Saturday, March 22, 2025, 7 pm

Cleveland Repertory Orchestra, Matthew Salvaggio, conductor. The Cleveland Repertory Orchestra seeks to explore the breadth of the orchestral repertoire, including new and historically excluded voices, and increase accessibility to high-quality orchestral performances.

Chamber Music Masterpieces

Program: Richard Strauss: Serenade, Op. 7; Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 44; Jennifer Higdon: Quiet Art, version for string octet, Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”

COST: Free – Good-Will Offerings Appreciated. Learn more about Cleveland Repertory Orchestra here

PAST EVENT

Friday, November 22, 2024 – 7:30 PM – RRPC Sanctuary

BlueWater Chamber Orchestra – BlueWater Chamber Orchestra is committed to expanding the boundaries of what a chamber orchestra can be. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Daniel Meyer, the orchestra is creating an era of lively creative performance and educational experiences. Special educational and outreach concerts have taken the orchestra to Cleveland Metropolitan School District facilities, Rocky River, and Mansfield. BlueWater musicians also perform in various smaller ensembles throughout the region. Committed to welcoming new audiences while serving established chamber music aficionados, BlueWater celebrates the luminous world of inspiring chamber orchestra music.

COST: Free – Good-Will Offerings Appreciated. Learn more about BlueWater Chamber Orchestra here

PAST EVENT

Sunday, November 17, 2024 – 4:00 PM – RRPC Sanctuary*
*Note: This was a special performance and not part of the “Artist Concert Series”

Apollo’s Fire – Hope and Solitude. With the Acclaimed Reggie Mobley
RRPC was fortunate to host Apollo’s Fire in our very own Sanctuary. On Sunday, November 17 at 4:00 PM. The event featured internationally acclaimed singer Reggie Mobley, Apollo’s Fire concertmaster Alan Choo, and eight Apollo’s Fire friends for soulful music of Purcell and Bach, including Purcell’s O Solitude and Bach’s haunting Cantata no. 82, Ich habe genug, featuring oboist Debra Nagy. Two uplifting Southern spirituals round out this intimate evening of hope and renewal.

PAST EVENT

October 22, 2024

Apollo’s Fire – Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos 

Apollo’s Fire is an international Baroque orchestra whose home is right here in Northeast Ohio. This Grammy-winning ensemble will be performing at our very own Rocky River Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, October 22, in the main sanctuary. The event entitled, “Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos” begins promptly at 7:30 PM – please arrive 15 minutes early. Jeannette Sorrell leads the exhilarating Apollo’s Fire musicians in Bach’s masterpieces – featuring daredevil violinist Alan Choo in No. 4 and dazzling guest trumpeter Caleb Hudson of the Canadian Brass in No. 2.

Learn more about Cleveland Repertory Orchestra  here

PAST EVENT:

May 2024:

Violinist Andrew Sords & Friends – “An Afternoon of Romantic Chamber Music”
Music lovers came to enjoy an afternoon with American-born Violinist Andrews Sords. He and fellow performers Mari Sato, John Walz, Elizabeth DeMio, and Daniel Singer performed 19th Century favorites including works by Brahms, Clara Schumann, Massenet, and others. The event included strings, piano, and vocals.

Sords has a celebrated career as a soloist on four continents and in performances with other talented musicians. Having collaborated with 300 orchestras, Sords has been cited for combining visceral virtuosity with a ravishing tone.

Learn more about Andrew Sords here.

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