Friday, March 4

Old First Concerts presents Duo Concertante. Nancy Dahn violin and Timothy Steeves piano perform Sonata No. 1 in D Major by L. van Beethoven, Sonata No. 1 by Béla Bartók, and Sonata in A Major by César Franck. Old First Church 1751 Sacramento Street at Van Ness San Francisco 8 pm $15/12 students/seniors (415) 474-1608 www.oldfirstconcerts.org.

Saturday-Sunday, March 5-6

New Music Works and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra present Lou Harrison in Memoriam, collaborative remembrances of Lou Harrison’s exquisite music. Program features a far-reaching range of Harrison scores. Guest artists include Cynthia Baehr violin, Hiu Daisy You gui-chen, Isaac Anderson tenor bells, and the UCSC Percussion Ensemble. New Music Works performs the first half of the concerts, San Jose Chamber Orchestra the second. Concerts sponsored by New Leaf Markets and Coast Commercial Bank. 3/5: First Congregational Church 900 High Street Santa Cruz 8 pm $15/18 at door $12/15 students (831) 459-2159. 3/6: Le Petit Trianon 72 North Fifth Street San Jose 7 pm $40/35/30 at door $30/25/20 students/seniors (408) 295-4416.

Saturday-Monday, March 5-7

Volti presents Left Turn @ Albuquerque, a concert celebrating the musical cultures of Cuba, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, and Columbia. Program includes two world premieres, by Gabriela Lena Frank and Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez, plus works by Alberto Ginastera, Miguel Matamoros, Carlos Chavéz, Jose Rincón, Beatriz Corona, Roberto Camaaño, and Roberto Sierra. Concert repeated 3/12 at the First United Methodist Church, 2100 J Street, Sacramento. 3/5: Holy Family Episcopal Church 1500 E Cotati Avenue Rohnert Park 8 pm; 3/6: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 2300 Bancroft Way Berkeley 4 pm; 3/7: National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi 610 Vallejo Street San Francisco 8 pm $20/15 seniors/8 students (415) 771-3352 www.voltisf.org.

Sunday, March 6

Empyrean Ensemble presents Women’s Voices. Program includes Wick by Melinda Wagner, Soliloquy by Shulamit Ran, Sweet Rice Pie by Shih-Hui Chen, String Quartet by Ellen Ruth Harrison, and Tantrum by Stacy Garrop. Beth Levy delivers the pre-concert talk Demystifying the Music at 7 pm. Studio Theater of the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts UC Davis 8 pm $16/8 (530) 752-9684 music.ucdavis.edu/empyrean.

Stanford University Department of Music presents a Senior Recital by Jeffrey Treviño piano. Program includes works by Shostakovich, Cowell, Ives, and Brahms. Campbell Recital Hall Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford 8 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Friday, March 11

San Francisco Conservatory of Music presents, as part of the BluePrint Project: Architects in Sound, the first part of Henri Dutilleux: Master Craftsman of Color, an all Dutilleux student concert, performed by the Conservatory New Music Ensemble, Nicole Paiement conductor. San Francisco Conservatory of Music 1201 Ortega Street @ 19th Avenue 12 pm Free (415) 759-3475 www.sfcm.edu.

Friday-Saturday, March 11-12

College of Marin faculty members Linda Noble-Brown and Boyd Jarrell perform arias and art songs of the 20th Century. Program includes works by Debussy, Bernstein, HK Gruber, Paul Bowles, Samuel Barber, and others. Paul Smith accompanies. 3/11: Lefort Recital Hall College of Marin Fine Arts Building $10; 3/12: Part of Beautiful Homes of Marin Concert Series—appetizers 6 pm concert 7 pm sit down dinner 8:30 pm $40 (415) 485-9460 for information and location.

Friday & Sunday, March 11 & 13

Saturday, March 12

Stanford University Department of Music presents White Plaza Event #1, featuring the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Mark Applebaum. Program features the premiere of The Bible Without God by Mark Applebaum, featuring the Stanford Improvisation Collective and members of the John Cage Seminar with improvisatory dance by the Merce Cunningham Company. White Plaza in front of the Stanford Bookstore Stanford 2 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Sunday, March 13

San Francisco Conservatory of Music presents, as part of the BluePrint Project: Architects in Sound, the second part of Henri Dutilleux: Master Craftsman of Color. Nicole Paiement conducts the Conservatory New Music Ensemble and Ensemble Parallèle, with Jean-Michel Fonteneau cello and Lawrence Pech dancer. Program includes music by Henri Dutilleux, Maurice Ohana, Regis Campo, Edith Canat de Chizy, and Gérard Pesson. San Francisco Conservatory of Music 1201 Ortega Street @ 19th Avenue 3 pm pre-concert talk 2:15 pm $15/10 (415) 759-3475 www.sfcm.edu.

San Francisco Community Music Center presents Almost All Webern, Almost All Piano, a concert of solo piano and vocal music by Webern and others commemorating the 60th anniversary of Webern’s death. In addition to Anton Webern, program includes music by Brian Belét, Donivan Johnson, Janis Mercer, Jeffrey Chau, Danny Hawthorne-Foss, Jim McManus, and Pablo Furman, much of it based on Webern’s Kinderstück. Pianist Janis Mercer and soprano Cheryl Keller perform. San Francisco Community Music Center 544 Capp Street San Francisco 7:30 pm $10/5 students/seniors (415) 647-6015 (415) 759-5018.

Sounds New presents a concert of contemporary American music. Deborah Schmidt flute, Dick Mathias clarinet, Brooke Aird violin, Cathy Allen cello, Anna Carol Dudley soprano, and Herb Bielawa piano, along with guest pianist Sandra Soderlund, perform music by Brian Fennelly, George Belden, Ernst Bacon, Sean Hickey, Nathan Davis, Robert Fleisher, Martin Blessinger, Kenneth Steen, Aaron Einbond, and Herb Bielawa. Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley 1 Lawson Road Kensington 7:30 pm $15/10 contribution (510) 524-2912 directions www.uucb.org.

Sunday & Tuesday, March 13 & 15

California Symphony, in the third program of its 2004-2005 concert series, presents cellist Claudio Bohórquez in a performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. Program also includes Gabriela Lena Frank’s Three Latin American Dances, with the composer in attendance, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capricio Espagnol. Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts 1601 Civic Drive Walnut Creek 4 pm (3/13) 7:30 pm (3/15) $59/49/39 (925) 280-2490 www.californiasymphony.org.

Monday, March 14

Earplay presents the second concert of its season. Program is highlighted by Hamlet’s Mill, a world premiere commission by Cindy Cox. Also on the program are Andrew Imbrie’s To a Traveler, Gustavo Moretto’s Silenciosamente, Linda Bouchard’s Pourtinade, and the Bay Area premiere of Vincent Chee-Yung Ho’s Stigmata. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum San Francisco 8 pm $20/10 students/members (415) 978-2787 tickets www.earplay.org.

Saturday-Monday, March 19-21

Santa Rosa Symphony, conducted by Jeffrey Kahane and with cellist Daniel Gaisford, performs Saint Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1, Ingram Marshall’s Bright Kingdoms, an orchestral-electronic piece which is part of the Magnum Opus commissioning project, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts 50 Mark West Springs Road Santa Rosa 8 pm (3/19,21) 3 pm (3/20) $47-26 (707) 546-8742 www.santarosasymphony.com.

Tuesday, March 22

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players presents World Premieres: Jeanrenaud and Campion. Joan Jeanrenaud cello, Julie Steinberg keyboard, and Vicki Ray and Gloria Cheng piano perform music of Edmund Campion, Fred Frith, Annie Gosfield, and Terry Riley. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater 700 Howard Street @ 3rd San Francisco 8 pm $25/20 seniors/10 students (415) 978-ARTS.

Thursday & Monday, March 24 & 28

The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble performs In the Spotlight: The Flute. Program includes Alberto Ginestera’s Quintet for Flute and Strings, Amy Beach’s Quintet for Flute and Strings, and the world premiere of a new work for flute and strings by Nathaniel Stookey, along with madrigals and folk songs by William Byrd, John Dowland, and others arranged for flute and strings. 3/24: Throckmorton Theatre 142 Throckmorton Avenue Mill Valley; 3/28: The Green Room SFWMPAC 401 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco 8 pm $20/15 students/seniors at the door (415) 642-8054 chmusic@dslextreme.com www.ChamberMusicPartn.org.

Saturday, March 26

Rova:Arts presents Improv:21, a music workshop on improvisation, focusing on John Coltrane and the saxophone as an influence on electric guitar. Nels Cline performs. Dance Mission Theater 3316 24th Street @ Mission San Francisco 3 pm $10 (415) 487-1701 www.rova.org.

Sunday, March 27

SFJAZZ presents John Coltrane’s Ascension on its 40th anniversary, performed by Orkestrova with the Rova Sax Quartet, Nels Cline, Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Ikue Mori, Otomo Yoshihide, and others. Palace of Fine Arts Theatre 3301 Lyon at Bay 7 pm $36/28/20 (415) 788-7353 (800) 850-SFJF www.sfjazz.org.

Friday, April 1

Stanford University Department of Music presents Antares Quartet with guest artist Chris Chafe. Campbell Recital Hall Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford 8 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Saturday, April 9

Trinity Chamber Concerts presents 3 Trapped Tigers, David Barnett and Tom Bickley recorders, perform Looking East and West, music old and new for recorders and electronics. Program includes The 15 Biggest Hurricanes from 1900 to 2000 by Bickley/Barnett, Divertimento for 2 alto recorders (1957) by Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), Looking Westward From My Window for 2 recorders and electronics (2004) by Tom Bickley, Lullaby from "The Rake’s Progress" by Igor Stravinksy arranged for 2 recorders by the composer, and Ode II (1981) for 2 recorders by Ryohei Hirose. The concert will also include medieval music by Francesco Landini (c.1325-1397) and Antonius Zachara (fl.1420) performed on a set of medieval recorders with Pythagorean tuning by Bob Marvin. Trinity Chapel 2320 Dana Street between Bancroft Way and Durant Avenue Berkeley 8 pm $12/$8 (510) 549-3864.

Just Intonation Network presents, as part of its 20th Anniversary Concert Series, Phantom Coincidence: a long string instrument installation and performance by Ellen Fullman. SomArts Gallery 943 Brannan Street San Francisco 8 pm www.justintonation.net/concerts.html.

Monday, April 11

SfSoundSeries presents Around the Bay, a concert of new works written especially for the sfSoundGroup by Bay Area composers, including John Ingle, Marisol Jimenez, Jake Rodriguez, and Erik Ulman, along with a new improvisational work by the group members. Performers include David Arend, bass, David Bithell trumpet, Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Chris Froh percussion, ma++ ingalls clarinets, John Ingle saxophone, Christopher Jones piano, John Shiurba electric guitar, Toyoji Tomita trombone, and Erik Ulman violin. ODC Theater 3153 17th Street @ Shotwell San Francisco 8 pm $12/10 (415) 863-9834 sfsound.org/series.

Tuesday, April 12

Composers, Inc. presents New American Chamber, Solo and Vocal Music. Program includes Kamrin Ince’s In Memoriam 8/17/99, Derek Jacoby’s String Quartet No. 2, Kari Henrik Juusela’s Chasing Karma, Bruce Reiprich’s Weeping Willow, and Stephen Andrew Taylor’s Quark Shadows (2004 Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award). Green Room 401 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco 8 pm $20/14 students/seniors/disabled/veterans (415) 512-0641 www.composersinc.org.

Friday-Saturday, April 15-16

London pianist Ronald Cavaye and Paul Smith perform Franz Lizst’s two piano transcription of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Program opens with Frederic Rzewski’s Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. 4/15: Lefort Recital Hall College of Marin Fine Arts Building 7:30 pm $10. 4/16: Part of Beautiful Homes of Marin Concert Series—appetizers 6 pm concert 7 pm sit down dinner 8:30 pm $40 (415) 485-9460 for information and location.

Sunday, April 17

Virginia Chen, Nanette McGuinness, and Kathryn Cathcart reprise their 3/11 & 13 performances, as part of the Oakland Lyric Opera Sunday Afternoon Musicale & Tea Series, co-sponsored by the Chapel of the Chimes. Julia Morgan Chapel of the Chimes 4469 Piedmont Avenue Oakland 2 pm $20/18 seniors including afternoon tea and reception (510) 836-6772 www.oaklandlyricopera.org.

Stanford University Department of Music presents a Graduate Composition Recital, works by Stanford graduate composers. Campbell Recital Hall Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford 8 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Sunday & Tuesday, April 17 & 19

California Symphony, in the fourth program of its 2004-2005 concert series, presents violinist Sarah Chang in a performance of Dvorak’s Violin Concerto. Program also includes Les espaces infinis (The Infinite Spaces) by former YACR and 2001 Masterprize Award Winner Pierre Jalbert and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts 1601 Civic Drive Walnut Creek 4 pm (4/17) 7:30 pm (4/19) $59/49/39 (925) 280-2490 www.californiasymphony.org.

Monday, April 18

San Francisco Song Festival presents Hook, Line, and Singer: Songs of Living Composers. Concert presents the winning compositions from SFSF’s annual American Art Song Competition for Composers performed by favorite local talent including Marnie Breckenridge soprano, Elena McEntire mezzo soprano, Brian Staufenbiel tenor, and others, accompanied by Steve Bailey. Concert features a special 80th birthday celebration of the works of renowned San Francisco composer Kirke Mechem. Meyer Music Hall Temple Emanu-El San Francisco 8 pm $15-12 at the door www.sfsongfestival.org.

Friday, April 22

Stanford University Department of Music presents another Graduate Composition Recital, works by Stanford graduate composers. Campbell Recital Hall Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford 8 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Saturday, April 23

Just Intonation Network presents, as part of its 20th Anniversary Concert Series, Terry Riley performing solo keyboard and vocal works, including The Dream and Beat Sutras. St. Gregory of Nyssa 500 De Haro Street San Francisco 8 pm www.justintonation.net/concerts.html.

Sunday, April 24

Stanford University Department of Music presents the St. Lawrence String Quartet with Judy Loman harp. Program includes Saint-Saëns’s String Quartet #1 in e, op. 112, Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro, and R. Murray Schafer’s Theseus for Harp and String Quartet. Dinkelspiel Auditorium 471 Lagunita Drive Stanford 2:30 pm $20/10 students (650) 723-2720 (650) 725-2787 tickets music.stanford.edu.

Wednesday, April 27

Other Minds presents experimental and improvised music at the Hemlock Tavern every last Wednesday of the month beginning April 27. Hemlock Tavern 1131 Polk Street @ Post San Francisco 9 pm www.otherminds.org.

Friday, April 29

University of California, Santa Cruz presents the opening night of Pacific Rim Music Festival 2005, Hi Kyung Kim artistic director. Evening begins with the 5:00 opening ceremony, featuring Korean samulnori and Balinese/Sudanese gamelans. Evening continues with Hún Qiáo (Bridge of Souls): Ensemble Parallèle, Nicole Paiement conductor, performs works by Chen Yi, Michio Mamiya, Hi Kyung Kim, and Andrew Imbrie. Guest artists include Wu Man pipa, from China, Mutsumi Hatano mezzo, from Japan, and Young-Nam Kim violin. Opening ceremony: UCSC Music Center Plaza 5 pm Free. Hún Qiáo: UCSC Recital Hall 7:30 pm $12/10/8 pacificrim.ucsc.edu (831) 459-2159.

Old First Concerts presents the Ives Quartet—Robin Sharp violin, Susan Freier violin, Scott Woolweaver viola, and Stephen Harrison cello—with guest artist Dimitri Ashkenazy clarinet performing Beethoven’s Quartet in F Major, op. 135, Mendelssohn’s Quartet in A minor, op. 13, and the American premiere of Hymn to Artemis Locheia for clarinet and string quartet by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Old First Church 1751 Sacramento Street at Van Ness San Francisco 8 pm $15/12 students/seniors (415) 474-1608 www.oldfirstconcerts.org.

Stanford University Department of Music presents Grace Leslie flute and composition performing new works and old for flute and electronics. Campbell Recital Hall Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford 8 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Composers’ group Irregular Resolutions presents its Spring concert. Program includes Carol Belcher’s Sonata for clarinet and cello, As Passagens piano; Harry Bernstein’s Sonata for flute, oboe and piano; John Bilotta’s Entr’acte for clarinet and Madison Sketchbook, Sets 1 and 2 for piano; Ed Dierauf’s Duet for clarinet and cello and Variations for cello; David Graves’s Of Blood and Diamonds for flute, english horn, cello, and piano; Steve Mobia’s Floaters for two accordions and Spareway for two accordions, cello, and oboe; Walter Sanchez’s Mojave Sunrise for flute and cello; and Davide Verotta’s Sonata per cello e pianoforte. Performers include Carol Belcher piano, Henry Bernstein flute, Dan Cantrell accordion, Nick Carlin cello, Daniel Culveyhouse piano, Henri Ducharme accordion, Nik Phelps flute, oboe, english horn, and clarinet, and Davide Verotta piano. Victorian Englander House 807 Franklin Street between Turk & Eddy San Francisco 8 pm $7/5 (415) 362-6080 englanderh@aol.com.

Saturday, April 30

San Francisco Song Festival presents Una Noche Mexicana: An Evening of Mexican Song, the special homecoming recital appearance of Daniel Montenegro, of three "American Tenors" fame. In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, this concert gives Bay Area audiences an intimate look at an often overlooked musical story of Mexico—its wonderful tradition of classical composers. In residence from Mexico City will be the prominent composer Federico Ibarra. Also scheduled to perform are Elza Van den Heever of the San Francisco Opera Center’s Adler program and mezzo soprano Elena McEntire. Songs by the great 20th century Mexican masters will be performed alongside more recent works by living composers, including a world premiere by Arturo Rodríguez. Presented in collaboration with the Mexican Consulate of San Francisco, this concert is entirely in Spanish. Old First Church 1751 Sacramento @ Van Ness San Francisco 8 pm $15/12 www.oldfirstconcerts.org www.sfsongfestival.org.

University of California, Santa Cruz presents, as part of the Pacific Rim Music Festival 2005, Hi Kyung Kim artistic director, A Musical Tour. Speculum Musicae (New York) and EarPort Ensemble (Germany) perform works by Olly Wilson, David Evan Jones, Chan-Hae Lee, Mario Davidovsky, Karen Tanaka, Gehard Staebler, and Kunsu Shim. UCSC Recital Hall 7:30 pm $12/10/8 pacificrim.ucsc.edu (831) 459-2159.

Just Intonation Network presents, as part of its 20th Anniversary Concert Series, Made in California. John Schneider performs works for guitar, voice, and adapted viola by California composers David Doty, Lou Harrison, Harry Partch, Terry Riley, and John Schneider. Noe Valley Ministry 1021 Sanchez Street San Francisco www.justintonation.net/concerts.html.

Sunday, May 1

Sunday, May 1

University of California, Santa Cruz presents, as part of the Pacific Rim Music Festival 2005, Hi Kyung Kim artistic director, Music for Strings. New Asia String Quartet (Korea) and EarPort Ensemble (Germany) perform works by Nam Jun Paik, Chou Wen-chung, Bruce Crossman, Isang Yun, Kyung Sun Suh, and Yu-Hui Chang. UCSC Recital Hall 7:30 pm $12/10/8 pacificrim.ucsc.edu (831) 459-2159.

Stanford University Department of Music presents Meredith Kendall composer in a Senior Recital featuring new works for voice and instruments. Stanford Memorial Church Top of Palm Drive in the main Quad Stanford 1:30 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Monday, May 2

University of California, Santa Cruz presents, as part of the Pacific Rim Music Festival 2005, Hi Kyung Kim artistic director, Along the Western Coast. Empyrean Ensemble and Ensemble QUAKE (Seattle) perform works by Chinary Ung, Ben Carson, Marian Borkowski, Tae-Bong Chung, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, and Brian Ferneyhough. UCSC Recital Hall 7:30 pm FREE pacificrim.ucsc.edu (831) 459-2159.

Tuesday, May 3

Composers, Inc., in cooperation with the Department of Music, California State University, East Bay, presents the Glenn Glasow Memorial Concert: 4th Annual CSUH Alumni/Faculty Composers Concert. Program includes Giancarlo Aquilanti’s Quartetto d'Archi No. 3, Robert Basart’s Deodar, Robert Denham’s Lament of Aeneas, John Hidalgo’s Lingua Franca Variations, and Allen Shearer’s Secrets. Recital Hall Room MB1055 Music Building California State University East Bay 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd Hayward 8 pm Reception follows Free (415) 512-0641 www.composersinc.org.

University of California, Santa Cruz presents, as part of the Pacific Rim Music Festival 2005, Hi Kyung Kim artistic director, Kronos Quartet performing Terry Riley's 70th Birthday. The Kronos performs works by Terry Riley, John Adams, La Monte Young, and Pauline Oliveros. Guest artists include Zakir Hussain, Wu Man, George Brooks, Tracy Silverman, Terry Riley, Gyan Riley, and John Sackett. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium 7:30 pm $45/30/25/15 pacificrim.ucsc.edu (831) 459-2159.

Wednesday, May 4

University of California, Santa Cruz presents, as part of the Pacific Rim Music Festival 2005, Hi Kyung Kim artistic director, Composition/Computation. Ensemble NOISE (San Diego) performs works by David Cope, Paul Nauert, Chris Burns, Roger Reynolds, and Chris Dobrian. UCSC Recital Hall 7:30 pm FREE pacificrim.ucsc.edu (831) 459-2159.

Thursday, May 5

University of California, Santa Cruz presents, as part of the Pacific Rim Music Festival 2005, Hi Kyung Kim artistic director, Around Jazz. Performers include Timeless Pulse—David Wessel, George Marsh, Pauline Oliveros, Tom Buckner; Hesterian Musicism, Karlton Hester director; David Kaun and John Sackett clarinet duo; and the UCSC Percussion Ensemble, William Winant director. UCSC Recital Hall 7:30 pm $12/10/8 pacificrim.ucsc.edu (831) 459-2159.

Stanford University Department of Music presents Margnus Andersson guitar performing virtuoso new music for guitar. Campbell Recital Hall Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford 8 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Friday, May 6

University of California, Santa Cruz presents, as part of the Pacific Rim Music Festival 2005, Hi Kyung Kim artistic director, presents Korean Musical Ceremony "Transfiguration." Byung-Ki Hwang Kayakeum master, Aeju Lee dancer/"Korean National Treasure," Jeong Seung Kim daegeum, and Woong Sik Kim percussion perform works by Byung-Ki Hwang and Hi Kyung Kim, and traditional Sanjo. Program also features Ensemble Parallèle and a multimedia performance. UCSC Recital Hall 7:30 pm $40/25/15 pacificrim.ucsc.edu (831) 459-2159.

Friday-Sunday, May 6-8

Saturday, May 7

University of California, Santa Cruz presents, as the closing night of Pacific Rim Music Festival 2005, Hi Kyung Kim artistic director, Berkeley Symphony, Kent Nagano conductor, performing Manzanar "An American Story" by Naomi Sekiya, Jean-Pascal Beintus, and David Benoit, and works by Toru Takemistu and Akira Nishimura. Performance features guest artist Aki Takahashi piano. UCSC Recital Hall 7:30 pm $60/40/15 pacificrim.ucsc.edu (831) 459-2159.

Saturday-Monday, May 7-9

Volti presents Copland’s American Landscape. Program includes Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning and Lark, the world premiere of Robert Paterson’s The Essence of Gravity, and music of Irving Fine, Virgil Thomson, and Ron Caltabiano. 5/7: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 2300 Bancroft Way Berkeley 8 pm; 5/8: St. Hilary Church 761 Hilary Drive Tiburon 7:30 pm reception afterward; 5/9: National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi 610 Vallejo Street San Francisco 8 pm $20/15 seniors/8 students (415) 771-3352 www.voltisf.org.

Sunday, May 8

Stanford University Department of Music presents Jeffrey Treviño composer. Program includes new works for a variety of instruments. Campbell Recital Hall Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford 8 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Tuesday, May 10

Berkeley Symphony, Kent Nagano conductor, performs Manzanar—An American Story by Naomi Sekiya, Jean-Pascal Beintus, and David Benoit, The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, and Leonore Overture No.3 and Fidelio, Act 2 Introduction by Beethoven. Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley 8 pm $45/35/22/10 students one hour prior to concert (510) 841-2800 www.berkeleysymphony.org.

Wednesday, May 11

Stanford University Department of Music presents Zheng Cao mezzo soprano and Laura Dahl piano as part of the Young Artists Concert Series. Program includes works by Schubert, Mahler, Jake Heggie, and others. Dinkelspiel Auditorium 471 Lagunita Drive Stanford 2:30 pm $10/5 students (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Thursday & Monday, May 12 & 16

The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble performs In the Spotlight: The Double Bass. Program includes Edgar Meyer’s Quintet for Strings, Antonin Dvorak’s Quintet in G Major for Strings, and the world premiere of a new work for string quartet by Kurt Rohde. 5/12: Throckmorton Theatre 142 Throckmorton Avenue Mill Valley; 5/16: The Green Room SFWMPAC 401 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco 8 pm $20/15 students/seniors at the door (415) 642-8054 chmusic@dslextreme.com www.ChamberMusicPartn.org.

Friday-Saturday, May 13-14

New Langton Arts presents The Quiet Erow: An Anaphorian Shadow Play, a music theater piece influenced by traditional Indonesian shadow theater and contemporary experimental music. Program is performed by The Shadow Theater of Anaphoria Isano, Kraig Grady director, with Erin Barnes, Harris Eisenstadt, Rebekah Greeley, Roger Mexico, B. Ed Smith, and Tara Tavi. New Langton Arts 1246 Folsom Street San Francisco 8 pm $8/6 members/students/seniors (415) 626-5416.

Saturday-Sunday, May 14-May 15

Sacred and Profane Chamber Chorus, Rebecca Petra Naomi Seeman director, presents Northern Lights, an a cappella choral concert of traditional and contemporary Swedish music for choir. Program includes works from the Swedish choral tradition by Hugo Alfven, David Wikander, Alice Tegner, Wilhelm Stenhammer, and Otto Olsson, and contemporary works by Ingvar Lidholm, Arne Mellnas, Jan Sandstrom, Thomas Jennefelt, and Karin Rehnqvist. 5/14: St. Ambrose Church 1145 Gilman Street Berkeley 8 pm; 5/15: St. John the Evangelist Church 1661 – 15th Street San Francisco 4 pm $18/15 at the door $15/12 in advance (510) 524-3611 www.sacredprofane.org.

Friday, May 20

Just Intonation Network presents, as part of its 20th Anniversary Concert Series, Michael Harrison’s Revelation for harmonically tuned piano. Pianist Joshua Pierce performs. St. Gregory of Nyssa 500 De Haro Street San Francisco 8 pm www.justintonation.net/concerts.html.

Saturday, May 21

Just Intonation Network presents, as part of its 20th Anniversary Concert Series, Lou Harrison’s suite from Young Caesar, David Canright’s Fibonacci Suite for retuned piano, seven hands, and Phillip Arnautoff’s Soliloquy for harmonic canon. St. Gregory of Nyssa 500 De Haro Street San Francisco 8 pm www.justintonation.net/concerts.html.

Wednesday, May 25

Other Minds presents experimental and improvised music at the Hemlock Tavern every last Wednesday of the month beginning April 27. Hemlock Tavern 1131 Polk Street @ Post San Francisco 9 pm www.otherminds.org.

Friday, May 27

Stanford University Department of Music presents Wet Ink, new works by Stanford undergraduate composers. Campbell Recital Hall Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford 8 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Sunday, May 29

Stanford University Department of Music presents David Nunez composer in a Senior Recital. Program includes works for string quartet, piano, and voice. Campbell Recital Hall Braun Music Center 541 Lasuen Mall Stanford 8 pm Free (650) 723-2720 music.stanford.edu.

Friday–Sunday, June 3–5

Cal Performances, in association with the Department of Music and the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies at UC Berkeley, presents Berkeley Edge Fest. Four concerts over three days shall feature three world premieres plus an American premiere. Specific program and performers will be announced March 15, 2005. Hertz Hall UC Berkeley (510) 642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu.