Symphonic

fri. 4
.Orchard Park Symphony
Orchestra Spring Concert -
April is "Take a Friend to the
Orchestra" month - so you are invited
to bring a friend and enjoy works by
Schubert, Mahler, Lehár and Strauss,
7:30 p.m. Friday, April 4, Orchard Park
Middle School's Wincenc Auditorium,
60 S. Lincoln St., Orchard Park; $.
484-5843,
www.orchardparksymphony.org
.Friday Night at the Opera -
This exciting and affordable event will
be hosted by WNED 94.5 radio
celebrity John Landis, 7:30 p.m. Friday,
April 4, Barton Hill Hotel's Lewiston
Ballroom, 100 Center St., Lewiston; $.
754-0166
.American Brass Quintet -
Conclude this season of the
Slee/Visiting Artist series with this very
distinguished brass quintet, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 4, UB Slee Hall's Lippes
Concert Hall, UB North Campus; $.
645-2921, www.slee.buffalo.edu
.Libera - The legendary boys
choir from London begins its tour in
Buffalo, 7 p.m. Friday, April 4, Asbury
Hall, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo; $.
852-3835, www.tickets.com
sat. 5
.Peter Nero - The conductor
and pianist returns to Buffalo to present
his most beloved music with the Buffalo

Philharmonic Orchestra, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 5, Kleinhans Music
Hall, 71 Symphony Circle, Buffalo; $
(box office, 885-5000; www.bpo.org)
sun. 6
.Spring Forward - The
Amherst Symphony Orchestra and
clarinetist John Fullam, under the baton
of Steven Thomas, will present a
concert featuring music of Weber,
Gould and Dvorak with a special salute
to the Big Apple. Pre-concert at 6:15
p.m. featuring "Wonderful Winds."
Concert begins at 7 p.m. Sunday, April
6, Amherst Middle School, 55 Kings
Highway, Snyder; free. 633-4606,
www.amherstsymphony.com
.Concierto De Rishon Odel -
Eastman String Quartet with Dan
Parrish, violin; Chris Pagliaro, violin;
Candy Amato, viola; Su Yuon Lee,
cello, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, Church of
The Advent, 54 Delaware Road,
Kenmore; $10 donation. 876-6504
.Westminster Handbell Choir
- Performance as part of the Music
and the Arts Concert Series under the
direction of Dr. Walter S. Mayo, 4 p.m.
Sunday, April 6, Westminster
Presbyterian Church's Parish Hall, 724
Delaware Ave., Buffalo; $. 884-9437,
www. westminster- bflo. org
.The Buffalo Niagara Youth
Chorus - John Fleischman Jr.,
founder/artistic director and the Great
Buffalo Youth Orchestra, under the
direction of Dr. Gerard Floriano, will
join forces for a combined concert, 3

p.m. Sunday, April 6, Christ the King
Seminary's Chapel, 711 Knox Road,
East Aurora; $. 662-3649,
www.buffaloniagarayouthchours.com
.Charlotte and the Music
Maker - Presented by the Buffalo
Philharmonic Orchestra, it is an
afternoon of fun and musical
exploration of a little girl whose
imagination turns cardboard tubes into
trumpets and rulers into violins, 2:30
p.m. Sunday, April 6, Kleinhans Music
Hall, 71 Symphony Circle, Buffalo; $
(box office, 885-5000; www.tickets.com)
.Harmonia Chamber Singers
- The 17-member choir sings a
cappella music in a concert titled "In A
Single Blossom," 7 p.m. Sunday, April
6, First Presbyterian Church, 1
Symphony Circle, Buffalo.
www.harmonics.org
.The King of Instruments II -
Join the WNY Chamber Orchestra,
organist James Bingham and the
Concert Choir of Holy Trinity under
the baton of Glen Cortese in music by
Barber, Handel and Hayden, 4 p.m.
Sunday, April 6, Holy Trinity Church,
1080 Main St., Buffalo; $.
tues. 8
.Informally Formal - Canisius
music series continues with members of
the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, Canisius
College's Montante Cultural Center,
2001 Main St., Buffalo; $. 888-2536,
www.c anisius.edu