music

Dive into in the influence and impact of Mavis Staples—1999 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, as a member of the Staples Singers—with a free educational event titled “The Voice: A Symposium on Mavis Staples” today (Sept. 19) from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom…

The Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple–Tifereth Israel will host a series of performances by James Ehnes on violin and Andrew Armstrong on piano in honor of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday. Concerts in The Complete Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin Series will…

The Out to Lunch Series continues Uptown at Toby’s Plaza tomorrow (Sept. 11) with live music by the Gretchen Pleuss Trio. The concert will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The series will conclude Sept. 18. Learn more about summertime events at Uptown.

Case Western Reserve University’s Siegal Lifelong Learning Program is partnering with the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) for a Pre-Concert Lecture Series. The series will include four lectures preceding four evening concerts. Allen Yueh, an accomplished pianist and Doctor of Musical Arts…

WRUW FM 91.1 will host its Studio-A-Rama, an annual free daylong rock-and-roll festival, Saturday, Sept. 7, from 2 p.m. to midnight on Mather Quad outside the Mather Memorial Building. The event will feature eight local bands as well as Electric Citizen from Cincinnati, special guest Surfer Blood…

The Department of Music offers a variety of ensembles that are open to all Case Western Reserve University-affiliated individuals (faculty, staff, students, alumni and University Circle community members). Interested in joining one of CWRU’s 20 music ensembles? Auditions will take place during…

Georgia Cowart, professor of music, recently chaired a paper session and served on a bilingual panel titled “Opera and the Louvre” at the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The paper session included two of her former graduate advisees, John Romey (GRS ’18, musicology) and Devin Burke (GRS ’10,…

As a musician, Ken Wendt realized the gear surrounding him and his instruments played a critical role in presenting his craft to the world. So Wendt, who plays trumpet and drums, immersed himself in a different side of music: the technology supporting it. As he learned more about the tech side,…

The United States Coast Guard Band will perform a free concert in Cleveland at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at the Temple–Tifereth Israel Tuesday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. To honor the Coast Guard's 227 years of service to our nation, the band will perform an evening of patriotic…

In early June, a Case Western Reserve University student will bring an adventurous spate of creators and performers from around the country to Cleveland for a festival of new and experimental music. Sophie Benn Re:Sound, now in its second year, is staged by the Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project…