NOVEMBER 29 – MONDAY

7:30 pm – Les Délices: SalonEra 2.5 Machaut Man. Premieres: Nov 29, 2021: Blue Heron’s Scott Metcalfe and Les Délices director Debra Nagy celebrate the release of their new CD recording of Guillaume de Machaut’s Remede de Fortune with a deep dive into Machaut’s music and multimedia masterworks. Click here to register and view (on-demand after premiere).

NOVEMBER 30 – TUESDAY

12:00 pm – Tuesday Noon Advent Series, Mark Laseter, tenor, Jonathan Goya, violin, Addi Liu, violin, Jane Leggiero, viola da gamba & Jonathan Moyer, organ. “A Joyful Shout:’ North German Music of the late 17th century. Dietrich Buxtehude’s Trio Sonata in g, BuxWV 261 & Herr nun lässt du deinen Diener, BuxWV 31, Nicolaus Bruhns’ Jauchzet dem Herrn & Johann Adam Reincken’s Hortus Musicus IV. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.

DECEMBER 1 – WEDNESDAY

Available today — Les Délices: Noel, Noel, Dee Perry, recitation, Elena Mullins, soprano, Debra Nagy, oboe & recorder, Julie Andrijeski & Allison Monroe, violins, Rebecca Reed, viola da gamba & Mark Edwards, organ. Repeated from last season, Noel, Noel blends heartfelt Carols with classic and contemporary poetry read by longtime Cleveland radio and TV host Dee Perry to create an alternative Lessons and Carols experience. Les Délices’ original arrangements of carols from French, English, and German traditions will be interleaved with poems by Christina Rossetti, e.e. cummings, and Thomas Campion, plus recent work by Northeast Ohio poets Dave Lucas, Diane Kendig, and Julie Warther. Online only, available for 30 days after premiere. Click here for tickets and link.

12:00 pm – Trinity Brownbag Concert: A Jazzy Christmas. Gateway Band with vocalist Jennifer Cochran bring a lively performance of Christmas carols to the Cathedral. Program to be announced. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering. Hybrid concert will also be livestreamed.

12:15 pm – Florence Mustric, organ. “An American Christmas.” Music by seven composers, including Barber, Ginastera & Virgil Fox. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.

DECEMBER 2 – THURSDAY

7:30 pm – Quire Cleveland, Jay White, director. Carols for Quire XI: Mary’s Song. Four sixteenth-century settings of the Magnificat, the virgin Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel, provide the framework of the program through the works of Giovanni Pierluigi di Palestrina (Italy), Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spain), and the Britons, Robert Fayrfax and Robert Parsons. Carols of the season, including Gabriel’s Message, The Cherry Tree Carol, and Silent Night, along with familiar carols inviting audience participation, round out the program. St. Paschal Baylon, 5384 Wilson Mills Rd., Highland Hts. Freewill offering. Open seating, no reservations or tickets required, but masks are mandatory for all attendees, regardless of vaccination status.

DECEMBER 3 – FRIDAY

7:30 pm – A Procession of Advent Lessons & Carols, with the vocal and instrumental musicians of Akron’s Holy Trinity Lutheran and St. Sebastian Catholic churches. Event will also be live streamed and available on-demand for one week. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 50 N. Prospect St., Akron. Freewill offering.

8:00 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, with vocalists Vanessa Rubin, Evelyn Wright & rising star Ava Preston. “Sing a Song for the Holidays.” Program to be announced. BLU Jazz+, 47 E Market St, Akron. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm – Quire Cleveland, Jay White, director. Carols for Quire XI: Mary’s Song. Four sixteenth-century settings of the Magnificat, the virgin Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel, provide the framework of the program through the works of Giovanni Pierluigi di Palestrina (Italy), Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spain), and the Britons, Robert Fayrfax and Robert Parsons. Carols of the season, including Gabriel’s Message, The Cherry Tree Carol, and Silent Night, along with familiar carols inviting audience participation, round out the program. Our Lady of Peace Church, 12503 Buckingham Ave, Cleveland. Freewill offering. Open seating, no reservations or tickets required, but masks are mandatory for all attendees, regardless of vaccination status.

DECEMBER 4 – SATURDAY

1:30 pm – Honoring Our Past Masters: The Golden Age of Cleveland Art, 1900-1945 — Opening Reception & Concert. With Cleveland Orchestra members Isabel Trautwein, Alicia Koelz & Katherine Bormann (violins), Tanya Ell (cello), and Robert Woolfrey, (clarinet), with Eric Wong (viola) & Yann Chemali (cello). Music for Clarinet & Strings by Antonín Dvořák and five of Cleveland’s Past Masters Composers, two of whom (Charlie Rychlik & J.S. Zamecnik) studied with Dvořák. Program includes Rychlik’s Duet for Violin & Viola, Johann Beck’s 1888 String Sextet, & works by Douglas Moore & Ernest Bloch. Event sponsored by Cleveland History Center, Western Reserve Historical Society, CWRU Department of Art History & Art & Cleveland Arts Prize. Hay-McKinney Mansion, Western Reserve Historical Society, 10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. Tickets available online.

3:00 pm – Snowbelt Musical Arts Association: Lake Effect Concert Band, Greg Hillis, conductor, Lindsey Sandham Leonard, vocalist. Traditional & popular holiday favorites & a sing along. New Promise Church, 8671 Euclid Chardon Rd,, Kirtland. Freewill offering.

4:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert, Frank Bianchi, conducting, with Michelle Massouh Makhlouf, piano, James Riggs, organ, brass quintet and instrumentalists. Program features a candlelight processional, an audience sing-along, & pop tunes by Mr. Sun’s Echo. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Baldwin Wallace Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert, Frank Bianchi, conducting, with Michelle Massouh Makhlouf, piano, James Riggs, organ, brass quintet and instrumentalists. Program features a candelight processional, an audience sing-along, & pop tunes by Mr. Sun’s Echo. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, with vocalists Vanessa Rubin, Evelyn Wright & rising star Ava Preston. “Sing a Song for the Holidays.” Program to be announced. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road in University Circle, Cleveland. Tickets available online. Also available as a live stream.

7:30 pm – Snowbelt Musical Arts Association: Lake Effect Concert Band, Greg Hillis, conductor, Venessa Pintabona-Allen, vocalist. Traditional & popular holiday favorites & a sing along. Andover Christian Church, 200 Stillman Ave., Andover. Freewill offering.

8:00 pm – Quire Cleveland, Jay White, director. Carols for Quire XI: Mary’s Song. Four sixteenth-century settings of the Magnificat, the virgin Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel, provide the framework of the program through the works of Giovanni Pierluigi di Palestrina (Italy), Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spain), and the Britons, Robert Fayrfax and Robert Parsons. Carols of the season, including Gabriel’s Message, The Cherry Tree Carol, and Silent Night, along with familiar carols inviting audience participation, round out the program. St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, 10205 Lorain Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering. Open seating, no reservations or tickets required, but masks are mandatory for all attendees, regardless of vaccination status.

DECEMBER 5 – SUNDAY

2:30 pm – Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas, Brian Bigley, uilleann pipes, flute, whistles, William Coulter, guitar, Eimear Arkins, violin, voice, Kristen Bigley, violin, Tomáseen Foley, storyteller, director. Music, Dance & Storytelling from Ireland. Medina Performing Arts Center, 851 Weymouth Rd., Medina. Tickets available online.

3:00 pm – Euclid Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops, Matthew Salvaggio, conducting, featuring students from Lakeshore Dance and Gymnastics. Anderson’s A Christmas Festival, Tchaikovsky’s Scenes from The Nutcracker, Guaraldi’s Music from A Charlie Brown Christmas, Festive Sounds of Hanukkah, Silvestri’s Music from The Polar Express, A Canadian Brass Christmas & Anderson’s Sleigh Ride. Shore Cultural Center, 291 E. 222nd St., Euclid. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at the door.

3:30 pm – Western Reserve Chorale, David Gilson, artistic director. Concert features the local premiere of Dan Forrest’s Light Beyond Shadow, arrangements of holiday favorites & new music to celebrate the season. Church of the Gesu, 2470 Miramar Boulevard, University Hts. Freewill offering.

4:00 pm – Advent Lessons and Carols with Trinity Cathedral Choir, Todd Wilson, director, Nicole Keller, organ. Based on the famous Advent carol service held annually at St. John’s College, Cambridge (England), this beautiful service alternates Scripture readings with hymns, carols and anthems sung by the choir from various parts of the cathedral. The singing voices of the congregation also have a special part to play. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering. Please read the rules for services before attending.

4:00 pm – Singers Companye Christmas Concert, Samuel Gordon, director. Program to be announced. Fairlawn Lutheran Church, 3415 W. Market St., Fairlawn. Free.

5:00 pm – Sacred Heart Concert Series. The Orb Quartet (Amina Knapp & Caroline Cornell, violins, Izzi Aronin, viola & Aaron Lieberman, cello), Daniel Knapp, cello, Jake Berran, piano & Johnum Palado, organ. “Chillin’ with Contemporary Composers.” Music by Corigliano, Day-Lewis, Lieberman, Palado & Shaw. Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 410 W. Lorain St., Oberlin. Freewill offering. Click here for live stream.

7:30 pm – West Shore Chorale, John Drotleff, conducting, with choral scholars from area high schools. Carols & Choruses of Christmas. Rocky River Methodist Church, 19414 Detroit Rd. $15, students free