MARCH 20 – MONDAY

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music: hosted by Eric Charnofsky. Featured music —Augusta Read Thomas’s Angel Tears; Earth Prayers (saxophone and organ), Arnold Bax’s selected art songs for baritone and orchestra, Melinda Wagner’s Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion, George Rochberg’s String Quartet No. 5 & Annie Gosfield’a The Harmony of the Body-Machine (cello and static/machine noise). Click here to listen to the internet feed: or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area.

MARCH 21 – TUESDAY

12:00 pm – Tuesday Noon Organ Plus Concert: Ralph Holzhauser, organ. J.S. Bach’s Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 547, Florence Price’s Elf on a Moonbeam, Charles-Marie Widor’s Final from Symphony 8, Op. 42, No. 4, George Shearing’s I Love Thee, Lord & There is a Happy Land & Marcel Dupré’s Prelude & Fugue in B, Op. 7, No. 3. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.

MARCH 22 – WEDNESDAY

7:30 pm – CIM Faculty Recital: Richard Weiss, cello, Joela Jones, piano and accordion. Music by Debussy, Wallen, Benzecry, and Falla. Mixon Hall, 11021 East Blvd, Cleveland. Free, but a reservation is required.

MARCH 23 – THURSDAY

7:30 pm – Canton Symphony: Ben Gage Meets the Symphony. From Akron, Ben Gage creates folk music rooted in a blue-collar upbringing and a love of the outdoors. Zimmermann Symphony Center, 2331 17th St NW, Canton. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – LCCC Signature Series: Eliesha Nelson, viola. “Songs and Inspiration.” Barbara Strozzi Che Si Puo Fare, Melika Fitzhugh Love in the Time of Covid 19,” “Grace Laced with Muscle and Strength by Gentleness Confines,” When Wounds are Healed by Love, The Scars are Beautiful, Victoria Bond, Jasmine Flower, Jessie Montgomery, Rhapsody No. 1, Glenn Holmes, Expressions Jeffrey Mumford, …becoming clear, Missy Mazzoli, Tooth and Nail, and Jessica Meyer, Swerve. Cirigliano Studio Theatre, 1005 N. Abbe Rd. Elyria. Free

7:30 pm – Dana School of Music Guest Artist Recital: Chattanooga Guitar Duo. Music by The Beatles, Rossini, Brahms and more. Bliss Recital Hall, 1 University Plaza, Youngstown.Free.

7:30 pm – Baldwin Wallace Opera: Gilbert & Sullivan Pirates of Penzance: Directed by Ariana Wyatt, Conducted by Dean Buck. Grace Church Olmsted Falls, 6914 Columbia Road. Tickets available online.

MARCH 24 – FRIDAY

7:00 pm – Cleveland Cello Society: i  Cellisti ! 2023. Mark Kosower, Principal Cellist of The Cleveland Orchestra (and President of the CCS), playing two works for solo cello: Serenade by Hans Werner Henze, and Lamentations, Black/Folk Song Suite by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Kosower will then be joined by six additional cellists (!) to play a rarely-heard ensemble transcription of the Lalo Cello Concerto. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd. Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.

7:00 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art: A collaborative performance featuring songwriter, singer, poet and educator Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother); experimental poet, visual artist Lonnie Holley; poet and singer-songwriter Lee Bains, and soulful Cleveland collective Mourning [A] BLKstar. Free but reservations are required.

7:30 pm – Baldwin Wallace Opera: Gilbert & Sullivan Pirates of Penzance: Directed by Ariana Wyatt, Conducted by Dean Buck. Grace Church Olmsted Falls, 6914 Columbia Road. Tickets available online.

MARCH 25 – SATURDAY

2:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Opera: Gilbert & Sullivan Pirates of Penzance: Directed by Ariana Wyatt, Conducted by Dean Buck. Grace Church Olmsted Falls, 6914 Columbia Road. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Baldwin Wallace Opera: Gilbert & Sullivan Pirates of Penzance: Directed by Ariana Wyatt, Conducted by Dean Buck. Grace Church Olmsted Falls, 6914 Columbia Road. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm – Cleveland Pops Orchestra: Elton John & Billy Joel Tribute. The music of these icons presented by the renowned ensemble Jeans n’ Classics, will include hit songs Rocket Man, Yellow Brick Road, Piano Man, and Just the Way You Are. Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 44106. Tickets available online.

MARCH 26 – SUNDAY

3:00 pm – Heights Arts Close Encounters: Stephen Tavani and Yun-Ting Lee (violins), William Bender (viola), Dane Johansen (cello). Music by Mozart, Stravinsky, and Britten. Herrick Mews Carriage House, 1 Herrick Mews, Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.

3:30 pm – Heights Chamber Orchestra: Dean Buck, guest conductor Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha Overture, Debussy: Première rhapsodie (Jaye Benjamin, clarinet), and Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Rhenish.’ St Paul’s Episcopal Church 2747 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights. Freewill offering.

3:30 pm – M.U.S.i.C. (Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics), Matias Cuevas, Gastón Frydman & Alexander Kostritsa, piano, Maria Beyens, Victor Beyens, Masato Chang, Maude Cloutier, Quentin Routier, violin, Caitlin Hedge, viola, Brendon Phelps, Benjamin Mekinulov, cello, Henry Samuels, bass, Andy Poxon, guitar, Marquise Bradley, clarinet, Joseph Breslau, Alexa Lopez, Carlyle Quinn, voice. A Festival of Music from Latin and South America: Ernesto Lecuona’s Malaqueña, Alberto Ginastera’s Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2, Astor Piazzolla’s Spring,Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas brasileras, Radamés Gnattali’s Concerto a Brasileira, Ernesto Lecuona’s Maria la O, Julián Fueyo’s Premiere of a new work & Paquito D’Rivera’s Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano. Church of the Western Reserve, 30500 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike. Reception to follow. Tickets available online.

4:00 pm – Fine Arts Association Chorus: Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Haydn’s Te Deum, and Jenkins’ Benedictus. Phyllis Speirs, Conductor, Marcia Snavely, Organist, Anna E. White, Soprano, Kira McGirr, Mezzo-Soprano, Peter Wright, Tenor, Bob Godfrey, Bass/Baritone. Painesville United Methodist Church, 71 N. Park Place, Painesville, Ohio 44077. Free.

4:00 pm – Firelands Symphony: Artistry in Rhythm, Carl Topilow, conductor. The FSO Chorale presents a unique program of music from a variety of styles. The performance includes selections from the greatest jazz standards, blues musicians, Broadway smash hits, and other singer-songwriters from the golden ages of music. Ernsthausen Performing Arts Center 350 Shady Lane Drive, Norwalk, 44857 Tickets available online.