St. Petersburg Quartet, Midori slate concerts
4/7/2005Violinist Midori and pianist Robert McDonald perform music of Mozart, Ravel, and others at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Peristyle of the Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. Tickets range from $22 to $45. Information: 419-246-8000 or 800-348-1253.
The St. Petersburg String Quartet and pianist Maxim Mogilevsky will present music of Brahms, Ravel, and Sheng at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Corpus Christi University Parish, 2955 Dorr St. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students.
Libana, an ensemble from Boston, will present a concert of women's expressions from around the world, at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Trinity Church, 1 Trinity Plaza. Tickets are $15. Information: 419-243-1231.
The Toledo Opera presents Charles Gound's Faust at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Valentine Theatre, 400 North Superior St. Additional performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. April 15 and 2 p.m. April 17. Tickets range from $25 to $90. Information: 419-255-7464 or 866-860-9048.
The Toledo Youth Orchestra presents a free chamber orchestra concert in Bowsher High School, 3548 South Detroit Ave., at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Pianist Frances Renzi will perform a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Great Gallery of the Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St.
The Czech Republics' Gideon String Trio will present works of Martinu, Shubert, and others at 3 p.m. Sunday in Firelands Presbyterian Church, 2626 East Harbor Rd., Port Clinton. Tickets are $15. Information: 419-734-6211.
The Heidelberg College Singing Collegians present their free spring concert at 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday in Brenneman Hall, 310 East Market St., Tiffin. Information: 419-448-2073.
Jazz Week '05 concludes at Bowling Green State University with two programs: Jeff Halsey directs the jazz lab band at 8 tonight in Kobacker Hall and the student jazz combos perform at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Bryan Recital Hall. Both halls are in the Moore Musical Arts Center
Also in Bryan Recital Hall, the College of Musical Arts presents a free concert by the Verdehr Trio at 2 p.m. Saturday. The program is the season finale of the "Music at the Forefront" series.
The BGSU Horn Choir and Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, will present a free concert of Music for Brass, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2272 Collingwood Blvd., this Tuesday at 8 p.m. Information: 419-244-3707.
The University of Findlay Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble presents their annual spring concert featuring the music of Phillip Suza, this Sunday at 3 p.m., in the Winebrenner Theological Seminary TLB Foundation Convocation Center, adjacent to the University of Findlay Campus, 1000 N. Main St., Findlay. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors. Information: 419-434-4531.
Michigan
The University Musical Society the exciting Norwegian vocal ensemble, Trio Mediaeval, tomorrow at 8 p.m., in the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2250 E. Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor. Tickets are $25 and $35. Information: 800-221-1229.
The Arab World Festival closes with two musical performances by Arab artists who cover the traditional-contemporary spectrum. Mauritanian singer Malouma, will appear on Saturday at 8 p.m., in the Michigan Theatre, 603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. Tickets range from $16 to $32. While, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali from Pakistan, Hassan Hakmoun from Morocco and Hamza El Din from Nubia, present "Songs of the Sufi Brotherhood," this Sunday at 4 p.m., in Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor. Tickets range from $20 to $36. Information: 800-221-1229.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra present's the sounds of nature in a young peoples concert, titled "Storm Stories," this Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m., in Orchestra Hall of the Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Tickets for the concert for children ages 4 to 11, range from $10 to $45. Also in Orchestra Hall, the Detroit Symphony Pops perform a hit parade of great songs and musical themes from the earliest days of television titled, "the 1950's: The Golden Age of Black and White TV." The concerts will be held today at 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m., tomorrow at 8 and 8:30 p.m., Saturday at 8:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets range from $15 to $63, with limited box seats from $59 to $95. Information: 313-576-5111.
Ragtime pianist Bob Milne will perform the concert of American patriotic music given at President George Bush's 80th Birthday Celebration, at the Croswell Opera House, 129 E. Maumee St., Adrian, this Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 and $18. Information: 517-264-7469.
Pianist/Conductor Ignat Solzhenitsyn will lead the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in an all-Beethoven program, in Hill Auditorium, 825 University Ave., this Wednesday at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $10-$56. Information: 800-221-1229.
Students of Holgate Middle School, will teach the importance of etiquette, as they present the musical "Dear Edwina Junior," at the Holgate High School Gym, 103 Frazier Ave., Holgate, tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5. Information: 419-264-2521.
It will be an evening featuring a fusion of American Bluegrass, traditional Irish arrangements and Cape Brenton music, as Celtic fiddling virtuoso Natalie MacMaster comes to the stage of Oberlin College's Finney Chapel, 153 W. Lorain St., Oberlin, tonight at 8. Tickets are $10 for the public and $5 for students and faculty. Information: 440-775-8169.