The Sounds of Saint James concert series returns with “The Cleveland Consort of Voices” Sunday, September 18 at 4pm at St. James Church, 17514 Detroit Ave. Lakewood, Ohio. The series was created by award winning St. James Church Music Director, Adam Chlebek. Adam is a student of Jonathan Moyer, completing his bachelor’s degree in Organ Performance at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He is a Dean’s Scholarship winner and captured second Place in the Taylor Organ Competition 2022-2023. The concert features the recently formed octet under the leadership of Professor Steven Plank, Director of Oberlin’s Collegium Musicum and Andrew B. Meldrum Professor in the Department of Musicology. He received the Thomas Brinkley Award from Early Music America in 2009 and studied under Sir Curtis Price. Professor Plank has specialized in the relationship of liturgical spirituality and musical style. The eight Consort members are exceptional talents drawn from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, the Cleveland Opera, the Cleveland Chamber Chorus, and the St. Paul’s Episcopal Choir in Cleveland, Heights. A capella singing amidst the sumptuous acoustics of St. James Church highlights the Renaissance polyphony of some of the most memorable music of William Byrd, Johannes Brahms, Jean Mouton, Giovanni da Palestrina, Paul Mealor, Heinrich Schutz and Johann Sebastian Bach. The musical experience will be enhanced by the art and architecture of historic St. James Church. Admission is Free – Suggested Donation is $15 to Support the Performers. Light refreshments are available after the performance. The book created to record the incredible art and architecture of St. James will also be available. Please watch for future concerts. www.stjameslakewood.com