Upcoming Engagements

Unsung Voices
Presented with acclaimed collaborative pianist Susan Ellinger, Unsung Voices celebrates the rich and often overlooked repertoire of women and LGBTQ composers. This concert features works by remarkable women composers — Alma Mahler (Fünf Lieder), Clara Schumann (Sechs Lieder, Op. 13), and Cécile Chaminade — all gifted composers and brilliant pianists. The program also includes Home of the Brave by contemporary composer Ricky Ian Gordon, a reflection on identity and resilience. Free. 4:00pm start.

Unsung Voices
Presented with acclaimed collaborative pianist Susan Ellinger, Unsung Voices celebrates the rich and often overlooked repertoire of women and LGBTQ composers. This concert features works by remarkable women composers — Alma Mahler (Fünf Lieder), Clara Schumann (Sechs Lieder, Op. 13), and Cécile Chaminade — all gifted composers and brilliant pianists. The program also includes Home of the Brave by contemporary composer Ricky Ian Gordon, a reflection on identity and resilience. Presented as part of Music and Art at Trinity Cathedral’s BrownBag concert series. Free. Noon start.

Apollo's Fire: Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas
Kira joins Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra in Apollo’s Singers for their performances of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas. With performances in Cleveland, Akon, and Chicago.

Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil: Cleveland Chamber Choir
Kira joins the Cleveland Chamber Choir for their performances of “Vespers: Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil”.

Sea Pictures: The Cleveland Women's Orchestra
Kira makes her debut with The Cleveland Women’s Orchestra, under the direction of Eric Benjamin, in Edward Elgar’s Sea Pictures. 2:30pm start.

Apollo's Fire: Mozart's Requiem
Kira joins Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra in Apollo’s Singers for their performances of Mozart’s Requiem.

Cleveland Museum of Art: Music in the Gallery: In Four Voices
Kira sings as part of a quartet of singers from Cleveland Chamber Choir, as part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s “Chamber Music in the Galleries” series. “In Four Voices” is a specially curated concert featuring music for four voices. The selections include William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, English madrigals, and three pieces by Cleveland-area composer Dr. Judith Eckelmeyer. 6:00pm start, free.

Apollo's Fire: Praetorius Christmas Vespers
Kira joins Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra in Apollo’s Singers for their performances of Praetorius Christmas Vespers.

Handel's Messiah
Kira returns as alto soloist to Trinity Cathedral for their beloved annual performance of Handel’s Messiah. Free. Noon start.

Madness & Melancholy: Music & Art at Trinity Cathedral
Kira sings with members from Cleveland Chamber Choir, as part of Music & Art at Trinity Cathedral’s Brownbag Concert series.
When the passions of our subconscious pour out into daily life, the results are dramatic indeed.
In Madness & Melancholy, singers from Cleveland Chamber Choir bring us a program of baroque music that promises to arouse the spirits of even the most lethargic of souls. The selections include excerpts from Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, mad songs by John Eccles and John Blow, Italian laments and more. With Dominic Aragon, baritone; Abigail Hakel-Garcia, soprano and violin; Adrian Murillo, theorbo; Kira McGirr, contralto; and Gregory Ristow, harpsichord. 12:00pm start, free.

Love in Bloom: Cleveland Chamber Choir
Kira joins the Cleveland Chamber Choir for their performances of “Love in Bloom”, featuring music by Benjamin Britten, Tōru Takemitsu, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen and Brandon Waddles.

Raspberry Island Dreaming: Heights Chamber Orchestra
Kira makes her debut with Heights Chamber Orchestra in Libby Larsen’s Raspberry Island Dreaming. More information about the piece here. Free. 3pm start.

Cleveland Museum of Art: Music in the Gallery: Madness & Melancholy
Kira sings as “Madness & Melancholy”, presented by members of Cleveland Chamber Choir, as part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s “Chamber Music in the Galleries” series.
When the passions of our subconscious pour out into daily life, the results are dramatic indeed.
In Madness & Melancholy, singers from Cleveland Chamber Choir bring us a program of baroque music that promises to arouse the spirits of even the most lethargic of souls. The selections include excerpts from Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, mad songs by John Eccles and John Blow, Italian laments and more. With Dominic Aragon, baritone; Abigail Hakel-Garcia, soprano and violin; Adrian Murillo, theorbo; Kira McGirr, contralto; and Gregory Ristow, harpsichord.
6:00pm start, free.

In Four Voices: Music & Art at Trinity Cathedral
Kira sings as part of a quartet of singers from Cleveland Chamber Choir, as part of Music & Art at Trinity Cathedral’s Brownbag Concert series. “In Four Voices” is a specially curated concert featuring music for four voices. The selections include William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, English madrigals, and three pieces by Cleveland-area composer Dr. Judith Eckelmeyer.12:00pm start, free. More information coming soon.

From the Diary of Anne Frank: Cleveland Repertory Orchestra
Kira returns to the Cleveland Repertory Orchestra, under the direction of Matthew Salvaggio, in Michael Tilson Thomas’ From the Diary of Anne Frank. 7:00pm start.

La Fleur de la Renaissance: Cleveland Chamber Choir
Kira joins the Cleveland Chamber Choir for their performances of “Le Fleur de la Renaissance”, devoted to the French masters of the Renaissance. Step into the rich, resplendent world of Renaissance polyphony, celebrating the timeless works of Josquin des Prez and Guillaume Dufay.

Lord Nelson Mass: Choral Arts Cleveland
Kira returns to Choral Arts Cleveland as their alto soloist in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. More information coming soon.

Carousel with Musical Theater Project
Kira makes her solo debut as Nettie Fowler with The Musical Theater Project in their performance of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel. 3pm start. More information coming soon.

Songs of Correspondence: Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Kira makes her debut with Cleveland Chamber Symphony, performing excerpts from Songs of Correspondence by Richard Stout, on letters from Willa Cather.