[Airdate: May 30, 2025]

The at CIM will be held June 8-14 and will welcome thirteen young pianists from around the world. The summit is directed by who spoke to WCLV's John Mills about the program.

Pianist Michelle Cann will play a solo recital featuring music of The Women of Chicago's Black Renaissance on Monday evening, May 19th.

[Airdate: April 24, 2025]

Les Délices' concert season concludes with a series of performances called The Mermaid. Musical storyteller joins the band for a program of sea shanties, pirate ballads, fiddle tunes, and more. Les Délices' director Debra Nagy spoke to WCLV's John Mills about the performances.

Friday, April 25 @ 7:30 p.m.
Knight Stage at Akron Civic Theater

Saturday, April 26 @ 4:00 p.m.*
Heights Theater, Cleveland Heights

Sunday, April 27 @ 4:00 p.m.*
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Rocky River

*Pre-concert conversation 45 minutes prior with Debra Nagy, Seán Dagher, and John Mills

On Thursday, April 24, Yom HaShoah, at 9:00 p.m., WVIZ will air The Sparks Fly Upward, an opera by Cathy Lesser Mansfield. WCLV's John Mills spoke to Mansfield and conductor Daniel Singer about this production at the Maltz Performing Arts Center from June 2022.

WCLV's Jacqueline Gerber chats with JJ Hudson, who directs the 's production of Mozart's opera. The performances will be presented at the Mimi Ohio Theater at Playhouse Square Wednesday, April 23rd and Friday, April 25th. Both performances start at 7 p.m.

Clicking on the link will take you to the Playhouse Square website for tickets, which can also be arranged by phone at 216/241-6000.

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2025 will be on Thursday, April 24th. We talk today with composer Gerald Cohen, whose opera Steal a Pencil for Me tells the true story of a romance that developed during the Holocaust.

will bring the Cleveland Orchestra's Brass and Percussion sections to celebrate the City of Akron's Bicentennial with the premiere of a new work by Peter Boyer, as well as music by Mussorgsky, Grainger, Gabrielli and others on Tuesday, April 22nd at E. J. Thomas Hall.

[Airdate: April 7, 2025]

On Sunday, April 13, is presenting a program called "Voices of Earth". The program is part of a multi-year programming plan to present concerts on the four classical elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Good Company's director Michael Carney spoke with WCLV's John Mills about the concert.

Voices of Earth
Sunday, April 13 at 4:00 p.m.
Lakewood Presbyterian Church
Free and open to the public

This conversation with WCLV's Jacqueline Gerber and graduating Oberlin student Damian Goggans revolves around the commissioning of the etudes by the from composer Thomas Flippin, based on spirituals, and how the video and audio project came together. Clicking on the link above will take you to the CCGC page that includes all 14 videos.

WCLV's Jacqueline Gerber welcomes director Eric Schmiedl and cast member Monica Torres from the 's production of the play by Jose Cruz Gonzalez. The show, about baseball's deep roots in the Mexican-American community, opens April 4. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights plus Sunday afternoons. NOTE: There is no performance on Easter Sunday, April 20. Click on the link above for the performance schedule and to buy tickets, or call the Beck Center at 216/521-2540.