Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m.: St. Paul's Episcopal Church 317 East Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio. Brown Bag Concert Bring your own lunch or brown bag lunches are available for $5.00. Just call the church office 24 hours prior to the concert at 330-725-4131.
October 18: Linda Gardner, organist
Tuesdays at 12:10: Messiah Lutheran Church, 21485 Lorain Road, Fairview Park, Ohio 44126. 440.331.2405.
www.messiahchurchfairview.org. Music for Tuesdays at 12:10 starts up again on October 18! This will be a wonderful series of programs-a lot of music that you'll not hear anywhere else this year! The programs are held in the sanctuary and are open to the public. Bring your brown bag lunch-we provide coffee, tea, and cookies. The programs conclude before 1:00 p.m. and are entirely informal...come when you can, and leave when you must. While a donation is not turned down, it's not obligatory.
Oct. 18: Heidi Albert, violoncello; David Gooding, keyboards; Sonatas and Stuff
Oct. 25: David Gooding, organ; Bach, Wesley, Muffat, Mulet
Wednesdays at Noon: Music Near the Market at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2031 West 30th St., Cleveland. CONTACT: Florence Mustric: 216.321.1393. FREE
October 19: Shulamite Chu, piano
October 26: Robert Myers, harpsichord; Julie Wesolek, flute
Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m.: Brownbag Concerts at Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115. 216.771.3630.
www.trinitycleveland.org. Bring a lunch or purchase one for $5.00. Concerts range from jazz to classical chamber music, big band, pipe organ with brass, vocal music of George Gershwin and much more. All programs take place in the beautiful Gothic nave of Trinity Cathedral. There is no admission fee - a freewill offering is taken at each concert. The Trinity Commons parking lot entrance is on Prospect Avenue at East 22nd Street (Free parking). Overflow parking is available in the Cleveland State University Prospect garage.
October 19: Organ and Brass Quintet. Sonic thrills with the Columbus Pro Musica Brass Quintet and organist Todd Wilson.
October 26: Music of Cole Porter and George Gershwin. Jennifer Cochran, Tim Cochran, and Gene Karlen present some of America's favorite Tunes.
Sunday, October 16 at 4:00 p.m.: Kent United Church of Christ, 1400 E. Main Street, Kent Ohio. It is across from the Kent State Music and Speech Building. The church is completely accessible with parking on both sides of the building. For further information please contact Liz Drotar (
liz@KentUCC.org) 330-673-9534. You are invited to a re-dedication concert of the Holtkamp III/32 pipe organ after restoration this past summer. The organ was designed by Chic Holtkamp and John Ferguson when John was organist/choirmaster at Kent. David Fisher, current organist at Kent UCC will be joined by Barbara MacGregor, Professor Emerita of Music, The University of Akron, in an exciting and colorful program of pipe organ duos for four hands and four feet. The music will include works by J.S. Bach, George Bizet, W.A. Mozart, Charles Callahan, Robert Cundick, Philip Moore, Gaetano Piazza, Richard Wagner and Walter Watson. The concert is free-an offering will be received. A celebration reception will follow the program. Kent United Church of Christ is across Horning Rd. from the Kent State Music and Speech Center. The church is completely accessible with parking on both sides of the building. For further information contact Kent UCC - 330-673-9534.
Sunday, October 16 at 4:00 p.m.: St. Ladislas Church, 2345 Bassett Road, Westlake, Ohio 44145. The Westlake Bicentennial Concert will featureMr. Jeff Sawders at the organ and include Angelo Fortini, clarinet; Sarah Kolick, harp; Liturgical Choir, Lori Vorobej, vocal soloist. The date is Oct. 16, 2011 at 4:00. Free will offering and refreshemts after the Concert.
Sunday October 16, 2011 4:00 p.m.: West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Boulevard, Rocky River. Mark Heiskanen, organ. Bach "Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542", Pinkham "Saints' Days", Vierne "Organ Symphony No. 3 in F Sharp Minor". Admission is free.For further information contact church administrator Debbie Lydon at (440) 333-2255
Monday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m.: Cathedral of St John, 1007 Superior Ave, (downtown Cleveland); 216-771-6666 x5510. Westminster Cathedral Choir (London UK). Martin Baker, Master of Music. Peter Stevens, Assistant Master of Music. Works by: Malcolm, Victoria, MacMillan, Guerrero, Hadley, Howells, Bairstow. See details above.
Sunday, October 23 at 4:00 p.m.: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2031 West 30th St., Cleveland. CONTACT: Florence Mustric: 216.321.1393. International Concert Artist, Margrit Zimmermann, piano. Born in Russia and a graduate of the world-renowned Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow), Zimmerman is praised for her interpretation of Romatic composers.
Saturday, October 29 at 7:30 p.m.: Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115. 216.771.3630.
www.trinitycleveland.org. Quire Cleveland. Timothy Brown, guest conductor, (Clare College, Cambridge). Musick's Praier: English Music and Worship. Tickets:
www.quirecleveland.org. Quire Cleveland celebrates the glorious tradition of English choral music with guest conductor Tim Brown of Clare College, Cambridge. Ranging from Renaissance masters like William Byrd to the romantic Ralph Vaughan Williams to contemporary composer Giles Swayne, the sonorities are exquisite and inspiring.
Tickets are $20 general admission; $10 seniors; $7 students; and may be purchased at the door or online (
http://quirecleveland.org). Trinity Cathedral is centrally located in downtown Cleveland at 2230 Euclid Avenue; with free parking at Trinity Commons. According to Donald Rosenberg of the Plain Dealer, "to hear this professional choir [is] to know something on the order of bliss." Come, hear for yourself -- everyone is welcome!
Saturday, October 29 at 2:00 p.m.: Stambaugh Auditorium, 1500 Fifth Avenue, Youngstown, OH. Todd Wilson from Cleveland Institute of Music and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, will accompany the silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame as part of the Re-Dedication Series of the Stambaugh Auditorium E.M. Skinner organ. A family concert directed toward children, prizes for best Halloween costume. Adults $10, children in costume FREE! Tickets available at the door the day of the concert.
Sunday, October 30 at 3:00 p.m.: Church of the Resurrection, 32001 Cannon Rd, Solon, OH.Quire Cleveland celebrates the glorious tradition of English choral music with guest conductor Tim Brown of Clare College, Cambridge. Ranging from Renaissance masters like William Byrd to the romantic Ralph Vaughan Williams to contemporary composer Giles Swayne, the sonorities are exquisite and inspiring. Tickets are $20 general admission; $10 seniors; $7 students; and may be purchased at the door or online (
quirecleveland.org). According to Donald Rosenberg of the Plain Dealer, "to hear this professional choir [is] to know something on the order of bliss." Come, hear for yourself -- everyone is welcome! Beverly Simmons, Executive Director, Quire Cleveland.
info@quirecleveland.org. 216-223-8854.
Sunday, October 30 at 3:00 p.m.: Northwest Christian Church, 340 Fishinger Road, Upper Arlington. Masquerade, Music, and Magic. Dress in your favorite costume and bring your family and friends to celebrate Halloween in a fun afternoon of music and magic! The program will include local organists entertaining us with favorites like "Toccata and Fugue in d minor" and "Rex: The King of Instruments". Bruce Anschutz will amaze us with his magic tricks! We will sing Pumpkin Carols, and there will be a costume parade. This program is offered in conjunction with the Northwest Christian Church Chalice Arts Series.
Sunday, October 30 at 3:00 p.m.: First Lutheran Church, 603 Washington Ave., Lorain, OH 44052. Reformation Hymn Festival. This hymn festival on Reformation Sunday will focus on hymns by reformers from the 16th century and the present day. Join with choir and organ for this celebration, led by Director of Music Brian Wentzel.
Sunday, October 30 at 4:00 p.m.: Grace Presbyterian Church, 1659 Rosewood Ave., Lakewood 44107-3737, OH. 216.228.6060. Linda Gardner, organist. Music by Akerley, Hurd, Adams, Young, Sanders, Ives. Presented as part of Cleveland Organ Weekend.
Sunday, October 30 at 5:00 p.m.: Westminster Church, 1250 W. Exchange Street, Akron, Ohio 44313. Festival Choral Concert with Orchestra. Haydn's Theresienmesse.
