Arias from Blake will be performed on this program features nearly 200 years of American compositions, mostly from Ohio. The oldest work was written by the once-famous guitar virtuoso and Cleveland abolitionist Justin Holland. Exceptional works by four living composers, two of them Clevelanders, demonstrate that Classical music has both a rich history and an exciting future in our city.

At the historic porch of the Cozad-Bates House in University Circle for a MusiCLE Yours Porchestra Concert featuring members of The Cleveland Orchestra and friends, plus special speaker Joan Southgate, Founder of Restore Cleveland Hope, whose inspiring five-hundred-mile walk through Ohio raised awareness to save this historic building.