by Daniel Hathaway
HAPPENING TODAY:
At 12 noon on the Brownbag Concert Series at Trinity Cathedral, vocalist Naomi Columna and percussionist Katalin La Favre will perform early music by John Dowland, Claudin de Sermisy, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Guillaume de Machaut, and others.
And there’s a double-header tonight at the Art Museum: at 6 pm in the galleries, young artists from Case Western Reserve University’s Historical Performance Practice Program will play a variety of pieces surrounded by Italian Baroque artworks.
And at 7:30, YAGODY, the contemporary Ukrainian folk band, will feature theatrical singers supported by drums, percussion, guitar, bass, and accordion in Gartner Auditorium.
See our Concert Listings for more information about these and other events
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Canton Symphony has released the latest podcast in its Orchestrating Change series. The episode (pictured above) features operatic baritone Brian Keith Johnson, a local hero in Northeast Ohio. In addition to his distinguished performing credits, Johnson taught vocal music in the Akron Public Schools for more than 34 years before retiring last spring. Listen here.
While bells and mechanisms of the McGaffin Carillon in University Circle are enjoying some R&R in the Netherlands, Friends of the McGaffin instrument have organized two Saturday morning tours of their sister instruments in Cleveland. [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.”