The Cleveland Orchestra

The 61st annual awards ceremony will take place this October.

The city of Akron will once again present fireworks in four different neighborhoods to reduce travel and crowd sizes.

The state reported more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases Sunday; Ohio could soon join the Republican-led states that have enacted tougher voting restrictions; after last year’s concert series was cancelled due to the pandemic, the Cleveland Orchestra announced it will return to Blossom this summer for a 10-week season featuring 11 concerts; and more stories.

Audiences will soon be able to gather for Cleveland Orchestra concerts again. The orchestra announced Sunday a 10-week season at Blossom Music Center from July 3 to Sept. 5, with limited admission to allow for social distancing.

After seven months of silence, the Cleveland Orchestra has returned to Severance Hall to make music. But, there’s no audience in the seats, and the number of performers on stage was cut in half to present a series of online concerts.

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The Cleveland Orchestra is temporarily laying off 40 people throughout the organization and reducing salaries for remaining staff. The orchestra joins…

ENCOURAGING NUMBERS:The Cleveland Orchestra will start 2020 on firmer financial footing. The orchestra issued its annual report earlier this week, showing a balanced budget and growing base of patrons. CEO Andre Gremillet was particularly proud of the audience numbers.

Music is big business in Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland Orchestra commissioned a study to determine just how big.It found the orchestra’s activities at…

The Cleveland Orchestra announced the extension for Conductor Franz Welser-Most at its season opening on Saturday. Welser-Most started with the orchestra in 2002 and the five-year extension will keep him there until 2027.