron. Free. Click here for live stream.
4:00 pm – The Lakeland Civic Orchestra, Aika Birch, violin, Dr. Matthew C. Saunders, conductor. Music of the Spheres. Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in g, Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfona (For Orbiting Spheres), and Verdi’s Triumphal March and Ballet Music from Aida. Lakeland Community College, 7700 Clocktower Dr. Tickets available online.
5:00 pm – Apollo’s Fire: “Bach’s Easter Oratorio.” Jeannette Sorrell, conductor, Andréa Walker, soprano, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor (pictured), Haitham Haidar, tenor, and Edward Vogel, baritone. J.S. Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Easter Cantata. Pre-concert conversation with visiting scholar Michael Marissen one hour before the performance. Church of the Gesu, 2470 Mirimar Boulevard, University Hts. Tickets available online.
MAY 1 – WEDNESDAY
12:00 pm – Trinity Brownbag Concert. Chamber music with guest cellist John Walz of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra. Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio and Brahms’ Piano Quartet. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.
7:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra, Legacy: Past, Present, and Future. Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Langston, Allison Loggins-Hull’s Persist and excerpts from Choir Boy. Karamu Artists, Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra, and Allison Loggins-Hull, composer and curator. Karamu House’s Jelliffe Theater 2355 East 89th St, Cleveland. Free but tickets required.
7:00 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Alex Cuba (born Alexis Puentes), is known worldwide for his sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks, and powerful guitar riffs that relinquish a conventional stereotype that exemplifies much of the Latin music landscape. His musical evolution is about searching for the simplicity and soul in Cuban music—taking apart the complex arrangements, mixing these with North American influences, adopting the melodic simplicity of pop music, and looking to Cuban folk traditions for inspiration. Transformer Station, 1460 West 29th Street, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MAY 2 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra: Franz Welser-Möst, conductor, Lang Lang, piano. Program includes Saint-Saëns’s piano concerto No. 2 and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MAY 3 – FRIDAY
11:00 am – The Cleveland Orchestra: Franz Welser-Möst, conductor. Program includes Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
12:00 pm – Tri-C Classical Piano Series: “101 Pianists” with Lang Lang, This keyboard extravaganza aims to inspire the next generation of music lovers and performers by engaging 100 local young pianists with international piano superstar Lang Lang in a unique community-centered program that celebrates the beauty and social nature of the piano. An educational workshop and performance featuring works by Schubert and Brahms. Cuyahoga Community College Metro Auditorium, E. 30th & Woodland, Cleveland. Free but tickets required.
8:00 pm – Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra: Daniel Reith, conductor. Program includes Valerie Coleman’s Umoja and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MAY 4 – SATURDAY
7:30 pm – BlueWater Chamber Orchestra and Cleveland Classical Guitar Society: “Jason Vieaux Plays Vivaldi.” Daniel Meyer, conductor, and Jason Vieaux, guitar. Vivaldi’s Concerto in D, RV 93, Dorman’s How to Love, and Beethoven: Symphony No. 7. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Pay-what-you-wish tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Philharmonic. Victor Liva leads Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, and Chausson’s Poème and Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen with violinist Odin Rathnam as soloist. Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, 2100 Euclid Ave. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra: Franz Welser-Möst, conductor, Lang Lang, piano. Program includes Saint-Saëns’s piano concerto No. 2 and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MAY 5 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – North Coast Winds. The Jazz Fascination. Kimberly Zaleski (flute), Danna Sundet (oboe), Ben Chen (clarinet), Arleigh Savage (bassoon), and Emily Shelley (horn) explore the parallel stories of how the distinctly American art form of jazz reframed musical possibilities around the globe — while also tracking the incredibly rich cultural-moment for woodwind chamber music to popularize. Hudson Library and Historical Society, 96 Library Street, Hudson. Free with Registration.
2:30 pm – Tuesday Musical Scholarship Competition Final Round and Winners Concert. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University St., Akron.
3:00 pm – Cleveland Philharmonic. Victor Liva leads Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, and Chausson’s Poème and Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen with violinist Odin Rathnam as soloist. Westlake Performing Arts Center, 27830 Hilliard Blvd. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Parma Symphony: Program includes Strauss’ Radetzky March, Bruch’s Concerto for Violin with Samuel Rotberg and Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Valley Forge High School Auditorium, 9999 Independence Blvd., Parma Heights. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Organist Davis Badaszewski plays Preludium pro Organo pleno, (BWV 552) by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ciacona in f-moll by Johann Pachelbel, Ricercar del nono tono by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Praeludium in fis-moll by Dieterich Buxtehude, and Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit by Johann Sebastian Bach. First Church Congregational, 22 Liberty Street, Painesville. Free.
3:30 pm – Heights Chamber Orchestra. Frank Wiley, conductor and Perry Roth, alto saxophone. Music includes Holst’s A Somerset Rhapsody, Glazunov’s Saxophone Concerto, and Beethoven’s Symphony No.3 (“Eroica”). St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Hts. Free.
4:00 pm – Arts Renaissance Tremont: Verona String Quartet, with the Cavani String Quartet. Program includes Andrew Rindfleisch’s Phantasmagoria for String Octet. St. Wendelin Church, 2281 Columbus Rd., Tremont. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm – The West Shore Chorale. Micheal Lisi leads Joseph Haydn’s Maria Theresa Mass and Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria. Annalise Dzwonczyk (soprano), Elizabeth Frey (alto), Brian Skoog (tenor), and Tom Scurich (bass). Avon Lake High School Performing Arts Center, 175 Avon Belden Road, Avon Lake. Students free. Click here for more information.