music

The “Play Me, I’m Yours” interactive art installation of 25 uniquely decorated pianos will kick off with a launch party Thursday, July 18, at 11:15 a.m. at Toby’s Plaza in Uptown. This is a great opportunity to view or play all of the pianos before they get disbursed throughout University Circle an...

Cleveland native Mark Avsec’s big break in the music industry came in 1975, when he was asked to play keyboard on a new song by the Steubenville band Wild Cherry. That famous song, “Play That Funky Music (White Boy)” served as the jumping off point for Avsec’s long, successful career in the arena o...

Yet again this Thursday, the entire campus community is invited to head to Toby’s Plaza—the grassy, open gathering space outside of MOCA—at 5 p.m. for fun experiences, and visit the alley to check out great shops, bars and eateries. Uptown Thursday’s activities include cornhole, table tennis, Twiste...

Case Western Reserve University will host shows during the second ChamberFest Cleveland—a 10-day summer music festival June 20-30. This year’s theme is “(It’s) About Time,” with music that explores the elements of time, from old and modern masters alike. A variety of offerings—including post-conce...

An accomplished organist, Alanna Ropchock’s performances for religious services and festivals fueled a curiosity for liturgical­­ music history. From that interest, Josquin des Prez’s Missa Pange lingua, an important Renaissance mass for the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, became the top...

Doctoral student Elizabeth Hankins received the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award. Hankins will travel to New Haven, Conn., in June to participate in the Symposium on Music in Schools that will take place at the Yale School of Music as part of the Music in Schools Initiative. With support fro...

The Case Men's Glee Club will perform its annual spring concert on Thursday, April 18, singing some familiar songs from Valentine's Day as well as covering tunes from artists such as U2 and The Turtles. The concert is free and will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Harkness Chapel....

From Broadway to New York City’s beer gardens, popular songs written between the 1880s and 1930s ignited the American popular music industry. In the two-day symposium, “Sing Me That Song Again: The History and Impact of Tin Pan Alley,” Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Popular Music Stud...

Set in the recently renovated sanctuary of the Church of the Covenant, music groups from the church and Case Western Reserve University Department of Music will present “Enlightenment,” a program of works by composers George Frideric Handel and Joseph Haydn. The performances are Friday, April 12, a...

The Case Western Reserve University Department of Music and Church of the Covenant will present “Enlightenment” on Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. at Church of the Covenant. The concerts will feature the fifth of Joseph Haydn’s late six masses Schöpfungsmesse, or “Creation Ma...