MAY 9
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Brahms' Symphony No. 3.  8 p.m. Tickets $18-$70. Also Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs." Donald Runnicles conducts. Christine Brewer, soprano.  Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-733-5000 or visit www.atlantasymphony.org . 

DeKalb Choral Guild: 30th Anniversary Concert. 8 p.m. Tickets $15; $7.50 students. Featuring the guild's newly commissioned work, a setting of The Beatitudes of Czech composer Jiri Laburda. With the DeKalb School for the Arts Chorus. Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow. For more information, please call 678-318-1362 or visit www.dekalbchoralguild.org . 

Michael O'Neal Singers. 8 p.m. Tickets $20; $15 senior citizens and students. "An Evening of Humor in Music." Works by classical mischief maker P.D.Q. Bach and choruses from some of Broadway's zaniest musicals. Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Blvd., Roswell. For more information, please call 779-594-7974 or visit www.mosingers.com 

MAY 10
Atlanta Boy Choir. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10-$50. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the 120-member choir, accompanied by a full orchestra, premieres a specially commissioned work written by contemporary American composer Stephen Paulus. Also, Igor Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms" and other selections. Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Street, N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-733-5000 or visit www.woodruffcentertickets.org . 

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Grand Opening Celebration. 8 p.m. Tickets $21-$75. Robert Spano and the ASO open metro Atlanta's new outdoor music facility with Broadway fanfares, including "On the Town" and "Carousel." The Alpharetta and Milton high school marching bands join the orchestra on "Seventy-Six Trombones." The Marcus Roberts Trio plays Gershwin's "Rhapsody in blue," and the ASO Chorus closes with the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, "Ode to Joy." Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-733-5089 or visit www.vzwammp.com  

Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde. 8 p.m. Free. Group premieres new music by Bob Chilcott. Donations accepted. Dunwoody United Methodist Church, 1548 Mount Vernon Road, Dunwoody. For more information, please call 770-394-0675 or visit www.dunwoodyumc.org . 

Bradley Hunter Welch, organ. 2 p.m. Tickets $30. Awarded both First Place and Prize of the Audience at the 2003 Dallas International Organ Competition, Bradley Hunter Welch is a "world-class virtuoso" (The American Organist) and "powerhouse organist" (The Diapason) whose highly expressive performances excite audiences and critics alike. With degrees and honors from Baylor University and Yale University and numerous competition victories, Welch was featured in three 2005 regional conventions of The American Guild of Organists and made his European debut in France at the Chartres Festival. A native of Knoxville, TN, he is presently artist-in-residence at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX, and maintains an active concert career. "Bradley Hunter Welch plays the organ like nobody's business. Between the virtuosity of his playing and the easy-going spoken commentary, he also proved that 'entertainer' and 'organist' needn't be mutually exclusive" (Dallas Morning News). Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow. For more information, please call 678-466-4200 or visit www.spiveyhall.org . 

Cobb Symphony Orchestra. 10 a.m. Tickets $4-$12. Family Concert. "Peter and the Wolf" with song, dance, narrative and demonstrations. Murray Arts Center, 2250 Stilesboro Road, N.W., Kennesaw. For more information, please call 1-800-595-4849 or visit www.cobbsymphony.com 

Just Voices Chamber Chorus: Psalms of David. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15; $10 senior citizens and students. A program of Psalm settings from Renaissance to contemporary. Holy Trinity Parish, Episcopal, 515 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Decatur. For more information, please call 404-875-3266 or visit www.justvoices.org .

MAY 11
Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra. 3 p.m. Free. "Rhapsody for Orchestra." A work by Abe Gerson as well as performances by winners of the Ruth Kern Young Artist Concerto Competition. Congregation Shearith Israel, 1180 University Drive, N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-873-1743 or visit www.acsorch.org . 

Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra.  3 p.m. Tickets $12. Chabrier's "España," Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and selections from Khachaturian's ballet "Gayane." Jere Flint conducts.  Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-733-5000 or visit www.atlantasymphony.org . 

DeKalb Youth Symphony. 8 p.m. Donations accepted. In Cole Auditorium, Georgia Perimeter College-Clarkston Campus, 555 N. Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston. For more information, please call 770-364-4383 or visit www.dekalbyouthsymphony.com  

Lee Demertzis, piano, and Katherine Blumenthal, soprano. 2 p.m. Free. Miller-Ward Alumni House, Emory University, 815 Houston Mill Road, Atlanta. For more informatino, please call 404-727-5050 or visit arts.emory.edu . 

Filippa Duke, organ. 3:15 p.m. From East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. The Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road, N.W., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-365-1052

Andrew Santander, piano. 3 p.m. Free. Head of the Music Department at Gainesville State College performs. Hoy Trinity Parish, Episcopal, 515 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Decatur. For more information, please call 404-377-2622 or visit www.htparish.com  

Viennese Chamber Music. 3 p.m. Tickets $25; $15 ages 65 and older and students; children 11 and younger free. Chamber music by Mozart, Haydn and their contemporaries for string quartet and for "harmonie," a wind sextet of oboes, horns and bassoons. Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, 3180 Peachtree Road, N.W., Atlanta. For more information, please call 770-537-3974 or visit www.atlantabaroque.org . 

MAY 15
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Sarah Chang and Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1  8 p.m. Tickets $18-$70. Also Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1, "Classical" and Dvorak's Symphony No. 5. Laura Jackson conducts.  Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-733-5000 or visit www.atlantasymphony.org . 

MAY 16
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Sarah Chang and Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1  8 p.m. Tickets $18-$70. Also Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1, "Classical" and Dvorak's Symphony No. 5. Laura Jackson conducts.  Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-733-5000 or visit www.atlantasymphony.org . 

Spivey Hall Young Artists with the Spivey Hall Children’s Choirs. 7 p.m. Tickets $20. This spring concert showcases the achievements of the Spivey Hall Young Artists, who sing with spirit and beauty under the direction of Craig Hurley and accompanist Steven Wooddell. To cap off their year, the Young Artists give a program that includes performances with the Spivey Hall Children's Choir under the direction of Dr. Martha Shaw, marking another successful season of extraordinary music making for all 170 students - the finest young singers in Georgia. Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State blvd., Morrow. For more information, please call 678-466-4200 or visit www.spiveyhall.org . 

MAY 17
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Sarah Chang and Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1  8 p.m. Tickets $18-$70. Also Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1, "Classical" and Dvorak's Symphony No. 5. Laura Jackson conducts.  Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-733-5000 or visit www.atlantasymphony.org . 

Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Big Band Afro-Latin Jazz. 8 p.m. Tickets $36, $46, $62 (Group and Georgia State University faculty, staff, and student discounts available). Winner of the Latin Jazz USA Outstanding Achievement Award for 2003, Arturo O’Farrill brings his Afro-Cuban Big Band to the Rialto stage. Mr. O’Farrill played piano with the Carla Bley Big Band from 1979 through 1983. He then went on to develop as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddy Cole, The Fort Apache Band, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte. In 1995, Mr. O’Farrill agreed to direct the band that preserved much of his father’s music, Chico O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra. Because of the large and very demanding body of substantial music in the genre of Latin and Afro-Cuban Jazz that deserved to be appreciated and experienced by the general jazz audience, Mr. O’Farrill and Wynton Marsalis created the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra for Jazz at Lincoln Center. His debut album with the Orchestra “Una Noche Inolvidable” earned a Grammy award nomination in 2006. Rialto Center for the Arts. For more information, please call 404-413-9TIX or visit www.rialtocenter.org

Atlanta Sacred Chorale: Masterworks. 8 p.m. Tickets $20; $15 students and ages 65 and older. Faure Requiem with chamber orchestra and organ. Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emory University, 17oo N. Decatur Road, N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-915-4541 or visit www.atlantasacredchorale.org . 

"Bon Voyage" Concert. 4 p.m. Tickets $15; $10 students and senior citizens; ages 11 and younger free. The William Baker Festival Singers perform Holocaust songs by Atlanta composer William Dreyfoos, Renaissance to contemporary classics and a new collection of spirituals. Grace United Methodist Church, 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-909-8357 or visit www.festivalsingers.org . 

Gwinnett Choral Guild. 7 p.m. Tickets $15; $25 couples; $10 senior citizens and students. Season finale. "Spanning the Globe: Choral Gems from Near and Far" features choral classics side by side with new choral treasures. Conducted by G. Phillip Shoultz III. Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, 800 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville. For more information, please call 404-223-9962 or visit www.gwinnettchoralguild.org . 

Spivey Hall Children's Choir. 3 p.m. Tickets $20. The superlative Spivey Hall Children's Choir brings its year and the 2007-2008 Spivey Series to a close with two wonderful concerts - demonstrating once again why the Spivey Hall Children's Choir Program under the direction of Dr. Martha Shaw and accompanist Judy Mason enjoys an international reputation for artistic excellence. The advanced singers of the Tour Choir, Spivey Hall's marvelous musical ambassadors, give a preview of selections to be performed on their annual summer concert tour. Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State blvd., Morrow. For more information, please call 678-466-4200 or visit www.spiveyhall.org . 

MAY 18
Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra. 3 p.m. Free. Ruth Kern Young Artist Concerto Competition Concert. Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture, plus performances by winners of the young artist competition. Falany Performing Arts Center, 7300 Reinhardt College Circle, Waleska. For more information, please call 770-720-9167 or visit acsorch.org . 

China Philharmonic Orchestra. 8 p.m. Tickets $221-$70. Pianist Lang Lang and the orchestra perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-733-5000 or visit www.atlantasymphony.org . 

Cobb Wind Symphony. 3 p.m. Donations accepted. Adult community band's spring concert. Kell High School, 4770 Lee Waters Road, Marietta. For more information, please call 678-305-7148 or visit www.cobbwindsymphony.org . 

Decatur Civic Chorus. 3 p.m. Free. This 60th anniversary concert is a reprise of past hits, from Brahms and Bach to "Oklahoma!" and "West Side Story." Opens the Dec atur Arts Festival. First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairmont Avenue, Decatur. For more information, please call 770-388-9536 or visit www.decaturcivicchorus.org . 

Bruce Neswick, organ. 3:15 p.m. The Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road, N.W., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-365-1052

Spivey Hall Children's Choir. 3 p.m. Tickets $20. The superlative Spivey Hall Children's Choir brings its year and the 2007-2008 Spivey Series to a close with two wonderful concerts - demonstrating once again why the Spivey Hall Children's Choir Program under the direction of Dr. Martha Shaw and accompanist Judy Mason enjoys an international reputation for artistic excellence. The advanced singers of the Tour Choir, Spivey Hall's marvelous musical ambassadors, give a preview of selections to be performed on their annual summer concert tour. Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State blvd., Morrow. For more information, please call 678-466-4200 or visit www.spiveyhall.org . 

JUNE 1
New Trinity Baroque. 3 p.m. Tickets $25. Predrag Gosta, conductor. Praised as "one of Atlanta's most prized ensembles" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) as well as one of its most adventurous, New Trinity Baroque makes its first appearance at Spivey Hall in a program of lively works including trios sonatas and chaconnes by Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Leclair, Castello, Purcell and others. Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow. For more information, please call 678-466-4200 or visit www.spiveyhall.org . 

JUNE 7
Atlanta Balalaika Society. 8:15 p.m. Tickets $20. The Atlanta Balalaika Society is one of the few authentic Russian folk instrument orchestras outside of Russia. The group performs in traditional costume on hand-crafted instruments, with an extensive repertoire of music of old Russia, Eastern Europe and classical composers such as Tchaikovsky and Glinka. Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow. For more information, please call 678-466-4200 or visit www.spiveyhall.org . 

JUNE 11
Cathedral Concerts. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10. Atlanta Summer Organ Festival Concert. Peter Conte, organ. From Wanamaker Department Store and St. Clement's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road, N.W., Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-365-1052