A two-week calendar is published every Monday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.
NOVEMBER 10 – MONDAY
7:30 pm – Rocky River Chamber Music Society. Phaeton Piano Trio. Friedemann Eichhorn, violin, Peter Hörr, cello, and Florian Uhlig, piano. Joseph Haydn’s Piano Trio in G Major, Hob: XV:25, Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1, and Camille Saint-Saens’ Piano Trio No. 2. West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River. Free and live streamed here.
NOVEMBER 11 – TUESDAY
12 Noon – Tuesdays at the Covenant. Juan Riveros, harp & Danny Jordan, viola. Franz Schubert’s Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano, tr. Riveros & Arnold Bax’s Fantasy Sonata for viola & harp. Church of the Covenant, University Circle.
5:30 pm – Fairmount Presbyterian Church Rush Hour Concerts. Papa Assane M’baye, Senegalese master drummer. 2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Free.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Music Society. Takács Quartet. Edward Dusinberre & Harumi Rhodes, violins, Richard O’Neill, viola, and András Fejér, cello. Haydn’s String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3; Bartók’s String Quartet No. 3; and Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106. Disciples Christian Church, 3663 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cinematic Symphony Orchestra. Heroes in Harmony. Andrew Keller, music director, Kristopher Morron, principal conductor, and the Cinematic Symphony Choir. The program honors America’s veterans with selections from iconic and heroic film scores. Featuring members of the 101st Airborne Division US Army Band. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
NOVEMBER 12 – WEDNESDAY
7:30 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Becca Stevens. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter performs an intimate solo concert in which the audience is seated on the stage. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
NOVEMBER 13 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Tugan Sokhiev, conductor, and Robert Walters, English horn. Geoffrey Gordon’s Mad Song (U.S. premiere) and Mahler’s Symphony No. 6. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
NOVEMBER 14 – FRIDAY
10:00 am – Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble. Choral Masterclass & Student Workshop. Composer Marques L.A. Garrett and Good Company work with local high school and college students. Kulas Musical Arts Building, Baldwin Wallace University, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Tugan Sokhiev, conductor, and Robert Walters, English horn. Geoffrey Gordon’s Mad Song (U.S. premiere) and Mahler’s Symphony No. 6. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland State University. Boulez 100: Celebrating the Pierre Boulez Centenary. Andrew Rindfleisch, director, Shuai Wang, piano, and the Boulez 100 Ensemble. Pierre Boulez’s Incises for solo piano, Dérive 1 for six players, and Dérive 2 for eleven players. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
NOVEMBER 15 – SATURDAY
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Tugan Sokhiev, conductor, and Robert Walters, English horn. Geoffrey Gordon’s Mad Song (U.S. premiere) and Mahler’s Symphony No. 6. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Classical Guitar Society. Duo Noire. Thomas Flippin and Christopher Mallett, guitars. World premieres of works by Bryan Senti, Casimir Liberski, and Layale Chaker, plus arrangements of music by J.S. Bach, Nathaniel Dett, and more. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Akron Symphony Orchestra. Handel’s Messiah: Part 1. Christopher Wilkins, conductor; Justin Kohan, trumpet; Rachel O’Connell, soprano; Cierra Byrd, mezzo-soprano; Timothy Culver, tenor; Adam Cioffari, bass; and the Akron Symphony Chorus. William Boyce’s Ode to the New Year 1758, Julia Perry’s Ye Who Seek the Truth, Hadyn’s Trumpet Concerto, and part one of Handel’s Messiah. E.J. Thomas Hall, 198 Hill St., Akron. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – CUSP and Antigone Music Collective. This fundraiser concert pairs Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with works by Bahar Royaee, Mark Andre, Ana Luisa Díaz de Cossío, and Katia Geha. 1433 E. 33rd St., Cleveland. Pay-what-you-wish, $15 suggested. Proceeds go to Cleveland Heights 4 Immigrant Rights. Reserve tickets online.
NOVEMBER 16 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – Tri-C Classical Piano Series. Elliot Wuu. Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque, Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 31 No. 3, “The Hunt,” and Rachmaninoff’s Daisies Op. 38 No. 3, Preludes Op. 23 No. 4 & 8, and Sonata No. 2. Tri-C Metropolitan Campus Auditorium, 2534 E. 30th St., Cleveland. Free, but tickets required — register online.
3:00 pm – Heights Arts. Close Encounters: Omni Quartet Plays Schumann and Beethoven. Amy Lee & Alicia Koelz, violins, Joanna Patterson Zakany, viola, and Tanya Ell, cello. Robert Schumann’s String Quartet No. 1 and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 2 (replacing Beethoven’s Quartet No. 12). Heights Theater, 2781 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Wooster Chamber Music Society. Callisto Quartet. Music by Haydn, Schubert, Jessie Montgomery, and Beethoven. Gault Recital Hall, 525 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online.
4:00 pm – Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble. Sing Out, My Soul! The Music of Marques L. A. Garrett. Michael Carney, director, and Katie Cross, accompanist. Lakewood Presbyterian Church, 14502 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. Free.
4:00 pm – Firelands Symphony, Freedom and Flourishes. Carl Topilow, conductor, and Maxim Lando, piano. Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, John Williams’ Liberty Fanfare, and Aaron Copland’s A Lincoln Portrait. Sawmill Creek Convention Center, 400 Sawmill Creek Drive, Huron. Tickets available online.
NOVEMBER 18 – TUESDAY
7:30 pm – Tuesday Musical. Les Arts Florissants: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300. The renowned Baroque ensemble from France celebrates the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, featuring violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte. E.J. Thomas Hall, 198 Hill St., Akron. Tickets available online.
NOVEMBER 19 – WEDNESDAY
7:00 pm – Wayne Center for the Arts Concert Series. Chad Hoopes, violin, and Bridget Kibbey, harp. Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 S. Walnut St., Wooster. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – CIM Insiders. Charles Paul, double bass; Genevieve Smelser, violin; Gareth Zehngut, viola; Dane Johansen, cello; and Jacob Bernhardt, piano. J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3, Boulanger’s Trois Pièces, Druckman’s Valentine, and Lerdahl’s Waltzes. Kulas Hall, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free but tickets required — reserve online.
NOVEMBER 20 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – Abrepaso Flamenco. Ni más / ni menos. All new original music by Adam Ben Ezra, blending classical, jazz, Mediterranean, and flamenco sounds. Dance and choreography by Alice Lawhorn, Felise Bagley, and Cristina Hall. Disciples Christian Church, 3663 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Dalia Stasevska, conductor. Silvestre Revueltas’s La Noche de los Mayas and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
NOVEMBER 21 – FRIDAY
11:00 am – The Cleveland Orchestra. Dalia Stasevska, conductor. Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. CLE Mixed Tape Live. A night of local music as four Northeast Ohio artists share the stage. Each artist has collaborated with composer-arranger Dan Bruce as he reimagines their works to feature them with an octet. The performance includes original music by Ray Flanagan, Liz Bullock, Jinari Kemet, and Gretchen Pleuss. Gartner Auditorium, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Les Délices. Wild Things. Musical settings of Aesop’s Fables (in English, with soprano Elena Mullins Bailey), plus instrumental music depicting birds, cats, frogs, insects, and more by Heinrich Biber, François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and others. Rocky River Public Library, 1600 Hampton Road, Rocky River. Free.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Artist Recital Series. Danish String Quartet. Frederik Øland & Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violins; Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola; and Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello. Igor Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet, Jonny Greenwood’s Suite from There Will Be Blood, Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, and original arrangements and compositions created by the group. Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. Andrew Grams, conductor, and Jakob Aumiller, piano. Tate’s “Issi’ (Deer)” from Woodland Songs, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra. Kulas Hall, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free, but tickets required — reserve online.
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. James Feddeck, conductor. Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet and César Franck’s Symphony in D minor. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
NOVEMBER 22 – SATURDAY
11:30 am – Les Délices. The Aesop Project. Puppets designed by Ian Petroni, an animal-inspired score of Baroque music assembled by Les Délices director Debra Nagy, and a narrative by Ohio poet laureate Dave Lucas. Arrive at 10:30 am to join art-making activities. CMA Community Arts Center, 2937 W. 25th St, Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm – Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Kris Morron leads Rhythms & Roots: Latin American Symphonic Music. Malzt Performing Arts Center 1855 Ansel Rd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Opera. Georges Bizet’s Doctor Miracle. The hour-long, one-act comedy will be staged with sets and costumes, sung in English, and accompanied by chamber instrumentalists. Plymouth Church, 2860 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Dalia Stasevska, conductor. Silvestre Revueltas’s La Noche de los Mayas and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – BlueWater Chamber Orchestra. Waves of Passion. Daniel Meyer, conductor, and David McCarroll, violin. Margaret Brouwer’s The Art of Sailing at Dawn, Aaron Copland’s Music for the Theatre, and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Pay-what-you-wish, tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Canton Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. Tito Muñoz, conductor, and Mark Kosower, cello. Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour, Daniel Perttu’s The Guises of Love (world premiere), and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations and Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture. Umstattd Hall, Zimmerman Symphony Center, 2331 17th St. N.W., Canton. Tickets available online.
NOVEMBER 23 – SUNDAY
1:00 pm – Greater Cleveland Flute Society. Recital and Masterclass with Mary Kay Fink. Featuring music by Georg Philipp Telemann, Gabriel Fauré, Sami Seif, and David Lang. The Music Settlement, 11125 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
2:30 pm – The Cleveland Opera. Georges Bizet’s Doctor Miracle. The hour-long, one-act comedy will be staged with sets and costumes, sung in English, and accompanied by chamber instrumentalists. Saint Casimir Church, 8223 Sowinski Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.
3:00 pm – BlueWater Chamber Orchestra. Waves of Passion. Daniel Meyer, conductor, and David McCarroll, violin. Margaret Brouwer’s The Art of Sailing at Dawn, Aaron Copland’s Music for the Theatre, and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 21750 Detroit Road, Rocky River. Freewill offering.
3:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Dalia Stasevska, conductor. Silvestre Revueltas’s La Noche de los Mayas and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:30 pm – Heights Chamber Orchestra. Travis Jürgens, conductor, and Anna Audenis, piano. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and César Franck’s Symphony in D minor. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Freewill offering.
3:30 pm – Suburban Symphony. Planetary Projections, Soaring Scores. Domenico Boyagian, conductor. Grieg’s “Morning Mood” from Peer Gynt and Holst’s The Planets, with illustrations by student artists of St. Dominic School. Beachwood High School, 25100 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood. Free.
5:00 pm – Les Délices. Wild Things. Musical settings of Aesop’s Fables (in English, with soprano Elena Mullins Bailey), plus instrumental music depicting birds, cats, frogs, insects, and more by Heinrich Biber, François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and others. Christ Church Episcopal, 21 Aurora St., Hudson. Tickets available online.
5:00 pm – Music at Bath Concert Series. Singers Companye. Choral repertoire by Cecilia McDowall, Dolly Parton, Taylor Scott Davis, Henry Mancini, and more. The Bath Church UCC, 3980 W. Bath Road, Akron. Freewill offering.