by Daniel Hathaway
HAPPENING TODAY:
Tonight, Severance Music Center presents composer and pianist Max Richter and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble performing Richter’s The Blue Notebooks & In A Landscape (7:30 in Mandel Concert Hall) and Apollo’s Fire presents the first of its Echoes of Ireland programs, featuring music by the blind harper Turlough O’Carolan (7:30 at Avon Lake UCC).
For details of these and other classical music events, please visit the ClevelandClassical concert listings.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Cleveland Institute of Music has announced details of its forthcoming CIM Opera Theater season. Read a press release here.
The board of Cleveland Jazz Orchestra has named Lenora Inez Brown as its next executive director. Brown, who has acted as interim since January, holds degrees from Dartmouth, Yale, and Cleveland State University, also serves as Governance Chair for the Assembly for the Arts, and co-chairs the Advocacy committee for the Women’s Council at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
by Jarrett Hoffman
The Midwest is well-represented in the annals of June 16th music history, particularly when it comes to electronic music. [Read More…]
With their most recent concert program, Renovare is trying something new. “To my knowledge, this is our first time collaborating with a woodwind player,” violist Clara Prinston said in a recent interview. “It’s been really fun.”
On Monday, June 15, “Celebrating Frank” is everyone’s opportunity to pay tribute to Franklin Cohen, the founding father of ChamberFest Cleveland. His professional highlights include his tenure as Principal Clarinet of The Cleveland Orchestra and 50 years on faculty at CIM. Cohen’s colleagues, alumni, friends, and musical family will share the stage to say thank-you.