Make Music With Us!

2026 Auditions

The Heights Chamber Orchestra is welcoming viola and cello players for our 2026–2027 season!

Join a welcoming community of musicians who come together to make great music, grow as performers, and enjoy the experience of playing together. We’d love to welcome you to the ensemble!

Auditions: Monday, August 17 · 7:30 p.m.
Rehearsals: Monday evenings at Cleveland Heights High School

Ready to play with us? Sign up for an audition time here.

We look forward to meeting you—and hearing you play!

Our 2026-2027 season in here!
“Celebrating American Music”

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: St. Paul’s
Soloists: Emily Cornelius, violin; Ross Karre, percussion

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach — Summer Dreams, Op. 47
Arvo Pärt — Fratres
Margaret Brouwer — Century’s Song
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 99 in E-flat Major

Sunday, November 22, 2026

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Fairmount Presbyterian Church

Antonín Dvořák — American Suite, Op. 98b, B. 190, in A Major
George McKay — Scenes from the Southwest
Clare Grundman — Second American Folk Rhapsody
Alan Hovhaness — Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, Mysterious Mountain

Sunday, February 14, 2027

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: First Baptist Church of Shaker Heights
Soloist: Emily Cornelius, violin

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Hiawatha: Suite from the Ballet Music, Op. 82a
Marcus Norris — Glory for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
Florence Price — Negro Folk Songs in Counterpoint
Margaret Bonds — Montgomery Variations

Sunday, April 4, 2027

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: St. Paul’s
Soloist: Brian Wendel, trombone

Virgil Thomson — The Plow That Broke the Plains: Suite
Henri Tomasi — Trombone Concerto
Aaron Copland — The Tender Land: Suite
Daniel Perttu — To Spring

Sunday, May 9, 2027

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: St. Paul’s
Soloist: Allison Hillier, piano

Ferde Grofé — Grand Canyon Suite
Leonard Bernstein — West Side Story: Selections
Francis Poulenc — Piano Concerto