A two-week calendar is published every Tuesday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.
MAY 16 – MONDAY
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Radio Broadcast: Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, Eric Charnofsky, host. Program includes the third symphony of David Diamond, Bright Sheng’s My Song for piano, Secret Ground for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello by Judith Shatin, George Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3, and Allegro di Concerto “Alla Mendelssohn” for double bass and piano by Giovanni Bottesini. WRUW, Case Western Reserve University. Click here to listen to the internet feed.
MAY 17 – TUESDAY
12:00 pm – Tuesday Noon at the Covenant: Voice and organ majors from the Oberlin Conservatory. Selections from the oratorios of Felix Mendelssohn. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Offered both in-person and online. Free. Click here for link.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Trombone Choir, John Gruber, director, Katherine Jolly, narrator. Click here for program details. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.
MAY 18 – WEDNESDAY
12:00 pm – Trinity Brownbag Concert: Music of César Franck celebrating his 200th birthday. Nicole Keller & Todd Wilson, organ, Mark Laseter, tenor & Pam Kelly, cello. Chorale in b minor (Keller), Panis angelicus, Pastorale, Sortie l’Organiste & Chorale in E. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering. Hybrid concert will also be livestreamed.
MAY 20 – FRIDAY
11:00 am – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting. Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite & Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
12:15 pm – McGaffin Carillon Springtime Concert & Live Stream: George Leggiero, carillonneur. An all-Dutch program including folksongs and music from the 17th and 20th centuries. McGaffin Tower, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – Trobàr medieval music trio, featuring vocalists Allison Monroe & Elena Mullins. “Found in Translation 2.0.” The lives and art of the troubadours an trobairitz both in the original Occitan and in English translations by Ezra Pound, W.D. Snodgrass & Robert Kehew. Pre-concert talk by Kehew beginning at 6:15pm. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Hts. Free but reservations requested, proof of vaccination required.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra with Regina Carter, violin. Music from a wide range of genres including jazz, R&B, Latin, classical, blues, country, pop & African. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road in University Circle, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Collegium Musicum, Steven Plank, director. Music by Josquin Desprez, Jean Mouton, Orlande de Lassus, Pierre Villette, Adrian Willaert, and Pierre de Manchicourt. Fairchild Chapel (Bosworth Hall), Oberlin College, 50 W. Lorain St. Free. Watch a rehearsal video clip of Mouton’s Salva nos here.
7:30 pm – Fridays at Finney: Oberlin Orchestra, Raphael Jiménez, conducting. Sebastian Quesada’s Arena y Tiempo, Edward Elgar’s Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma,” lOp. 36 & Shawn Okpebholo’s Kutimbua Kivumbi (Stomp the Dust!). Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, 90 N. Professor St. Free. Click here for live stream.
MAY 21 – SATURDAY
2:30 pm – Oberlin Guitar Ensemble, Steven Aron, director. Click here for detailed program. Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free. Click here for live stream.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Collegium Musicum, Steven Plank, director. Music by Josquin Desprez, Jean Mouton, Orlande de Lassus, Pierre Villette, Adrian Willaert, and Pierre de Manchicourt. Fairchild Chapel (Bosworth Hall), Oberlin College, 50 W. Lorain St. Free. Watch a rehearsal video clip of Mouton’s Salva nos here.
8:00 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting., with Limmie Pulliam, tenor (Otello), Tamara Wilson, soprano (Desdemona), Christopher Maltman, baritone (Iago), Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano (Emilia), Pene Pati, tenor (Cassio), Owen McCausland, tenor (Roderigo), Raymond Aceto, bass (Lodovico), Kidon Choi, baritone (Montano), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus & Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus. Verdi’s Otello. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – Trobàr medieval music trio, featuring vocalists Allison Monroe & Elena Mullins. “Found in Translation 2.0.” The lives and art of the troubadours an trobairitz both in the original Occitan and in English translations by Ezra Pound, W.D. Snodgrass & Robert Kehew. Hildebrandt Artist Collective, 3619 Walton Ave., Cleveland. Free but reservations requested, proof of vaccination required.
MAY 22 – SUNDAY
3:30 pm – Sacred Heart Concert Series: Steven Plank Trio, with Jasper de Boor, viola & Lucy Kim, violin. Nikolai Medtner’s Piano Quintet in C. Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 410 West Lorain St., Oberlin. Free.
4:30 pm – Singers Companye, the Chamber Choir, Samuel Gordon, artistic director. “Flower into Kindness.” First performances of Ronnie Boscarello’s Veni Sancte Spiritus (for Gordon and Singers Companye) & Gordon’s Redbuds (for his brother Bob), and music by Monteverdi, José Nunes Garcia, Jacob Narverud, Ola Gjello, David Conte, W. Hawkins, Rosephanuye Powell, Jake Runestad & Morten Lauridsen. St. Sebastian Church, 476 Mull Ave., Akron. Freewill offering.
7:00 pm – Blue Streak Ensemble, Mary Kay Fink, flute, Alex Abreu, clarinet, James Thompson, violin, Robert Nicholson, cello, Arseny Gusev, piano, Luke Rinderknecht, percussion & Dean Buck, conductor. “Mystery and Lively Beats:” Jennifer Higdon’s Piano Trio (2003), Derek Bermel’s Tied Shifts (2004), Donald Erb’s Woody (1988) & Melinda Wagner’s Unsung Chordata (2017) . Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free but reservations required.
7:30 – Canton Symphony, Gerhardt Zimmerman, conducting, Jeffrey Biegel, piano. Daniel Perttu’s A Planet’s Odyssey (first performance) & Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst. Umstattd Hall, Zimmermann Symphony Center, 1001 Market Ave. N., Canton. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin College Choir, Ben Johns, conductor. Click here for detailed program. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free. Click here for live stream.
MAY 23 – MONDAY
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Radio Broadcast: Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, Eric Charnofsky, host. The 1st symphony of New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn, Respighi’s Suite in G Major for Strings and Organ, Eight poems of Cocteau for baritone voice and piano by Georges Auric, John Corigliano’s Troubadours – Suite for Guitar and Orchestra, and Swedish Festival Music by August Söderman. WRUW, Case Western Reserve University. Click here to listen to the internet feed.
8:00 pm – Art Song Festival Artist Recital: Tamara Wilson, soprano, Warren Jones, piano. The Program, Enchantment, includes the world premiere of Evan Snyder’s Tiffandra’s Spellbook, and works by, Debussy, Severac, Chausson, Han, Handel, Strauss, and Grieg. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MAY 24 – TUESDAY
10:30 am – Art Song Festival Master Class: Warren Jones, piano. Participants & repertoire to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free registration recommended. ‘
3:00 pm – Art Song Festival Master Class: Warren Jones, piano. Participants & repertoire to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free registration recommended.
7:00 pm – Clevcland Orchestra Musicians at Karamu House: Honoring Black Composers, a one-hour concert at the oldest producing African American theatre in the nation A talkback discussion and dialogue with musicians and composers will follow the concert. Brian R. Nabors’ Ohio Sketches String Quartet, William Grant Stills’ Incantation and Dance & Danzas de Panama, Dolores White’s Blues Dialogues, George Walker’s Lyrics for Strings, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Lament. H. Leslie Adams’ Sonata for Violin and Piano & Allison Loggins-Hull’s Homeland. Karamu House, 2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland. This event is sold out.
MAY 24 – WEDNESDAY
1:00 pm – Art Song Festival Panel Discussion, Warren Jones, leader. “Let’s Talk About Collaboration!” including a Q&A. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free registration recommended. =
MAY 26 – THURSDAY
10:30 am – Art Song Festival Master Class: Craig Terry, piano. Participants & repertoire to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free registration recommended.
3:00 pm – Art Song Festival Master Class: Craig Terry, piano. Participants & repertoire to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free registration recommended.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting., with Limmie Pulliam, tenor (Otello), Tamara Wilson, soprano (Desdemona), Christopher Maltman, baritone (Iago), Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano (Emilia), Pene Pati, tenor (Cassio), Owen McCausland, tenor (Roderigo), Raymond Aceto, bass (Lodovico), Kidon Choi, baritone (Montano), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus & Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus. Verdi’s Otello. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MAY 27 – FRIDAY
10:30 am – Art Song Festival Master Class: Tamara Wilson, soprano. Participants & repertoire to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free registration recommended.
3:00 pm – Art Song Festival Master Class: Tamara Wilson, soprano. Participants & repertoire to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free registration recommended.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Breaking Convention Program I, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting, Latonia Moore soprano. The program includes Reinvere’s Norilsk, the Daffodils, Walker’s Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra, and Gubaidulina’s Light of the End. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – Art Song Festival Artist Recital: David Portillo, tenor, Craig Terry, piano. Program to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MAY 28 – SATURDAY
10:30 am – Art Song Festival Master Class: David Portillo, tenor. Participants & repertoire to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free registration recommended.
3:00 pm – Art Song Festival Master Class: David Portillo, tenor. Participants & repertoire to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland.
7:00 pm – Art Song Festival Teams Recital. Participants to be announced. Program to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free registration recommended.
8:00 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Breaking Convention Program II, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting, Iveta Apkalna, organ. Ives’ From the Steeples and the Mountains, Shostakovich’s Passacaglia from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (version for solo organ), Sofia Gubaidulina’s Light and Dark (solo organ), Philip Glass’ Finale from Act III of Satyagraha (solo organ), George Walker’s Sinfonia No. 4 (“Strands”) & Barber’s Toccata Festiva for Organ and Orchestra. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MAY 29 – SUNDAY
3:00 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting., with Limmiee Pulliam, tenor (Otello), Tamara Wilson, soprano (Desdemona), Christopher Maltman, baritone (Iago), Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano (Emilia), Pene Pati, tenor (Cassio), Owen McCausland, tenor (Roderigo), Raymond Aceto, bass (Lodovico), Kidon Choi, baritone (Montano), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus & Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus. Verdi’s Otello. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.