MARCH 27 – MONDAY

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music: hosted by Eric Charnofsky. Featured music —Darius Milhaud’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 295 No. 4, Libby Larsen’s Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII (soprano and piano), Steven Burke’s Spring Fever for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano, Vincent d’Indy’s Tableaux de voyage (orchestrated), Leoš Janáček’s Little Queens (girls’ choir) & Amy Williams’ Cineshape 4 (solo piano). Click here to listen to the internet feed: or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area.

8:00 pm – CUSP: Noah Depew & Jon Muller. Convivium 33 Gallery, 1433 E 33rd St, Cleveland. Suggested donation $15. Click here for more information.

MARCH 28 – TUESDAY

7:30 pm – UA Kulas Concert Series: Sandbox Percussion, contemporary percussion chamber music. In collaboration with Tuesday Musical and Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Music Society: Anthony McGill, clarinet, Elena Perrroni, Soprano, and Myra Huang, piano. Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) and Sonata in a, “Arpeggione” arranged for clarinet and piano, Lee III’s Chavah’s Daughters Speak, and Still’s Romance. Disciples Christian Church, 3663 Mayfield Rd, Cleveland Heights, 44121. Tickets available online.

MARCH 29 – WEDNESDAY

12:00 pm – ​​BrowBag Concerts: Salzedo Harp Duo. Harpists Nancy Lendrim and Jody Guinn bring artistry and beauty in an inventive program for harp duo.Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave. Cleveland. Free.

7:00 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra meets Cleveland Composers Guild. From the Cleveland Composers Guild, new music from: Karen Greibling, Bryan Kennard, William Rayer & Nicholas Underhill. From the CJO, new music from: Chas Baker, Aidan Plank & Brad Wagner. A swinging evening of eight brand new “3rd Stream” compositions that combine jazz and classical elements.. Bop Stop, 2920 Detroit Avenue in Ohio City, Cleveland. Tickets: $20

MARCH  30 – THURSDAY

7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra: Thomas Adès, conductor  Pekka Kuusisto, violin. Sibelius’ Prelude from The Tempest, Suite No. 1 from The Tempest and Six Humoresques. Ades’ Märchentänze and The Tempest Symphony (United States Premiere, Cleveland Orchestra co-commission). Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Youngstown Symphony: A Night for Jazz. Dean Buck conductor, Brianna Thomas, vocalist. Powers Auditorium, 260 W Federal St, Youngstown, 44503. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Renovare Music: pairing their string music with poetry by spoken word artist Vision and African drumming by Ali Boyd, Rashon Blake and Derick Barnes. José Elizondo’s The Dawn of Hope, J.S. Bach’s Aria from the Goldberg Variations, Ludovico Einaudi’s Experience, Hirono Borter’s Goldberg Meditation, Taizé Community, Wait for the Lord, Sabrina Jean Louis’ Clair de Lune, and William Travance’s Blood Runs Black. Maltz Performing Arts Center 1855 Ansel Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106. Free.

MARCH 31 – FRIDAY

11:00 am – The Cleveland Orchestra: Thomas Adès, conductor  Pekka Kuusisto, violin. Adès, the Tempest Symphony and Märchentänze, Sibelius’ Prelude and selections from Suite No. 1 from The Tempest. Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online

APRIL 1 – SATURDAY

2:00 pm – Gifts of Music: Messiah Community Sing. (Easter portion). Led by orchestra, participants will be guided through Handel’s unforgettable melodies, from “All We Like Sheep,” and “Hallelujah,” to “The Trumpet Shall Sound,” and many others! Vocalists of all types and experience levels are welcome as we gather as a community around this monumental work. Participants are encouraged to bring their own scores, however, a limited number will be available to borrow. A complete vocal score may be freely downloaded from IMSLP here. Rocky River United Methodist Church, 19414 Detroit Avenue, Rocky River. Freewill offering. Click here for more information.

4:30 pm – Oberlin Chamber Singers with Chamber Ensemble, Ben Johns, conducting. Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore or The Three Sundays of a Poet, a Madrigal fable for chorus and nine instruments. The three creatures of the title are allegorical representations of stages in the poet’s life, with The Unicorn representing the beauty and promise of youth, The Gorgon representing the success and haughtiness of middle age, and The Manticore representing the shy loneliness of old age. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free. Click here for live stream.

7:00 pm – Snowbelt Symphony, Greg Hillis, conducting, with Abigail Williams, soprano. “A Taste of Italy.” Selections from operas by Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti, including the overture to The Barber of Seville & the prelude to La traviata, as well as Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony. Harvey High School, 200 W. Walnut Ave., Painesville. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm  – The Cleveland Orchestra: Thomas Adès, conductor  Pekka Kuusisto, violin. Sibelius’ Prelude from The Tempest, Suite No. 1 from The Tempest and Six Humoresques. Ades’ Märchentänze and The Tempest Symphony (United States Premiere, Cleveland Orchestra co-commission). Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

APRIL 2 – SUNDAY

2:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra Family Concert: Daniel Reith, conductor. Dynamic concerto meets animated film! Follow a magical Sprite as it embarks on a musical journey through the inner workings of an orchestra, all set to some of Classical music’s most famous compositions. Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

3:00 pm – Rob Kovacs, piano. AKA 88bit performs virtuosic note-for-note arrangements of vintage Super Nintendo and other classic game systems, as well as soundtracks from newer video games. Maltz Center for the Performing Arts,1855 Ansel Rd, Cleveland. Click here for tickets.

4:00 pm – Cleveland Chamber Choir: Le Monde Musical: With the Cleveland Composers Guild. New works by Northeast Ohio’s premier choral composers with masterful works from the last five centuries. Following themes of renewal and nature and deep belief. Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University, 2001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Free.

7:00 pm – Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann, conducting, Heather Cooper, organ. Program dedicated to the memory of William P. Blair III. Richard Strauss’s Feierlicher Einzug (Festival Procession), Michael Daugherty’s Once Upon a Castle, Charles-Marie Widor’s Toccata from Symphony No. 5 arr. Gerhardt Zimmermann, J.S. Bach’s Organ Concerto in a, BWV 593, Edward Elgar’s Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Op. 36, Rick Robinson’s Chaconne for Interesting Times & Franz Liszt’s Hunnenschlacht (Battle of the Huns). Zimmermann Symphony Center, 1001 Market Ave. N., Canton. Tickets available online

7:30 pm – UA Prism, featuring UA School of Music large and small ensembles, combos, and faculty. Program to be announced. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Freewill offering.