music
October 22, 2013
Alan Light, former editor-in-chief of Spin and Vibe magazines, a frequent contributor to The New York Times and Rolling Stone, and the author of The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah,” will give the 18th Annual Music Masters Keynote Lecture…
September 12, 2013
Stephen Hefling, professor of musicology, will present a lecture on Gustav Mahler’s love letters—a topic about which he was prominently featured in The New York Times earlier this summer. Hefling hopes to publish a 59-page love letter from Mahler, a composer who was seen as fairly chaste, to one…
September 09, 2013
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and APP will honor 1989 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees the Rolling Stones during the 18th Annual Music Masters series, “It’s Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It): The Music of The Rolling Stones,” Oct. 21-26 in…
July 25, 2013
David Ake, professor of musicology and an accomplished jazz scholar and musician, was appointed chair of the Department of Music at APP. 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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
May 22, 2013
APP 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…
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…