CityMusic Cleveland is excited to introduce their guest conductor, Annunziata Tomaro, and concertmaster Laura Hamilton, who will be featured in their March Orchestra Series, Rediscovered Classics.

In Symphony of Secrets, violinist and writer Brendan Slocumb and CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra will unearth some hidden gems by staple composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn, as well as less familiar repertoire by Florence Price, and Latin American masters Astor Piazzolla and Arturo Marquez. The concert will feature CityMusic's flutists Laura Gilbert and Kimberly Zaleski.

We caught up with Diversity Fellow and composer of String Quintet, a piece featured at our January 2024 Chamber Series, Patrick Prejean. Here’s what he had to say about the inspiration behind this piece, his experience in playing viola, composing, and conducting, and Lightsaber fighting.

CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra will return in 2024 for the continuation of their 20th season with a performance at Praxis Fiber Workshop in Collinwood.

CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra will finish 2023 off with a festive bang with their Christmas, Beethoven, & Mambo concert series, featuring renowned conductor Stefan Willich, and The Cleveland Orchestra’s own Hans Clebsch on the French horn.

We caught up with Travis Guillory, tenor soloist of our October orchestra series, Celebrating Black Excellence, a few days before his first performances with CityMusic. Here’s what he had to say about his debut with CityMusic, his experience with operatic singing, and how an arm to the face inspired his favorite performance.

CityMusic celebrates the wonder of African American musical heritage in this brilliant program featuring a piece by one of the most revered living black composers, Jessie Montgomery, and the vocal talents of Oberlin Conservatory’s own Travis Guillory, Elizabeth Hanje, and Benhur Mosazghi.

We caught up with violinist Kyung Sun Lee, featured soloist of Symphonie Concertante. Here’s what she had to say about returning to CityMusic for our 20th season, how she acquired her violin from 1793, and how yoga has become a part of her routine.

We are pleased to announce our 2023-2024 Diversity Fellow, Patrick Prejean! Patrick will be a featured violist this season.

CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra is celebrating its 20th season with the first concert of its 2023-2024 series, Sinfonia Concertante. These performances will be held around the Northeast Ohio area between September 21-24 and will feature renowned violinists Kyung Sun Lee and Jung Min Amy Lee.

Klezmer and classical melodies swirl together in Golijov’s epic work The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, the featured piece in CityMusic’s program The Visionary Clarinet with principal clarinetist Daniel Gilbert as the soloist.

CityMusic announces the Spring 2023 Orchestral Fellowship opportunity for BIPOC violinists.

Violinist Miho Hashizume has put together a stunning chamber program on November 11. We interviewed her about how she got into violin, her career and the concept behind this program.

The CityMusic orchestra may be conductorless this season, but it’s not leaderless! Meet Laura Hamilton, formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, as she takes the helm.

Two string concerts highlight different parts of the chamber repertoire – from a quintet taking a retrospective look at a composer’s memories, to a premiere depicting Black America’s ongoing struggle for equality, and much more!

CityMusic’s 2022-23 season theme is “color.” Musicologist Dr. Richard Rodda explores the different facets of musical color in this 2022-23 season overview.

Tuba soloist Laura Potter will be featured this Friday in a concert for the unique ensemble of tuba plus string quartet. I caught up with her at her Cleveland Heights home to learn about her tuba career and her connections to CityMusic.

This October, Concertmaster Laura Hamilton leads the CityMusic Chamber Orchestra in a new direction: going democratic, with no conductor. Our opening concert features Beethoven’s First Symphony alongside violin romances with soloist Tessa Lark.

CityMusic Cleveland tubist Laura Potter performs contemporary pieces for the unusual pairing of tuba and string quartet in this concert of rarely performed chamber works.

Welcome to CityMusic’s 18th Season, “Colors,” from Ronald Strauss, President of the Board.