Department of Music

Calendar of Events

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted

September 2010

Saturday, September 18 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Sun-A Park*

Piano Recital from the 2010 Winner of the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition.
Proceeds benefit the Joseph Divis Grant fund for student volunteers at the Arts Enriched English Camp.

Tickets: $5 students and seniors over 60, $12 adults pre-sale, $15 at the door Proceeds benefit the Joseph Divis Grant fund for student volunteers at the Enriched English Camp www.thekf.org.

Wednesday, September 29 at 8:00 pm / Drinko Recital Hall
Jazz Combos and CSU Faculty Jazz Combo
Bill Ransom, director

October 2010

Sunday, October 3 at 3:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

The Cleveland Composers Guild
Electro-acoustic concert: music with electronics/computers/prerecorded sound events www.clevelandcomposers.org.

Tuesday, October 5 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Drinko Recital Hall
University Chorus, CSU Chorale, and CSU Chamber Orchestra
Victor Liva and Brian Bailey, conductors

Wednesday, October 6 at 8:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

CSU Wind Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble
Howard Meeker and Howie Smith, conductors

Tuesday, October 12 at 8:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

CSU Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor

Guest Cleveland Orchestra Artists and Peter Otto, violin and Joanna Patterson, viola

**Cancelled ** Wednesday, October 13 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall **Cancelled **

Faculty Recital

Sunday, October 17 at 3:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel*
“The Romantic World of Robert Schumann: Fantasies Forbidden and Fulfilled”
Celebrate Schumann's 200th birthday with his love inspired Fantasies Opus 12, and the stunning, virtuoso Symphonic Etudes Opus 13, or "Variations on a melody of a false father-in-law"!

*Tickets Required. To order tickets call (216) 687-5018

Monday, October 18 at 7:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

The Cleveland Winds*
Birch Browning, conductor and Dr. Joseph Parisi, Guest Conductor

*Tickets Required.

Tuesday, October 19 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Live WCLV Broadcast and Performance
Faculty Recital

Robert Cassidy, piano
Debussy - Preludes, Book I
Schubert - Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960

Wednesday, October 20 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

"Oxide"
Performed by: Hans Tammen "Endangered Guitar" live electronics and Christoph Imer, Violin

Free and Open to the Public

Monday, October 25 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

CSU Experimental Ensemble
Halloween Concert
Live Video, Electronics, improvisations and more.

Free and open to the public.

November 2010

Wednesday, November 10 at 8:00pm || Drinko Recital Hall

CSU Jazz Combos
Bill Ransom, director

Monday, November 15 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

CSU Jazz Ensemble
Howie Smith, director

Tuesday, November 16 at 8:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Music for Two Pianos & Percussion*
Gilbert Kalish and Wu Han, pianos - Daniel Druckman and Ayano Kataoka, percussion
Shostakovich - Concertino, Op. 94
Crumb - Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for 2 Amplified Pianos & Percussion (1974)
Bartók - Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
To order tickets: www.clevelandchambermusic.org

Wednesday, November 17 at 8:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

CSU Wind Ensemble
Howard Meeker, conductor

Friday, November 19 at 7:30 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Musica D’Arte
Elizabeth Unis Chesko, soprano

Monday, November 22 at 7:00pm || Drinko Recital Hall

CSU Clarinet Ensmeble
Theodore Johnson, director

Tuesday, November 23 at 8:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

CSU Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor

Special Guest, Angelin Chang, piano
Professor of Applied Piano; Coordinator of Keyboard Area and Chamber Music

Tuesday, November 30 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Live WCLV Broadcast and Performance
Faculty Recital

John Perrine, saxophone
Robert Cassidy, piano

December 2010

Wednesday, December 1 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

University Chorus, CSU Chorale and CSU Chamber Orchestra
Victor Liva and Brian Bailey, conductors

Friday, December 3 at 7:30pm || Waetjen Auditorium

CSU Graduate and Undergraduate Percussion Ensembles
Bruce Golden, conductor
Works by Jennifer Higdon, Dafnis Prieto, Chris Ferrous and Tom Gauger

Sunday, December 5 at 3:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel*
“Three Great “Bs” – Bach, Beethoven, Barber”
The dynamic Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue by Bach, the towering Appassionata of Beethoven, and the magnificent, dramatic, lyrical music of Samuel Barber in celebration of his 100th birthday in 2010!


*Tickets Required. To order tickets call (216) 687-5018

 

January 2011

Sunday, January 23 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Cleveland Chamber Collective
Mary Kay Fink, flute; Takako Masame, violin; Sae Shiragami, violin; Lisa Boyko, viola; Linda Atherton, cello; Nicholas Underhill, piano/composer. www.chambercollective.com

Tuesday, January 25 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Live WCLV Broadcast and Performance
Robert Cassidy, piano and Nicholas Diodore, cello
Performs works of Beethoven, Martineau, Saariaho and Lutoslawski

CANCELLED - Saturday and Sunday January 29–30 from 1:15-5:00 pm || MU 423 - CANCELLED

**This event has been cancelled and will be re-scheduled.**

Keyboard Wellness Workshop
Sheila Paige, clinician
www.csuohio.edu/class/music/masterclasses.html

February 2011

Wednesday, February 16 at 12:10 pm || Trinity Cathedral

CSU Keyboard Students at the Young Emerging Artists Series
www.trinitycleveland.org/arts/brownbag.html

**Reschedule for 2/23/2011** Wednesday, February 16 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall **Reschedule for 2/23/2011**

CSU Jazz Combos
Bill Ransom, director

Sunday, February 20 at 3:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Keyboard Area Students Recital Liszt Anniversary Celebration Year
Dr. Angelin Chang, Coordinator Keyboard Area - a.chang75@csuohio.edu

Monday, February 21 from 1:30-5:00 pm

“Viola Rocks”
Music and Communication Building, East 21st and Euclid Avenue
Annual Free Event hosted by the Ohio Viola Society
For more information: www.ohioviolasociety.org

Tuesday, February 22 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Live WCLV Broadcast and Performance: Almeda Trio
Robert Cassidy, piano; Cara Tweed, violin; Ida Mercer, cello
Performs works of Jennifer Higdon, Paul Schoenfield, Johannes Brahms

Wednesday, February 23 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

CSU Jazz Ensemble
John Perrine, director

**Reschedule from 2/16/2011** Wednesday, February 23 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall **Reschedule from 2/16/2011**

CSU Jazz Combos
Bill Ransom, director

Monday, February 28 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Concert - Janus Trio
Cleveland Contemporary Players Artist in Residence Series
Andrew Rindfleisch, Music Director
The Janus Trio performs a concert of colorful and dynamic new repertoire for flute, viola, and harp by Cameron Britt, Ryan Brown, Anna Clyne, Martin Matalon, and Angelica Negron.

March 2011

Tuesday, March 1 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

CSU Chamber Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor

Grieg - Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (1884)
Mendelssohn - Sinfonia for Strings No. 1 in C Major (1821)
Winner of CSU String Composition Competition
Dorian Neuendorf – “Jubilations” for String Orchestra (2011)
Nielsen – Wind Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon, Opus 43 (1922)
Mozart – Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370, (1781)

Wednesday, March 2 at 8:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

CSU Concert Band
Howard Meeker, conductor
Featured Guest Ensemble – Avon Lake High School Symphonic Band
David Eddleman, conductor

Saturday and Sunday, March 5–6 from 1:15-5:00 pm || MU 423

Keyboard Wellness Workshop
Sheila Paige, clinician
www.csuohio.edu/class/music/masterclasses.html

Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel*
“Northern Stars – Brahms, Grieg, Sibelius, and Nielsen”
Glorious music from the far north! Rhapsodies and Ballades of Brahms, tender Lyric pieces and zesty Norwegian Dances of Grieg, charming and deeply expressive short gems of Sibelius and the Danish master Carl Nielsen. Tickets: (216) 687-5018

Monday, March 7 at 7:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

The Cleveland Winds, Northeast Ohio’s Professional Chamber Wind Ensemble*
Birch Browning, conductor and Howard Meeker, guest conductor
For more information go to www.clevelandwinds.org

Tuesday, March 8 at 8:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

CSU Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus and CSU Chorale
Victor Liva and Brian Bailey, conductors
Winners of the Daniel Rains Concerto Competition
Bettyjeane Wischmeier, clarinet and Evan Kleve, violin
Artie Shaw – “Concerto for Clarinet” (1940)
Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 26

Sunday, March 13 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Cleveland Chamber Collective
Mary Kay Fink, flute; Takako Masame, violin; Sae Shiragami, violin; Lisa Boyko, viola; Linda Atherton, cello; Nicholas Underhill, piano/composer. www.chambercollective.com

Tuesday, March 22 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Live WCLV Broadcast and Performance
For updates visit www.csuohio.edu/concertseries

Thursday, March 24 at 7:30 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

The JUNO nominated “Orchid Ensemble”
Lan Tung (Taiwan/Canada) on the erhu/Chinese violin, Haiqiong Deng (China/US) on the zheng/Chinese zither, and Jonathan Bernard (Canada) on percussion

April 2011

Tuesday, April 5 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Live WCLV Broadcast and Performance
For updates visit www.csuohio.edu/concertseries

Monday, April 11 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Concert: Meridian Arts Ensemble
Cleveland Contemporary Players Artist in Residence Series
Andrew Rindfleisch, Music Director
One of the most dynamic and unique brass ensembles in the country concludes its residency at CSU with an exciting and varied concert of brass music by Carlo Gesualdo, Igor Stravinsky, Andrew Rindfleisch, and Milton Babbitt

**Rescheduled to 4/25** Wednesday, April 13 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall **Rescheduled to 4/25**

CSU Jazz Combos
Bill Ransom, director

Friday, April 15 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

No Exit
Cleveland’s newest contemporary music ensemble under the direction of Timothy Beyer

Sunday, April 17 at 3:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel*
Paris 1911 – A Century Celebration!
Enduring, engaging masterpieces written exactly 100 years ago! Ravel’s Noble and Sentimental Waltzes; exotic, colorful preludes of Debussy and Fauré; humorous short pieces of Satie; and Stravinsky’s staggering Petruska, in a piano arrangement of the orchestral score that was commissioned from the composer by Arthur Rubinstein. Tickets: (216) 687-5018

Sunday April 17, 2011, 7:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

Bach - The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
14 Fugues • 14 Ensembles • 1 Theme
Cleveland State University, Drinko Recital Hall
Admission is Free
2121 Euclid Avenue • At the Northwest Corner of E. 21st and Euclid; Parking Available E. 21st

Tuesday, April 19 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

The Why Collective

Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

CSU Concert Band
Howard Meeker, conductor
Guest Ensemble – Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony
Gary Ceipluch, conductor

Monday, April 25 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

CSU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos
John Perrine and Bill Ransom, directors
Guest Artists - Joe Miller, trumpet; Rock Wehrmann, piano; Bill Ransom, drums
Featuring Music of: Paul Ferguson, Cole Porter, Billie Holiday and others

Tuesday, April 26 at 8:00 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

CSU Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor;
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, OP. 1 (1892),
Javier Gonzalez, piano
Arias and Scenes from Operas of Puccini and Verdi
Gabriella Martinez and Leslie Andrews* (sopranos), Dawn E. Durdella* (mezzo-soprano), Bradley Paller (tenor), James Binion Jr. (baritone), Nikola Budimir* (bass)
*CSU Alumni

Wednesday, April 27 at 12:10 pm || Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

“Brownbag Concert Series”
CSU Concert Band; Howard Meeker, conductor
www.trinitycleveland.org/arts/brownbag.html

Wednesday, April 27 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall

CSU Chorale and University Chorus
Brian Bailey, conductor
Music of Palestrina, Billings, Schumann, Badings, and Wilberg,
and featuring Brahms' Neue Liebeslieder

Friday, April 29 at 8:00pm || Drinko Recital Hall

CSU Opera/Theatre Workshop
Elizabeth Unis Chesko, director
Students perform excerpts from Opera and Music Theater.

May 2011

Monday, May 2 at 7:30 pm || Waetjen Auditorium

Guest Artist - Arthur Greene, pianist
Professor of Piano - University of Michigan; Scriabin - Piano Sonatas

Tuesday, May 3 from 3:00- 5:00 pm || MU 423

Piano Master class with Dr. Arthur Greene
Professor of Piano - University of Michigan; Contact: Dr. Angelin Chang, Keyboard Area Coordinator (216) 687-2036 or a.chang75@csuohio.edu

Tuesday, May 3 at 8:00 pm || Drinko Recital Hall
CSU Chamber Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
Hindemith – Trauermusik for Viola and String Orchestra, Mozart – Symphony No. 33 in B flat Major, K. 319,
Corelli – Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No. 1 in D Major.
Wednesday, May 25 from 9:30 am – 2:00 pm

Due to popular demand, registration for both events is required.

Creative Voices Summit | 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Complimentary admission
Westfield Insurance Studio at the Idea Center Produced in partnership with ideastream®
“Arts and Politics”
Panelists:
Tim Page, former classical music critic, The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist
John Frohnmayer, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts 1989-1992, candidate for U.S. Senate, Oregon
Darryl McDaniel, pioneer hip hop musician and founding member of Run DMC
Moderated by Kurt Anderson, host of the nationally syndicated NPR show, Studio 360.

Arts Education Day Luncheon | 12-2 p.m.
Cost: $25 at the door or paid in advance (Doors open at 11:30 a.m.) State Theatre Stage, PlayhouseSquare
Keynote Speaker: Rosie Perez; Artistic Board for the Urban Arts Partnership in New York City
“Arts and Education”
Featured performances: Students from CMSD’s All-City Musical and the new K-12 Campus International School on the CSU campus

 

Calendar of Events

2011–2012 || 2010 – 2011 || 2009 – 2010

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Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
Department of Music
2121 Euclid Avenue, MU 332
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
Campus Location
Music and Communication
Building, Room 332
2001 Euclid Avenue
Contact
Kate Bill
m.c.bill@csuohio.edu
Phone: 216.687.5039
Fax: 216.687.9279
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