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Handbell concert at St Noel

St. Noel Church is pleased to present handbell solo artist: Michèle Sharik in Concert on Friday June 20, 2008, at 7:00 PM at St. Noel Church, 35200 Chardon Road, Willoughby Hills, Ohio 44094. The concert will feature works by Grieg, Schubert, Sibelius, Fauré, Handel, and others. The concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken.

Michèle Sharik is recognized both nationally and internationally for her expertise in the art of handbell ringing. She has toured throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, England, Scotland, Japan, and Hong Kong. She has served as clinician for numerous American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR) events and she has several handbell works in publication. In addition to solo ringing, Michèle is a member of the internationally acclaimed handbell ensemble, Sonos, and she serves as Director of Handbells for two San Francisco Bay area churches.

The Saint Noel Concert Series is dedicated to offering outstanding quality musical performances to the public in an intimate atmosphere completely free of charge. Performers in addition to the ensembles of the St. Noel Music Ministry have included members of The Cleveland Orchestra, RED, Opera Cleveland Orchestra, Apollo’s Fire, Ohio Chamber Orchestra and others; CityMusic Cleveland; faculty of Baldwin-Wallace College, Western Reserve Academy, and The Cleveland Music School Settlement; The Renaissance Ringers; The Ohio Boychoir, and alumni from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Most concerts are designated as benefit concerts and a free-will offering is taken to benefit a local charitable organization. Past beneficiaries have included Womankind of Greater Cleveland, Project Hope for the Homeless, WSEM Food Center @ Community Corner, and the St. Augustine Hunger Center. All concerts are free of charge, family friendly and open to the public.

Saint Clement Roman Catholic Church presents Andrea McAlister, piano Piano Faculty, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music Heidi Began, piano Master of Music, Piano Performance, Cleveland Institute of Music Scot Buzza, viola Former Principal Violist, Tokyo Philharmonic Fenlon Lamb, mezzo-soprano Regular appearances with opera companies nationally works by Brahms, Debussy, Dvorák, Gershwin and Joplin Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:30 p.m. free-will offering v refreshments to follow 2022 Lincoln Avenue v Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216.226.5116 v www.saint-clement.net or email to music@saint-clement.net

Pianists Andrea McAlister and Heidi Began, violist Scot Buzza and mezzo-soprano Fenlon Lamb will present a free recital of works by Brahms, Debussy, Dvorák, Gershwin and Joplin
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, Saint Clement Roman Catholic Church, 2022 Lincoln Ave. (at Madison Ave.), Lakewood.
This recital is open to the public and FREE OF CHARGE, with a free-will offering being accepted at the conclusion of the program. Families with children are welcome, and a reception will follow with an opportunity for audience members to meet and greet the artists. For more information, call 216.226.5116, send e-mail to music@saint-clement.net, or visit www.saint-clement.net.
Saint Clement Roman Catholic Church
2022 Lincoln Avenue (at Madison Avenue)
Lakewood, OH 44107
216.226.5116
www.saint-clement.net

Scot Buzza has had an international performing career over the past two decades that includes solo appearances with orchestras in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Venezuela. In 1987 he was appointed principal violist of the Tokyo Philharmonic, and in 1990 he became soloist-principal violist of the Chamber Orchestra of Barcelona, Spain. As a chamber musician Mr. Buzza has performed world wide, and his recitals have been broadcast on Radio France, PBS, Radio Amsterdam, Tokyo NHK and Radio Catalunya (Spain). In the United States he has performed regularly with both the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Mezzo-soprano Fenlon Lamb consistently garners critical acclaim for her “dynamic, rich vocal sound” and “polished acting abilities.” For example, her role debut of Rosina (Barbiere di Siviglia) with Sacramento Opera received critical rave: “…every inch the saucy rebel [who] navigated the highly ornamented passages with creamy ease.” The Baltimore Sun applauded her Agrippina: “In the title role, Fenlon Lamb revealed a bright, flexible voice, ever-brilliant phrasing and theatrical flourish.”
This season Ms. Lamb will make her Seattle Opera debut and returns to Sacramento Opera. Previous engagements have included a concert tour in Asia and appearances with the Mississippi and Granite State Opera companies, Opera Vivente, Opera Grand Rapids and Opera Cleveland, Lyric Opera Cleveland, the Cleveland Orchestra, Apollo’s Fire, as well as the Hartford, Toledo, Akron, Loyola, Santa Cruz Symphony Orchestras.

Andrea McAlister is Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She previously taught at Capital University, Ohio Wesleyan University and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music where she also received her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. As a performer, Dr. McAlister has appeared in festivals and recitals throughout the United States and Canada, including performances at the Aspen Music Festival, the Rome Festival, and, locally, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony and Opera Cleveland on Tour.

Sunday, January 20
Kentucky State University Concert Choir (Frankfort Kentucky),
Dr. Carl Smith, director.
A Celebration of the life of Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
7:30-9:00pm
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist
1007 Superior Ave (at E. 9th), downtown Cleveland.
Free secure parking in Cathedral garage on Rockwell Ave (at E 9th, SE).
FREE. 216-771-6666 (x5510); gheislman@dioceseofcleveland.org.

Composed of undergraduates from all academic areas of the university, the Kentucky State University Concert Choir is a well-rounded, diverse organization that upholds the highest standards in performance as well as academics. The choir tours annually throughout the United States and has performed with several major orchestras. Frequently, the choir appears at music workshops, seminars and professional conventions including the Southern and National Divisions of the American Choral Directors Association, and the Music Educators National Convention. The choir also participates in several choral competitions and most recently received the top rating in the HBCU (Historic Black College) competition.

The St Ignatius High School Chorus, under the direction of Jason Falkofsky, is an 60-member male vocal ensemble specializing in choral music of the male glee club tradition. The ensemble consists of members from all four grade levels, including National Merit Scholars, varsity athletes, and student government leaders. The Chorus participated in the 2006 Heritage Festival in Chicago, their first foray into festival competition, garnering four trophies, including the Sweepstakes and Adjudicators trophies, the Outstanding Choral Group in the Festival trophy, as well as a first place ranking. In April 2007, the ensemble participated in the National Invitational Choral Festival in NYC.

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At Our Lady of Gudaalupe, Macedonia, OH Church
9080 Shepard Road
Macedonia, Ohio 44056
(330) 468-2194
www.olg.cc or music@olg.cc

October 27, 2007 Cantor Workshop/retreat 9-12 at OLG featuring a master
class with Joanne Uniatowski, Cathedral Cantor

October 28, 2007 3:00 pm The Grateful Dead; An organ recital by Kimi Nose,
Karen Mc Coll and Jason Lorenzon

November 16, 2007 7:30 pm. Concert in Honor of St. Cecilia featuring the
massed choirs of Our Lady of Gaudalupe and Holy Family Parma at Our Lady of
Gauadlupe

November 18, 2007 at 3:00 pm Concert in Honor of St. CEcilia featuring the
massed choirs of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Holy Family at Holy Family, Parma

Sundary December 2, 2007 at 4:00 pm at FIrst Congregational Church Hudson,
Ohio, Hudson Community Chorus, Jason Lorenzon, Director performing works by
Vivaldi, Handel, Taverner and others in a Holiday Concert

December 16, 2007 3:00 Advent Lessons and Carols Service at Our Lady of
Gaudalupe featuring the Magnificat Choir, OLG Schola and the Hudson
Community Chorus Chamber Choir.

THE PROMISE OF LITURGICAL RENEWAL
-- a talk by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, Belgium

The Cardinal is a member of the permanent Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops and co-moderator of the
Interfaith Committee of the European Council of Religious Leaders, and was professor of liturgy and
sacramental theology at The Catholic University of Louvain.

Cardinal Danneels will preside at Evening Prayer at 7:00 pm, and at 7:30 will speak on some of the
contemporary issues facing the church and its liturgy as called forth in the reforms of the Second Vatican
Council.

Bishop Donald Trautman, of Erie, Pa. will respond to the remarks of Cardinal Danneels.

Historic Saint Peter Church
1533 East 17th Street at Superior Ave
Cleveland

7:00 p.m. Evening Prayer
7:30 p.m. Address by Cardinal Danneels

The talk is free and open to the public.

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Friday, November 2
The Hilliard Ensemble (England)
David James, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
Steven Harrold, tenor
Gordon Jones, baritone
Music for the Feast of All Souls: Lassus, Requiem
7:30-9:00pm
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist
1007 Superior Ave (at E. 9th), downtown Cleveland.
Free secure parking in Cathedral garage on Rockwell Ave (at E 9th, SE).
FREE. 216-771-6666 (x5510); gheislman@dioceseofcleveland.org.
Unrivaled for its formidable reputation in the fields of both early and new music, the Hilliard Ensemble comes to Cleveland on the Feast of All Souls for a performance of the Lassus, Requiem. The group’s reputation as an early music ensemble dates from the 1980s.
Their legacy continues to the present day with over one hundred concerts a year at major venues throughout Europe, Japan, the USA, and Canada; as well as through their extensive discography.
“Their performance was dazzling. The Hilliards managed flawless musicianship from the minute they stepped on the stage to the minute they left... They were perfect.”- (The Emory Wheel, Atlanta).
http://www.hilliardensemble.demon.co.uk/

Saturday, November 17, 2007
Chapel at Sisters of Notre Dame
13000 Auburn Rd., Chardon, OH

Living Water will present a praise and worship
concert focused on Celebrating God's Goodness.

It's Christian music with a message! Living Water is one Christian band you’ve got to see. The performances are energetic, engaging, upbeat, and up tempo.
These eight musicians have a very clear message: "Who we are and what we do, MATTERS!" Living Water creates a unique blend of Bible based narrative and song in their presentation.
To experience your own memorable spiritual event, catch Living Water... LIVE!

This retreat will be in the form of two reflections and a master class setting designed to help cantors, music directors and those who work with cantors to deepen their spiritual understanding of their ministry along with a discovery of musical and vocal tools to help better the cantor’s vocal ability.

Schedule
9:00-9:30 Understanding the Spiritual Role of the Cantor: Father David Trask

11:30-12:00 The National Association of Pastoral Musicians’ Cantor Certificate: Preparing to be Successful: Jason Lorenzon

Joanne Uniatowski, Lecturer in Voice, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied with George Vassos. She received a Master of Music degree from the University of Alabama and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Akron. She also holds a language diploma from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Dr. Uniatowski has performed operatic roles with Lyric Opera Cleveland, Cleveland Concert Opera and Opera Circle. Equally at home as a soloist, Dr. Uniatowski has performed with The Cleveland Orchestra Educational Programs, Mansfield Symphony, PAND (Cleveland), Suburban Symphony, The Singer's Club of Cleveland, Choral Arts Society, Heights Chamber Orchestra, University Circle Choral and various local choral organizations including Chagrin Valley Choral Union and Medina County Chorus. Dr. Uniatowski also taught at Ashland University and The Cleveland Institute of Music. She is Executive Director of the Art Song Festival at Baldwin-Wallace College (formerly the Cleveland Institute of Music Art Song Festival). Joanne is a cantor/soloist at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Cleveland and has conducted numerous workshops on "Cantoring" around the Diocese of Cleveland.

Jason Lorenzon, CAGO, ARCT, B Mus., B.A., MM, JD is Director of Music Ministry of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Director of Music for Hudson Community Chorus. He has a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance with distinction from the University of Western Ontario, Master of Music Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a law degree from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law. He has given many concerts across the United States, Canada and Europe and he is a regular contributor the Pastoral Musician Magazine and serves on the NPM National Committee for Organists.

Rev. David. R. Trask, Fr. Trask was named Pastor of OLG on May 1, 2000. Before coming to OLG, he served as Associate Pastor in four other parishes:1986-1991: Ss. Cosmas & Damian (Twinsburg). 1991-1996: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Cleveland) 1996-1997: Church of St. Peter (North Ridgeville), and;1997-2000: Church of St. John Neumann (Strongsville) Fr. Trask grew up in South Euclid as a parishioner of the Church of St. Gregory the Great. He attended elementary school at St. Gregory's and is a 1977 graduate of St. Joseph High School. He attended Borromeo Seminary College, where he earned a BA in US History. He studied for the priesthood at Cleveland's St. Mary Seminary and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Cleveland on June 7, 1986.

Only once each year does the opportunity come along to celebrate the birth of our King, Jesus Christ. Christian recording artist and singer/songwriter, Raine Austen, spent many years in Nashville pursuing a long-lived career in the music business. Raine has been celebrating the Christmas season with music and concerts.

This year multiple concerts have been scheduled, which includes the Hanna Theatre on December 10 & 11. Auditions are being scheduled for singers who are semi-professional to professional talent. Song repertoire will include music from Avalon, Point of Grace, and the like, as well, a touch of classical. These concerts are faith based lyrically and are performed from a Christian-Catholic perspective. Rehearsals will fluctuate between Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays until the concert season begins in December. Singers must be able to read print music to follow along with the Music Director – sight singing is not necessary. Stage presence is a must.

To view video snippets of past concerts at local churches, feel free to log on to www.raineausten.com and click ‘video snippets’.

If you would enjoy performing at the Hanna and would like to join us, please contact Raine Austen to schedule your audition at raineausten@yahoo.com - please put ‘concert audition’ in the subject matter. Or, call Raine Austen at 216-387-1199.

Free Concert Wednesday October 17

Wednesday, October 17
The Choir of Winchester Cathedral (England)
Andrew Lumsden, Director of Music; Sarah Baldock, Organist
Choral works by: Philips, Ramsey, Byrd, Hadley, Parry, Elgar, Tippet, Finzi
Organ works by: Bach & Langlais
7:30-9:00pm
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist
1007 Superior Ave (at E. 9th), downtown Cleveland.
Free secure parking in Cathedral garage on Rockwell Ave (at E 9th, SE).
FREE. 216-771-6666 (x5510).

Winchester Cathedral (UK) has its origins in the 7th century, when a Christian Church was first built on the site. The Choir is recognized as one of Britain’s leading cathedral choirs. In addition to singing daily services, the choir has a wider ministry, including regular broadcasts on BBC Radio, international touring, an extensive discography of a wide range of music, and appearance in concerts locally and internationally.
"Winchester Cathedral Choir- surely one of the best in the land... the men are excellent, and all of them sound as if they are singing for the joy of it...” (The Gramophone)

Saturday, July 28 at 7:30 PM
ARSIS
Estonian Youth Handbell Choir
is including St. Noel is their first ever
US National Tour -

One of the country’s foremost handbell choirs will perform here in our church -

Sunday, March 25 Birmingham-First Chamber Choir (Birmingham MI) Tom Trenney, director

Sing me to Heaven Works by: J.S. Bach, Chatman, Tavener, Leighton, Parry, Parker, Shaw, Hancock, Jackson
3:00-4:30pm Cathedral of St John the Evangelist
1007 Superior Ave (at E. 9th), downtown Cleveland.
Free secure parking in Cathedral garage on Rockwell Ave (at E 9th). FREE. 216-771-6666 (x5510).

From the sublime motet, Jesu Meine Freude, by Johann Sebastian Bach, to a poignant setting of Christina Rosetti’s poem, “Remember,” to a reassuring collection of African-American spirituals, the Birmingham-First Chamber Choir (Birmingham MI) promises an afternoon of uplifting sounds for the soul. Under the direction of former Clevelander, Tom Trenney, the Birmingham-First Chamber Choir is composed of 24 of the finest choral voices from across the Detroit Metro Area.

Erik Mann heads the guitar department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches majors in Classical Guitar Performance and Music Education. Erik also serves as adjunct professor of Guitar Literature and Guitar Pedagogy at the Cleveland Institute of Music under department head Jason Vieaux, and teaches for the Cleveland Music School Settlement. During the summer, he teaches for the music department of the Pennsylvania Governor’s School of the Arts which draws the most talented high school students from around the state of Pennsylvania. He has also served on the faculty of Case Western Reserve University, Mercyhurst College, and Towson University. Erik received his Bachelors Degree from Towson University and his Masters Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has studied with Jason Vieaux, John Holmquist, and Ronald Pearl, and his master class performance experience includes: David Russell, The Assads, The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, The Brazilian Guitar Quartet, and many others. An active member of his community, Erik serves as a board member of the Greater Cleveland Classical Guitar Society and develops and implements outreach programs to help raise interest in classical music. Erik Mann can often be seen performing solo and with various ensembles, as well as lecturing about the classical guitar. For more information, please visit www.emann.net.

Linda White leads an active musical life as both teacher and performer. Ms. White is on the faculty for The Cleveland Music School Settlement, The Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Department, and the Cleveland School of the Arts. At The Cleveland Music School Settlement, in addition to teaching flute, she coordinates a program for adult amateur musicians to gather and play chamber music. Linda is a member of the Trinity Chamber Orchestra, and often performs with the ensemble as a featured soloist as well as within the orchestra. She has performed with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Cleveland Opera Orchestra, New World Symphony, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Canton Symphony, and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus. She received a Master of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Jeffrey Khaner, and a Bachelor of the Arts from the University of Wyoming, where she studied with Katherine Kemler. An active chamber musician and champion of contemporary music, she regularly works with several Cleveland area composers and performs their pieces at many venues throughout the Great Lakes region.

The Saint Noel Concert Series is dedicated to offering outstanding quality musical performances to the public in an intimate atmosphere completely free of charge. Performers in addition to the ensembles of the St. Noel Music Ministry have included Cleveland Orchestra members, faculty of Baldwin-Wallace College, Western Reserve Academy, and The Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Ohio Boychoir, and alumni from the Cleveland Institute of Music. We are pleased to be welcoming CityMusic Cleveland to our roster this fall. Most concerts are designated as benefit concerts and a free-will offering is taken to benefit a local charitable organization. Past beneficiaries have included Womankind of Greater Cleveland, Crossroads of Lake County, Project Hope for the Homeless and the St. Augustine Hunger Center. All concerts are free of charge, family friendly and open to the public.

On Friday, March 23 he will have an assembly with the St. Christopher School at 10 AM followed by Mass at 11 AM. He will celebrate our weekend liturgies with us (Sat. 5 pm / Sunday 9 AM, 10:30 Am, and Noon) and then offer a fabulous concert in the Church at 7 pm on Sunday March 25 featuring his band and our many talented singers. A Free will offering will be taken.

On Tuesday, March 27, John will offer a mission night entitled "What are you looking for?" at 7 pm in Church. All our welcome.

12 January – Friday @ 7:30pm Nathaniel Dett Chorale (Montréal Québec Canada)
Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, founder/director
A Drum Major for Peace:
a celebration of the life of Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Works by: Barnwell, Brown, Dett, Demuynck, Dilworth, Hailstork, Hatfield, Henderson, Hogan.
Co-sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Ministry to African-American Catholics.
Canada's first professional choral group devoted to the performance of Afrocentric music of all styles, dedicated to sharing the vision of Nathaniel Dett, to build bridges of understanding, appreciation, and acceptance between communities of people, both Afrocentric and other, through the medium of music. Guest appearance by the R. Nathaniel Dett Choir, from the Cleveland School of the Arts, under the direction of Dr. William Woods.

23 February – Friday @ 7:30pm Les Delices (Cleveland Hts OH)
Debra Nagy, baroque oboe & director with: Lisa Crawford, harpsichord; Scott Metcalfe, violin; Emily Walhout, viola da gamba
Works by: François Couperin, Marin Marais, and others Les Delicesis dedicated to stylish renderings of masterpieces and little-known works from the French Baroque. Formed in early 2006 by director, Debra Nagy, the ensemble debuted with several well-received recitals in Cleveland and is launching an Ohio tour for 2007. One of the few outstanding baroque oboists in the U.S., Debra is in demand across the country as a soloist and chamber musician and was the First Prize winner of the 2002 American Bach Soloists Young Artists Competition. She is joined by acclaimed harpsichordist Lisa Goode Crawford, violinist Scott Metcalfe, and viola da gamba virtuoso Emily Walhout.

You are invited to come to a

MUSIC FORUM!

When: Tuesday, September 12, 2006, beginning at 1:00pm
Where: Church of St. Leo the Great
4940 Broadview Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44109
Why:
-To meet and connect with other music directors of the diocese
-To provide support by opening the floor to: current issues, sharing music that is effective for the up-coming
season[s], and some Q & A time

Please RSVP to Jim Akoury at 216-661-1006
or e-mail jra917@aol.com by Friday, September 8, 2006.

A concert featuring the St. Noel Chamber Singers and baritone soloist Marc Weagraff will be held on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 4:00 PM at St. Noel Church located at 35200 Chardon Rd. in Willoughby Hills. The program will feature the Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams as well as classics of the sacred choral repertoire, contemporary pieces, original compositions, hymn tunes, and vocal jazz. The concert, which is part of the St. Noel Concert Series, is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken to benefit the St. Noel Music Ministry Pilgrimage Fund.

The Saint Noel Chamber Singers is a 20-voice choir comprised of members of the St. Noel Music Ministry and other members of the community. In addition to providing music at occasional weekend liturgies and major church feasts, they perform throughout the greater Cleveland area for fund-raising and charity events. Their repertoire is primarily sacred but includes music of virtually every time period and genre from Baroque to jazz. The group is under the direction of Dr. Marc Weagraff, Director of Music Ministries at St. Noel Church.

Marc Weagraff, baritone, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan where he studied with Lorna Haywood. He received his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from The Cleveland Institute of Music where he received the undergraduate valedictory prize and was twice awarded the Boris Goldovsky Prize for excellence in an operatic production. He is currently the Director of Music Ministries at St. Noel Church in Willoughby Hills, Ohio and also is on the voice faculty at Baldwin-Wallace College. Dr. Weagraff’s opera credits include roles with Michigan Opera Works, Opera Circle, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Cleveland Concert Opera, The University of Michigan, The U. of M. Gilbert and Sullivan Society, The Cleveland Institute of Music and The Utah Opera Company in Salt Lake City, UT as well as numerous performances in summer musical theater programs. Several of his performances were heard in live broadcast over WCLV and KBYU radio. Equally at home with oratorio repertoire, he has performed as soloist with the internationally renowned University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club, The Utah Symphony educational series, The Chagrin Valley Choral Union, and The Medina County Choral Union. As a recitalist he has been heard throughout the region including various church concert series and as a guest artist at Cleveland State University. He is originally from Saegertown, PA and currently resides in Painesville Twp., OH.

The Saint Noel Concert Series is dedicated to offering outstanding quality musical performances to the public in an intimate atmosphere completely free of charge. Performers in addition to the ensembles of the St. Noel Music Ministry have included Cleveland Orchestra members, faculty of Baldwin-Wallace College, Western Reserve Academy, and The Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Ohio Boychoir, and alumni from the Cleveland Institute of Music. We are pleased to be welcoming CityMusic Cleveland to our roster this fall. Most concerts are designated as benefit concerts and a free-will offering is taken to benefit a local charitable organization. Past beneficiaries have included Womankind of Greater Cleveland, Crossroads of Lake County, Project Hope for the Homeless and the St. Augustine Hunger Center. All concerts are free of charge, family friendly and open to the public.

The Westminster Cathedral Choir was among the first in Britain to make recordings; most recently the acclaimed series on the Hyperion label has won many awards from critics all over the world.

12 November – Sunday at 3:00 pm Voci (Canton OH) Dr Samuel Gordon, director Simple Gifts: Music from America’s Heart Hymns, Spirituals and Gospel Songs by American composers: Stephen Paulus, Moses Hogan, André Thomas, Carol Barnett, Joshua Shank and Ernani Aquiar.

The Voices of Canton have been in existence for over 65 years. They have sung five international tours in Europe and Canada, the last one taking place in Italy in 2004 where they performed for CorofestUmbria, The Assisi Music Festival, The Gubbio Festival, The International Choir Festival and in Rome at the Basilica, Santa Maria Maggiore.

15 December – Friday at 7:30 pm
Ohio BoyChoir (Cleveland OH)
Jon Simsic, director; Graham Schultz, accompanist
Benjamin Britten’s, A Ceremony of Carols
Additional works by Palestrina, Handl, Schein, Ledger, Rutter, Clemens. The Ohio Boychoir has been a cultural gem of the Northeastern Ohio community since its founding in 1974. The ensemble has provided glorious music in venues from neighborhood churches to concert halls and cathedrals throughout America, Europe and Australia.