JUNE 18 - TUESDAY

7:00 pm - Amethyst String Quartet, sponsored by Local 4 Music Fund, Cleveland Musicians. Early 20th century music inspired by PBS’s Downton Abbey. Cain Park, Superior & Lee Rds., Cleveland Heights. Free.

19 - WEDNESDAY

12:15 pm - Florence Mustric, organ. “Obstinately yours.” Bach’s Passacaglia & Fugue & music by Buxtehude, Kerll & Walton. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.

2:00 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Rogers & Hammerstein’s The King and I (1951), Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online.

7:00 pm - Phạm Thị Huệ, Vietnamese vocalist and lutenist, (Cleveland Foundation Creative Fusion Artist), with Nguyễn Huệ Phương, voice & clapper, Ismail Douglas, guitar, Josh Sherman, tabla, Linda Thomas Jones & Iyanifa Fasi Irunsewe, congas, djembe & voice & David Badagnani, sheng. Traditional Vietnamese music (Ca trù). Reception following with rare Vietnamese teas, Asian cakes and pastries. First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights. $10 suggested donation. 

20 - THURSDAY

2:00 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Cole Porter’s Silk Stockings (1955), (Opening Performance). Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online.

7:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland Prelude Recital: Gabriel Cabezas, cello. Program to be announced. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free. 

7:00 pm - Opera Per Tutti, with Andrea Anelli & Rebecca Freshwater, sopranos, Brian Keith Johnson, baritone & Jeanette Davis, piano. “Opera Goes Global.” Songs and arias by Bizet, Gershwin, Puccini, Rimsky-Korsakov & others. Rocky River Public Library’s series On Stage in River. Rocky River Senior Center, 21014 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River. Free.

8:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland opening concert: "Continuum: The Divine Cosmos," with Julie Albers, Gabriel Cabezas, Alexander Cohen, Diana Cohen, Franklin Cohen, Ying Fu, Yura Lee, David McCarroll, Dimitri Murrath & Orion Weiss. Matin Porat’s Start Time (world premiere of a commissioned work), Mozart’s String Quintet No. 4 in g, K. 516 & Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Prelude recital with Gabriel Cabezas at 7. Afterparty at L’Albatros 10 pm. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. $55 concert + afterparty, $40 concert only. Broadcast live on WCLV, 104.9 FM. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm - Josh Rzepka, jazz trumpet & friends, Kenny Davis, Jack Schantz & Ian Indorf, trumpets, Jackie Warren & David Thomas, piano, Peter Dominguez, bass, Ron Godale, drums & Sammy DeLeon, percussion. “Trumpet Genesis”. Music by Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Woody Shaw, Stevie Wonder & others. Akron Civic Theater, 182 S. Main St., Akron. $25. Limited cabaret seating. Tickets available online.

21 - FRIDAY

2:00 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Rogers & Hammerstein’s The King and I (1951), Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm - Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Faculty Chamber Music Concert. Castello’s Sonata Decima Quinta à 4, Biber’s Sonata X in g & Partita III in A, Ariosti’s Prole tenera, Telemann’s Partita V in e, Bononcini’s Goda ogn’un, Schenck’s Sonata in e, Mozart’s Flute Quartet in G & Schmelzer’s Sonata Quatro a sei. Kulas Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. $10 at the door. Limited seating.

9:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland: "CFC@Transformer Station," with Julie Albers, Gabriel Cabezas, Diana Cohen, Ying Fu, Yura Lee, David McCarroll & Dimitri Murrath. Mozart’s String Quintet No. 4 in g minor, Schnittke’s A Paganini, Janacek’s String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata” & Handel-Halvorsen’s Passacaglia. The Transformer Station, 1460 W. 29th at Detroit Rd., Cleveland. $40, $25 age 35 and under. Tickets available online.

22 - SATURDAY

2:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland Open Rehearsal. A behind-the-scenes look at ChamberFest as artists rehearse for upcoming concerts. Temple Tifereth Israel, 26000 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood. Free. 

2:00 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Cole Porter’s Silk Stockings (1955), Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Rogers & Hammerstein’s The King and I (1951), Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online.

23 - SUNDAY

3:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland: "Let’s Dance!," with Julie Albers, Diana Cohen, Franklin Cohen, Dimitri Murrath & Orion Weiss. Boccherini’s String Quintet in E, op. 11, no. 5, Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins, op. 56, Beethoven’s Variations in E-flat, op. 44 & Schickele’s Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello & piano. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. $40, $25 age 35 and under. Free for youth under 18 (ticket required, call 216.785.9977). Tickets available online.







JUNE 25 - TUESDAY

2:00 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Rogers & Hammerstein’s The King and I (1951). Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online. 

6:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland: Coffee and Conversation. Patrick Castillo leads an interactive dialogue about the festival’s themes and programs. Temple Tifereth Israel, 26000 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood. Free.

7:30 pm - University of Akron Summer Symphonic Band, Robert Jorgensen, conducting. Classical & patriotic favorites. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Free.

26 - WEDNESDAY

12:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland: Music at Noon. The public is invited to join the audience for a live WCLV broadcast. WCLV Smith Studio, Idea Center, 2475 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.

12:15 pm - Robert Myers, organ. “The angel’s song.” Program includes Bach’s Fugue in C, BWV 547 and music by Walther. Beckerath organ. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.

2:00 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Cole Porter’s Silk Stockings (1955). Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online. 

7:30 pm - Kent/Blossom Music Festival: 2013 Faculty Concert Series, Miami String Quartet and Spencer Myer, piano. Beethoven’s Quartet in f, op. 95, Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 9in E-flat, op. 117 & Brahms’s Piano Quartet in A, op. 26. Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent. $15, $13 seniors, $5 students at the door or order online ($1.50 processing fee).

8:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland: “Layers: The Architecture of Time,” with Julie Albers, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Yehonatan Berick, Diana Cohen, Franklin Cohen, Scott Dixon, Dimitri Murrath, Matan Porat, Amy Schwartz Moretti. Bieber’s Battalia à 10 in D major, C. 61, Andrew Norman’s The Companion Guide to Rome, Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel & Brahms’s String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36. Visiting composer lecutre at 7. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. $40, $25 age 35 and under. Tickets available online. 

27 - THURSDAY

12:00 pm - Credo Chamber Music outdoor concert. Program to be announced. East College Courtyard, 65 East College St., Oberlin. Free.

2:00 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), (Opening Performance). Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online. 

7:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland: Movie Night & Wine Spot, Matan Porat, piano. Buster Keaton’s 1926 classic, The General. Cedar Lee at 7, Wine Spot at 9. Cedar Lee Theatre, 2163 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights. $40, $25 age 35 and under. Tickets available online.

28 - FRIDAY

2:00 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Rogers & Hammerstein’s The King and I (1951). Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online. 

8:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland: “A Tempo,” with Julie Albers, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Yehonatan Berick, Alexander Cohen, Diana Cohen, Franklin Cohen, Robert deMaine, Dimitri Murrath, Matan Porat, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Orion Weiss. Ginastera's Pampeana No. 2, Ravel's Piano Trio in A minor, Gershwin's Three Preludes, Messiaen's Theme and Variations, Op. 4 & Schumann's Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. $40, $25 age 35 and under. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm - Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Faculty Concert, Kenneth Slowik, conducting. Biber’s Battalia a 10 & Sonata I in D (Armonico Tributo), Fux’s Overture in d, Emperor Leopold I’s Regina coeli & Haydn’s Symphony No. 7, Le Midi.. Warner Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. $10.

29 - SATURDAY

2:00 pm - Credo Chamber Music Student Concert. Program to be announced. Warner Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. Free.

2:00 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Cole Porter’s Silk Stockings (1955). Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online. 

7:30 pm - Kent/Blossom Music Festival: Faculty Concert Series, Kulas Guest Artist, David Shifrin, clarinet & Spencer Myer, piano. Poulenc's Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet, Brahms's, Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1, Lutoslawski's Dance Preludes, Debussy's Two Preludes arr. for clarinet and piano & Premiere Rapsodie & Rossini's Introduction, Theme and Variations. Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent. $15, $13 seniors, $5 students at the door or order online ($1.50 processing fee).

7:30 pm - Ohio Light Opera: Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore (1878). Cast to be announced. Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Tickets available online. 

7:30 pm - Stow Symphony, Darrell Lee Music, conducting. Summer Holiday Concert. Program includes Copland’s An Outdoor Overture, Marches and Waltzes by Johann Strauss Sr. & Jr., & Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Stow-Munroe Falls High School Auditorium, 3227 E. Graham Rd., Stow. $10 adults, $7 students & seniors, under 12 free. Order online. 

8:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland: “Riot (Like It’s 1913!)” with Julie Albers, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Yehonatan Berick, Scott Christian, Alexander Cohen, Diana Cohen, Franklin Cohen, Steve Moretti, Dimitri Murrath, Matan Porat, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Orion Weiss. Porat's Stop-time, Haydn's Trio in E major, Hob. XV: 28, Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 & Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring for four-hand piano and percussion. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. $40, $25 age 35 and under. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm - Credo Chamber Music Student Concert. Program to be announced. Warner Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. Free.

30 - SUNDAY

2:00 pm - Kent/Blossom Chamber Players, performers and program to be announced. Hudson Library & Historical Society, 96 Library St., Hudson. Free.

3:00 pm - ChamberFest Cleveland: “Mirrors,” with Julie Albers, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Yehonatan Berick, Diana Cohen, Franklin Cohen, Dimitri Murrath, Amy Schwartz Moretti. Purcell's Fantasia Upon One Note & Chaconne from The Fairy Queen, Britten's String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 & Mendelssohn's String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18. Dunham Tavern Barn, 6709 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. $40, $25 age 35 and under. Tickets available online.

JULY 1 - MONDAY

7:00 pm - 122nd Ohio Army National Guard Band, Robin D. Kessler, conducting. Program to be announced. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Free.

9:00 pm - Cleveland Orchestra Star-Spangled Spectacular, William Eddins, conducting, Dee Perry, host & Jessica Rivera, soprano. Program includes John Williams’s Liberty Fanfare & March from Superman, Randy Newman’s Suite from Toy Story, Bernstein’s “Somewhere” (West Side Story), Copland’s “Buckaroo Holiday” & “Hoe Down” (Rodeo) & “Zion’s Walls” & “At the River” (Old American Songs), Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes forever. Public Square in Downtown Cleveland. Free admission, no tickets required.