NOVEMBER 18 – MONDAY

2:30 pm – Cavani Quartet, Annie Fullard & Catherine Cosbey, violins, Eric Wong, viola & Kyle Price, cello. Charles Washington’s Midnight Child, & Beethoven’s Quartet in B-flat, Op. 130 & Große Fuge, Op.133. Arts Renaissance Tremont Stepping Out Series. Rocky River Senior Center Auditorium, 21014 Hilliard Blvd. Free (donations welcome) but seating reservations required: call 440.333.6660.

7:30 pm – CWRU Symphonic Winds & Percussion Ensemble, Jonathan O’Brien, alto saxophone. Program includes Ibert’s Concertino da Camera. Silver Hall Concert Series. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road in University Circle, Cleveland. Free but registration required.

7:30 pm – LCCC Signature Series: Awadagin Pratt, piano. The Eva Hornyak Memorial Concert. Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31, Op.110, Franck’s Prelude Chorale & Fugue & Liszt’s Sonata in b. Cinema Hall, Stocker Center for the Arts, Lorain County Community College, 1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria. Free.

7:30 pm – Rocky River Chamber Music Society: Timothy Olson, organ & Judith Saxon, trumpet (University of North Carolina). Telemann’s Air de Trompett, Krebs’ Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen, J.S. Bach’s Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, Viviani’s Suite, Saxton’s Landfall, Handel’s Two Arias, Václav Nelhybel’s Sonata da Chiesa No. 2, Calvin Hampton’s At the Ballet & Everyone Dance (Five Dances for Organ) & Shostakovich’s Polka (The Golden Age). West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River. Freewill offering.

NOVEMBER 19 – TUESDAY

12:00 pm – Tuesday Noon at the Covenant: Matthew DIon, organ. Tunder’s Praeludium in F, Buxtehude’s Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist & Praeludium in d, BuxWV 140, & J.S. Bach’s Liebster Jesu, wir sing hier, BWV 731 & Prelude & Fugue in a, BWV 543. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free, lunches welcome.

NOVEMBER 20 – WEDNESDAY

12:00 pm – Trinity Brownbag Concert: Jackie Warren, the Queen of Jazz Piano. Program to be announced. Bring your lunch or buy lunch for $7. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.

12:15 pm – Linda Kempke, organ. “Fantasia.” Music by Sweelinck, J.S. Bach, Miller & others. Beckerath Organ. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.

12:15 pm – YSU Music at Noon: Saxophone Studio. Program to be announced. Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown State University, 524 Wick Ave. Free.

7:30 pm – CIM Faculty Recital: Ilya Kaler, violin & James Giles, piano. Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 6 in A, Op. 30, No. 1, Dohnányi’s Violin Sonata in c-sharp, Op. 21, Prokofiev’s Five Melodies, Op. 35a, Szymanowski’s Romance, Op. 23 & Kreisler’s Berceuse Romantique, Op. 9, La Gitana, Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3 & Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta. First Baptist Church, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights. Free.

8:00 pm – Classical Revolution Cleveland. Performers include the Cavani String Quartet, Cleveland Orchestra members Wesley Collins & Yun-Ting Lee, College of Wooster faculty Anna Bowman Hurt, OPUS 216 & violinist Ariel Clayton Karas. Program to be annouunced. The Happy Dog in Gordon Square, 5801 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. Free admission.

NOVEMBER 21 – THURSDAY

7:30 – Apollo’s Fire, Amanda Powell, soprano, Brian Kay, lute, Susanna Perry Gilmore, violin, Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer. “Scarborough Fayre: Music from Merry Old England.” Music by Dowland and Purcell, English ballads & tunes from Shakespeare’s stage. First Methodist Church, 263 E. Mill St., Akron. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conducting, Michael Sachs, trumpet. Schubert’s Selections from Rosamunde, Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto & Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (“London”). Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Kent State Vanguard New Music Series: andPlay, Maya Bennardo, violin & Hannah Levinson, viola. Leah Asher’s Letters to My Future Self (2018), Clara Iannotta’s Limun (2011), Anthony Vine’s Terrain (2019), Scott Wollschleger’s Violain (2017) & the premiere of a new work by Adam Roberts (2019). Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent. Free.

7:30 pm – Mystical Arts of Tibet. Silver Hall Concert Series. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road in University Circle, Cleveland. Free but registration required.

7:30 pm – Oberlin Guest Recital: Apple Hill String Quartet. Mozart’s Quartet No. 18 in A, K. 464, Dana Lyn’s Looking for Lady Gordon – Suite for Fiddle and String Quartet & Celso Garrido-Lecca’s String Quartet No. 2 (1988) . Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.

7:30 pm – Tuesday Musical: Fei Fei, piano. Program includes Beethoven’s Sonata No. 18, in E Flat, Op. 31, No. 3, Schumann’s Kinderszenen, Debussy’s L’Isle Joyeuse & Rachmaninoff’s Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, No. 1. Annual Margaret Baxstresser Concert. 6:30 pm conversation with the pianist. E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. Tickets available online.

NOVEMBER 22 – FRIDAY

7:00 pm – Cleveland Orchestra Fridays@7, Nicholas McGegan, conducting, Michael Sachs, trumpet. Schubert’s Selections from Rosamunde, Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto & Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (“London”). Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Oberlin Artist Recital Series: Orchestra & Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Cohen, conductor & harpsichord, Katherine Watson & Rowan Pierce, sopranos, Iestyn Davies, countertenor & Katharina Spreckelsen, baroque oboe. Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Albinoni’s Oboe Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 9 & Vivaldi’s Gloria. Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, 90 N. Professor St. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – The Cleveland Opera: Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. John Thomas Dodson, conducting the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra. with Dorota Sobieska (Manon Lescaut), Mikhail Urusov (Chevalier Renato des Grieux), Jonathan Stinson (Lescaut), Francisco Prado (Geronte di Revoir), Brian Skoog (Edmondo), Loren Reash-Henz (Innkeeper), Elizabeth Frey (Singer), Cory Svette (Dance Master) & Jeremy Gilpatric (Sergeant of the Royal Archers). Tudor Arms Hotel Grand Ballroom, 10660 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – UA Kulas Concert Series: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Frank Ward, director, Marie Bucoy-Calavan, music director. Fully staged, with chamber orchestra. Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes, including one intermission. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Tickets: $12, $6 non-UA students, free for UA students with ZipCard.

8:00 – Apollo’s Fire, Amanda Powell, soprano, Brian Kay, lute, Susanna Perry Gilmore, violin, Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer. “Scarborough Fayre: Music from Merry Old England.” Music by Dowland and Purcell, English ballads & tunes from Shakespeare’s stage. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Hts. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm – CIM Orchestra, James Ross, guest conductor, HaoGuo Chen, piano. Aldo López-Gavilán’s Mojito con Saoco, Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Robert Schumann’s Overture to Manfred, Op. 115 & Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82. Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free.

NOVEMBER 23 – SATURDAY

3:00 pm – Oberlin Guest Recital: Lorna McGhee, flute (principal, Pittsburgh Symphony). Program to be announced. Sponsored by the Oberlin Flute Association. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.

7:30 pm – BlueWater Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Meyer, conducting, with Jinjoo Cho, violin. “Deceptive Cadences.” Schumann’s Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52, Thomas Adès’ Three Studies from Couperin & Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Plymouth Church, 2860 Coventry Rd., Shaker Hts. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Oberlin Guitar Ensemble, Stephen Aron, director, with Nicole Hong, soprano & Sophia Keil, flute. Tansman’s Sonatine for Two Guitars, Francis Kleynjans’ Two Arias & Anon. Six Bergerette. Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free. Click here for live stream.

7:30 pm – UA Kulas Concert Series: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Frank Ward, director, Marie Bucoy-Calavan, music director. Fully staged, with chamber orchestra. Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes, including one intermission. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Tickets: $12, $6 non-UA students, free for UA students with ZipCard.

8:00 – Apollo’s Fire, Amanda Powell, soprano, Brian Kay, lute, Susanna Perry Gilmore, violin, Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer. “Scarborough Fayre: Music from Merry Old England.” Music by Dowland and Purcell, English ballads & tunes from Shakespeare’s stage. Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm – Cleveland Orchestra Fridays@7, Nicholas McGegan, conducting, Michael Sachs, trumpet. Schubert’s Selections from Rosamunde, Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto & Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (“London”). Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm – Youngstown Symphony, Randall Craig Fleischer, conducting, with Di Wu, piano. Mozart’s Piano Concerto in d, K. 466, Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 & Holst’s Brook Green Suite. Ford Family Recital Hall, DeYor Center, Federal Plaza, Youngstown. Tickets available online.

NOVEMBER 24 – SUNDAY

1:30 pm – Oberlin Faculty Recital: David Bowlin, violin & Tony Cho, piano. Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne (Pucinella, 1934), Duo Concertant (1932) & Divertimento (The Fairy’s Kiss, 1928-34). Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free. Click here for live stream.

2:00 pm – Tri-C Classical Piano Series: Soyeon Kate Lee, piano. Mozart’s Sonata in E-flat, K. 282, Debussy’s Bruyères, Minstrels, Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest & La puerta del Vino (Préludes), Ravel’s La Valse, Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes (selections) & Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 in B. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard. Free.

3:00 pm – Arts Remaissance Tremont: BlueWater Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Meyer, conducting, with Jinjoo Cho, violin. “Deceptive Cadences.” Schumann’s Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52, Thomas Adès’ Three Studies from Couperin & Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 W. 14th St., Tremont, Cleveland. Freewill offering.

3:00 pm – Heights Arts Close Encounters: We Too, Part II — Four First Ladies in Music, Mari Sato & Isabel Trautwein, violins, Eric Wong, viola, Kyle Price, cello & Robert Woolfrey, clarinet. String quartets by the first woman chosen to perform for Abraham Lincoln, the first female composer-in-residence at CIM, the first woman instrumentalist in a major orchestra & a new clarinet quintet by the young New York composer Anna Weesner. Dunham Tavern Barn, 6709 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.

3:00 pm – Oberlin Trombone Choir, John Gruber, director. Program to be announced. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free. Click here for live stream.

3:00 pm – UA Kulas Concert Series: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Frank Ward, director, Marie Bucoy-Calavan, music director. Fully staged, with chamber orchestra. Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes, including one intermission. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Tickets: $12, $6 non-UA students, free for UA students with ZipCard.

3:00 pm – Youngstown Symphony Stained Glass Concert, Randall Craig Fleischer, conducting. Music by Brahms, Grieg, Britten, Smetana, Joplin, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi & Johann Strauss, Jr. Jewish Community Center, Youngstown. Free.

3:30 pm – The Cleveland Opera: Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. John Thomas Dodson, conducting the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra. with Dorota Sobieska (Manon Lescaut), Mikhail Urusov (Chevalier Renato des Grieux), Jonathan Stinson (Lescaut), Francisco Prado (Geronte di Revoir), Brian Skoog (Edmondo), Loren Reash-Henz (Innkeeper), Elizabeth Frey (Singer), Cory Svette (Dance Master) & Jeremy Gilpatric (Sergeant of the Royal Archers). Tudor Arms Hotel Grand Ballroom, 10660 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.

4:00 – Apollo’s Fire, Amanda Powell, soprano, Brian Kay, lute, Susanna Perry Gilmore, violin, Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer. “Scarborough Fayre: Music from Merry Old England.” Music by Dowland and Purcell, English ballads & tunes from Shakespeare’s stage. Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 21750 Detroit Rd. Tickets available online.

4:00 pm – Brook Benedict & Friends, Music for Organ & Brass. Program to be announced. St. Noel Church, 35200 Chardon Rd., Willoughby Hills. Freewill offering.

4:00 pm – Cleveland Messiah Chorus, Virginia Wieland-Mast, conducting, with Madelyn Hasebein, soprano, Linda Frank, alto, Matthew Jones, tenor, Jason Fuh, bass, Anne Wilson, organ & Rick Tate, trumpet. Handel’s The Messiah (97th performances). Forest Hills Presbyterian Church, 3031 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Freewill offering.

4:30 pm – Urban Troubadour: Big, Bad Flute, with contrabass flutist Ned McGowan & flutists from The Cleveland Orchestra & Akron and Detroit Symphonies, with Eric Charnofsky, pianist. Cocktails in the lobby of the new Blutique Hotel, 5:45 pm Concert at Blu Jazz, 7:00 pm After-concert rhythm party with Ned. Blutique Hotel & Blu Jazz, Market St., Akron. Tickets available online.

7:00 pm – The Offbeat Song Project: Gwendolyn DeLaney & Ashlyn Herd, sopranos, Elise Pates, mezzo-soprano, Matt Mueller, bass & Adam Whiting, piano. A History of Lieder in Seven Composers. Program to be announced from the stage. Bop Stop, 2920 Detroit Avenue in Ohio City, Cleveland. $15, Students: $10.

7:30 pm – Oberlin Brass Ensemble, Roy Poper, director. Program to be announced. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free. Click here for live stream.