Attending live performances
I strongly encourage students of all levels to attend recitals and concerts. Listening to live music is a very different experience from listening to recordings. There is so much you can learn from watching and hearing professional musicians play their instruments! Residents of the Cleveland metropolitan area are spoiled with the highest quality classical music performances in a variety of venues! You can hear the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall in University Circle and, during the summer months, at the Blossom Music Center. Lovers of Baroque music can attend performances by Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra. Students and Faculty along with guest artists present outstanding FREE RECITALS AND CONCERTS at The Cleveland Institute of Music. If you are willing to drive a bit more, the Canton Symphony Orchestra and Akron Symphony Orchestra both have concert series that feature the great orchestral repertoire.
Upcoming concerts of special interest to violinists
Saturday, February 17, 8:00pm
Umstattd Hall, Canton
The Canton Symphony Orchestra
Gerhardt Zimmermann, music director
Scott Johnston, trumpet
Terry Orcutt, oboe
Jun Iwasaki, violin
Randy Klein, clarinet
Joanna Patterson, viola
Vivaldi: Double Trumpet Concerto in C
Barber: Canzonetta for Oboe and Orchestra
Glass: Violin Concerto
Debussy: Rhapsody No. 1 for Clarinet and Orchestra
Penderecki: Viola Concerto
Ravel: Boléro
Saturday, March 17, 8:00pm
E. J. Thomas Hall, Akron
The Akron Symphony Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell, guest conductor
Anna Polonsky, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, op. 58
Wednesday, March 21, 8:00pm
Kulas Hall, The Cleveland Institute of Music
Faculty Recital
Lawrence Angell, double bass
Elizabeth DeMio, piano
Mark Jackobs, viola
Paul Kantor, violin
Anita Pontremoli, piano
Ralph Curry, cello
J.C. Bach: Adagio
Bloch: Schelomo
Schubert: Quintet For Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass in A Major, D. 667 “The Trout”
J.S. Bach: Sarabande from Suite No. 5 for Cello Solo
Saturday, March 24, 8:00pm
Umstattd Hall, Canton
The Canton Symphony Orchestra
Gerhardt Zimmermann, music director
Karen Gomyo, violin
Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Sunday, March 25, 4:00pm
Kulas Hall, The Cleveland Institute of Music
Faculty Recital
All-Schubert Program
Karl Lo, piano
Sonata in G Major, D. 894
Sonata in A Major, D. 664
Fantasy in C Major, D. 760, “Wanderer Fantasie”
Wednesday, March 28, 8:00pm
Kulas Hall, The Cleveland Institute of Music
The CIM Orchestra
Carl Topilow, conductor
Chia-Ling Chien, cello
Dvorák: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Seating Passes
Wednesday, April 4, 8:00pm
Kulas Hall, The Cleveland Institute of Music
The CIM Orchestra
Kirk Trevor, guest conductor
Charles Tyler, cello
Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Seating Passes
Wednesday, April 11, 8:00pm
Kulas Hall, The Cleveland Institute of Music
Faculty Recital
All-Schubert Program
Daniel Shapiro, piano
Paul Kantor, violin
Desmond Hoebig, cello
Piano Sonata in B Major, D. 575
Piano Sonata in C Major, D. 840, “Unfinished” (La Reliquie)
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E-Flat Major, D. 898
Tuesday, April 17, 8:00pm
E. J. Thomas Hall, Akron
Tuesday Musical Association
Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer, violin
Friday, April 20, 8:00pm
Kulas Hall, The Cleveland Institute of Music
Faculty Recital
Cavani String Quartet
Annie Fullard, violin
Mari Sato, violin
Kirsten Docter, viola
Merry Peckham, cello
Roger Tapping, viola, guest artist
Beethoven: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Geoffrey Peterson: Seasons (World Premiere)
Brahms: Quintet for Two Violins, Two Violas and Cello in G Major, Op. 111
Sunday, April 22, 4:00pm
Kulas Hall, The Cleveland Institute of Music
Faculty Recital
Annie Fullard, violin
Peter Salaff, violin
Alison Wells, cello
Jeffrey Sharkey, piano
Brahms: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B Major, Op. 8
Brahms: Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano in C minor, Op. 60
Wednesday, April 25, 8:00pm
Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue
The Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
Carl Topilow, conductor
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Walton: Partita
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Admission free. Tickets required.
For tickets, call the Severance Hall Box Office at 216.231.1111 beginning February 1.
Saturday, April 28, 8:00pm
Umstattd Hall, Canton
The Canton Symphony Orchestra
Gerhardt Zimmermann, music director
The Canton Symphony Chorus
Teresa Winner, soprano
Alfred E. Sturgis, tenor
Brian Keith Johnson, baritone
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain”, Op. 132
Orff: Carmina Burana
Saturday, May 5, 8:00pm
E. J. Thomas Hall, Akron
The Akron Symphony Orchestra
Steven Smith, guest conductor
Marie-Thaïs Levesque, cello
Ann Smith, viola
Donald Erb: Prismatic Variations
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Strauss: Don Quixote, op.35
Sunday, June 3, 4:00pm
Chamber Hall, Baldwin-Wallace College
The Violin Studio Recital
Violin students perform works by Mozart, Telemann, De Bériot, Fauré and more.
Local musical organizations
The Cleveland Institute of Music
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music