UPCOMING CONCERTS

The Ekklésia Reed Quintet performing Mvts I, III, VI, IX of Robert Schumann's Waldszenen arranged for Reed Quintet by Raff Hekkema. I - Eintritt - 0:00 III - Einsame Blumen 1:58 VI - Herberge 3:57 IX - Abschied 6:00 Sue Keserich, Oboe Willow DiGiacomo, Clarinet Tom Lempner, Saxophone Keith Petersen, Bassoon Travis Hogue-Smith, Bass Clarinet

Join us and fellow chamber ensembles from the Cleveland Winds in a live(streamed) concert from the Maltz Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 21, at 3 pm EST. The livestream link can be found here on Sunday: https://case.edu/maltzcenter/clevelandwinds You will hear a multitude of chamber ensembles including the Cleveland Winds brass choir, the Ekklésia Reed Quintet, the Neo-Tessares Saxophone Quartet, and our Chamber Winds performing Mozart's Gran Partita!

Tonight on Live From Cleveland, we have Ekklesia Reed Quintet

Ekklésia Reed Quintet performs for ORMACO's Virtual Concert Series 2020 ERQ presents a concert of holiday classics and new works by local composers inspired by the COVID pandemic. Ekklésia Reed Quintet https://erq.webs.com https://www.facebook.com/Ekklesia.reeds https://www.instagram.com/ekklesia.reeds/ ORMACO ormaco.org https://www.facebook.com/Ormaco.Inc/

Members of Ekklésia Reed Quintet (bass clarinetist Travis Hogue-Smith, alto saxophonist Thomas Lempner) perform a virtual premiere of Buck McDaniel's "Hocket with Canons" for ORMACO's Virtual Concert Series 2020. Buck McDaniel https://soundcloud.com/buck-mcdaniel-organ https://www.facebook.com/buckmcdanielcomposer/ Ekklésia Reed Quintet https://erq.webs.com https://www.facebook.com/Ekklesia.reeds https://www.instagram.com/ekklesia.reeds/ ORMACO ormaco.org https://www.facebook.com/Ormaco.Inc/

Members of Ekklésia Reed Quintet (bass clarinetist Travis Hogue-Smith, soprano saxophonist Thomas Lempner) perform a virtual premiere of Stephen Stanziano's "Curiosity" for ORMACO's Virtual Concert Series 2020. Stephen Stanziano https://stephenstanzianocomposer.com/home Ekklésia Reed Quintet https://erq.webs.com https://www.facebook.com/Ekklesia.reeds https://www.instagram.com/ekklesia.reeds/ ORMACO ormaco.org https://www.facebook.com/Ormaco.Inc/ cu•ri•os•i•ty is a new composition for Soprano Saxophone and Bass Clarinet written by Cleveland Composer's Guild member Dr. Stephen Stanziano during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Thomas Lempner and I are both members of the Ekklésia Reed Quintet and as part of our mission feel the importance of promoting local artists and their works is important for the cultural integrity of our amazing city and communities. We asked Dr. Stanziano to write a piece for this project as we know the loss of the "performance" aspect for musicians can be quite discouraging. Not only does this piece fill that missing aspect in a musicians new "normal", but the piece its self is centered around the human curiosity of learning new things one would never have thought they would want to or be interested in with the newly found time on one's hands during this crisis. Travis Hogue-Smith is a Clarinetists, Artistic Administrator, and graphic design hobbyist. He is the Director of Operations for the Miami Classical Music Festival, member of the Ekklésia Reed Quintet and the Cleveland Winds. Thomas Lempner is a member of the music faculty at Cleveland State University, The College of Wooster, Notre Dame College, and he is a woodwind coach for the Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland Youth Wind Symphonies. Mr. Lempner currently performs as a member of Ekklésia Reed Quintet, Neo-Tessares Saxophone Quartet, Cleveland Winds, Akron Symphonic Winds, and many more local groups. Stephen Stanziano is an active composer, educator, and bassist in Northeast Ohio who holds a Ph.D. in music theory and composition from Kent State University. A member of ASCAP and former president of the Cleveland Composer's Guild, his works have been performed by the Cleveland Chamber Collective, Grammy-award winning guitarist Jason Vieaux, several Cleveland Orchestra members, and The Cleveland Chamber Symphony, among others.

Ekklésia Reed Quintet Performs Buck McDaniel's Two Parts. More information about ERQ at www.ekklesiareedquintet.webs.com

ERQ performing Hunting Wabbits (composed by Gordon Goodwin, arranged by Travis Hogue-Smith); ERQ: Sue Keserich (oboe), Willow DiGiacomo (clarinet), Travis Hogue-Smith (bass clarinet), Thomas Lempner (soprano saxophone), Philip Kish (bassoon)