A two-week calendar is published every Monday. Dates with no scheduled events are not listed.
APRIL 28 – TUESDAY
12 Noon – Tuesdays at the Covenant: Mikhail Grazdanov, organ. J.S. Bach’s Sonata No. 1 in E-flat, Four Duetti & Passacaglia et thema fugatum. Church of the Covenant, University Circle. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Music Society. Verona Quartet with Yaron Kohlberg, piano. Alessandro Scarlatti’s Sonata a Quattro No. 4, Glass’ String Quartet No. 2, “Company,”Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1, “The Kreutzer Sonata” and Dvořák’s Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
APRIL 29 – WEDNESDAY
6:00 pm – Cleveland Museum of Art. Chamber Music in the Atrium. The program features young musicians from CIM. Ames Family Atrium, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Free.
7:30 pm – Singers Companye. Footprints. Samuel Gordon, director, Amy Sauriol, collaborative keyboards, and VoxMixx Collective. Works by Hyr-Young Cho, David Caldarello, Ivo Antognini, Faith Zimmer, and two Northeast Ohio premieres by Jake Runestad. First United Methodist Church, 245 Portage Trail, Cuyahoga Falls. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm – St. Paul’s Great Performances. The Choir of Westminster Abbey. Andrew Nethsingha, conductor, and Matthew Jorysz, organ. Anthems and motets from Thomas Tallis and Orlando Gibbons to Bairstow and Vaughan Williams. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Artist Recital Series. Richard Goode, piano. Works by Joseph Haydn, Carlo Gesualdo, William Byrd, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Jan Paderewski, Franz Schubert, and Leoš Janáček. Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St. Oberlin. Tickets available online.
APRIL 30 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony. Jörg Widmann, conductor. Widmann’s Fanfare for Ten Brass Instruments, Con brio, and Danse Macabre (U.S. premiere), and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, “Reformation.” Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Sinfonietta. Timothy Weiss, conductor; Alexa Still, flute; Drew Pattison, bassoon; and Martha Guth, soprano. Stephen Jaffe’s Inscriptions, Stephen Hartke’s Sons of Noah (Littell), and Katharina Mueller’s Planet (world premiere). Warner Concert Hall, 77 W. College St., Oberlin. Free.
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.
MAY 1 – FRIDAY
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Mo Willems’s Because. Conductor James Feddeck leads this sensory-friendly concert with illustrations by Amber Ren and music by Jessie Montgomery. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra: Woodstock ‘26 – Sly, Santana, & Janis. The group creates their own jazz-infused Woodstock experience, with the help of Tony Award nominee Mary Bridget Davies. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Chamber Orchestra: Raphael Jiménez, conductor, and Saige Hoffman, soprano. Carlos Surinach’s Feria mágica, Andrés Gaos’ Impresión nocturna, Joaquín Turina’s Poema en forma de canciones (Campoamor), and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, “Italian.” Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. Free.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Collegium Musicum. Steven Plank, director. Fairchild Chapel, 50 W. Lorain St., Oberlin. Free.
MAY 2 – SATURDAY
2:00 pm – Music at Main. Liz Bullock, singer-songwriter. Third Floor Fine Arts Lobby, Cleveland Public Library Main Library, 325 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Free.
4:00 pm – Summit Choral Society Children’s Choir Program. Performances by the Advanced Choir, Performance Choir, and Bel Canto Choir. First Congregational Church of Akron, 292 E. Market St., Akron. Tickets available online.
7:00 – Heights Arts Gallery Concert. The Klezmer Guy Trio. Bert Stratton, clarinet, Alan Douglass, piano & vocals, and Tamar Gray, vocals. The show, described as a playful mash-up of “matzo-meets-Motown,” combines Klezmer, mid‑20th-century pop, swing, and soul. Heights Arts, 2175 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. Free, reserve tickets online.
7:30 pm – Summit Choral Society Metropolitan Chorus. Mozart’s Requiem. Britt Cooper, conductor. First Congregational Church of Akron, 292 E. Market St., Akron. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony. Jörg Widmann, conductor. Widmann’s Fanfare for Ten Brass Instruments, Con brio, and Danse Macabre (U.S. premiere), and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, “Reformation.” Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – BlueWater Chamber Orchestra. Rustic Reverie. Daniel Meyer, conductor, and Midori Marsh, soprano. Douglas Moore’s Farm Journal, Canteloube’s Songs of the Auvergne, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 99 in E-Flat Major. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Pay-what-you-wish, tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Collegium Musicum. Steven Plank, director. Fairchild Chapel, 50 W. Lorain St., Oberlin. Free.
MAY 3 – SUNDAY
2:30 pm – Oberlin College Choir and Musical Union with Oberlin Brass Ensemble. Gregory Ristow, conductor. Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. Free.
2:30 pm – Tuesday Musical’s 2026 Scholarship Competition Final Round/Winners Concert. Guzzetta Recital Hall 228 E. Buchtel Ave., across from EJ Thomas Hall at The University of Akron. Reception to follow. Free
3:00 pm – BlueWater Chamber Orchestra. Rustic Reverie. Daniel Meyer, conductor, and Midori Marsh, soprano. Douglas Moore’s Farm Journal, Canteloube’s Songs of the Auvergne, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 99 in E-Flat Major. Morley Music Hall, Lake Erie College, 391 W. Washington St., Painesville. Free.
3:00 pm – Parma Symphony. Spring Concert. Randolph Laycock, conductor, and Hristo Popov, violin. George Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, Aram Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto, and Ferde Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite. Valley Forge High School, 9999 Independence Blvd., Parma Heights. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Music at Bath Concert Series. CLE Mixtape Live. The featured vocalists collaborated with Dan Bruce as he reimagined their works to feature them with a local jazz octet, as debuted at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2025. The Bath Church UCC, 3980 W. Bath Road, Akron. Freewill offering.
4:00 pm – Arts at Holy Trinity. Stow Heritage Ringers. The ensemble educates audiences about the art of English Handbell ringing while sharing the versatility and artistry of this unique instrument. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 50 N. Prospect St., Akron. Free.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Mo Willems’s Because. Conductor James Feddeck leads this sensory-friendly concert with illustrations by Amber Ren and music by Jessie Montgomery. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – West Shore Chorale. Classical Masterworks Concert. Michael K. Lisi, artistic director. Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum & Zadok the Priest. Avon Lake High School Performing Arts Center, 175 Avon Belden Road, Avon Lake. Tickets available online.
MAY 5 – TUESDAY
7:30 pm – Marc-André Hamelin in Recital. Marc-André Hamelin, piano. Haydn’s Piano Sonata in D Major, Beethoven’s Sonata No. 3, Weinberg’s Sonata No. 6, Rachmaninoff’s Étude-Tableau, Op. 39, No. 5 & Sonata No. 2 (1931 version). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Gospel Choir. La Tanya Hall, director. Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. Free.
MAY 6 – WEDNESDAY
12:00 pm – Trinity Cathedral Brownbag Concert. A Palace in the Wild: Journeys in British Art Song. Edward Vogel, baritone, and Jenny Parker, piano. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free
7:30 pm – Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble. Timothy Weiss, conductor. Steven Mackey’s Gaggle and Flock, Brian Raphael Nabors’ Jump, Melinda Wagner’s Unsung Chordata, and premieres of works by Soomin Kim, Isaac Santos, and Zola Saadi-Klein. Warner Concert Hall, 77 W. College St., Oberlin. Free and live streamed.
MAY 7 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor, and Jörg Widmann, clarinet. Prokofiev’s Symphony No.1 “Classical, ” Olga Neuwirth’s Zones of Blue (U.S. premiere), and excerpts from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
MAY 8 – FRIDAY
11:00 am – The Cleveland Orchestra. Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor, and Jörg Widmann, clarinet. Prokofiev’s Symphony No.1 “Classical, ” and excerpts from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Choir. La Fleur de la Renaissance. Chansons, motets, and mass movements from Renaissance France, including works by Josquin des Prez, Clément Janequin, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Pay-what-you-wish, tickets available online.
7:30 pm – The Resonance Project. Lullabies and Laments. CLE Concierto, baroque ensemble. Works by Tarquino Merula, Heinrich Biber, Isabella Leonarda, Antonio Bembo, Stefano Landi, Francesca Caccini, and Barbara Strozzi. Forest Hill Church, 3031 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Orchestra. Raphael Jiménez, conductor, and William Chen, piano. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, “Organ.” Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. Free and live streamed.
8:00 pm – CUSP, Okapi// Halumnen. Okapi is an Asheville, NC-based avant-folk duo that typically employs upright bass and cello. Halumnen is the electro-acoustic trio of Stephan Haluska, Naomi Columna, and Graham Rosen.1433 E. 33rd St., Cleveland. $15 suggested donation.
MAY 9 – SATURDAY
7:00 pm – Warren Philharmonic. Christopher M. Cicconi, conductor, and Aleksandra Velgosha, piano. Copland’s Appalachian Spring (original version for 13 players), Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 (fourth movement). Lakeview High School, 300 Hillman Drive, Cortland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Stow Symphony Orchestra. Darrell Lee Music, conductor; Jennifer Biber, flute; Kristen Duffy, flute; and Alyssa Cespe, violin. Maurice Ravel’s Pavane For A Dead Princess & Bolero, J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, and five movements from Georges Bizet’s Carmen Suite. Tallmadge Bible Church, 1155 East Ave., Tallmadge. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Akron Symphony. Carmina Burana. Christopher Wilkins, conductor; Sonya Headlam, soprano; Chris Albanese, tenor; Brian Johnson, baritone; and the Akron Symphony Chorus. Maurice Ravel’s Bolero, Margaret Brouwer’s Rhapsody Concerto for Orchestra, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. E.J. Thomas Hall, 198 Hill St., Akron. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor, and Jörg Widmann, clarinet. Prokofiev’s Symphony No.1 “Classical, ” Olga Neuwirth’s Zones of Blue (U.S. premiere), and excerpts from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Choir. La Fleur de la Renaissance. Chansons, motets, and mass movements from Renaissance France, including works by Josquin des Prez, Clément Janequin, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. First Lutheran Church, 1019 W. 5th St., Lorain. Pay-what-you-wish, tickets available online.
MAY 10 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – Beachwood Arts Counci. Cleveland Orchestra Bass Quartet. Mark Atherton, Scott Dixon, Derek Zadinsky, and Charles Paul perform original and arranged pieces for four double basses. The sound will surprise and enlighten people as the bass steps out of its usual role in the orchestra. Beachwood Community Center, 25325 Fairmount Blvd. Reception to follow. Free.
3:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. James Feddeck, conductor, and Grace Berendt, trombone. Copland’s Letter from Home, George Walker’s Icarus in Orbit, Ferdinand David’s Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra, and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
3:30 pm – Heights Chamber Orchestra. Travis Jürgens, conductor, and Lyle Steelman, trumpet. Gounod’s Petite symphonie, Leroy Anderson’s A Trumpeter’s Lullaby, Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4. Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Free.