music
February 10, 2017
When people think of Grammy nominees, names like Beyoncé, Adele and Rihanna likely come to mind. This year, a member of the Case Western Reserve University community also join the ranks: Elizabeth Hankins, a PhD candidate in her seventh year in the Department of Music, who was a finalist for the…
January 23, 2017
Join the University Singers, a non-auditioned, mixed-voice ensemble open to students, faculty and staff who enjoy singing. Open rehearsals will be held Tuesday, Jan. 24, and Thursday, Jan. 26, from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. in Harkness Chapel. Learn more about the choir at…
November 19, 2016
Voices of Glory will host its fall benefit concert, titled “Why We Praise,” Saturday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Amasa Stone Chapel. Join Case Western Reserve University’s gospel choir for a night of fellowship in support of the Royal Family Kids' Camps for abused children. Following the…
November 04, 2016
Join the Case Concert Choir and University Singers for their fall concert today (Nov. 4) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Church of the Covenant. The Case Concert Choir will present “Of Love & Folklore,” which will include Johannes Brahms' Neue Liebeslieder and works for choir and hammered…
October 21, 2016
This event as been canceled. A concert titled “Amor, Solo Amor” will culminate the Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. The concert, which will feature art and popular songs from Spain, Mexico and Nicaragua, will be held Friday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Harkness Chapel. Soprano Georgina Gatto…
October 21, 2016
The United States Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants will stop by Cleveland for a performance Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. as part of their national tour. The ensemble will perform at CWRU’s own Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center and has invited 12 of the university’s student…
October 20, 2016
The CWRU Spartan Marching Band (SMB) will host the inaugural SMB Invitational Saturday, Oct. 22, during the Spartan football game versus Geneva College. The Lakewood High School Ranger Marching Band will join CWRU’s Spartan Marching Band for a joint performance titled “Vintage Cartoons: Themes…
August 29, 2016
Want to sing with a group of dynamic people? Join Case Concert Choir and share in the excitement of making music together. Auditions will be held today (Aug. 29) and Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Harkness Chapel Classroom. The ensemble is open to all undergraduate and graduate…
August 12, 2016
Greg Banaszak, a music instructor with a whimsical air about him, explained his desire to master the saxophone as pure instinct. After hearing Billy Joel’s “Just The Way You Are” at 10 years old, he said, something clicked. He didn’t even know the instrument being played. But he instantly told his…
July 22, 2016
The Oxford University Press published an excerpt from Ross Duffin’s chapter in the Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare. Duffin, the Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music, wrote a chapter titled “Music and the Stage in the Time of Shakespeare.” He explained the history of instruments from…