Symphonic

sat. 3 Mambo Kings Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra as Latin, rock and jazz styles come together in a thrilling performance with the acclaimed Mambo Kings, a style of fusion Afro-Cuban and contemporary jazz music, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3, Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo; $. 885-5000, www.bpo.org

sat. 3
.Annual NYACDA Children's
Choir Festival - Come join the
students in Vivace as they share a
concert of choral music with guest
choirs the Chautauqua Children's
Chorus, the Amadeus Chorale of
Rochester, and the Hamilton Children's
Choir from Hamilton, Ontario. Leading
the massed ensemble will be renown
singer, educator and conductor Brenda
Zadorsky, who will also oversee
workshops for all festival participants
throughout the day. The music will
begin at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3,
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724
Delaware Ave., Buffalo. 759-6428
sun. 4
.Defiant Requiem: Verdi at

Terezin - Conductor Murray Sidlin
originated this concert/drama to tell the
story of Raphael Schaechter, a choral
conductor from Prague, who organized
and led 16 performances of Verdi's
"Requiem" while at a Nazi concentration
camp in Terezin during World War II, 3
p.m. Sunday, May 4, Kleinhans Music
Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo; $.
885-5000, www.bpchorus.org
.Music for a Sunday
Afternoon: - Stephen Baker on the
Pan-Am Steinway Grand will perform a
program titled "The Great Songwriters,"
with selections ranging from Harold
Arlen to George Gershwin, 1:30-3 p.m.
Sunday, May 4, the Buffalo and Erie
County Historical Society, 25
Nottingham Court, Buffalo; $.
873-9644, www.bech.org