A two-week calendar is published every Monday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.
JANUARY 19 – MONDAY
11:30 am – The Cleveland Orchestra. MLK Community Open House & Day of Music. The day includes appearances by 10K Movement, Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers, Cleveland Classical Guitar Society, The Cleveland Orchestra Learning Ensembles, The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, and more. Guests can also enjoy complimentary hot chocolate and cookies and take free family portraits in the Grand Foyer. Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
JANUARY 20 – TUESDAY
7:30 pm – Oberlin Conservatory. The Oberlin Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble. Bobby Ferrazza, director. The group will perform original works by members of the band and fresh arrangements of Rollins’ compositions, along with jazz standards. ’Sco (Dionysus Club), Wilder Hall, 135 W. Lorain St., Oberlin. Free.
JANUARY 21 – WEDNESDAY
12:00 pm – Trinity Cathedral Brownbag Concerts. Cleveland Chamber Choir: Madness & Melancholy. Dominic Aragon, baritone; Abigail Hakel-Garcia, soprano and violin; Adrian Murillo, theorbo; Kira McGirr, mezzo-soprano; and Gregory Ristow, harpsichord. Selections from Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, mad songs, Italian and French laments, and more. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. The Oberlin Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble. Bobby Ferrazza, director. The group will perform original works by members of the band and fresh arrangements of Rollins’ compositions, along with jazz standards. Gartner Auditorium, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free, reserve tickets online.
JANUARY 22 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble. Timothy Weiss, conductor; Jennifer Koh, violin; Alexandra Armantrading, soprano; Rodrick Dixon, tenor; Timothy LeFebvre, baritone, and the Oberlin Percussion Group. Emma O’Halloran’s meditation for metal pipes, Olly Wilson’s Of Visions and Truth, Jesse Jones’ Ennead, and Courtney Bryan’s Syzygy. Warner Concert Hall, 77 W. College St., Oberlin. Free and live streamed.
JANUARY 23 – FRIDAY
7:30 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble. Timothy Weiss, conductor; Jennifer Koh, violin; Alexandra Armantrading, soprano; Rodrick Dixon, tenor; Timothy LeFebvre, baritone, and the Oberlin Percussion Group. Emma O’Halloran’s meditation for metal pipes, Olly Wilson’s Of Visions and Truth, Jesse Jones’ Ennead, and Courtney Bryan’s Syzygy. Gartner Auditorium, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free, reserve tickets online.
JANUARY 24 – SATURDAY
3:00 pm – Canton Symphony Orchestra. MasterWorks IV: Orchestral Kaleidoscope. Roger Kalia, conductor, and Averi Ellis, narrator. Clarice Assad’s Baião N’Blues, Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Wojciech Kilar’s Orawa, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9. Umstattd Hall, Zimmermann Symphony Center, 2331 17th St. N.W., Canton. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra & The Musical Theater Project. Star Dust: The Songs of Hoagy Carmichael. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Ohio. Chopin Brillante. Kevin Kenner, piano, and the Callisto Quartet. Fryderyk Chopin’s Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22, Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14, and Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11. Harkness Chapel, 11200 Bellflower Road, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
JANUARY 25 – SUNDAY
2:30 pm – University of Akron Steel Drum Band. One of the nation’s oldest collegiate panorama-style steel bands performs the musical art form of Trinidad and educates people about the history of pannn n n n n n ,mtique! Erik Ochsner, conductor. Works by Richard Wagner, John Williams, Jean Sibelius, and Hector Berlioz. Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 5th Ave., Youngstown. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Akron Youth Symphony & Philharmonic. 2026 Winter Concert. Celestia Theater, 151 Main St., Wadsworth. Tickets available online.
4:00 pm – Church of the Western Reserve Concert Series. Ruth Ann Scanzillo, cello, and Christopher Petit, piano and organ. Church of the Western Reserve, 30500 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland. Free, reserve tickets online.
JANUARY 26 – MONDAY
7:30 pm – Rocky River Chamber Music Society. Africa → West Percussion Trio. Jamie Ryan, Ryan Korb, and Josh Ryan, percussion. The group blends African and Afro-Caribbean traditions with Western classical and jazz influences. West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River. Free and live streamed.
JANUARY 29 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – Canton Symphony Divergent Sounds Series. Apostle Jones. This dynamic soul band pulls from collective influences of rock, R&B, blues, gospel, and funk. The Auricle, 201 Cleveland Ave. N.W., Canton. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire. Winter Sparks from Bach & Vivaldi. Debra Nagy, oboe; Kathie Stewart, flute; Alan Choo, violin; and HyunKun Cho, cello. J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2, Marin Marais’ Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève, and an oboe concerto by Vivaldi. First United Methodist Church, 245 Portage Trail, Cuyahoga Falls. Tickets available online.
JANUARY 30 – FRIDAY
7:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire. Winter Sparks from Bach & Vivaldi. Debra Nagy, oboe; Kathie Stewart, flute; Alan Choo, violin; and HyunKun Cho, cello. J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2, Marin Marais’ Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève, and an oboe concerto by Vivaldi. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Legends of Country. Rachel Potter and Patrick Thomas, vocals. Songs by singers and songwriters like Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, and more. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – CUSP. Melanie Emig and the Mortimore / Young duo. To commemorate composer Morton Feldman’s 100th birthday, vocalist Melanie Emig performs “Three Voices.” Double bassist J. Tracy Mortimore and oboist Lenny Young have been working together both as a duo and as collaborators in larger projects for two decades. 1433 E. 33rd St., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
JANUARY 31 – SATURDAY
3:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Opera. Kamala Sankaram’s “A. E. Reverie” (libretto by Jerre Dyeand) and “Rise” (libretto by A. M. Homes). The double bill of chamber operas highlights the pioneering American spirit of determination, independence, and freedom. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire. Winter Sparks from Bach & Vivaldi. Debra Nagy, oboe; Kathie Stewart, flute; Alan Choo, violin; and HyunKun Cho, cello. J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2, Marin Marais’ Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève, and an oboe concerto by Vivaldi. Federated Church, 76 Bell Street, Chagrin Falls. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 1 – SUNDAY
3:00 pm – Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Opera. Kamala Sankaram’s “A. E. Reverie” (libretto by Jerre Dyeand) and “Rise” (libretto by A. M. Homes). The double bill of chamber operas highlights the pioneering American spirit of determination, independence, and freedom. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
4:00 pm – Apollo’s Fire. Winter Sparks from Bach & Vivaldi. Debra Nagy, oboe; Kathie Stewart, flute; Alan Choo, violin; and HyunKun Cho, cello. J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2, Marin Marais’ Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève, and an oboe concerto by Vivaldi. Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 21750 Detroit Road, Rocky River. Tickets available online.