MARCH 18 – MONDAY

7:30 pm – UA Symphonic Band, Galen Karriker, conducting, Ian Crouse, euphonium (competition winner). Sparke’s Pantomime & works by Barnes, Giroux, Grant & Ticheli. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Free.

MARCH 19 – TUESDAY

12:05 pm – Anna O’Donnell, voice & harp. Irish music. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.

7:30 pm – Case Baroque Chamber Ensembles. A Family Affair: English Consort Music. Viols and Violins in works by Holborne, Simpson, Lawes, Purcell & others. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. Free.

7:30 pm – Oberlin Guest Recital: Benjamin Alard, organ. J.S. Bach’s Toccata in D, BWV 912, Fugue in G, BWV 577, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739, Ein feste Burg, BWV 720, & Fugue in D, BWV 532a & Buxtehude’s Nun freut euch, BuxWV 210, Chaconne in e, BuxWV 160 & Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223. Flentrop organ. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.

7:30 pm – UA JazzFest 2019: Jazz Combos & Lab Band, Jack Schantz, conducting. Concert features music by Bill Evans. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Free.

MARCH 20 – WEDNESDAY

12:10 pm – Trinity Brownbag Concert. Movie Memories: From Crooners to Heartthrobs, JR Fralick, vocalist. Program to be announced. Bring your lunch or buy lunch for $7. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Frewill offering.

12:15 pm – Robert Myers, organ. “Music for the Lenten Season” by Bach, Walcha, Marpurg & others. Beckerath organ. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.

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

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm — Fresh Perspectives presents Burning River Baroque, Malina Rauschenfels, soprano, Paula Maust, harpsichord, Sarah Lynn, baroque flute & Glenna Curren, baroque cello. “The Other Side of the Story.” Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre’s Judith, Vivaldi’s Cello Sonata No. 3 in a, Anon. 13th c. L’autre jour/Hier matinet/Omnes & Hé, Marotele/En la praerie/Aptatur, Aaron Grad’s Honey-sweet we sing for you (2018, world premiere, libretto by Jennifer Bullis), Anna Bon’s Flute Sonata No. 1 in C, Purcell’s What Can We Poor Females Do?, Giovanni Battista Chinelli’s Ben accorta, ben sagace & Barbara Strozzi’s Consiglio Amoroso. 6:30p – doors open, 6:45p – pre-concert discussion about the program (20 mins), 7:30p – music. Evening includes a dj, bar, and light snacks.. Glo, 2460 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland. Name your ticket price: $5-$15.

7:30 pm – Oberlin College Choir, Gregory Ristow, conducting. Music for the English Queens Elizabeth I, Mary, Victoria & Elizabeth II. Click here for program details. Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, 90 N. Professor St. Free. Click here for live stream.

7:30 pm – Oberlin Guest Recital: Benjamin Alard, harpsichord. Buxtehude’s Praeludium in g & J.S. Bach’s Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 742, Toccata in D, BWV 912, Fugue in b (J.Pachelbel-WeimarerTabulatur), Partita sopra O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767 & Sonata in a, BWV 965 (after J.A. Reinchen). Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.

7:30 pm – UA JazzFest 2019: Movie Night. Screening of the documentary film, Bill Evans, Time Remembered. Music and introductory remarks by David Thompson. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Free.

MARCH 21 – THURSDAY

7:00 pm – Burning River Baroque, Malina Rauschenfels, soprano, Paula Maust, harpsichord, Sarah Lynn, baroque flute & Glenna Curren, baroque cello. “The Other Side of the Story.” Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre’s Judith, Vivaldi’s Cello Sonata No. 3 in a, Anon. 13th c. L’autre jour/Hier matinet/Omnes & Hé, Marotele/En la praerie/Aptatur, Aaron Grad’s Honey-sweet we sing for you (2018, world premiere, libretto by Jennifer Bullis), Anna Bon’s Flute Sonata No. 1 in C, Purcell’s What Can We Poor Females Do?, Giovanni Battista Chinelli’s Ben accorta, ben sagace & Barbara Strozzi’s Consiglio Amoroso. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 2555 Euclid Hts. Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Suggested donation $10-$20.

7:30 pm – Baldwin Wallace Opera Theater: Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Scott Skiba, director, Domenico Boyagian, conducting. Cast to be announced. Run time 2 hours, 30 minutes. Black Box Theatre, Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting. Webern’s Six Pieces for Orchestra, Schubert’s Symphony No. 4 (“Tragic”) & Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”). Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – UA JazzFest 2019: Faculty Jazz, David Thompson, Jack Schantz, trumpet, Rock Wehrmann, piano, Dean Newton, guitar & Mark Gonder, Drums. Music by Bill Evans. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Free.

MARCH 22 – FRIDAY

11:00 am – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting. Webern’s Six Pieces for Orchestra, Schubert’s Symphony No. 4 (“Tragic”) & Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”). Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available Tickets available online.

7:00 pm – & 9:00 pm — Pam Tanowitz Dance (New York), & dancers from Cleveland’s The Movement Project. Recital #1 (five small dances for Cleveland). Music by Dana Jessen (above). Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 W. 14th St., Tremont, Cleveland. Free but seating passes required. Call 216.795.3211. $10 at the door

7:00 pm – Burning River Baroque, Malina Rauschenfels, soprano, Paula Maust, harpsichord, Sarah Lynn, baroque flute & Glenna Curren, baroque cello. “The Other Side of the Story.” Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre’s Judith, Vivaldi’s Cello Sonata No. 3 in a, Anon. 13th c. L’autre jour/Hier matinet/Omnes & Hé, Marotele/En la praerie/Aptatur, Aaron Grad’s Honey-sweet we sing for you (2018, world premiere, libretto by Jennifer Bullis), Anna Bon’s Flute Sonata No. 1 in C, Purcell’s What Can We Poor Females Do?, Giovanni Battista Chinelli’s Ben accorta, ben sagace & Barbara Strozzi’s Consiglio Amoroso. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Avenue, Youngstown. Freewill offering.

7:00 pm – BW Faculty/Guest Recital: Richard Stout, trombone & Christina Dahl, piano. Program to be announced. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.

7:30 – Climatekeys Soirée: Romantic Piano Music & Climate Science. Halida Dinova, piano, Kevin Mueller, speaker (CSU Geological & Environmental Sciences), with special guest Alan Tartakoff (CWRU Division of General Medical Science). Chopin’s Préludes Op. 28, Nos. 24 &17, Schuber’st Impromptu, Op. 90, Debussy’s Les Collines d’Anacapri, Mendelssohn’s Variations. Op.54, Rachmaninoff‘sPrelude, Op. 32 & Ernest Bloch’s Poems of the Sea. Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University, 2100 Euclid Ave.
Free.

7:30 pm – Baldwin Wallace Opera Theater: Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Scott Skiba, director, Domenico Boyagian, conducting. Cast to be announced. Run time 2 hours, 30 minutes. Black Box Theatre, Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – UA JazzFest 2019: Student Big Band, David Thompson, piano & the School of Music Jazz Ensemble, Jack Schantz, director. Music by Bill Evans. E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. Free.

MARCH 23 – SATURDAY

4:00 pm – CWRU String & Piano Chamber Music. Performers to be announced. Music by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Smetana, Brahms & Ysaÿe. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. Free.

7:00 pm – Burning River Baroque, Malina Rauschenfels, soprano, Paula Maust, harpsichord, Sarah Lynn, baroque flute & Glenna Curren, baroque cello. “The Other Side of the Story.” Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre’s Judith, Vivaldi’s Cello Sonata No. 3 in a, Anon. 13th c. L’autre jour/Hier matinet/Omnes & Hé, Marotele/En la praerie/Aptatur, Aaron Grad’s Honey-sweet we sing for you (2018, world premiere, libretto by Jennifer Bullis), Anna Bon’s Flute Sonata No. 1 in C, Purcell’s What Can We Poor Females Do?, Giovanni Battista Chinelli’s Ben accorta, ben sagace & Barbara Strozzi’s Consiglio Amoroso. Lakewood Congregational Church, 1375 W. Clifton Blvd., Lakewood. $10-$20 suggested donation.

7:30 pm – Baldwin Wallace Opera Theater: Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Scott Skiba, director, Domenico Boyagian, conducting. Cast to be announced. Run time 2 hours, 30 minutes. Black Box Theatre, Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Canton Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Matthew Jenkins Jaroszewicz & Britt Cooper, conducting. Henry Purcell’s Dido’s Lament (arr. Leopold Stokowski), Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite & Joseph Haydn’s Mass in the Time of War . Umstattd Hall, 1001 Market Ave. N., Canton. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Cleveland Classical Guitar Society: Brasil Guitar Duo, João Luiz & Douglas Lora. Rameau’s Allemande & Les Cyclopes (Pièces de Clavecin), Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Prelude & Fugue in c-sharp, Frederic Hand’s Still, Egberto Gismonti’s A Fala da Paixão & Sete Anéis, Leo Brouwer’s Sonata de los Viajeros (2009) & Gismonti’s Alegrinho & Karatê. Plymouth Church, 2860 Coventry Rd., Shaker Hts. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting. Webern’s Six Pieces for Orchestra, Schubert’s Symphony No. 4 (“Tragic”) & Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”). Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

MARCH 24 – SUNDAY

2:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Opera Theater: Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Scott Skiba, director, Domenico Boyagian, conducting. Cast to be announced. Run time 2 hours, 30 minutes. Black Box Theatre, Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea. Tickets available online.

2:00 pm – Tri-C Classical Piano Series: Antonio Pompa-Baldi & Emanuela Friscioni, piano. Program to be announced. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard. Free.

3:00 pm – BW Faculty Recital: Mary Dobrea-Grindahl & Sungeun Kim, piano. Program to be announced. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.

3:00 pm – Cut-Time Simfonica: Making Classical Music Work Everywhere (Detroit), String Quartet + Drums plays a lively mix of symphonic standards, crossover into jazz and rock & new music by bassist- director Rick Robinson. Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 21750 Detroit Rd. Freewill offering.

3:00 pm – Western Reserve Chorale, David Gilson, conducting. Haydn’s Missa Santi Nicholai & Beethoven’s Mass in C. Silver Hall Concert Series. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road in University Circle, Cleveland. Free but tickets can be reserved online.

3:30 pm – Suburban Symphony, Dean Buck, guest conductor. Verdi’s Overture to Luisa Miller & Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn & Symphony No.2. First Baptist Church, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights. Free.

4:00 pm – Akron Baroque with Singers Companye & George Pope, flute. Nature-inspired works by Handel, Purcell & Rameau, including Vivaldi’s flute concerto, Il Gardellino (the Goldfinch). Faith Lutheran Church, 2726 W. Market St., Fairlawn. Free.

4:00 pm – Firelands Symphony Chorale & Chamber Orchestra, Michael Schirtz, conducting. Duruflé’s Requiem. Sandusky State Theatre, 107 Columbus Ave., Sandusky. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm – CIM Faculty Recital: Franklin Cohen, clarinet, Ilya Kaler, violin, Oliver Herbert, cello (guest) & Daniel Shapiro, piano. Fauré’s Trio in d, Op. 120, Bartók’s Contrasts, Sz. 111, & Brahms’ Clarinet Trio in a, Op. 114. Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free but seating passes required.