Cleveland Chamber Music Society

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Cleveland Chamber Music Society

Presenting fabulous chamber music concerts for over 75 years. After many years, this successful program made a transition to the governance of Young Audiences.

The Cleveland Chamber Music Society is a non-profit organization that has been presenting annually for seventy-three years, a series of chamber music concerts for Cleveland audiences. The organization began modestly in 1949 when three friends at Western Reserve University persuaded the renowned Budapest String Quartet to give one concert in Cleveland. The Cleveland Chamber Music Society was incorp

orated in 1950 and has evolved into one of today’s most esteemed presenting organizations. Each year, our series of 7-9 concerts features artists of stellar quality providing musical enrichment for the community. The purpose of the Cleveland Chamber Music Society is to promote, foster and encourage the culture, study and playing of chamber music by means of concerts and other programs of all kinds beneficial to the educational and cultural community. In addition to the concert series, soon after its founding CCMS developed a “school concerts program” targeted for the city of Cleveland and its suburbs. Today CCMS involves some of its guest artists in master classes at conservatories in Northeast Ohio and other visits for the benefit of students and the community at large. It also sponsors a new “Outreach Program,” taking chamber music to several elementary schools in Cleveland and its suburbs in collaboration with CIM and student ensembles. As a presenter of chamber music, CCMS is unique in that volunteers and only one part-time paid secretary accomplish its work. The organization is supported by earned income from its endowment and generous donations from its members and friends as ticket income covers less that 50% of the costs of the concerts. The Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, which carries out the work of the organization between meetings of the Directors, govern the Cleveland Chamber Music Society. Their sense of mission and dedication are as strong today as when the organization was founded. OFFICERS

President:
Fern Jennings

1st Vice President:
Dr. Richard Lederman

2nd Vice President:
Lloyd Max Bunker

3rd Vice President:
Barbara Green

Treasurer:
Doug Rose

Recording Secretary
TBD

Counselors:
Dr. Murray Goldstone
Bruce Tyler

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mel Arnoff
Robert Baumann
Eric Charnofsky
Frank Ell
Eric Farnan
Richard A. Fried
Barbara Green
Emily Laurance
Matthew Mazur
Toni Miller
Terry O’Malley
Charlotte Price
Lois Rose
David J. Rothenberg
Martha Somach
Standing Committee Chairs:

Executive Committee: Fern Jennings
Communications/Marketing: TBD
Finance: Myron "Bud" Stern
Nominating: Robert Baumann
Programming: Dr. Stephen Somach

05/19/2026

An inspiring master class with Jeremy Denk at the Cleveland Institute of Music today! Don't miss the Isidore String Quartet with Jeremy Denk, tomorrow at 7:30pm!

05/06/2026

Mark your calendars and join us as we welcome the Isidore String Quartet and Jeremy Denk on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM at the The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gartner Auditorium. We’ll enjoy works of Haydn, Ligeti, and Brahms! See the link in our bio for tickets and more information.

04/26/2026

‼️20% off with code CCMS20‼️
Don’t miss you opportunity to get 20% off your regular or senior ticket to see the Verona Quartet and Yaron Kolhberg THIS Tuesday, April 28 at 7:30pm. Ticket link in bio!

04/25/2026

Join us for an evening with the Verona Quartet and Yaron Kohlberg on April 28 at 7:30pm! Use code CCMS20 for 20% off regular and senior tickets! 🎵

04/06/2026

Mark your calendars and join Cleveland Chamber Music Society and Piano Cleveland for an evening of Scarlatti, Glass, Janacek, and Dvorak with the Verona Quartet and Yaron Kohlberg on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 7:30pm at the The Cleveland Museum of Art Gartner Auditorium. Visit the link in our bio for tickets and more information.

02/27/2026

Join us on Tuesday evening for the Leonkoro Quartet performance!

02/21/2026

Mark your calendars and join us for an evening of Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven with the Leonkoro Quartet on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 7:30pm at the Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Christian Church in Cleveland Heights. Visit the link below for tickets and more information.

01/30/2026

Stay up to date with our 76th season here!

Email from Cleveland Chamber Music Society Renowned Baritone brings warmth, intimacy, and lyric depth SEASON 76 CONTINUES ON FEBRUARY 3 Program Works by: Copland, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, John

01/21/2026

Mark your calendars and join us for an evening of Vaughan Williams, Finzi, and Copland with Quinn Kelsey and Craig Ketter on Tuesday, February 3 at 7:30pm at The Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Christian Church in Cleveland Heights. Visit the link below for tickets and more information.

10/28/2025

Mark your calendars and join us for an evening of Haydn, Bartok, and Dvorak with the Takács Quartet on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 7:30pm at The Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Christian Church in Cleveland Heights. Visit the link in our bio for tickets and more information.

Address

University Heights, OH
44118

Telephone

+12162912777

Website

https://www.clevelandchambermusic.org/support

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