A two-week calendar is published every Monday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.
FEBRUARY 10 – MONDAY
7:30 pm – St. Olaf Choir in Concert. Anton Armstrong, conductor, Charles Gray, violin/viola, and the St. Olaf Chamber Orchestra. Program to be announced. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 11 – TUESDAY
5:30 pm – Rush Hour Concert. Tyler Young, saxophone, and William Hueholt, piano. Music by Paganini, Saint-Saëns, and a world premiere by Jacob Nance. Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Music Society. Spanish Journey. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, in collaboration with the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society. Jason Vieaux, guitar; Soyeon Kate Lee, piano; Kristin Lee, violin; Vanessa Becerra, soprano; and Clive Greensmith, cello. Works by Fernando Obradors, Issac Albéniz, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Manuel de Falla, Pablo de Sarasate, Joaquín Rodrigo, and Joaquín Turina. The Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Church, 3663 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 13 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Bruckner’s Seventh. Fabio Luisi, conductor, and Tim Mead, countertenor. Silvia Colasanti’s Time’s Cruel Hand (U.S. premiere) and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. Jake Taniguchi, conductor. Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Erich Korngold’s Much Ado About Nothing Suite, Jessie Montgomery’s Strum, and Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite. Stocker Arts Center, Lorain County Community College, 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria. Free, but tickets required — register online.
FEBRUARY 14 – FRIDAY
4:30 pm – Cassatt Quartet with Emely Phelps, piano. Muneko Otani and Jennifer Leshnower, violins, Emily Brandenburg, viola, and Gwen Krosnick, cello. Dorothy Rudd Moore’s Modes for String Quartet, Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 14 in F-Sharp, and Brahms’ Piano Quintet in f. Kulas Recital Hall, 77 W. College St., Oberlin. Free.
6:00 pm – M.U.S.i.C. Stars in the Classics. Love Is in the Air. Harrison Benford, Anna Grudskaya, and Jackson Naglick (pianos); Zachary Brandon, Maude Cloutier, and Noelle Naito (violins); Brendon Phelps (cello); Zoe Stier (flute); Jazmin Pascual (clarinet); Perry Roth (saxophone); Catherina Carrington, Colin DeMatteo, and Lucas Spencer (voice); and members of the Ohio Contemporary Ballet. Music by Clara Schumann, Fritz Kreisler, Dmitri Shostakovich, Édith Piaf, Benny Goodman, Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein, Lerner & Loewe, and Cole Porter. The Cleveland Museum of Art Atrium, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Opera. Michael Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight! The Cleveland premiere of this humorous one-act opera, told through a series of five-minute “dates” that give us a glimpse into the lives of a colorful cast of characters. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – No Exit Presents. John Faieta, trombone. Program includes works by Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Rands, Enrique Crespo, David Felder, and a world premiere piece by Marti Epstein. Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent. Free.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. The Music of John Williams. Keith Lockhart, conductor. Featuring selections from Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T., and Harry Potter alongside lesser-known scores. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 15 – SATURDAY
3:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Opera. Michael Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight! The Cleveland premiere of this humorous one-act opera, told through a series of five-minute “dates” that give us a glimpse into the lives of a colorful cast of characters. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. Sinatra & Gershwin, With Love. Lou Armagno and Evelyn Wright, vocals. Celebrating Valentine’s Day weekend with classics by Frank Sinatra and George Gershwin — a night of romance with some big band punch. Music Box Supper Club, 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Wayne Center for the Arts Concert Series. Jinjoo Cho, violin, Max Geissler, cello, and Hyunsoo Kim, piano. An enchanting evening of romantic music. Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 S. Walnut St., Wooster. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Opera. Michael Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight! The Cleveland premiere of this humorous one-act opera, told through a series of five-minute “dates” that give us a glimpse into the lives of a colorful cast of characters. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Firelands Symphony Orchestra. Love Is in the Air. Carl Topilow, conductor; Natalie Green, vocals; Victor Beyens, violin; Emily Laurance, harp; Julia Simpson, oboe; and Kimberly Zaleski, flute. Felix Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a variety of love songs. Sawmill Creek Convention Center, 400 Sawmill Creek Drive, Huron. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Youngstown Symphony. Shakespeare in Love: Romeo & Juliet. Erik Ochsner, conductor, and Avery Boettcher, soprano. Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, and arias by Gounod, Verdi, Puccini, and others. Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Bruckner’s Seventh. Fabio Luisi, conductor, and Tim Mead, countertenor. Silvia Colasanti’s Time’s Cruel Hand (U.S. premiere) and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 16 – SUNDAY
3:00 pm – Cleveland Composers Guild. An Afternoon of Chamber Music. Ryan Charles Ramer’s Le Coeur VGM; Nicholas Puin’s A Different Perspective; Inna Onofrei’s Lullabies; Chris Neiner’s Hills, Thrills and Flying Turns; Cara Haxo’s Verbs of Perception; Margi Griebling-Haigh’s Sieben Zungenbrecher Lieder; Matthew Saunders’ Piano Trio; and Stephen Stanziano’s Among the Living. West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River. Free.
3:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Winter Concert. Daniel Reith, conductor, and The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus. Palestrina’s Adoramus te Christe (arr. Stokowski), J.S. Bach’s Ein feste Burg (arr. Stokowski), Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, Johannes Brahms’ Shicksalslied, and Igor Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Sounds of St. James: A Festival of Sacred Music. Thomas Fielding & Adam Chlebek, organs; Cathedral Choir of St. John the Evangelist (Thomas Fielding, dir.); Now Chorale (Oberlin Conservatory, Matthew Brown, dir.); Case Western Reserve Early Music Singers (Elena Bailey, dir.); and Musica Sacra Chamber Choir (James Flood, dir). Click here to view the program. St. James Catholic Church, 17514 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. Freewill offering.
3:30 pm – Heights Chamber Orchestra. Travis Jürgens, conductor, and Frank Rosenwein, oboe. Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Concerto for Oboe and Strings, and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “New World.” Dodero Center for the Performing Arts, Gilmour Academy, 2045 SOM Center Road, Gates Mills. Free.
4:00 pm – CIM New Music Ensemble. Keith Fitch, director. Frederick Fox’s Shaking the Pumpkin and three works by guest composer Margaret Brouwer: Shattered Glass, Mountains of the Moon, and Justice March. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free, but tickets required — register online.
4:00 pm – Church of the Covenant Sunday Artist Series. Vincent Grappy, Titular Organist of the Cathedral of St. Louis in Blois, France. Music by J.S. Bach. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Click here for the live stream. Freewill offering.
7:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Opera. Michael Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight! The Cleveland premiere of this humorous one-act opera, told through a series of five-minute “dates” that give us a glimpse into the lives of a colorful cast of characters. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Canton Symphony Orchestra. MasterWorks V: Sunday with Sibelius. Matthew Jenkins Jaroszewicz, conductor, and Konrad Kowal, violin. Elfrida Andrée’s Concert Overture in D, Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1. Umstattd Hall, Zimmerman Symphony Center, 2331 17th St. N.W., Canton. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. The Music of John Williams. Keith Lockhart, conductor. Featuring selections from Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T., and Harry Potter alongside lesser-known scores. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 17 – MONDAY
3:00 pm – Heights Arts. Open Rehearsal: Bach and his Art of the Fugue, featuring The Blossom Quartet. Stephen Tavani and Yun-Ting Lee, violins, William Bender, viola, and Dane Johansen, cello. J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Brief Q&A session to follow the rehearsal. Heights Arts, 2175 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. Pay-what-you-can.
FEBRUARY 19 – WEDNESDAY
12:00 pm – Brownbag Concert. Five Lakes Chinese Music Ensemble. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free
7:30 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Nate Smith, drums, Tim Lefebvre, bass, and Jason Lindner, piano & keyboards. Renowned drummer and bandleader Nate Smith fuses his original compositions with everything from jazz and R&B to hip-hop and pop. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 20 – THURSDAY
7:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra. Douglas Droste, conductor, and Kate Tiemens, soprano. Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and other music to be announced. Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building, 96 Front St., Berea. Free and live streamed.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Adès Conducts Adès. Thomas Adès, conductor, Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Jean Sibelius’ The Oceanides, Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar, Thomas Adès’ America: A Prophecy (TCO co-commission; U.S. premiere of expanded version), and Charles Ives’ Orchestral Set No. 2. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 21 – FRIDAY
6:00 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Chamber Music in the Galleries. Local ensemble Linking Legacies performs music by African American composers with deep ties to Northeast Ohio. The concert takes place in front of Amy Sherald’s painting He was meant for all things to meet. Toby’s Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – No Exit Presents. John Faieta, trombone. Program includes works by Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Rands, Enrique Crespo, David Felder, and a world premiere piece by Marti Epstein. Heights Arts, 2175 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. Free.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. The Princess Bride in Concert. Lucas Waldin, conductor. Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Classical Guitar Society & Jim Wadsworth Productions. Mark Whitfield Trio. Mark Whitfield, jazz guitar, James Genus, bass, and Charles Goold, drums. Market Garden Brewery’s Ohio City Room (Lower Level), 1947 W. 25th St., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 22 – SATURDAY
4:00 pm – Les Délices. A Moment’s Oblivion. Nicholas Phan, tenor; Debra Nagy, oboe; Shelby Yamin, violin; Rebecca Landell, viola da gamba; and Mark Edwards, harpsichord. Michel de Montéclair’s La Bergère & Le Dépit généreux, Marin Marais’ “Le Labyrinthe” from Livre 4ème, Viet Cuong’s A Moment’s Oblivion (world premiere), and François Couperin’s “Barricades mistérieuses” and “Les Langueurs tendres” from Sixième Ordre. Heights Theater, 2781 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Euclid Symphony Orchestra. Spiritual Echoes: A Black History Celebration. Jimmie A. Parker, Sr., conductor, and Sirgourney Cook, soprano. Featuring the Euclid Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Eric Barnhill, choirmaster) and a gospel band led by Javert Haynes. Tri-C Metropolitan Campus Auditorium, 2534 E. 30th St., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra. Victor Liva, conductor, and Ovidiu Marinescu, cello. Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 and Franz Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2. Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Classical Guitar Society & Jim Wadsworth Productions. Mark Whitfield Trio. Mark Whitfield, jazz guitar, James Genus, bass, and Charles Goold, drums. Market Garden Brewery’s Ohio City Room (Lower Level), 1947 W. 25th St., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Adès Conducts Adès. Thomas Adès, conductor, Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Jean Sibelius’ The Oceanides, Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar, Thomas Adès’ America: A Prophecy (TCO co-commission; U.S. premiere of expanded version), and Charles Ives’ Orchestral Set No. 2. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 23 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. CIM Organ Studio. Student musicians from the studio of Todd Wilson present works for solo organ on the Museum’s McMyler Memorial Organ. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free, but tickets required — register online.
3:00 pm – Ólafsson and Wang in Recital. Víkingur Ólafsson and Yuja Wang, pianos. Luciano Berio’s Wasserklavier, Franz Schubert’s Fantasie in F minor, John Cage’s Experiences No. 1, Conlon Nancarrow’s Study No. 6 (arr. Adès), John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction, Arvo Pärt’s Hymn to a Great City, and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Heights Arts. Close Encounters: Bach and his Art of the Fugue, featuring The Blossom Quartet. Stephen Tavani & Yun-Ting Lee, violins, William Bender, viola, and Dane Johansen, cello. J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Dunham Tavern Museum & Gardens, 6709 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra. Victor Liva, conductor, and Ovidiu Marinescu, cello. Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 and Franz Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2. Westlake Performing Arts Center, 27830 Hilliard Blvd., Westlake. Tickets available online.
4:00 pm – Les Délices. A Moment’s Oblivion. Nicholas Phan, tenor; Debra Nagy, oboe; Shelby Yamin, violin; Rebecca Landell, viola da gamba; and Mark Edwards, harpsichord. Michel de Montéclair’s La Bergère & Le Dépit généreux, Marin Marais’ “Le Labyrinthe” from Livre 4ème, Viet Cuong’s A Moment’s Oblivion (world premiere), and François Couperin’s “Barricades mistérieuses” and “Les Langueurs tendres” from Sixième Ordre. West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River. Tickets available online.