Symphonic music

Utah Symphony;801-533-NOTE; www.usuo.org. All performances are at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, unless otherwise noted.

Sept. 19 and 20, Tanner Gift of Music » With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, conductor Erich Kunzel, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and baritone Brian Stokes Mitchell; at the LDS Conference Center.

Sept. 24 and 25, New Music » Dominick Argento, "A Waterbird Talk." Keith Lockhart, conductor; Timothy Jones, baritone; in Vieve Gore Concert Hall at Westminster College, 1250 E. 1700 South, Salt Lake City.

Sept. 26 and 27, Pops » "Judy Garland With the Utah Symphony." Keith Lockhart, conductor.

Sept. 30, Discovery » "Salute to Youth." Keith Lockhart, conductor; Shenae Anderson, 10, and Deborah Ferry, 14, violin; Jim Lu, 13, and Michael Stewart, 18, piano; Alexander Willey, 18, bass; and Catherine Winters, 12, flute; 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 and 11, Classical » Richard Strauss, "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche"; Sibelius, Violin Concerto; Schumann, Symphony No. 2. Hannu Lintu, conductor; Henning Kraggerud, violin. Also in a Finishing Touches open dress rehearsal Oct. 10 at 10 a.m.

Oct. 17 and 18, Pops » Marvin Hamlisch, conductor.

Oct. 25, Lollipops » "Halloween High-Jinks." David Cho, conductor; 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, Classical » Britten, Sinfonia da Requiem; Bruckner, Symphony No. 4 ("Romantic"). David Angus, conductor.

Nov. 7 and 8, Classical » Brahms, Symphony No. 3; Elgar, Cello Concerto; Ginastera, "Estancia: Four Dances." Arild Remmereit, conductor; Natalie Clein, cello.

Nov. 14 and 15, Pops » "An Evening of Film Music." Richard Kaufman, conductor.

Nov. 21 and 22, Classical » Britten, Violin Concerto; Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5. Keith Lockhart, conductor; Ralph Matson, violin. Also in a Finishing Touches open dress rehearsal Nov. 21 at 10 a.m.

Nov. 29 and 30, Special » "Messiah" Sing-In; 7 p.m.

Dec. 5 and 6, Classical » Mozart, Requiem. Pietari Inkinen, conductor; Utah Symphony Chorus.

Dec. 19 and 20, Pops » "Christmas Spirituals." David Cho, conductor; Renese King, vocalist.

Dec. 20, Lollipops » "Here Comes Santa Claus." David Cho, conductor; 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Jan. 9 and 10, Classical » Britten, Sinfonietta; Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 25; Sibelius, Symphony No. 1. Stefan Solyom, conductor; Gunilla Süssmann, piano.

Jan. 15, Chamber » Vivaldi, "The Four Seasons." David Cho, conductor; Ralph Matson, violin.

Jan. 30 and 31, Classical » Schubert, Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished"), Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No. 1; Stravinsky, "Petrushka" (1947 version). Thierry Fischer, conductor; Louis Lortie, piano.

Feb. 6 and 7, Classical » Berlioz, "Roman Carnival" Overture; Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments; Mozart, Concert-Rondo in D Major; Nielsen, Symphony No. 4 ("Inextinguishable"). Hugh Wolff, conductor; Peter Serkin, piano.

Feb. 10, Discovery » "Cho's Anatomy." David Cho, conductor; 7 p.m.

Feb. 13 and 14, Pops » King's Singers. David Cho, conductor.

Feb. 20 and 21, Classical » Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1; Brahms, Symphony No. 1. Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor; Alexander Paley, piano. Also in a Finishing Touches open dress rehearsal Feb. 20 at 10 a.m.

Feb. 27 and 28, Classical » Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3; Bartók, "The Miraculous Mandarin." Keith Lockhart, conductor; Olga Kern, piano.

March 6 and 7, Classical » Bach, Cantata No. 60 ("O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort"); Berg, Violin Concerto; Hans Rott, Symphony in E Major. Christian Arming, conductor; TBA, violin.

March 20 and 21, Pops » "Evening at the Pops." Keith Lockhart, conductor.

March 21, Lollipops » "Cowboy Jamboree." David Cho, conductor; Frank Oden, poet and narrator; 11 a.m.

March 27 and 28, Classical » Korngold, Violin Concerto; Ives, Symphony No. 4. Keith Lockhart, conductor; Viviane Hagner, violin.

April 10 and 11, Classical » Dvorák, Cello Concerto; Richard Strauss, "Ein Heldenleben." Keith Lockhart, conductor; Alban Gerhardt, cello. Also in a Finishing Touches open dress rehearsal April 10 at 10 a.m.

April 17 and 18, Classical » James Beckel, Toccata; Beethoven, Symphony No. 4; Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2. Thomas Wilkins, conductor; Jon Kimura Parker, piano.

April 24 and 25, Classical » Mahler, Symphony No. 9. Keith Lockhart, conductor.

April 29 and 30, New Music » Aulis Sallinen, Introduction and Tango Overture, "Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March" (arranged for strings) and Variations for Orchestra; Marcus Maroney, String Quartet (arranged for string orchestra); David Heuser, "Immaculate, Bored, Off-Key and Vain." David Cho, conductor; Vieve Gore Concert Hall.

May 1 and 2, Pops » Bravo Broadway.

May 8 and 9, Classical » Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5. Andrew Grams, conductor; Baiba Skride, violin.

May 14, Chamber » Haydn, Symphony No. 73 ("La Chasse") and Symphony No. 45 ("Farewell"). David Cho, conductor.

May 29 and 30, Classical » Bernstein, "Mass." Keith Lockhart, conductor; John McVeigh, celebrant; Utah Symphony Chorus.

Opera

Utah Opera, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City; 801-533-NOTE; www.usuo.com. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Sundays.

Oct. 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 » Puccini, "Madama Butterfly." Joseph Mechavich, conductor; Garnett Bruce, director; with Barbara Shirvis as Cio-Cio San, Scott Piper as Pinkerton and Andrew Oakden as Sharpless.

Jan. 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 » Blitzstein, "Regina." Keith Lockhart, conductor; Michael Scarola, director; with Deanne Meek as Regina, Kristopher Irmiter as Horace and Lisa Vroman as Birdie.

March 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 » Mozart, "The Marriage of Figaro." Christopher Larkin, conductor; David Gately, director; with Ryan McKinny as Figaro, Heidi Stober as Susanne, Philip Cutlip as Count Almaviva and Nicolle Foland as Countess Almaviva.

May 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 » Donizetti, "Don Pasquale." Susanne Sheston, conductor; Robert Herriot, director; with Steven Condy as Don Pasquale, Celena Shafer as Norina, Robert McPherson as Ernesto and Carlos Archuleta as Doc Malatesta.

Chamber music

Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City, Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City; 801-561-3999. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 17 » Trio Solisti

Oct. 15 » Guarneri Quartet

Nov. 18 » Kuss Quartet

Jan. 13 » Ma'alot Woodwind Quintet

Feb. 17 » Concertante String Sextet

March 17 » Brentano Quartet

April 7 » Moscow Quartet

May 6 » University of Utah Faculty Trio

Virtuoso Series, Libby Gardner Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City; 801-581-7100 or www.kingtix.com. All concerts are at 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 8 » Lynn Harrell, cello

Nov. 5 » Stanford Olsen, tenor

Dec. 3 » Judith Ingolfsson, violin

Jan. 22 » Soojin Ahn, piano

Feb. 25 » Vienna Boys' Choir

March 26 » Salzburg Chamber Soloists

Utah Chamber Artists, Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City; 801-581-7100; www.utahchamberartists.org. Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

Oct. 13 » "Century Meets Century" with soprano Erin Morley at Libby Gardner Concert Hall

Dec. 8-9 » "Contemplation Meets Celebration" with soprano Celena Shafer at First Presbyterian Church

March 2 » "Culture Meets Culture" with violinist Eugene Ugorski at Libby Gardner Concert Hall

May 3-4 » "Sight Meets Sound" collage concert at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, 8 p.m.

NOVA Chamber Music Series, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City; 801-463-5223 or www.novachambermusicseries.org. All concerts are at 3 p.m.

Oct. 19 » Haydn, Divertimento, Hob. II:B4; Henze, "Quattro Fantasie"; Spohr, Grand Nonetto

Nov. 16 » Beethoven, String Quintet, opus 29; Bruckner, String Quintet

Jan. 18 » Schnittke, "Kanon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky"; Gubaidulina, "Quattro"; Stravinsky, Octet; Glinka, Grand Sextet

Feb. 15 » Beethoven, Piano Quartet, WoO 36, no. 3; Mahler, Piano Quartet; Schnittke, Piano Quartet; Schumann; Piano Quartet, opus 47

March 29 » Schubert, "The Chamber Music of 1824 (part IV)," Four Ländler, D. 814, "Divertissement a l¹hongroise D. 818," String Quartet, D. 810 ³Death and the Maiden²

April 26 » Kurtág, 6 Bagatelles; Bartók, Contrasts, Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion; Ligeti, 3 Pieces for 2 Pianos

Park City Chamber Music Society's Park City and SLC Autumn Classics Music Festival; 435-649-5309 or www.pcmusicfestival.com.

Jazz music

JazzSLC, Sheraton City Center, 150 W. 500 South, Salt Lake City; 801-278-0235; www.jazzslc.com. All concerts are at 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 22 » Eliane Elias

Oct. 13 » Michel Camilo

Oct. 27 » John Clayton Quartet

Nov. 10 » Karrin Allyson

Dec. 1 » Jeff Hamilton Trio

Jan, 19 » Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band

Feb. 2 » Stacey Kent

March 16 » Dee Dee Bridgewater

April 6 » Alexander-Clayton-Hamilton

April 27 » John Scofield Quartet

Other series

The Eccles Organ Festival, Cathedral of the Madeleine, 331 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City. All concerts begin at 8 p.m.

Sept. 21 » Daniel Kerr

Oct. 5 » Todd Wilson

Oct. 19 » Delbert Disselhorst

Nov. 2 » Olivier Vernet

Nov. 16 » Cristina García Banegas

Salt Lake Choral Artists, Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City; 801-581-7100; www.saltlakechoralartists.org. All concerts start at 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 18 » Multicultural Celebration

Dec. 20 » "Hodie"

Feb. 21 » Te Deum

May 2 » "Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio"

Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City; 801-581-7100; www.kingtix.com. Check Web site for times.

Sept. 27 » Utah Hispanic Dance Alliance

Sept. 26 » Dennis Miller

Oct. 2 » MOMIX

Nov. 8 » African Children's Choir

Nov. 13 » Kronos Quartet "Sunrings"

Nov. 18 » Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

Nov. 20-22 » Captain Bree and Her Lady Pirates (performed by Youth Theatre)

Jan. 28 » The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial (performed by L.A. Theatre Works)

Feb. 7 » Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

Feb. 23-25 » Banff Mountain Film Festival

Feb. 26 » One Night of Queen

Feb. 28 » Sweet Honey in the Rock

March 7 » Bobby McFerrin

March 29 » Arlo Guthrie

April 2-4 » Jungle Book (performed by Youth Theatre)

April 24-25 » Little Women (University Lyric Opera Ensemble)

May 2 » Cirque Eloize, "Nebbia"

Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City; 435-655-3114; www.parkcitytickets.com. All shows start at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 20 » Natalie Mac Master, "Christmas in Cape Breton"

Dec. 31 » Concert, TBA

Feb. 27-28 » Aquila Theatre Company, "The Iliad" and "The Comedy of Errors"

March 10 » Grupo Corpo, Brazilian ballet

March 21 » The Art of Bellydance

April 4 » The Hot 8 Brass Band

April 11 » Ballet West's new work

April 18 » Sarah Vowell

Excellence in the Community Concert series, Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State St., Salt Lake City. 801-947-3322; www.excellenceconcerts.org. All shows start at 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 27 » Melissa Pace Tanner, Jay Lawrence Quintet

Oct. 4 » Chris Hough Quartet

Nov. 15 » Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra

Dec. 6 » Lark & Spur Christmas Concert

Jan. 10 » Que'd Up, BYU Faculty Jazz ensemble

Feb. 28 » Calvary Baptist Choir

March 17 » Celtic Harpistry

April 18 » Dave Compton Quartet

May 23 » The Klezbros: Eastern European folk music