Symphonic

fri. 25
.An Eastertide Concert -
Features the Cathedral Choirs of men,
boys and girls, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April
25, St. Paul's Cathedral, 128 Pearl St.,
Buffalo; $. www.ticketmaster.com
sat. 26
.Canisius College Concert
Band and Jazz Ensemble - A
joint concert under the batons of Paul
Biddle and Dave Schiavone, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, Canisius College's
Montante Cultural Center, 2100 Main
St., Buffalo; free. 888-2536,
www.c anisius.edu
.Trial by Jury - It's satirical... it's
funny...it's Trial by Jury... and other
Gilbert & Sullivan selections performed
by the Freudig Singers, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 26, St. Simon's
Episcopal Church, 200 Cazenovia St.,

South Buffalo, and 7 p.m. Sunday, April
27, MusicalFare Theatre on Daemen
College, 4380 Main St., Amherst; $.
667-7088
.Invitational Festival Concert
- Performances by the Buffalo Niagara
Youth Chorus, the WNY Children's
Chorus and Westminster's Handbell
Choir, 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26,
Westminster Presbyterian Church in the
sanctuary, 724 Delaware Ave., Buffalo;
donation. 884-9437,
www.westminster bflo.org
sun. 27
.UB Saxophone Ensemble -
Concert under the baton of Harry
Fackelman, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27,
Slee Hall's Lippes Concert Hall, UB
North Campus, Amherst; free.
www. slee. buffalo. edu
.Mary Beth Wrobel - The

soprano will be accompanied by Rasa
Stalygiene on piano in this concert
sponsored by the permanent Chair of
Polish Culture, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27,
Canisius College's Montante Cultural
Center, 2100 Main St., Buffalo; free.
888-2536, www.canisius.edu
.Arabian Nights - Featuring
music from Rimsky-Korsakov to Disney,
the BPO takes a magic carpet ride
through music, telling a thousand and
one tales including excerpts from
"Scheherazade," "Flight of the
Bumblebee" and the movie "Aladdin."
The presentation includes local high
school singers and student art, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 27, Kleinhans Music
Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo; $.
885-5000, www.bpo.org
.Orchestral Music by German
Composers - Program of music by
German composers featuring Haydn's
Cello Concerto played by Feng Hew
from the Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra. Music by Beethoven and
Mendelssohn will also be featured in the
program, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27,
Christ United Methodist Church, 350
Saratoga at Harlem, Snyder; $.
835-0794
mon. 28
.UB Symphony Orchestra -
Gala finale concert under the baton of
Christian Baldini, 8 p.m. Monday, April
28, Slee Hall's Lippes Concert Hall, UB
North Campus, Amherst; free.
www.music.buffalo.edu/ensembles/symphony
.Concerto for Flute and
Percussion - Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra second chair flutist Betsy
Reeds gives a solo performance with the
Buffalo State College Percussion
Ensemble in this atonal work by
composer Andre Jolivet in which the
flute provides the melodic element amid
drums and metallic sounds, 8 p.m.
Monday, April 28, Performing Arts
Center at Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State
College, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo;
free. 878-6401
tues. 29
.Gabriela Montero - The
pianist will play as part of the Ramsi P.
Tick concert series. The program will
feature the traditional music and include
an improvisation on a classical theme as
influenced by Martha Argerich, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29, Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church, 1080 Main St.,
Buffalo; $. 694-0521