A two-week calendar is published every Monday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.
MARCH 11 – TUESDAY
5:30 pm – Rush Hour Concert. When Your Name Is Called. Ethan Strickland, percussion, performs a program of invigorating new works. Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Freewill offering.
MARCH 13 – THURSDAY
7:00 pm – No Exit. The Music of Greg D’Alessio. A retrospective of some of D’Alessio’s past works (Imaginary Doors and Veil), plus two world premieres: Quintet and A Brief Word From the Present Moment. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Beethoven’s Fifth. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor. Leoš Janáček’s Suite from From the House of the Dead (arr. Jílek) and Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 & Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Canton Symphony: Divergent Sounds. Jen Maurer Project. Maurer brings the bops of mountain pop with her blended sound of Americana, Zydeco, Blues, Bluegrass, Ragtime, and Jughead all rolled into one. The Auricle, 201 Cleveland Ave. N.W., Canton. Tickets available online.
MARCH 14 – FRIDAY
11:00 am – The Cleveland Orchestra. Stravinsky and Beethoven. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor. Igor Stravinsky’s Pétrouchka and Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – CityMusic Cleveland. March Chamber Concert. Donna Lee, piano, and Daniel Gilbert, clarinet. Valerie Coleman’s Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano, Gustav Mahler’s Piano Quartet, and Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. Praxis Fiber Workshop, 15301 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – No Exit. The Music of Greg D’Alessio. A retrospective of some of D’Alessio’s past works (Imaginary Doors and Veil), plus two world premieres: Quintet and A Brief Word From the Present Moment. SPACES, 2900 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – Wayne Center for the Arts Concert Series. The Theron Brown Jazz Trio. Theron Brown, piano, Zaire (Zigg) Darden, drums, and Jordan McBride, bass. Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 S. Walnut St., Wooster. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Pops Orchestra. The Envelope Please… Carl Topilow, conductor; Connor Bogart O’Brien, Mariama Whyte, & Angelina Ivanov, vocalists; and the Cleveland Pops Chorus. Honoring past and present Oscar nominees and winners of “Best Picture” and “Best Score,” including selections from E.T., Black Panther, Titanic, Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, and more. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – International Contemporary Ensemble. “Composing While Black, Volume I.” Courtney Bryan’s Blooming, Allison Loggins-Hull’s The Pattern, Wendell Logan’s Proportions, Yaz Lancaster’s intangible landscapes, Olly Wilson’s Echoes, Leila Adu-Gilmore’s Alyssum, and Nicole Mitchell’s Building Stuff. Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. Tickets available online.
MARCH 15 – SATURDAY
3:00 pm – Cleveland Silent Film Festival. Her Sister From Paris (1925). Accompanied by pianist David Blazer. Louis Stokes Wing, Cleveland Public Library Main Library, 525 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – No Exit. The Music of Greg D’Alessio. A retrospective of some of D’Alessio’s past works (Imaginary Doors and Veil), plus two world premieres: Quintet and A Brief Word From the Present Moment. Praxis Fiber Workshop, 15301 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Free.
7:30 pm – The Resonance Project. Rachmaninov and Franck: Lenten Reflections. Irwin Shung, piano. Rachmaninoff’s Ten Preludes, Op. 23 and César Franck’s Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue, FWV 21, accompanied by narration and visuals. Forest Hill Church, 3031 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – North Coast Men’s Chorus. BEATLEMANIA. Hits from The Beatles including “She Loves You,” “Hey Jude,” and “Let It Be.” Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Beethoven’s Fifth. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor. Leoš Janáček’s Suite from From the House of the Dead (arr. Jílek) and Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 & Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MARCH 16 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – Suburban Symphony Orchestra. Domenico Boyagian, conductor; Emily Margevich, soprano; Quinn Middleman, mezzo-soprano; John Pickle, tenor; Young-Kwang Yoo, baritone; Western Reserve Chorale; and West Shore Chorale. Celebrating the ensemble’s 70th anniversary with Jean Sibelius’ Karelia Suite and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Cleveland Composers Guild. Poiesis Quartet Premieres. Sarah Ma & Max Ball, violins, Jasper de Boor, viola, and Drew Dansby, cello. Works by Guild members Margi Griebling-Haigh, Geoffrey Peterson, Ryan Charles Ramer, Sebastian Birch, Jeremy Piper, Lorenzo Salvagni, and Cara Hao. Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University, 2001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
3:00 pm – North Coast Men’s Chorus. BEATLEMANIA. Hits from The Beatles including “She Loves You,” “Hey Jude,” and “Let It Be.” Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
4:00 pm – Arts at Holy Trinity. Gold Tones Jazz Orchestra. The premier jazz performance ensemble at Cuyahoga Falls High School performs a program to be announced. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 50 N. Prospect St., Akron. Free.
4:00 pm – Music at Bath Concert Series. Austin Walkin’ Cane, guitar & slide guitar. Blues music selections to be announced from the stage. The Bath Church UCC, 3980 W. Bath Road, Akron. Freewill offering.
4:30 pm – David Higgs, organ. David Boe Memorial Concert. Johann Gottfried Müthel’s Fantasie G-Moll, David Conte’s Pastorale (1991), Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Morceau de fantaisie, Op. 3, Leo Sowerby’s Comes Autumn Time, Stephen Kennedy’s Alternanza & Charles-Marie Widor’s Symphonie VI, Op. 42 No. 2. Fisk organ, Finney Chapel, Oberlin College. Free.
MARCH 18 – TUESDAY
7:30 pm – Helen D. Schubert Concert Series. Vincent Dubois, organ. The titular organist at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, France, performs a program to be announced. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
MARCH 19 – WEDNESDAY
12:00 pm – Brownbag Concert. Mezzo-soprano Kira McGirr presents Edward Elgar’s Sea Pictures. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
6:00 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Chamber Music in the Atrium. Student musicians from the Cleveland Institute of Music present mixed repertoire ranging from the standards to unknown gems. Ames Family Atrium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – Piano Cleveland and the Cleveland School for the Arts. Arts Alive: A Space Odyssey. This multidisciplinary performance, featuring students from Piano Cleveland’s Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School’s PianoLab, will celebrate the universe through music, dance, visual art, and literary arts. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free, but tickets required — register online.
MARCH 20 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – CityMusic Cleveland. March Orchestra Series. Annunziata Tomaro, conductor, and Roman Rabinovich, piano. Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in b, “Unfinished.” Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Free.
MARCH 21 – FRIDAY
7:00 pm – Trobár. Mothers and Sisters of the Veil. Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins Bailey, Naomi McMahon, Photini Downie Robinson, Rosemary Heredos, Nadia Tarnawsky, and Karin Weston, voices, & Allen Otte, percussion. Program explores the music and experience of medieval nuns, from both western and eastern traditions, who renounced their earthly lives. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Pay-what-you-can ($25 suggested, $10 students), tickets available online.
7:30 pm – CityMusic Cleveland. March Orchestra Series. Annunziata Tomaro, conductor, and Roman Rabinovich, piano. Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in b, “Unfinished.” East Mount Zion Baptist Church, 9990 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Institute of Music’s Insiders Series. Ravel at 150: A Celebration. Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano, Ilya Kaler, violin, and Si-Yan Darren Li and Annamarie Wellems, cello. Luca Moscardi’s Theme and Variations on the name Maurice Ravel, Op. 50 (World premiere), Roberto Piana’s Ravel en Rêve, and Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit and Piano Trio in A minor. Mixon Hall at CIM, 11021 East Blvd, Cleveland. Free but reservations required.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. EMEL. Coinciding with the exhibition Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry, the CMA presents Tunisian American art-pop musician Emel Mathlouthi, whose music sways between Arabic, English, and French languages. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project. Tendrils Trio (Katherine Young, Dana Jessen, and Ben Roidl-Ward) performs Eric Wubbels’ Altarpiece H. af K. for three amplified bassoons. Then, Ryan Carter performs live electronic music that responds to real-time inputs from a video game controller. Calicchia Gallery Studio, 1433 E. 33rd St., Cleveland. Free, suggested donation $15.
MARCH 22 – SATURDAY
7:00 pm – No Exit Presents. Patchwork and Anika Kildegaard. The program will feature a series of transcendent works written for voice and saxophone. Praxis Fiber Workshop, 15301 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – Cleveland Repertory Orchestra. Chamber Music Masterpieces. Matthew Salvaggio, conductor. Richard Strauss’ Serenade, Op. 7, Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Wind Instruments, Jennifer Higdon’s Quiet Art (version for string octet), and Igor Stravinsky’s Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks.” Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 21750 Detroit Road, Rocky River. Free, but tickets required — register online.
7:00 pm – Trobár. Mothers and Sisters of the Veil. Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins Bailey, Naomi McMahon, Photini Downie Robinson, Rosemary Heredos, Nadia Tarnawsky, and Karin Weston, voices, & Allen Otte, percussion. Program explores the music and experience of medieval nuns, from both western and eastern traditions, who renounced their earthly lives. St. James Catholic Church, 17514 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. Free.
7:30 pm – Canton Symphony Orchestra. MasterWorks VI: Tetzloff Plays Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. Matthew Jenkins Jaroszewicz, conductor, and Reed Tetzloff, piano. Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1, “Classical,” Adolphus Hailstork’s Symphony No. 1, and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Umstattd Hall, Zimmerman Symphony Center, 2331 17th St. N.W., Canton. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Firelands Symphony Orchestra and Chorale. Beethoven’s Ninth. Carl Topilow, conductor. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Leonore Overture No. 3, and “Hallelujah” from Christ on the Mount of Olives. Sawmill Creek Convention Center, 400 Sawmill Creek Drive, Huron. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – CityMusic Cleveland. March Orchestra Series. Annunziata Tomaro, conductor, and Roman Rabinovich, piano. Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in b, “Unfinished.” Shrine of St. Stanislaus, 3649 E. 65th St., Cleveland. Free.
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Yuja Wang Plays Tchaikovsky. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor, and Yuja Wang, piano. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MARCH 23 – SUNDAY
4:30 pm – CityMusic Cleveland. March Orchestra Series. Annunziata Tomaro, conductor, and Roman Rabinovich, piano. Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in b, “Unfinished.” Our Lady of Angels, 3644 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland. Free.
5:00 pm – Music from the Western Reserve. Les Délices presents “The Poet & the Prodigy,” an exploration of fascinating connections between two titans of the Baroque: J.S. Bach & François Couperin. Pre-concert talk at 4:30 pm with reception to follow. Christ Church Episcopal, 21 Aurora St., Hudson. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Yuja Wang Plays Tchaikovsky. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor, and Yuja Wang, piano. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.