music
July 25, 2013
David Ake, professor of musicology and an accomplished jazz scholar and musician, was appointed chair of the Department of Music at ϳԹ.
Since 2011, Ake has served as director of the School of the Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno. A member of the university’s facul...
July 16, 2013
Discover first hand the true harmony of art and music brought to life when a few dozen colorful, artistically decorated pianos appear throughout University Circle and other Greater Cleveland sites—all yours to play.
Play Me, I’m Yours, an interactive, musical public art installation inspired by Bri...
July 08, 2013
The “Play Me, I’m Yours” interactive art installation of 25 uniquely decorated pianos will kick off with a launch party Thursday, July 18, at 11:15 a.m. at Toby’s Plaza in Uptown.
This is a great opportunity to view or play all of the pianos before they get disbursed throughout University Circle an...
June 28, 2013
Cleveland native Mark Avsec’s big break in the music industry came in 1975, when he was asked to play keyboard on a new song by the Steubenville band Wild Cherry.
That famous song, “Play That Funky Music (White Boy)” served as the jumping off point for Avsec’s long, successful career in the arena o...
June 25, 2013
Yet again this Thursday, the entire campus community is invited to head to Toby’s Plaza—the grassy, open gathering space outside of MOCA—at 5 p.m. for fun experiences, and visit the alley to check out great shops, bars and eateries. Uptown Thursday’s activities include cornhole, table tennis, Twiste...
May 22, 2013
ϳԹ will host shows during the second ChamberFest Cleveland—a 10-day summer music festival June 20-30.
This year’s theme is “(It’s) About Time,” with music that explores the elements of time, from old and modern masters alike.
A variety of offerings—including post-conce...
May 20, 2013
An accomplished organist, Alanna Ropchock’s performances for religious services and festivals fueled a curiosity for liturgical music history. From that interest, Josquin des Prez’s Missa Pange lingua, an important Renaissance mass for the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, became the top...
April 25, 2013
Doctoral student Elizabeth Hankins received the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award. Hankins will travel to New Haven, Conn., in June to participate in the Symposium on Music in Schools that will take place at the Yale School of Music as part of the Music in Schools Initiative.
With support fro...
April 17, 2013
The Case Men's Glee Club will perform its annual spring concert on Thursday, April 18, singing some familiar songs from Valentine's Day as well as covering tunes from artists such as U2 and The Turtles.
The concert is free and will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Harkness Chapel....
April 07, 2013
From Broadway to New York City’s beer gardens, popular songs written between the 1880s and 1930s ignited the American popular music industry.
In the two-day symposium, “Sing Me That Song Again: The History and Impact of Tin Pan Alley,” ϳԹ’s Center for Popular Music Stud...