John Cage Centenary Celebration at Cleveland State
The Cleveland Contemporary Players Artist in Residence Series presents the renowned Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo in a celebration of the John Cage Centenary with a performance of the seminal and rarely heard work "Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos".
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

Keyboard Wellness Seminar with Sheila Paige (Executive Director, Keyboard Wellness Seminar®)
For more information, please contact Dr. Angelin Chang, Professor, Head of Keyboard Studies a.chang75@csuohio.edu or 216.687.2036.
Anatomy for musicians, virtuosic piano techniques development, performance – related injury prevention and treatment. Not limited to instrumentalists.
Available for one credit undergraduate/graduate (MUS 476/576)

Last day to register for credit 09/02/2012 (Fall 2012) $55/day or $200/for semester - general public. FREE for CSU faculty.

Guest Recital - Chuann Chai, piano; All Beethoven Program - Sonata in C minor, op. 13 ("Pathétique"), Rondo: Allegro, Variations on a Russian Theme in A major, WoO 71, Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ("Moonlight"), Selections from the Bagatelles, op. 33, Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata"). Free and open to the public

Cleveland Composers Guild

CSU Wind Ensemble
Howard Meeker, conductor
CSU Chamber Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

CSU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos
John Perrine and Bill Ransom, directors
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

CSU Symphony Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
Guest: Ovidiu Marinescu, Cello
Enescu – Romanian Rhapsodie No. 1 in A major
Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191
Smetana – Má vlast ("My Fatherland") - Vyšehrad and Vltava (Die Moldau)
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.

Dr. John A. Flower WCLV Faculty Concerts Dedication
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 from 6:00 - 9:30 pm
Music and Communication Building, Drinko Recital Hall

Copland - Selections from Sets 1 and 2 of the Old American Songs
Peter Bush, Baritone; CSU Faculty Department of Music
Schumann - Selections from Liederkreis, Op. 24 
Jose Gotera, Baritone, Faculty CSU Department of Music
Chopin - Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
Robert Cassidy, Piano; Faculty CSU Department of Music, Coordinator of Chamber Music 
Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34   
Peter Otto, Violin; Faculty CSU Department of Music, First Associate Concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra
Katherine Bormann, Violin; The Cleveland Orchestra
Art Klima, Viola; Faculty CSU Department of Music,, The Cleveland Orchestra
Bryan Dumm, Cello; Faculty CSU Department of Music, The Cleveland Orchestra (Muriel and Noah Butkin Endowed Chair)
Robert Cassidy, Piano; Faculty CSU Department of Music, Coordinator of Chamber Music 

Come celebrate the John A. Flower Concert Series Dedication.
Reception: 6:00 pm | Dedication and Concert: 8:00 pm

Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations Gala - 25th Anniversary Season with Jeffrey Siegel
SPELLBINDING BACH High-voltage, romantic compositions Bach wrote to “wow” his listeners with his stunning virtuosity and deeply expressive music. Program includes the exhilarating Toccata in D, the vivacious Italian Concerto, and the soul-stirring Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue.

Tickets may be reserved by contacting Gayle Kish at (216) 687.5018. Tickets are also available at the door. Cash, check (payable to Cleveland State University) or credit card (VISA, MasterCard and Discover) are accepted. For more information click here.

CSU Chorale and University Chorus
Brian Bailey, conductor
Music of Schütz, Mendelssohn, C.V. Stanford, Fissinger, and Andrew Rindfleisch
Guest Ensemble: Amherst Steele H.S. Concert Choir, Mark Skladan, conductor
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE.

Keyboard Wellness Seminar with Sheila Paige (Executive Director, Keyboard Wellness Seminar®)
For more information, please contact Dr. Angelin Chang, Professor, Head of Keyboard Studies a.chang75@csuohio.edu or 216.687.2036.
Anatomy for musicians, virtuosic piano techniques development, performance – related injury prevention and treatment.  Not limited to instrumentalists.
Available for credit undergraduate/graduate (MUS 476/576) $55/day or $200/for semester - general public. FREE for CSU faculty.

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

CSU Wind Ensemble
Howard Meeker, conductor
Guest Ensemble - Lakeland Civic Band
Charles Frank, conductor
Dr. Robert Brown, piano
Jenkins - American Overture for Band; Dahl - Sinfonietta for Concert Band;  Fucik - Florentiner March; Leemans –  March of the Belgian Paratroopers; Saint-Saens  - Occident and Orient;  Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor;  Owens - Declaration and Dance; Dello Joio - Variants on a Medieval Tune; Saucedo - Snow Caps
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

CSU Symphony Orchestra
Victor Liva, conductor
Angelin Chang, piano
Mozart –  Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.  466
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétiqu

2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University
Admission is FREE

The Cleveland Winds
“Cleveland’s Premier Wind Band”
Birch Browning, conductor
Guest Ensemble - Mercyhurst College Wind Ensemble
Dr. Scott Meier, conductor
For more information go to www.clevelandwinds.org

Dr. John A. Flower Faculty Concert Series
CSU Concert Series - Live on WCLV
The CSU Faculty Jazz Septet
Robert Fraser, jazz guitar
Glenn Holmes, bass
John Perrine, saxophone
Joseph Miller, trumpet
William Ransom, drums
Jason Smith, trombone
Rock Werhmann, piano
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.

Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos
John Perrine and Bill Ransoms, directors
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

CSU Chorale and CSU Chamber Orchestra
Handel's Messiah, Part One
Brian Bailey and Victor Liva, conductors
CSU student soloists
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

University Chorus
Brian Bailey, conductor
James Binion, baritone - guest soloist
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

CSU Percussion Ensemble
Bruce Golden, director
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

CSU Student Chamber Music Recital - Program performed by graduate and undergraduate students from the CSU Department of Music. 

Susato - Five Dances from “The Danserye”,  D’Rivera – Wapango & New York Suite (Movement I),  Glass - Saxophone Quartet (Movement IV),  Scott Joplin/arr. Zajec - Ragtime Dance,  Mozart - Trio in E-Flat Major, K. 498 “Kegelstatt”,  Beethoven -  String Quartet # 16 in F Major, Op. 135,  Mendelssohn - Sonata No. 2 in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 58,  Brahms - Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor, Op. 34.

2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

Faculty Recital - Eileen Marie Moore, Singer/Composer
An Evening of Music from Middle-earth - featuring 3 song-cycles:
Donald Swan - "The Road Goes Ever On"
Eileen Moore - "Maidens of Middle-earth"
Eileen Moore - "Maidens of Middle-earth II: The Silmarillion"
2001 Euclid Avenue on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Admission is FREE

Faculty Recital
Sean Gabriel, flute

Admission is FREE

Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations Gala - 25th Anniversary Season with Jeffrey Siegel
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: CLAIR DE LUNE, FIREWORKS, AND BEYOND!

In addition to the beloved Clair de lune and dazzling Fireworks, the program offers the humorous homage to Samuel Pickwick, the enchanting Girl with the Flaxen Hair, and the climactic Isle of Joy.

Tickets may be reserved by contacting Gayle Kish at (216) 687.5018. Tickets are also available at the door. Cash, check (payable to Cleveland State University) or credit card (VISA, MasterCard and Discover) are accepted. For more information click here.

Dr. John A. Flower Faculty Concert Series – Live on WCLV
CSU Wind Faculty
Sean Gabriel, flute
Rebecca Schweigert Mayhew, oboe
Dr. Dennis Nygren, clarinet
Dr. John Perrine, saxophone
Mark DeMio, bassoon
Elizabeth DeMio, piano
Debra Comodeca, piano
Hindemith - Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Schumann - Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Wiley - Invocation & Spirit Dance
River - Trois Silhouettes pour Flute and Piano

Admission is FREE

Keyboard Area Students Recital
Dr. Angelin Chang, Professor, Applied Piano; Coordinator, Keyboard Studies

Dr. John A. Flower Faculty Concert Series – Live on WCLV
Robert Cassidy, Piano; Faculty CSU Department of Music, Coordinator of Chamber Music
Robert Woolfrey, Clarinet; The Cleveland Orchestra
Tanya Ell, Cello; The Cleveland Orchestra
Bach - The Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
Rossini – Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Piano
Beethoven –  Clarinet Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11

Admission is FREE

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

Admission is FREE

CSU Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Symphony
Victor Liva, conductor
Prokofiev – Symphony Concertante for Cello and Orchestra – in E minor, Op. 125
Nathanael R. Matthews, cello (Winner of the Daniel Rains Concerto Competition - Undergraduate Division)
Mendelssohn – The Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90

Admission is FREE

CSU Wind Ensemble
Howard Meeker, conductor
Guest Soloist - John Perrine, soprano saxophone
Sullivan - Pineapple Poll (Suite from the Ballet)
R. Strauss - Allerseelen Op.10, No. 8 (setting for Symphonic Band by Albert O. Davis)
Mackey - Concerto for Soprano Sax & Wind Ensemble
Guest Ensemble - Lakewood High School Wind Ensemble
Brian D. Maskow, conductor
Klohr - The Billboard March
Arnold - Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo
von Suppé - "Pique Dame" Overture

Admission is FREE

University Chorus and CSU Chorale
Brian Bailey, conductor
Guest Ensemble: Avon Lake High School Chorale, William Zurkey, conductor
Program includes:
Viadana--Exsultate Justi in Domino
Charles T. Pachelbel--Magnificat for Double Choir
Rachmaninoff--Bogoroditse Devo
Britten--Rejoice in the Lamb, with William Shaffer, organ
Clausen--All that hath Life and Breath

Admission is FREE

CSU Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles
Victor Liva, conductor
Blake Johnson - Winner of the Daniel Rains Concerto Competition (Graduate Division)
Haydn - Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb/2 (Op. 101)
3 Movements  by Thomas Buckley McDaniel - (Winner of the String Orchestra Composition Contest)

Admission is FREE

The Cleveland Winds
“Cleveland’s Premier Wind Band”
Birch Browning, conductor

For more information go to www.clevelandwinds.org

Dr. John A. Flower Faculty Concert Series – Live on WCLV
Angelin Chang, solo piano

J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543/S. 462 (transcribed by Franz Liszt)
Beethoven - Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 7 (“Grand Sonata”) 
Schumann - Papillons, Op. 2 
Messiaen - l’Alouette Lulu (Catalogue d’Oiseaux)
Chopin - Ballade in f minor, Op. 52
 
This concert will include multimedia in collaboration with colleagues at CSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Professors Qian Li (motion graphics in the Art Department) and John Ban (Digital Media, School of Communication) and use of a specially shipped in, hand-built Yamaha Disklavier® concert piano that triggers projected visuals on screen. This event previews Angelin Chang's March 24 (Sunday, 2:00 p.m.) concert on the Classical Piano Recital Series at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Admission is FREE on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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

Admission is FREE

Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations Gala - 25th Anniversary Season with Jeffrey Siegel
SCHUBERT IN THE AGE OF THE SOUND BITE
In this robotic, impersonal, computerized age, the glorious melodies, incandescent harmonies, and heavenly visions of Schubert’s music affect us more deeply than ever.

Tickets may be reserved by contacting Gayle Kish at (216) 687.5018. Tickets are also available at the door. Cash, check (payable to Cleveland State University) or credit card (VISA, MasterCard and Discover) are accepted. For more information click here.

CLOCKS IN MOTION The dynamic contemporary percussion ensemble in concert at Cleveland State University on Monday, March 25th at 8:00 pm in Waetjen Auditorium, Music and Communication Building, 2001 Euclid Avenue.

The Madison, Wisconsin based ensemble will perform rarely heard works including Lou Harrison’s “Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra” and the rarely heard “Pleiades” by Xenakis, featuring the microtonal “sixxen”- a metallic keyboard instrument designed by Xenakis himself.

Founded in 2011, Clocks in Motion is a contemporary percussion ensemble dedicated to performing modern chamber music and commissioning new works.

Admission is FREE and open to the public

Guest Artist Recital
Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin) and Sophié van der Westhuizen (piano) will perform a recital of works originally written for cello and piano, transcribed by the performer for violin and piano: Sonata in G minor op. 65 by Frédéric Chopin, and Sonata in G minor op. 19 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Admission is FREE and open to the public

Master class with Sophié van der Westhuizen (piano)
Contact: Dr. Angelin Chang, Coordinator of the Keyboard Area, a.chang75@csuohio.edu or 216-687- 2039.
Sophié van der Westhuizen currently teaches piano at The Cleveland Music Settlement and Cuyahoga Community College. Sophié has previously served on the faculty of Heidelberg University as Assistant Professor of Piano and Coordinator of the Keyboard Division.

Admission is FREE and open to the public

CSU Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles
Victor Liva, conductor
Robert L. Cassidy, Coordinator of Chamber Music

Schubert – Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D. 485
Sibelius – Romance, for string orchestra in C major, Op. 42
Schubert – 2nd Movement, String Quartet No. 14 in D minor (Death and the Maiden) - Graduate String Quartet
Dvorak - String Quintet No.2, Op.77 - Undergraduate String Quintet

Admission is FREE and open to the public

CSU Concert Band
Howard Meeker, conductor
Dr. John Perrine, Saxophone
Guest Ensemble – Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony I
Gary Ceipluch, conductor
Goldman - Bugles and Drums March; Griffes - Poem for Flute and Band; Markowski – Dreamland; Marquez Danzon No. 2*; Curnor - The Eagle’s Flight; R. Strauss - Feierlicher Einzug; Jacob - William Byrd Suite
Grainger - Two Grainger Melodies (Six Dukes Went A-Fishin' and Early One Morning)
Grainger - Molly on the Shore; Mackey - Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble

Admission is FREE and open to the public

Dr. John A. Flower WCLV Faculty Concerts – LIVE on WCLV
Peter Otto, Violin; Faculty CSU Department of Music, First Associate Concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra
Joela Jones, piano; Principal Keyboard of The Cleveland Orchestra
Lutoslawski – Partita for Violin and Piano; Nielsen – Praeludium and Theme with Variations, op. 48; Pintscher – Omaggio a Giovanni Paisiello (Two fantasies on thematic fragments from string quartets for violin solo); Respighi - Sonata for Violin and Piano in b minor.

Admission is FREE and open to the public

CSU Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Symphony
Victor Liva, conductor
Charles Carleton, conductor – Faculty member Department of Music, Member of the Cleveland Orchestra
Alan Harrell, cello – Faculty member of the Department of Music, Member of the Cleveland Orchestra
Verdi – Overture to La Forza del Destino
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33.
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

Admission is FREE

University Chorus and CSU Chorale
Brian Bailey, conductor
Byrd--Sing Joyfully; Salomone Rossi–Haleluya, Haleli Nafshi; Andrew Rindfleisch–To His Music; Brahms–Excerpts from Fünf Lieder, op. 104; Charles T. Pachelbel–Magnificat for Double Choir; Gawthrop–Sing Me to Heaven; Alice Parker–Two Irish Folk Songs

Admission is FREE

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

Admission is FREE

“Brownbag Concert Series”
CSU Concert Band; Howard Meeker, conductor

Cleveland Contemporary Players Artist in Residency Series
Andrew Rindfleisch, Director
Presents - THE GENKIN PHILHARMONIC
 Featuring Music by Frank Zappa, David Sanford, Serge Prokofiev, Bela Bartok, and Arnold Schoenberg
Free Admission

The Genkin Philharmonic is a Buffalo, NY-based ten-piece electro-acoustic band specializing in musical genres spanning Rock, Jazz, Improvised, and Classical music. Part rock band, part chamber ensemble, their unusual repertoire features unique arrangements of cover tunes by Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, and Radiohead, as well as new works by young composers, and arrangements from the early 20th Century repertory of Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok, Charles Ives, Igor Stravinsky and many more.  http://www.youtube.com/user/genkinphilharmonic

Admission is FREE

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

Admission is FREE 

Kulas Series of Keyboard Conversations Gala - 25th Anniversary Season with Jeffrey Siegel
BACH AND THE ROMANTICS
Romantic works by Bach and glorious, Bach-inspired works by Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninoff.

Tickets may be reserved by contacting Gayle Kish at (216) 687.5018. Tickets are also available at the door. Cash, check (payable to Cleveland State University) or credit card (VISA, MasterCard and Discover) are accepted. For more information click here.

Faculty Recital
John M. Perrine, Professor of Saxophone and Coordinator of Jazz Studies
Arthur Klima, viola 
Carolyn Gadiel Warner, piano
Hartley - Lyric Suite for Tenor Saxophone, Viola and Piano
Hindemith – Sonate for Althorn or Alto Saxophone and Piano, in E flat
Hartley - Duo for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Hindemith - Trio for Heckelphone or Tenor Saxophone, Viola and Piano op 47
Peterson - Trio for Alto Saxophone, Viola and Piano

Admission is FREE and open to the public

Student Chamber Music Recital
Robert L. Cassidy, Coordinator of Chamber Music

Admission is FREE

CSU Percussion Ensembles - Graduate and Undergraduate
Bruce Golden, conductor

Admission is FREE

Cleveland Trombone Seminar (CTS)*
Shachar Israel, director
For more information, visit clevelandtromboneseminar.org.

2013 Creative Voices Summit & Arts Education Day Luncheon*

Part One: 9:30 – 11:00 am - "Adventures in Creative Decision Making"
Complementary Admission - Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre at the Idea Center

Part Two: 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm (Doors open at 11:00 am)
State Theatre Stage, Playhouse Square
Arts Education Day Luncheon - Cost $30
Keynote Address by – Anna Deavere Smith

Reservations required. For more information, visit csuohio.edu/cai.