music

Among the most famous musicians of the 15th century, Guillaume Dufay traveled widely beyond his humble beginnings in Cambrai. Members of the Case Western Reserve University community can join the Department of Music for a program of celebratory songs, cantilena settings and isorhythmic motets from…

The instrumental ensembles of the Department of Music will celebrate Case Western Reserve University homecoming 2019 with the Homecoming Prism Concert Friday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Silver Hall at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple–Tifereth Israel. The concert, part…

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,…