by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Today: a pair of free concerts from pianist Nathan Carterette and the Choir of Notre-Dame Cathedral
•Announcements: CIM, BW & Cleveland Opera Theater recognized for Digital Excellence in Opera, and two upcoming events at BW — “Queer Arts in Northeast Ohio” and a conversation with Eric Whitacre
•Interesting reads: findings from studies on gender imbalance at opera companies and arts & economic prosperity
•Almanac: Wynton Marsalis, Howard Shore, Charles Gounod, and Gussie Lord Davis — the first Black songwriter to reach Tin Pan Alley fame
HAPPENING TODAY:
At noon, pianist Nathan Carterette will play music by Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninoff in a Trinity Cathedral Brownbag Concert.
And at 7:30, the Choir of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France (pictured), directed by Henri Chalet and featuring organist Yves Castagnet, will play works by Jehan Alain, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, Louis Vierne, César Franck, Francis Poulenc, and Castagnet himself at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. The performance is part of the Helen D. Schubert Concert Series.
A freewill offering will be taken up at both events.