Calendar
Due to the effects of COVID-19, Mr. Shirtz's performances and conducting engagements are beginning to return.
Please check back for updates for date changes, additions, and protocol announcements due to COVID.
April 15-20
Wilton, Connecticut
May 4
Columbus, Ohio
May 9
Port Clinton, Ohio
May 14
Port Clinton, Ohio
May 29
Catawba Island, Ohio
June 12-16
Lakeside, Ohio
June 13
Lakeside, Ohio
June 16
Lakeside, Ohio
Concert for Ukraine
Special Evening, Michael Shirtz, guest artist
Riffe Center Theatre, Columbus, Ohio
A Conversation with Michael Shirtz
Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council Series
6:00 p.m. | Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Center, Port Clinton, Ohio
The Sousa Concert
Michael Shirtz, guest artist with Port Clinton High School Bands
3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. | Port Clinton Performing Arts Center, Port Clinton, Ohio
Blessing of the Fleet
The Symphony Chorale, Michael Shirtz, conductor
12:00 p.m. | Catawba Island Club
CHAUTAUQUA JAZZ WEEK EXPERIENCE
Workshops, Lectures & Performances
All Day Events | Lakeside Chautauqua, Marblehead, Ohio
Information, Registrations & Tickets
Jazz Backstage: Brubeck @ 100
Michael Shirtz & Special Guests
Hoover Auditorium Backstage, Lakeside Chautauqua
In conjunction with Chautauqua Jazz Week Experience
Jazz All Star Concert: Tribute to Jazz at the Philharmonic
Dwight Bailey, Sam Blakelsee, Chris Coles, Jerry Powell, Charles Saenz, Michael Shirtz, Jackie Warren & Evelyn Wright
Hoover Auditorium, Lakeside Chautauqua
In conjunction with Chautauqua Jazz Week Experience
June 17 & 18
Lenox, Massachusetts
June 29
Lakeside, Ohio
June 30
Lakeside, Ohio
July 10-12
Lakeside, Ohio
July 18-19
Lakeside, Ohio
Evening with Michael Shirtz & George Michael
Jazz in the Berkshires
Show Times TBA | The Mount, Lenox, Massachuettes
The Music of World War II Lecture with Michael Shirtz
Chautauqua Lecture Series
3:30 p.m. | Orchestra Hall, Lakeside Chautauqua
To Rise Above: A Tuskegee Airmen's Story (Tribute to Col. Harold Brown)
Michael Shirtz Quartet with William Barrett, Sadiyah Babatunde & Special Guests
Chautauqua Concert Series
7:30 p.m. | Hoover Auditorium, Lakeside Chautauqua
Chautauqua Band Directors Workshop
Featuring clinicians Jon Waters with Michael Shirtz, Lisa Galvin, John Brennan
& Northcoast Concert Band, John Kustec, director
Workshops, Lectures & Performances
All Day Events | Lakeside Chautauqua, Marblehead, Ohio
Chautauqua Songwriting Workshop
Featuring Jon Torrence & Michael Shirtz
Workshops, Seminars, Masterclasses & Performances
All Day Events | Lakeside Chautauqua, Marblehead, Ohio
July 22
Catawba Island, Ohio
July 24
Sandusky, Ohio
An Evening with Michael Shirtz
featuring Vernon Hairston, Dwight Bailey, Jerry Powell
7 p.m. & 9 p.m. | Catawba Island Club
THE ESSENCE OF BEETHOVEN
Celebrating 250 Years of Beethoven
Beethoven Mass in C | Hallelujah from the Mount of Olives | Joyful, Joyful
Symphony Chorale & Chamber Orchestra
Sadiyah Babatunde, soprano
Elizabeth Vogel, mezzo
Samuel Jungman, tenor
Sam Wetzel, bass
Michael Shirtz, conductor
4:00 p.m. | St. Mary's Catholic Church, Sandusky, Ohio
This concert was rescheduled from original date due to COVID).
July 25-26
Lakeside, Ohio
November 12-13
Fremont, Ohio
January 4-7
Orlando, Florida
Finding Your Way Workshop
Featuring Dr. Deforia Lane & Michael Shirtz
Workshops, Seminars, Lectures & Performances
All Day Events | Lakeside Chautauqua, Marblehead, Ohio
Great Hymns of Faith Choral Festival
Michael Shirtz, conductor
All Day Events & Concert | Grace Lutheran Church, Fremont, Ohio
14th JEN Annual Conference & JENerations Jazz Festival
Omni Regency Hotel & Conference Center, Orlando, Florida