Concert: The Slee Sinfonietta
Cleveland Contemporary Players Artist in Residency Series
Andrew Rindfleisch, Director
A concert of works by current and former Cleveland composers, Donald Erb, David Felder, Andrew Rindfleisch, and Greg D'Alessio.
This concert is free

Cleveland Composers Guild

24th Season of the Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel*
A BEETHOVEN BONANZA!
The many moods of genius!  The lighthearted, humorous Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31; the tragic, fiery Sonata Pathetique, and the transcendent Sonata in E Major, Op. 109, written after deafness had engulfed the composer.Tickets: (216) 687-5018

CSU Concert Band
Howard Meeker, conductor
CSU Jazz Ensemble
Howie Smith, director

CSU Chamber Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
Guest: John Perrine, saxophone
Dubois – Concerto for Alto Saxophone
CSU Chorale and University Chorus
Brian Bailey, conductor

CSU Symphony Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
Guest Artist: Peter Povey, violin
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 (1945)
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1878)

Concert: Jenny Lin, piano
Cleveland Contemporary Players Artist in Residency Series
Andrew Rindfleisch, Director
A recital of avant-garde concert works for solo piano and electronic sound with music by Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Timothy Beyer.
This concert is free

CSU Jazz Combos
Bill Ransom, director

Live WCLV Broadcast and Performance
The Bill Ransom Trio
Bill Ransom, percussion and drums
Glenn Holmes, acoustic bass
Phillip K. Jones, keyboard
The Trio will perform selections from latest CD "Generations."

CSU Chorale
Brian Bailey, conductor
Special Guest Ensemble - Bay High School A Cappella Choir
Devon Gess, conductor

CSU Concert Band
Howard Meeker, conductor
The Cleveland Winds
“Cleveland’s Premier Wind Band”
Birch Browning, conductor
Guest Artist: Bobby Davis, clarinet
Gregson - Celebration
Babin/arr. Nygren - Hillandale Waltzes for clarinet and wind ensemble
Hartley - Concerto for 23 winds
For more information go to www.clevelandwinds.org

CSU Chamber Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
Corigliano – Voyage (for string orchestra - 1976)
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 (1880)
CSU Jazz Ensemble
Howie Smith, director

Musica D’Arte
Elizabeth Unis Chesko, soprano
Sean Gabriel, flute
Eric Ziolek, piano

24th Season of the Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel*
FROM HEART TO ART: THE ROMANTIC MUSIC OF FRANZ LISZT
The sizzling virtuosity and seductive lyricism of the 18th century’s rock star of the piano.  From the beloved Liebestraume to the exuberant Hungarian Rhapsodies.
Tickets: (216) 687-5018

CSU Jazz Combos
Bill Ransom, director

CSU Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
Robert Cassidy - piano
Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, (1876)
Bach - Piano Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052

CSU Concert Series - Live on WCLV
Dr. Robert Cassidy, piano, CSU Faculty
Joanna Patterson, viola, CSU Faculty, Cleveland Orchestra
Robert Woolfrey, clarinet, Guest Artist, Cleveland Orchestra

CSU Chorale and University Chorus
Brian Bailey, conductor

CSU Concert Series - Live on WCLV

Sean Gabriel, flute
Mark DeMio, bassoon
Elizabeth DeMio, piano

Bozza - Sonatine for Flute and Bassoon (1938)
Bach - Sonata in E major for flute and basso continuo (BWV 1035)
Previn - Bassoon Sonata (1997) Bassoon and piano
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras  - No. 6 for flute and bassoon (1938)

Guest Artist – R. Kent Cook, D.M., pianist
Professor of Music, Co-Chair of Keyboard Department
Illinois Wesleyan University
Mozart - Sonata in D Major, K. 576
Brahms - Fantasies, Op. 116
Martin - from Preludes for Piano
Frank - Prélude, Chorale et Fugue

PPiano Master class with R. Kent Cook, D.M.
Professor of Music, Co-Chair of Keyboard Department
Illinois Wesleyan University
Contact: Dr. Robert Cassidy, Interim Coordinator of the Keyboard Area for 2011-12
r.l.cassidy@csuohio.edu or 216-798-1561

CSU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos
John Perrine and Bill Ransom, directors

Keyboard Area Students Recital
Dr. Robert Cassidy (Interim Coordinator Keyboard Area 2011-2012)

Composition Area Recital
Original compositions performed by students and guest artists

CSU Concert Series - Live on WCLV
Dr. Robert Cassidy, piano (interim Coordinator of Keyboard Area 2011-2012)
Charles Carleton, bass (CSU Faculty and Member of the Cleveland Orchestra)
Bryan Dumm, cello (CSU Faculty, Member of the Cleveland Orchestra)
David Alan Harrell, cello (CSU Faculty, Member of the Cleveland Orchestra)
Peter Otto, violin (CSU Faculty, First Associate Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra)
Joanna Patterson, viola (CSU Faculty, Member of the Cleveland Orchestra)
Beethoven: Variations (7) on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 Messiaen: Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus 
Noon: Elegy Variations, Op. 97
Messiaen: Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus 
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 (Die Forelle)

Cleveland Chamber Collective

CSU Concert Band
CSU Chorale and University Chorus
Howard Meeker and Brian Bailey, conductors
Special Guest Ensembles – North Olmsted Wind Ensemble and
North Olmsted High School A Cappella Choir
Ben McMurtrie and Christopher J. Venesile, conductors
Featuring Staff Sergeant Michael E. Warnick, trumpet (Member of the President’s Own)
Soprano, Gabriela Martinez and Baritone, Peter Bush
Anderson – A Trumpeters Lullaby
Gillingham – Lifesongs
Veenker – Te Deum
Stamp - Cenotaph
Nelson - Courtly Airs and Dances
Goto – Dancing in Air

CSU Chamber Orchestra and Various Student Chamber Ensembles
Victor Liva, conductor
Ewazen - Sinfonia for String Orchestra
A World Premier by Student Composition Competition Winner
Cory Rubin - Broken Pearls

24th Season of the Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel*
RUSSIAN RAPTURE: RACHMANIOFF AND TCHAIKOVSKY
Soaring melodies and sumptuous sonorities of these ever-popular composers – the colorful Preludes, captivating Etudes, and the scintillating Humoresques.
Tickets: (216) 687-5018

The Cleveland Winds
“Cleveland’s Premier Wind Band”
Birch Browning, conductor
For more information go to www.clevelandwinds.org

Music & Art at Trinity Cathedral - Brownbag Concerts
John Perrine, saxophone
A varied program by the Cleveland State University professor of saxophone

CSU Symphony Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
Madeline Kabat, cello
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, Opus 107

CSU Clarinet Ebsemble
Thedore John, director
Mozart's Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622
Mendelssohn - Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor for 2 clarinets and piano Op. 114
C. M. von Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 74
Mozart - Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" transcribed for clarinet choir
Schubert - Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D. 965,  for soprano, clarinet, and piano
Berstein - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

CSU Concert Series - Live on WCLV
Dr. Daniel Barber, piano
Cleveland State Piano Faculty

NO EXIT
Cleveland’s contemporary music ensemble under the direction of Timothy Beyer

CSU Department of Music Faculty Recital
David Alan Harrell, cello
(Faculty, CSU Department of Music, The Cleveland Orchestra)
Shachar Israel, trombone,
(Faculty, CSU Department of Music, Assistant Principal Trombone of The Cleveland Orchestra)

Guest Artist – R. Kent Cook, D.M., pianist
Professor of Music, Co-Chair of Keyboard Department, Illinois Wesleyan University
Mozart - Sonata in D Major, K. 576                                       
Brahms - Fantasies, Op. 116                                                                     
Martin - from Preludes for Piano                                                        
Frank - Prélude, Chorale et Fugue

Piano Master class with R. Kent Cook, D.M.
Professor of Music, Co-Chair of Keyboard Department, Illinois Wesleyan University
Contact: Dr. Robert Cassidy, Interim Coordinator of the Keyboard Area for 2011-12 r.l.cassidy@csuohio.edu or 216-798-1561

CSU Concert Series - Live on WCLV
Peter Otto, Cleveland State Faculty, First Associate Concertmaster, The Cleveland Orchestra

CSU Jazz Ensemble
John Perrine, director

CSU Jazz Combos
Bill Ransom, director

CSU Trombone Class Recital

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

Music & Art at Trinity Cathdral - Brownbag Concerts
CSU Concert Band
Howard Meeker, conductor
This remarkable band will provide sonic thrills filling the Cathedral!

CSU Department of Music Presents - Trombone Studio Concert

Drinko Recital Hall is located in the Music and Communication Building on the Campus of Cleveland State University - Corner of Euclid Avenue and East 21st Street - Parking Garage Adjacent to Building via East 21st Street

CSU Trombone Class Recital
Special Guests - Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Trombone Quartet

Program
Lully - March (CSU Trombone Quartet)
Mozart - Ave Verum, K. 618 (CSU Trombone Choir)
Bordogni - Vocalise No.3 (Jonathan Case and Evan Shei)
Strauss - Nocturno, Op. 7 (Rasheed Moore)
Telemann - Sonata for 2 Recorders, From Sonatas TWV 140.1 (Paul Stroud and Anthony Kruse)
Peeters - Suite for 4 Trombones, Op. 82 (Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Trombone Quartet)
Premru - Prelude and Dance (Anthony Kruse)
Haydn - Achieved is the Glorious Work, from the Creation, Hob. XXI:2 (CSU Trombone Quartet)
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, from Cantata BWV 147 (CSU Trombone Studio)

No tickets required for this concert

Music & Art at Trinity Cathedral - Brownbag Concerts
CSU Chamber Choir
Brian Bailey, conductor
A musical menu of beautiful choral Music

The CSU Symphony Orchestra and CSU Chamber Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
Charles Carleton, guest conductor
Winners of the Daniel Rains Concerto Competition
Alison Chorn, marimba
Nishana Gunaranta, string bass
Mendelssohn - Concert Overture The Hebrides, Op. 26,
Hindemith - The Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Sejourne - Sejourne-Concerto for Marimba & Orchestra
Koussevitzky - Concerto : op. 3, for string bass

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

University Chorus and CSU Chorale
Brian Bailey, conductor
Guest Ensembles - St. Ignatius High School Chorus and Cat-o'-Tonics
Jason Falkofsky, conductor

CSU  Percussion Ensemble – Spring Semester Recital
Bruce Golden, director

CSU Harp Ensemble – Spring Semester Recital
Jody Guinn, director

24th Season of the Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel*
A MUSICAL LOVE TRIANGLE: ROBERT, CLARA AND JOHANNES!
Music of Clara Wieck inspired by Schumann and Brahms – music of Brahms and Schumann inspired by Clara Wieck!
Tickets: (216) 687-5018

The Music and Communication Building on the Campus of Cleveland State University
CLEVELAND TROMBONE SEMINAR (CTS)
Students at the Cleveland Trombone Seminar (CTS) will enjoy private lessons and coaching with leading faculty members. They will perform throughout the week in master classes and in a final concert as soloists and in chamber groups. CTS 2012 will  feature solo recitals given by CTS faculty and guest clinicians. Understanding that many factors lead to great and consistent performances, CTS will hold clinics with professionals in the Feldenkrais and Wellness fields. These professionals will offer advice concerning form, increased progress through correct practice, performance anxiety, and much more. 

CTS Director - Shachar Israel (Assistant Principal Trombone, the Cleveland Orchestra; Trombone Professor, Cleveland State University). Faculty Members for CTS 2012:  Haim Avitsur (Trombone Professor, West Chester University and Queens College; Soloist and Chamber Musician) and Mark Lusk (Trombone Professor, Penn State; Soloist and Clinician)

For CTS Seminar updates and performance schedule:  clevelandtromboneseminar.org