by Daniel Hathaway
HAPPENING TODAY:
7:30 pm – Signature Recital Series. CIM New Music Ensemble. A program of 20th- and 21st-century music for various instrumental combinations. Cinema Hall, Lorain Community College, Elyria.
For details of these and other classical events, visit the ClevelandClassical.com Concert Listings.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Piano Cleveland writes, “The final sessions of the First Round of the Cleveland International Piano Competitions for Young Artists have ended, but you can rewatch all the sessions here.”
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
Compiling the Almanac feature of the Daily Diary begins with a search for noteworthy events that happened on the date in question in classical music history. Sometimes there’s a mighty list of composers, conductors, and artists to sift through, and on other occasions like today, March 30, there’s next to nothing of import to write about — except the founding of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society in 1815.
Or so our usual go-to source for historical dates told us. Striving to be accurate and thorough, we always check out dates before setting electrons in motion and choosing music to celebrate milestones. [Read More…]
On Sunday, March 22 at 3:00 pm at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Chicago-based Third Coast Percussion — Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, and David Skidmore — will present “Time Pieces: The New Classical.” The program celebrates two decades of genre-defying, award-winning music, including many of the ensemble’s 20th anniversary commissions. The concert is sold out.