Calendar
June 30
Lakeside, Ohio
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
July 10-12
Lakeside, Ohio
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
July 18-19
Lakeside, 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 with Evelyn Wright
featuring Vernon Hairston, Dwight Bailey, Jerry Powell
8 p.m. | Catawba Island Club
Beethoven Mass in C, op 86
Symphony Chorale & Chamber Orchestra
Sadiyah Babatunde, soprano
Elizabeth Vogel, mezzo
Dr. C. Andrew Blosser, 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
Finding Your Way Workshop
Featuring Dr. Deforia Lane & Michael Shirtz
Workshops, Seminars, Lectures & Performances
All Day Events | Lakeside Chautauqua, Marblehead, Ohio
August 1-3
Lenox, Massachusetts
Evening with Michael Shirtz & George Michael
Jazz in the Berkshires
7:30p.m. | Lenox, Massachusetts
August 21
Columbus, Ohio
November 12-13
Fremont, Ohio
August 26
Catawba Island, Ohio
Michael Shirtz & Laura Camara with Tony Hagood
Trouville Jazz Festival
6:30 p.m. | Columbus, Ohio
Great Hymns of Faith Choral Festival
Michael Shirtz, conductor
All Day Events & Concert | Grace Lutheran Church, Fremont, Ohio
Concert on November 13, 4:00 p.m.
Lake Erie Foundation presents Michael Shirtz Trio
Catawba Island Club
6:30 p.m. | Catawba Island, Ohio
November 20
Sandusky, Ohio
Songs of Thanksgiving Concert
The Symphony Chorale
Michael Shirtz, conductor
4:00 p.m. | St. Peter & Paul Church, Sandusky, Ohio
December 4
Huron, Ohio
Holiday Pops Concert: Somewhere in My Memories
Firelands Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
Carl Topilow & Michael Shirtz, conductors
4:00 p.m. | Sawmill Creek Convention Center, Sandusky, Ohio
January 4-7
Orlando, Florida
14th JEN Annual Conference & JENerations Jazz Festival
Omni Regency Hotel & Conference Center, Orlando, Florida