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Former members of a suburban Cleveland high school rock orchestra report staying highly involved in music and that the experience prepared them to achieve in ways that came as a surprise. Now ranging in age from 18 to 28, alumni of Lakewood (Ohio) High School’s rock orchestra, the Lakewood Project…

The Beat UPTOWN concert series continues tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 21, at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road on Toby’s Plaza, featuring Fiscal Spliff. WRUW–FM 91.1 deejays will kick off the night’s entertainment at 6 p.m., followed by live music at 6:30 p.m. This week will showcase the…

The Beat UPTOWN, the summer concert series on Toby’s Plaza at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road, continues tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 7. This week’s concert features Maura Rogers and the Bellows, selected by the Beachland Ballroom. Rogers, a Clevelander, writes feel-good songs that…

The Beat UPTOWN summer concert series continues tomorrow, Thursday, July 24, at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road, next to MOCA Cleveland on Toby’s Plaza, from 6 to 9 p.m. The concert, selected by the Beachland Ballroom, features Thaddeus Anna Greene, a blues- rock band fronted by…

The Beat UPTOWN concert series launches tomorrow, Thursday, July 10, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the corner of Mayfield Road and Euclid Avenue. The event features Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers, selected by The Beachland Ballroom. WRUW–FM 91.1 deejays will kick off the night’s entertainment at 6…

Cleveland’s newest cultural neighborhood will launch The Beat UPTOWN, a free Thursday night summer concert series. The concert series will run each Thursday, from 6 to 9 p.m., July 10 through Aug. 28, with live music selected by the Beachland Ballroom, food trucks and shopping. The Beat UPTOWN…

Ross Duffin, the Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music, who is long known as an authority on historical tuning systems, has been spending his 2013-14 sabbatical in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Near the end of his time in the UK, he was honored by requests to coach two of the top choirs in the world,…

The award-winning CWRU Baroque Music and Dance ensembles, led by Director Julie Andrijeski, will travel to Berkeley, Calif., this June to participate in Early Music America’s Young Performers Festival at the Berkeley Early Music Festival and Exhibition. Catch a preview of the students’ Early Music…

Early Music America, a not-for-profit service organization for the field of historical performance in North America, recently granted a College-Level Development Grant to the Case Western Reserve Baroque Ensembles. The $1,000 grant will help support the CWRU Baroque Ensembles’ Musical and…

Matthew Garrett, assistant professor of music education and director of choirs, celebrated the release of articles and research in three publications this year. His articles were focused on developing critical thinking skills in school music classrooms. In October 2013, Garrett’s article, “An…