by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Today: organist Jonathan Moyer at noon
•Performance opportunities: Tuesday Musical Scholarship Competition reminder and an invitation from the YSU Pep Band
•Internship and volunteer postings from Piano Cleveland and Assembly for the Arts
•Almanac: overlap between Franz Schubert, Philip Glass, and Mario Lanza, and performances of Schubert this week in Northeast Ohio
HAPPENING TODAY:
At 12:00, organist Jonathan Moyer will perform on the Church of the Covenant’s Tuesday Noon series, bringing with him a program titled “Lumen Christi.” It includes music by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Georg Böhm, Olivier Messiaen, Jehan Alain, and Jean Langlais. A freewill offering will be taken up. See our Concert Listings for details.
From the time that Cuban-born guitarist René Izquierdo heard his first live concert as a child, he knew that he wanted to make “connecting with people through music” his life’s work. On Saturday, January 28 at 7:30 pm at Plymouth Church in Shaker Hts., the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society International Series will present René Izquierdo in a program that highlights his Cuban and Spanish heritage. Tickets are available
When we think of the Medieval period, musical variety is usually not the first thing that comes to mind. But Allison Monroe and her Trobár Medieval colleagues would beg to differ with that sentiment. “There’s a lot of variety in the repertoire,” Monroe said during a recent interview.
When composer Melissa Dunphy and her husband purchased a Philadelphia property that was in foreclosure, they saw it as an opportunity to own what could become a small performing arts space in a prime location. “It’s only an eight-minute walk to the Liberty Bell,” Dunphy said during a telephone conversation. Little did they know that what lay beneath the foundation of the former Magic Theater would reveal a story worthy of a made-for-television cold case mystery. Or better yet, an opera.
Many musicians can only dream of performing at Carnegie Hall. But next week students at the Oberlin Conservatory will have had the opportunity to perform at the famed venue not once, but twice in as many months.