SEPTEMBER 21 – WEDNESDAY

7:30 pm – CIM Guest Recital: McCain Duo, Artina McCain, piano, Martin McCain, bass trombone (Kulas Visiting Artists’ Series). James Kazik’s Gangbusters, Carolina Calvache’s Encuentros, Florence Price’s Fantasy in Purple (arr. A. Wise), Victoria Bond’s I, Too (arr. A. Wise), David Wilborn’s Ragtime Fantasy & Boogie, Carl Maria Von Weber’s Romance (arr. M. McCain), Marcus Wilcher’s Amazing Grace and Battle Hymn of the Republic. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free but reservations required.

7:30 pm – Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Tim Weiss, conducting. Program to be announced. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.

SEPTEMBER 22 – THURSDAY

7:30 pm – Silver Hall Concert Series: Singers’ Club of Cleveland. The Kensington Songbook. A program of Club favorites that convey the ensemble’s convivial spirit, these songs have been known to spontaneously erupt anytime they gather — including at Kensington Pub to unwind after rehearsals. Maltz Performing Arts Center, Case Western Reserve University, 1855 Ansel Rd, Cleveland. Free, but tickets required.

SEPTEMBER 23 – FRIDAY

12:00 pm – Oberlin Richard Murphy Musicology Colloquium, Steven Plank, lecturer. “Lucien C. Warner, Feminism, and the Building of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.” The building of a new home for the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1884 marked a significant moment for the history of the conservatory on several fronts: most notably it provided a facility proportional to instructional need and ambition; it became a catalyst for the Conservatory to become administratively and fiscally integrated into Oberlin College; and it advertised to the broader world an aspiration to become a major presence in the education of musicians. The rhetoric of the dedication of the building is rich in reference to co-education, a signature trait of Oberlin College, and this in turn is interestingly resonant with the profile of the building’s donor, Dr. Lucien C. Warner. Bibbins 224, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. Free.

7:30 pm – Megaron Chamber Choir (St. Stanislav´s Institution, Slovenia), Damijan Močnik, conducting. Unaccompanied choral works by Gallus, Sarti, Rheinberger, Tchaikovsky, Arnesen, Močnik, and Slovenian romantic composers. Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, E. 9 & Superior, Cleveland. Freewill offering.

SEPTEMBER 24 – SATURDAY

4:00 pm – & 7:30 pm – Les Délices: The Highland Lassie — Live, a program that evokes the wild and rugged beauty of Scotland’s heathered hills. Soprano Elena Mullins sings tales of love and loss including “Barbara Allen” and Robert Burns’ famous “A red, red rose” along with more Scots songs and reels from 17th & 18th century sources. Dunham Tavern, 6709 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Akron Symphony Orchestra: American Fanfare, Christopher Wilkins, conducting, John Gruber, trombone. Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Florence Price’s Andante moderato, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s Moccasin Game, William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 2 “Song of a New Race,” George Walker’s Trombone Concerto & George Gershwin’s An American in Paris. E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – CIM Celebration Concert: Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar, conducting. Haydn’s Symphony No. 92 in G, “Oxford,” Julián Fueyo’s The Eleventh Heaven (2018), Jessie Montgomery’s Records from a Vanishing City (2016) & Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Free, but tickets required.

7:30 pm – Oberlin Faculty Recital: Oberlin Trio, Haewon Song, piano, David Bowlin, violin & Dmitry Kouzov, cello. The program includes Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 in c, Pärt’s  Mozart-Adagio for Piano Trio, and Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor.. Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.

SEPTEMBER 25 – SUNDAY

2:30 pm – Youngstown Symphony Orchestra: Autumn Ablaze, Raffaele Ponti, guest conductor. Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, Mikhail Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture, Puccini’s I crisantemi (The Chrysanthemums) & Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Avenue, Youngstown. Purchase tickets here.

3:00 pm – UA Kulas Recital Series: The Oberlin Trio, Haewon Song, piano, David Bowlin, violin & Dmitry Kouzov, cello. The program includes Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 in c, Pärt’s  Mozart-Adagio for Piano Trio, and Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor. Guzzetta Recital Hall, University of Akron, 157 University Ave., Akron. $12 general admission, all free with ID.

7:00 pm – NEOSonicFall: Cleveland Chamber Symphony Young & Emerging Composers Concert, Steven Smith, music director. Work by Genevieve Kramer (Baldwin Wallace University), Aaron Chung (Bowling Green University), Kristian Schembri (Cleveland Institute of Music), Jimmie Parker (Cleveland State University), Tylor Davis (Kent State University) & Curtis Lacey (University of Akron). Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free. Click here for live stream.