Welcome to Grammy Award-winning Cleveland Chamber Symphony
The Cleveland Chamber Symphony (CCS) performs music of our time that dares to explore. We nurture composers, musicians and audiences through professional performances, recordings, commissions, and educational experiences.
NEOSonicFest and our Young and Emerging Composers Concert
Saturday March 8th, 4pm, 2025
Baldwin Wallace Gamble Auditorium
Steven Smith Music Director
Jose Howard-Guerra – University of Akron School of Music
Anthony Malinowski – Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music
Yeonsuk Jung – Bowling Green College of Musical Arts
Noah Hertzman – Cleveland Institute of Music
Josh Beacom – Cleveland State School of Music
Theodore Lovinski – Kent State School of Music
Graham Lazorchak – Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Colin Schrein – Wooster College
– Recent Past Performances –
NEOSonicFall – Celebrating NEOhio Composers
Sunday, September 15th, 2024, 7pm
Baldwin Wallace University – Gamble Auditorium
Steven Smith, Music Director
Spatial Fanfare for Brass Ensemble and Percussion – Donald Erb
Legends for String Orchestra – Loris Chobania
Cityscape Lights – H. Leslie Adams
I. Allegro ritmico
II. Largo
III.Allgro
Mark George, piano
**World premiere performance
Concert Program: HERE
September Concert 15th, 2024 PRESS RELEASE
Young & Emerging Composers Concert
Wednesday, October 25th 2023, 7pm
Baldwin Wallace University – Gamble Auditorium
Steven Smith, Music Director
Benjamin Brody – University of Akron
Julia Grady – Baldwin Wallace University
Adam Har-zvi – Bowling Green University
Gabriel Stossel – Cleveland Institute of Music
Alexandra Vaduva – Cleveland State University
Haider Riaz – Kent State University
NEOSonicFall – Celebrating New Music
Sunday, October 29th 2023, 4pm
Baldwin Wallace University – Gamble Auditorium
Steven Smith, Music Director
Flute Concerto – Marta Ptaszyńska
Sean Gabriel, soloist
**World Premiere
Set for Theatre Orchestra – Charles Ives
Constellation No. 6 – The Cicadas – Christopher Auerbach-Brown
**World Premiere
Opera Scenes
May 19, 2023 at Gamble Auditorium
In collaboration with the Cleveland Composers Guild
featuring short, Northeast Ohio composed Opera scenes
NEOSonicFest – A Northeast Ohio New Music Festival linking top level new music performance groups into a common festival format.
Our performance of Donald Erb’s Reconnaissance:
A 1989 conversation with CCS Founder Ed London with Bruce Duffie.
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