Music for Miles

Blue Water String Octet at Waterloo Arts on May 10

Come early to the Music for Miles concert in May – the Blue Water String Octet is the largest group we’ve hosted, and it will be performing the sumptuous Octet for Double String Quartet by Felix Mendelssohn. Parents with children, especially, are invited to arrive early to watch the players warming up, and learn how musicians prepare for performance. (Also, there will be cupcakes.)

The ensemble, with four violins, two violas, and two cellos (all members of the Blue Water Chamber Orchestra) will also be playing a Divertimento for Strings by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Blue Water Chamber Orchestra is a group of local world-class musicians committed to bringing exciting and unusual music directly into the neighborhoods ofNortheast Ohio. Carlton R. Woods, founder and Artistic Director, has collaborated with such artists and composers as Itzhak Perlman, Sarah Chang, Dave Brubeck, and the Juilliard String Quartet.

See more at: http://www.bluewaterorchestra.com/about/artistic-direction/#sthash.uwS7DNYu.dpuf

The Music for Miles (M4M) chamber concerts are at Waterloo Arts,15605 Waterloo Road, at 4 pm on the second Sunday of the month. They are free and very informal; the audience is encouraged to visit the adjoining Callaloo Café for a glass of wine, a cup of tea, or a light meal with West Indian flavors. Concerts are presented with the support of Local 4 Music Fund, the Music Performance Trust Fund, the Arts Collinwood Friends’ Committee, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and Ohio Arts Council. Waterloo Arts is at15605 Waterloo Road, corner of E156. waterlooarts.org; 216-696-9500.

“Sundaes on Waterloo” Music for Miles Benefit   Sunday June 14

In support of our Sunday concert series Music for Miles, we will be holding a benefit party in theWaterlooSculptureGardenat16006 Waterloo Road, where an exhibition of work by recentUniversityofAkrongraduates, curated by Laila Voss, will be set against the background of trees and flowers. Mitchell’s Ice Cream will be serving sundaes, along with cookies baked by the Friends Committee (and a little champagne). Gallery 160, at the edge of the Garden, will be showing innovative photography, artist Lisa Kenion will be receiving visitors in her studio and musicians will be playing. You can admire the newWaterloo Road, transformed by its $5 million streetscape makeover, and take home all sorts of treasures from the silent auction and the raffle.

Sunday June 14, 3-5 pm,16006 Waterloo Road,Cleveland44110. Street and attended parking. Tickets: $50 per person. R.S.V.P. by June 1 toWaterlooArts (M4M),15605 Waterloo Road,Cleveland44110.