A two-week calendar is published every Monday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.
JUNE 24 – MONDAY
2:00 pm – Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Lecture/Demonstration, Violinist Edwin Huizinga & harpsichordist Mark Edwards. “Introduction to Improvisation”. Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Lute Fest: Nigel North, lute. German Renaissance Music. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. Tickets at the door.
JUNE 25 – TUESDAY
2:00 pm – Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Faculty Recital, Michael Lynn, flute, Catharina Meints, pardessus de viole, Rebecca Landell, viola da gamba & Lisa Crawford, harpsichord. Music of Marin Marais, Louis Heudelinne & François Couperin. Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Guys and Dolls. Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Lute Fest: Robert Barto, lute & Mara Winter, flute. 16th Century Dances & music by S.L. Weiss. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. Tickets at the door.
JUNE 26 – WEDNESDAY
12:15 pm – Wednesday Noon Organ Concert by Robert Myers. “The B’s of the Baroque”: music by J.S. Bach, Georg Boehm, Nicolaus Bruhns, and Dietrich Buxtehude. Beckerath organ. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.
2:00 pm – Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Faculty Recital, Emma Kirkby, soprano and Lucas Harris, guitar. Program to be announced. Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, The Gondoliers. Music by Arthur Sullivan. Libretto by William Gilbert. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra at Wade Oval Wednesday. Vinay Parameswaran will lead Bernstein’s Overture to Candide, Coleman’s Seven O’ Clock Shout, Smetana’s The Moldau, Still’s Summerland, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol. Wade Oval, 10820 East Blvd. Cleveland. Free.
7:30 pm – ChamberFest Cleveland: Innocence and Experience. Luigi Boccherini’s Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D (“Fandango”), G. 448 (Jason Vieaux, guitar, Jacques Forestier & Nathan Meltzer, violins, Emad Zolfaghari, viola & Jonathan Swensen, cello, Witold Lutoslawski’s Partita (Diana Cohen, violin Roman Rabinovich, piano), Percy Grainger’s Fantasy on George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” (Yaron Kohlberg & Roman Rabinovich, piano), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Piano Quintet in g, Op. 1 (Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano, Yura Lee & Jacques Forestier, violins, Teng Li, viola & Julie Albers, cello). Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Lute Fest: Xavier Diaz-Latorre, lute. Music by Andalusian masters of the Spanish Golden Age. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. Tickets at the door.
7:30 pm – Kent/Blossom Faculty Concert. Artists from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Arnaud Sussmann, violin and Orion Weiss, piano. Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent. Tickets available online.
JUNE 27 – THURSDAY
2:00 pm – Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Participants Recital, Performers to be announced. Movements from François Couperin’s Concerts royaux, 18th-century chamber music suites — consisting of a prelude and a succession of dance movements — written for the court of Louis XIV. Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Me and My Girl. Music by Noel Gay Book and Lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
6:30 pm – Canton Symphony, Summer Serenades. String Quartet at Huston-Brumbaugh Nature Center. 16146 Daniel St NE, Minerva. Free.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Lute Fest: Bor Zuljan, lute & Mara Winter, flute. Early 16th century improvised music. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. Tickets at the door.
JUNE 28 – FRIDAY
12:15 pm – Lunchtime Carillon Concert and Live Stream. George Leggiero, University Circle Carillonneur. Program will include Matthias Van den Gheyn’s Preludio No. 5, George Gershwin’s Summertime, and guitar transcriptions by Francisco Tárrega and Julio S. Sagreras, and Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins. The McGaffin Carillon, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free. Click here for more information.
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Guys and Dolls. Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – ChamberFest Cleveland: Night Moves. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Dominus Jesus in qua nocte (Yura Lee & Nathan Meltzer, violins, Teng Li & Emad Zolfaghari, viola & Julie Albers, cello. Astor Piazzolla Histoire du Tango (Yura Lee, violin, Jason Vieaux, guitar), Francis Poulenc Sonata for Cello and Piano (Jonathan Swensen, cello & Roman Rabinovich, piano, Josef Suk’s Piano Quartet in a, Op. 1 (Roman Rabinovich, piano, Diana Cohen, violin, Emad Zolfaghari, viola & Jonathan Swenson, cello. Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Church, 3663 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Hts.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Lute Fest: Catherine Liddell, lute. Music from La Rhétorique des Dieux. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. Tickets at the door.
7:30 pm – Ohio Light Opera, The Gondoliers. Music by Arthur Sullivan Libretto by William Gilbert. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Orchestra, including faculty and students of BPI. Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Suite from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Marin Marais’ Suite from Alcione, Jean-Marie Leclair’s Concerto in a, Op. 7, No. 5 (Edwin Huizinga, violin soloist), Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Deuxième concert, transcrit à 6 parties & Suite from Les Indes galantes . Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, 90 N. Professor St. Tickets: $10 at the door.
JUNE 29 – SATURDAY
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Participant Chamber Music Concert, performers to be announced. Music of Paris and Versailles, 1660-1760. Conservatory Central Unit Orchestra Room (C25) & Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.
2:00 pm – Cleveland Clinic Concert Band. An Independence Day selection of American classics. Eastman Reading Garden, Cleveland Main Library, downtown. Free.
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Me and My Girl. Music by Noel Gay Book and Lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra at the movies. Sarah Hicks conducts John Williams’ score to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Blossom Music Center, 1145 W Steels Corners Rd, Cuyahoga Falls. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – ChamberFest Cleveland Closing Night: 100 Greatest Dance Hits. Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in D minor for Clavier, Strings and Basso Continuo, BWV 1052 (Roman Rabinovich, piano, Yura Lee & Jacques Forestier, violins, Emad Zolfaghari, viola, Julie Albers, cello & Nathan Farrington, double bass), Aaron Jay Kernis’s 100 Greatest Dance Hits (Jason Vieaux, guitar, Nathan Meltzer & Diana Cohen, violins, Teng Li, viola & Julie Albers, cello) & George Enescu’s Octet, Op. 7 (Yura Lee, Jacques Forestier, Diana Cohen & Nathan Meltzer, violins, Teng Li & Emad Zolfaghari, violas, & Jonathan Swensen & Julie Albers, cello). Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road in University Circle, Cleveland.
7:30 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Sound of Music. Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Stow Symphony. Program includes Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (Fourth movement), Tchaikowky’s Symphony No. 4 (Fourth movement), Gounod’s Funeral March of a Marionette, Sousa’s Washington Post March & Stars and Stripes Forever, and more! Tallmadge Bible Church, 1155 East Ave., Tallmadge. Tickets available online.
JUNE 30 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Guys and Dolls. Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
6:00 pm – Summer Carillon Festival. David Osburn, carillonist. A Celebration of July Fourth. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights. Free
7:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra at the movies. Sarah Hicks conducts John Williams’ score to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Blossom Music Center, 1145 W Steels Corners Rd, Cuyahoga Falls. Tickets available online.
JULY 2 – TUESDAY
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Guys and Dolls. Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
6:30 pm – Canton Symphony, Summer Serenades. String Quartet at Lawrence Township Park. 6235-6369 Manchester Ave NW, North Lawrence. Free
JULY 3 – WEDNESDAY
12:15 pm – Wednesday Noon Organ Concert by Florence Mustric. “The Spice of Life”: a set of variations by Pachelbel and music by Americans Samuel Barber, Derek Healey, and Charles Ives. Beckerath organ. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm – Kent/Blossom Faculty Concert. Imani Winds (2024 Grammy Winner for Best Classical Compendium). Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – Salute to America. Galen S. Karriker leads the Blossom Band in a mix of patriotic marches, Broadway favorites, an Armed Forces Salute, and more — concluding with a spectacular fireworks display. Blossom Music Center, 1145 W Steels Corners Rd, Cuyahoga Falls. Tickets available online.
JULY 5 – FRIDAY
12:15 pm – Lunchtime Carillon Concert and Live Stream. Sheryl Modlin, carillonneur. Program features Music to Celebrate July. The McGaffin Carillon, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free. Click here for more information.
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Sound of Music. Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
2:00 pm – Kent Blossom Music Festival Young Artists. Laurel Lake Retirement Community 200 Laurel Lake Dr., Hudson. Free
7:30 pm – Kent Blossom Music Festival Young Artists. Ludwig Recital Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Kent State University 1325 Theatre Dr., Kent. Free.
JULY 6 – SATURDAY
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Guys and Dolls. Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online
2:00 pm – Kent Blossom Music Festival Young Artists. Hudson Library and Historical Society 96 Library St., Hudson. Free.
7:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra: Rhapsody in Blue. Brett Mitchell, conductor, Béla Fleck, banjo. Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, Gershwin’s, Rhapsody in Blue (trans. Fleck), Barber’s Overture to The School for Scandal, and Still’s Symphony No. 1, “Afro-American.” Blossom Music Center, 1145 W Steels Corners Rd, Cuyahoga Falls. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Me and My Girl. Music by Noel Gay Book and Lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
JULY 7 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – Ohio Light Opera, Sound of Music. Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Freedlander Theatre, 329 East University Street, Wooster. Tickets available online.
2:00 pm – Kent Blossom Music Festival Young Artists. Mixon Hall Cleveland Institute of Music 511021 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free.
3:00 pm – Classically Lake View chamber music series: Cleveland’s Forgotten Composer, Guitar Hero, and Abolitionist, Justin Holland. Damian Goggans (guitar), Liyuan Xie and Isabel Trautwein (violins), Eliesha Nelson (viola), and Tanya Ell (cello). Jennifer Coleman, Program Director for Creative Culture and Arts at Gund Foundation will emcee. 280 years of chamber music by Black composers, including Joseph Boulogne, Justin Holland, Scott Joplin, Florence Price, William Grant Still, George Walker, and Thomas Flippin. Lake View Cemetery Community Mausoleum, 12316 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Kent Blossom Music Festival Young Artists. Ludwig Recital Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Kent State University 1325 Theatre Dr., Kent. Free.