Cleveland Chamber Symphony

Jeffrey Mumford is a composer with strong Ohio connections, having taught in the music composition departments at Bowling Green and Oberlin. But his music for chamber orchestra, A Garden of Flourishing Paths, has never been performed in Cleveland. The music shimmers and twinkles like a soundtrack of discovery. It's not a piece that will send you away humming a tune, but it's not dischordant or in any way difficult to listen to either. It's on tonight's Cleveland Chamber Symphony program, along with Fang Man's Maroon and Steven Stucky's Boston Fancies. Steven Smith conducts. The free performance begins at 7:30 at the Cleveland Music School Settlement (11125 Magnolia Drive in University Circle). Call 216-421-1062 or go to clevelandchambersymphony.org. — Michael Gill