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In addition to the six-concert season, the society performs outreach to schools so kids are exposed to a wider variety of music experiences.

Two star sopranos, Renée Fleming and Sonya Yoncheva, held court in two of New York’s grandest venues on Sunday.

The actress and opera star come together in “Penelope,” a Homeric monodrama by André Previn and Tom Stoppard, at Carnegie Hall.

So what are you doing?

As one might expect, there are not a lot of live performances happening this holiday weekend, but there are a few that should not be overlooked:

Explore Oregon, 11am-4pm, Museum of Natural and Cultural History. RSVP at MNCH.UOregon.edu. Free First Friday at the Museum, 11am-4pm, Museum of Natural and Cultural History. RSVP at MNCH.UOregon.edu. Oregon – Where Past is Present, 11am-4pm, Museum of Natural and Cultural History. RSVP at MNCH.UOregon.edu. New Zone Art Gallery First Friday Art Walk, 5:30pm, 110 E. 11th Ave. KIDS/FAMILY MUSIC RIFFLE, 6pm, Pfeiffer Winery, Junction City. $5. Register at PfeifferWinery.com. Daddy Rabbit, 6:30pm...

8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Michael Collins & Michael McHale. The clarinetist and pianist’s program includes Joseph Horovitz’s Sonatina which premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1981. Widor’s Introduction et rondo was composed in 1898. At its première in 1935, Bax’s clarinet sonata was actually played twice; it was repeated in the program when the sheet music for a work by Lennox Berkeley was lost in the post. Each of the four Time Pieces by Robert Muczynski highlights a characteristic...

Annual festival to present local chamber ensembles By SANIBEL MUSIC FESTIVAL - | Mar 4, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED The Sanibel Music Festivals Emerging Artist Series will bring the FGCU Bower School of Music and The Arts Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Strings to the Sundial Beach Resort and Spa in March. This year, the Sanibel Music Festival will launch the Emerging Artist Series in March. It will feature chamber ensembles from Florida Gulf Coast University’s Bower School of Music and The Arts on M...

7 pm ET: Lawrence Brownlee presents The Sitdown with LB. The tenor’s Facebook Live series returns with an unfiltered and honest look inside the opera industry. This week: Management, featuring Matthew Horner (IMG Artists) and Alex Fletcher (Fletcher Artist Management). View here. LIVE ** 7:30 pm ET: Met Opera Streams presents Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. Starring Beverly Sills, Alfredo Kraus, Håkan Hagegård, and Gabriel Bacquier, conducted by Nicola Rescigno. Production by John Dexter. Fr...

Music@Menlo continues to make the most of virtual performances with its Explorer Series, which offers performances and artist discussions. The latest installment features the Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet.