A two-week calendar is published every Monday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.
MARCH 10 – TUESDAY
7:30 pm – Helen D. Schubert Concert Series. Daniel Sáñez, organ. Sáñez is the Director of Music and Liturgy, Principal Organist, and Choirmaster for the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia. The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 1007 Superior Avenue E., Cleveland. Free.
MARCH 11 – WEDNESDAY
7:30 pm – Poiesis Quartet. The Oberlin Commission Project: Love Letters. An evening of music by QTPOC (Queer/Trans People of Color) composers, featuring world premieres by Maya Irizarry Lambright, Calvin Ray Shawler, Zola Saadi-Klein, Daniel Lasagna, and Max Lang. Pre-concert talk at 7:00 pm with violinist Sarah Ma and the five composers. Warner Concert Hall 77 W. College St., Oberlin. Free.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Tigran Hamasyan: Manifeste. A jazz-meets-rock piano virtuoso, Tigran Hamasyan fuses improvisation and progressive rock with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia. For this performance, Hamasyan is joined by his bandmates to celebrate their most recent release. Gartner Auditorium, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MARCH 12 – THURSDAY
7:00 pm – No Exit. Cleveland Renaissance: Art of the Cleveland School. An exploration of one of Cleveland’s greatest artistic legacies through music and poetry. World premiere musical works by Adonai Henderson, Gleb Kanasevich, Christopher Neiner, Greg D’Alessio, James Praznik, and Timothy Beye, along with new poetic creations written and performed by Ray McNiece and Raja Belle Freeman. Praxis Fiber Workshop, 15301 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Free.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Beethoven’s Fateful Fifth. Elim Chan, conductor, and Michael Sachs, trumpet. Stravinsky’s Suite from Pulcinella, Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MARCH 13 – FRIDAY
7:00 pm – No Exit. Cleveland Renaissance: Art of the Cleveland School. An exploration of one of Cleveland’s greatest artistic legacies through music and poetry. World premiere musical works by Adonai Henderson, Gleb Kanasevich, Christopher Neiner, Greg D’Alessio, James Praznik, and Timothy Beye, along with new poetic creations written and performed by Ray McNiece and Raja Belle Freeman. Gartner Auditorium, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free, reserve tickets online.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Beethoven’s Fateful Fifth.Elim Chan, conductor, and Michael Sachs, trumpet. Stravinsky’s Suite from Pulcinella, Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin College Choir. Gregory Ristow, conductor. Works by Caroline Shaw, Brent Michael Davids, Randall Thompson, William Grant Still, Billy Taylor, William H. Monk, and Moses Hogan. Warner Concert Hall, 77 W. College St., Oberlin. Free.
7:30 pm – Youngstown Symphony. Sinatra and Beyond. Erik Ochsner, conductor, and Tony Desare, vocals. Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 5th Ave, Youngstown. Tickets available online.
MARCH 14 – SATURDAY
1:00 pm – Les Délices. Bolivian Baroque with Firestone Choirs. A one-hour performance with choral students from Firestone CLC. Les Délices will perform 17th- and 18th-century instrumental music from Latin America as well as accompany the Firestone choirs in works by Sebastian Durón and Manuel Correa. House 330 Cabaret, 532 W. Market St., Akron. Free.
3:00 pm – Cleveland Silent Film Festival. A May Tale (1926). Live original score compiled from Central European folk music and performed by the Harmonia Ensemble (Alexander Fedoriouk, cimbalom, Steven Greenman, violin, and Catalin Petrescu, double bass). Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, Cleveland Public Library, 525 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – Stow Symphony Orchestra. Darrell Lee Music, conductor, Jennifer Stanek, cello, and Alex McPherson & Mike Marks, trumpets. Puccini’s Preludio Sinfonico, Gabriel Fauré’s Elegie for Cello and Orchestra & Pavane, Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets, and Johannes Brahms’ Haydn Variations. Tallmadge Bible Church, 1155 East Ave., Tallmadge. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – No Exit. Cleveland Renaissance: Art of the Cleveland School. An exploration of one of Cleveland’s greatest artistic legacies through music and poetry. World premiere musical works by Adonai Henderson, Gleb Kanasevich, Christopher Neiner, Greg D’Alessio, James Praznik, and Timothy Beye, along with new poetic creations written and performed by Ray McNiece and Raja Belle Freeman. SPACES, 2900 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. Free.
7:30 pm – Wayne Center for the Arts. Halida Dinova, piano. Works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Scriabin. Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 S. Walnut St., Wooster. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Beethoven’s Fateful Fifth. Elim Chan, conductor, and Michael Sachs, trumpet. Stravinsky’s Suite from Pulcinella, Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – The Resonance Project. Chez Madame Singer: Portraits en Trio. The Poiema Trio presents an evening of French chamber music chez Madame Singer, the legendary patron whose Parisian salon fostered nearly all the great French composers of the 20th century. Works include Fauré’s Trio in d minor as well as music by Lili Boulanger and César Franck. Forest Hill Church, 3031 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Jazz Ensemble. Chris Anderson, director. Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. Free.
7:30 pm – Firelands Symphony. Symphony Rocks. Carl Topilow, conductor, and Lauren Berry, Connor Bogart O’Brien, & Natalie Green, vocals. The concert includes the works of Elvis, Michael Jackson, ABBA, Billy Joel, Tina Turner, Adele, and more from the 1950s through the 2000s. Sawmill Creek Convention Center, 400 Sawmill Creek Drive, Huron. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – North Coast Men’s Chorus. Shoeless: A Musical Tale of Cinderella. Blending popular hits and beloved Broadway tunes, this musical show reimagines the story of Cinderella, starring Nina West as the Fairy Godmother. Maltz Performing Arts Center 1855 Ansel Rd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MARCH 15 – SUNDAY
3:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Beethoven’s Fateful Fifth. Elim Chan, conductor, and Michael Sachs, trumpet. Stravinsky’s Suite from Pulcinella, Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Wooster Chamber Music Series. Daedalus Quartet. Gault Recital Hall, 525 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – North Coast Men’s Chorus. Shoeless: A Musical Tale of Cinderella. Blending popular hits and beloved Broadway tunes, this musical show reimagines the story of Cinderella, starring Nina West as the Fairy Godmother. Maltz Performing Arts Center 1855 Ansel Rd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Music at Bath Concert Series. Hearts for Music. Artistic director Kitrael Chin leads the Hearts for Music Orchestra in classical and Broadway favorites. The Bath Church UCC, 3980 W. Bath Road, Akron. Freewill offering.
3:30 pm – Western Reserve Chorale. Mozart: Celebration and Solemnity. David Gilson, conductor, with chamber orchestra and vocal soloists. Mozart’s Mass in C Major (Coronation Mass) & Vesperae solennes de Confessore (The Solemn Vespers). First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights. Freewill offering.
4:00 pm – Singers Companye. Spotlight on Vocal Chamber Music: 17th & 18th Century European Chapels. Music by Andreas Hammerschmidt, Gerog Friedrich Handel, Georg Philpp Telemann, and more. Faith Lutheran Church, 2726 W. Market Street, Fairlawn. Freewill offering.
7:00 pm – CityMusic Cleveland. March Chamber Concert. Konrad Kowal, violin; Johanna Cox Pennington, oboe; Ellen Breakfield-Glick, clarinet; Khari Joyner, cello; and Christine Fuoco, piano. Clint Needham’s On the Road & Inside the Calder Room, and Béla Bartók’s Contrasts. Praxis Fiber Workshop, 15301 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Free.
MARCH 17 – TUESDAY
5:30 pm – Fairmount Presbyterian Church Rush Hour Concerts. Winds of Spring: Songs of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. Andrea Walker, soprano, and Mikhail Grazhdanov, piano. 2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm – Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital. Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano. Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14, “Moonlight” & No. 21, “Waldstein,” Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, and Dobrinka Tabakova’s Nocturne & Halo. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MARCH 18 – WEDNESDAY
12:00 pm – Trinity Cathedral Brownbag Concert. CSU Percussion Ensemble. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
3:30 pm – Cleveland Composers Guild. 1776-2026: An American Mosaic. Music faculty at John Carroll University present a program of CCG music that celebrates the United States’ 250th birthday. Saint Francis Chapel, 1 John Carroll Blvd., University Heights. Free.
7:30 pm – CIM Insiders. Ilya Kaler, violin and Daniel Shapiro, piano. Mozart’s Violin Sonata in A Major, K. 305, Prokofiev’s Violin Sonata No. 1, and Strauss’ Violin Sonata in E-flat Major. Mixon Hall, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free, reserve tickets online.
MARCH 19 – THURSDAY
7:00 pm – Trobár. Songbook for a King. Sacred and secular selections from the lavish thirteenth-century anthology of French music known today as the “Manuscrit du Roi.” West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River. Pay-what-you-can ($25 suggested, $10 students), tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Cleveland Composers Guild. 1776-2026: An American Mosaic. Music faculty at John Carroll University present a program of CCG music that celebrates the United States’ 250th birthday. Saint Francis Chapel, 1 John Carroll Blvd., University Heights. Free.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Chan Conducts Bartók. Elim Chan, conductor, and Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin. Daniel Kidane’s Sun Poem, Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 1 & Dance Suite, and Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Artist Recital Series. Linda May Han Oh: The Glass Hours. Linda May Han Oh, bassist/composer; Greg Ward, alto saxophone; Sara Serpa, voice; Fabian Almazan, piano/effects; and Mark Whitfield, Jr., drums. A collection of works based on themes of the fragility of time and life. Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Canton Symphony Divergent Sounds Series. Marc Lee Shannon is an Akron-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author known for his 25-year tenure with Michael Stanley’s band, The Resonators. The Auricle, 201 Cleveland Ave. N.W., Canton. Tickets available online.
MARCH 20 – FRIDAY
10:30 am – Cleveland Chamber Choir, BlueWater Chamber Orchestra, & Cleveland Ballet. Gregory Ristow leads Handel’s Messiah. KeyBank State Theatre, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
11:00 am – The Cleveland Orchestra. Chan Conducts Bartók. Elim Chan, conductor, and Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin. Daniel Kidane’s Sun Poem, Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 1 & Dance Suite, and Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Cleveland Cello Society. i Cellisti! A collection of duos and trios scored for cello and other instruments performed by cellists Mark Kosower, Richard Weiss, Martha Baldwin, Ralph Curry, Bryan Dumm, Tanya Ell, Dane Johansen, and Brian Thornton. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Free.
7:00 pm – Cleveland Chamber Choir, BlueWater Chamber Orchestra, & Cleveland Ballet. Gregory Ristow leads Handel’s Messiah. KeyBank State Theatre, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. Clubbin’ Unchained: Django and the Duke. Violinist Reed Simon helps create the “CJO Club,” intertwining the remarkable early brilliance of Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club with Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli’s “Hot Club of France.” Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MARCH 21 – SATURDAY
3:00 pm – Tempus Fugit Trio. Shannon Reilly, violin, Michael Tumiel, clarinet, and Michael Serio, piano. Music by Gerald Finzi, Alban Berg, Francis Poulenc, Gian Carlo Menotti, Lili Boulanger, and Jennifer Higdon. Cleveland Public Library Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch, 10601 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – Cleveland Chamber Choir, BlueWater Chamber Orchestra, and Cleveland Ballet. Gregory Ristow leads Handel’s Messiah. KeyBank State Theatre, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – CLE Concierto. In Celebration of Women’s History Month: In the Stillness of the Soul. A program of early 17th-century music by female composers Barbara Strozzi, Antonio Bembo, and Isabella Leonarda, along with music by their male contemporaries. Federated Church, 76 Bell St., Chagrin Falls. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Chan Conducts Bartók. Elim Chan, conductor, and Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin. Daniel Kidane’s Sun Poem, Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 1 & Dance Suite, and Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MARCH 22 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – Cleveland Chamber Choir, BlueWater Chamber Orchestra, & Cleveland Ballet. Gregory Ristow leads Handel’s Messiah. KeyBank State Theatre, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Les Délices: Marianne Mozart. Shelby Yamin, violin, and Mark Edwards, fortepiano. Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Margarethe Danzi, Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen, and Franziska Lebrun illuminate the story of Marianne Mozart, the acclaimed keyboardist and composer who shared the spotlight with her younger brother through her teenage years. Gartner Auditorium, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – CIM Perspectives. Third Coast Percussion. The percussion ensemble presents Time Pieces: The New Classical, a program that celebrates 20 years of genre-defying, award-winning music, including many of the ensemble’s 20th anniversary commissions. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free, reserve tickets online.
3:30 pm – Heights Chamber Orchestra. Travis Jürgens, conductor, and Mark Kosower, cello. Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C, Tchaikovsky’s Andante cantabile, Britten’s Matinées musicales, and Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Free.
4:00 pm – The Cleveland Opera. Truth, Peace and Remembrance. Commemorating the legacy of Dr. Clive Hamlin with a concert of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and William Grant Still’s Lyric Quartette. Saint Casimir Church, 8223 Sowinski Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.
7:00 pm – Mechanic Street House Concerts. Duo Balalaika. Oleg Kruglyakov, balalaika, and Terry Boyarsky, piano. Original music for balalaika-piano duo, including a world premiere of a piece by Andrei Byzov. Reserve tickets online.



