by Daniel Hathaway
HAPPENING TODAY:
7:30 pm – Oberlin Organ Academy. Faculty Recital by Mark Edwards, harpsichord. Kulas Recital Hall. Free.
8:00 pm – ChamberFest Cleveland. “High Voltage.” Danish cellist Jonathan Swensen (pictured) at The Hermit Club, one of America’s oldest private clubs devoted to the performing arts (1629 Dodge Court, Cleveland.)
For details, addresses, and ticket information, please visit our Concert Listings.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Board Members for Tuesday Musical
Justin Chenault and Jeff Stenroos are joining the board of Tuesday Musical after being elected during the arts organization’s annual meeting on June 3 at Stan Hywet Hall
Beginning July 1, Chenault will serve as an at-large member and Stenroos will serve as co-chair of Tuesday Musical’s Brahms Allegro Junior Music Club for K-12 students. Read more here.
David Finckel & Wu Han end 25 years with Music @ Menlo
After more than two decades of visionary leadership, world-renowned musicians David Finckel and Wu Han have announced that they will step away from their roles as Founding Artistic Directors of the acclaimed Music@Menlo festival and institute, following the 2026 summer season. Download the press release from the Milina Barry agency here.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
On June 24, 1908, German composer and organist Hugo Distler was born in Nuremberg. His struggle with the Nazis, who declared his modernistic works “degenerate art” contributed to his death by suicide in Berlin in 1942. Click here to watch a performance of Distler’s Totentanz performed by Resonance, a professional vocal ensemble from Portland, Oregon, in Lewis & Clark College’s Agnes Flanagan Chapel, conducted by Katherine FitzGibbon, on October 29, 2011.
And on this date in 1935, American minimalist composer Terry Riley was born in Colfax, California. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, he maintained a long relationship with the Kronos Quartet. His most famous work is In C, an infinitely adaptable piece that can be played by any number of performers. Click here to watch a performance with over 100 musicians from the Chicago area and beyond organized by Third Coast Percussion at Pritzker Pavilion in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park in June, 2015.
