Past Events

Music Graduate Student Orientation

All new and continuing graduate students are expected to attend. All Department of Music sessions will be held remotely. Students who have extenuating circumstances should contact their program coordinator no later than August 10, 2020 (see below).

Lute Society of America

Cleveland Lute Fest 2020

Location: Case Western Reserve University

This week-long festival is dedicated to vihuela, lute, theorbo, and early guitars. This program offers world-class concerts from renowned performers, private lessons, masterclasses, workshops, and specialized courses. The CWRU Department of Music contributes to LSA by providing classroom, rehearsal and performance facilities.

DMA Recital | Daniel Fridley

Songs of Rage and Grief: Echoes of Polyphemus

Location: Harkness Chapel

Daniel Fridley presents vocal works of various periods and nationalities, reflecting on the emotions of grief and rage through the focusing lens of the character of Polyphemus. The recital is presented as partial fulfillment of the Doctoral of Musical Arts in Historical Performance Practice at Case Western Reserve University.

Free and open the public.

String & Piano Chamber Music Concert

Spring Concert

Location: Harkness Chapel

A program featuring Case Western Reserve University string and piano students as they perform varied chamber music masterpieces.

Free and open to the public. Paid parking available in the Ford Avenue garage, Severance Hall garage or at the meters along Bellflower Road and East Blvd.

Keyboard Ensemble Recital

Location: Harkness Chapel

A program featuring Case Western Reserve University student pianists performing collaborative works.

Free and open to the public. Paid parking available in the Ford Avenue garage, Severance Hall garage or at the meters along Bellflower Road and East Blvd.

DMA Recital | Guillermo Salas Suarez

Guillermo Salas Suarez, a graduate student of the Case Western Reserve University Historical Performance Practice program, performs his DMA recital in Harkness Chapel. Works by Bach, Leclair, Herrando, and Bertali.

Woodwind and Brass Music Concert

Location: Harkness Chapel

Chamber Music featuring all instruments from the Baroque to the present day. An eclectic mix of beauty, styles, genres and instrumentations with something for everyone. Experience chamber music as it was intended, up close and personal!

Free and open to the public. Paid parking available in the Ford Avenue garage, Severance Hall garage or at the meters along Bellflower Road and East Blvd.

Department of Music Colloquium: Music Education Students (CWRU)

Department of Music Colloquia provide a weekly forum for presentation and discussion of recent research by distinguished visitors and by CWRU faculty and graduate students in musicology, historical performance practice, and music education. Fridays at 4:00 p.m. in Harkness Chapel, Classroom (except where noted). Free and open to the public. Receptions follow.

Klezmer Music Ensemble Concert

Yiddish Khasene: A Celebration of the East European Jewish Wedding

Location: Harkness Chapel

A concert featuring klezmer music that was performed at traditional East European Jewish weddings (khasene). The repertoire includes artistic melodies to greet and honor the wedding guests (mazltov, dobriden), virtuosic table songs (tish nigunim), music to bid everyone a fond farewell (dobranotsh, zay gezunt, gute nakht) and more.

Baroque Orchestra Concert

Location: Harkness Chapel

The Case Western Reserve University Baroque Orchestra, featuring CWRU and CIM students, performs music of the 18th century.

Free and open to the public. Paid parking available in the Ford Avenue garage, Severance Hall garage or at the meters along Bellflower Road and East Blvd.