by Daniel Hathaway
BREAKING NEWS: Cleveland Institute of Music announces newest member of conducting team
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HAPPENING TODAY:
Organist JoEllen West plays works by J.S. Bach, William Bolcom, William Albright, and Louis Vierne on the Tuesday Noon series at the Church of the Covenant in University Circle.
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TODAY’S ALMANAC:
by Mike Telin
Today we honor two composer/pianists who came into the world on April Fools Day: Ferruccio Busoni in 1866 and Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff in 1873. [Read More…]
On Sunday afternoon, March 30, at 3:30 pm, the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra will continue its long tradition of performing in Severance Hall. The ensemble’s 90th Anniversary Concert in what is now known as the Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center will be conducted by music director Eric Benjamin. Tickets are available 
When Amer Hasan introduced himself to the Akron Symphony in 2019, he did so with the opening movement of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. “ It was the first piece that I played for Maestro Wilkins in my audition, behind the screen,” Hasan recalled in a recent interview. “So the first three minutes of the concerto is not only the first music I associate with auditions, but also with the Akron Symphony.”