Kevin Mclaughlin

by Kevin McLaughlin Presented by Arts Renaissance Tremont, Burning River Brass’s annual Holiday Spectacular filled Pilgrim Congregational Church on Friday evening, December 19. The handsome late 19th-century sanctuary rang with brass, and the season arriv... See more

by Kevin McLaughlin This article was originally published on Cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Holiday concerts trade on familiarity, but the best of them feel less like ritual and more like reunion. On Saturday evening, Dec. 13 at Mandel Concert Hall, The ... See more

by Kevin McLaughlin By six o’clock on December 12, winter light was already draining from the Ames Family Atrium at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museumgoers crossed paths with concertgoers as chairs were added for late arrivals. The pale stone space, fain... See more

by Kevin McLaughlin The Singers’ Club of Cleveland brought the joy of the season to Trinity Cathedral on Tuesday evening with a program titled To Dwell in Harmony , a holiday offering both polished and good-humored. The venerable all-male chorus — whose l... See more

by Kevin McLaughlin Renaissance polyphony can bloom in resonant spaces, but the Donna and James Reid Gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art presents particular challenges: hard surfaces and a long reverb tend to blur consonants into watercolor. The Clevel... See more