Symphony Silicon Valley
California Theatre, San Jose
Holst’s Planets Soloist David Amram joins guest conductor Paul Polivnick. Oct. 1 at 8pm, Oct. 2 at 2:30pm
Evolutionary Revolutionary A multi-media concert about the history of life done in collaboration with UCSC and featuring images by Frans Lanting and music by Philip Glass. Oct. 15 at 7pm at Flint Center, Cupertino
Petrushka & the Violin With guest conductor Giampaolo Bisanti and violinist Ju-Young Baek. Oct. 22 at 8pm, Oct. 23 at 2:30pm.
Nakamatsu Plays Chopin Conducted by Jos–-Luis Nov. Dec. 3 at 8pm, Dec. 4 at 2:30pm.
Chanticleer Vocal Group
Mission Santa Clara
Love Story A selection of romantic songs by the male choir. Sept. 17 at 8pm.
A Chanticleer Christmas Dec. 22 at 6 and 8:30pm.
El Camino Youth Symphony
Flint Center, Cupertino
Senior Symphony Orchestra With Tiffany Shen, violin, and Thomas Jang, cello. Oct. 23 at 7:30pm.
Ives Quartet
Fall Series Works by Haydn and Brahms with pianist Gwendolyn Mok. Sept. 30 at 8pm at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto; Oct 9 at 7pm, Le Petit Trianon, San Jose.
Fremont Symphony Orchestra
Ohlone College Gymnasium
From the New World Sept. 24 at 8pm.
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Dec. 3 at 2 and 7pm, Dec. 4 at 2pm.
Los Gatos Community Concert Association
Los Gatos High School Theatre
Carpe Diem String Quartet Oct. 23 at 2:30pm.
Magnificat
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Palo Alto
Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orph–e aux enfers Oct. 14 at 7:30pm.
The Music of Iacomo Carissimi Nov. 11 7:30pm.
Schutz’s Christmas Story Done in conjunction with the San Francisco Early Music Society. Dec. 16 at 7:30pm.
Master Sinfonia
Los Altos United Methodist Church
Program I Wokrs by Rossini, Rodrigo and Schumann plus world premierre of Rokeach Clarient Concerto. Nov. 6 at 2:30pm.
Mission Chamber Orchestra
Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
Brilliant Combinations An evening with guest pianist Tavit Tashjian performing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto no. 1, plus Beethoven’s Symphony no. 2 and works by Mendelssohn and Ayshalomov. Nov. 5 at 7:30pm.
Music@Menlo
The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton
Inon Barnatan: Darkness Visible The pianist presents a recital with selections by Debussy, Raven, Britten and Thomas Ades. Oct. 2 at 4pm.
New Century Chamber Orchestra
First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
Carmen Revisited Sept. 23 at 8pm.
Celebrate the Holidays Dec. 13 at 8pm.
Nova Vista Symphony
De Anza Performing Arts Center, Cupertino
Fiesta Latina! With guitarist Michael Bautista; Copland’s El Salon Mexico, Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un Gentilhombre, selections from De Falla’s The Three Cornered Hat and Ravel’s Bolero. Oct. 29 at 8pm.
Concert and Holiday Event Dec. 3 at 7:30pm at Church of the Ascension, Saratoga.
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Various locations
Take Tuba A concert with tubist Forrest Byram. Oct. 29 at 8pm at Cubberley Community Center Theater, Palo Alto.
From Vienna, With Love Featuring guest pianist Dina Glendenning. Dec. 17 at 8pm at Dinkelspiel Auditorium.
Palo Alto Philharmonic
Various locations
Baroque Music An evening ranging from some Brandenburg concertos and Vivaldi sonatas to Purcell’s Suite from Dido and Aeneas. Sept. 10 at 8pm at First Baptist Church, Palo Alto.
Orchestra Concert I Featuring Bernstein’s Overture to Candide and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6. Oct. 22 at 8pm at Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto.
Fall Chamber Concert A night of pieces for wind, string and brass ensembles. Nov. 12 at 8pm at First Baptist Church, Palo Alto.
Orchestra Concert II David Felberg performs Paganini’s Violin Concerto. Dec. 10 at 8pm at Cubberly Theatre, Palo Alto.
Peninsula Symphony
Flint Center/De Anza College
Romantic Masterworks With guest artists violinist Nikki Chooi and cellist David Requiro. Oct. 22 at 8pm (also Oct. 21 at 8pm at Fox Theatre, Redwood City).
Holiday Concert Nov. 18 at 8pm, Nov. 20 at 1:30pm at Stanford Memorial Church.
Philharmonia Baroque
Center for Performing Arts, Menlo-Atherton High School
Mozart and Haydn: A Tale of Two Cities Sept. 22 at 8pm.
Arias for Farinelli Oct. 27 at 8pm.
Marion Verbruggen & the Italian Baroque Recorder Nov. 17 at 8pm.
Redwood Symphony
Canada College Main Theatre
Subscription Concert I featuring works by Bernstein, Beethoven and Rimsky-Korsakov; guest artist Jassen Todorov on violin Sept. 24 at 8pm.
Subscription Concert II The program focuses on Rachmaninoff (Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) and Wagner and Maazel (The Ring Without Words) Nov. 19 at 8pm.
Family Concert Dec. 10 at 3pm.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
First Congregational Church, Palo Alto
Places of Note Works by Hayden, Dvork and Wayne Wallace (world premiere of his Concerto for Jazz Trombone and Chamber Orchestra) . Nov. 19 at 8pm.
San Francisco Symphony
Flint Center, Cupertino
Youth Orchestra Peter and the Wolf Sept. 11 at 3pm.
San Jose Chamber Music Society
Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
St. Petersburg String Quartet Oct. 2 at 7pm.
Cypress String Quartet Oct. 23 at 7pm.
Interpreti Veneziani Nov. 13 at 7pm.
San Jose Chamber Orchestra
Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
Spectral Sounds A concert with the Del Sol String Quartet; the selections include Gabriela Lena Frank’s Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout, Dan Awyman’s Ibbur and Bernard Herrmann’s famed Suite from Psycho. Oct. 30 at 7pm.
San Jose Choral Project
Song & Chance Gala A fundraising event with wine, desserts and silent auction plus performances by the Choral Project and Menharmonics. Oct. 15 at 7pm at San Jose City Hall Rotunda.
Winter’s Gifts: Celtic A collaboration with San Jose Chamber Orchestra. Dec. 18 at 7pm at Mission Santa Clara.
Schola Cantorum
Various Locations
A Musical Tribute on 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Sept. 11 at 1:30pm at Stanford Memorial Church.
Heaven’s Lullaby A concert honoring Royal Stanton, the group’s founder. Nov. 5 at 8pm at Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church; Nov. 6 at 4pm at First Congregational Church of Palo Alto.
A Schola Cantorum Christmas with Oxford Street Brass Dec. 11 at 3pm at First Congregational Church of Palo Alto.
Messiah Sing-along Dec. 12 at 7:30pm at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
Silicon Valley Symphony
Various locations; see www.siliconvalleysymphony.new for details
Fall Concert Nov. 19 at 7:30pm, Nov. 20 at 4pm.
Nutcracker Ballet Dec. 2 at 7:30pm, Dec. 3 at 2 and 7:30pm, Dec. 4 at 1pm.
South BAy Guitar Society
Classical guitar concerts at various locations
Gohar Vardanyan Sept. 17 at 8pm at West Valley College.
Edel Munoz Oct. 15 at 8pm at Le Petit Trianon, San Jose.
Isaac Bustos Nov. 12 at 8pm at Let Petit Trianon.
Steinway Society of the Bay Area
Solo performances by visiting pianists at Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
John Perry Sept. 18 at 2pm.
Adam Neiman Oct. 22 at 7:30pm.
Vassily Primakov Nov. 20 at 7pm.
Villa Chamber Music Series
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga
Ariel String Quartet Oct. 30 at 3pm.
The Saint Michael Trio: 250 Years of Trio Music Dec. 11 at 3pm.
Winchester Orchestra
Various locations
Season Opener Works by Rossini, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky Oct. 22 at 7:30pm at West Valley College Theater, Saratoga; Oct. 23 at 7pm at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose.
Holiday Family Concert Music From Broadway Dec. 18 at 7pm at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose.
DANCE
Abhinaya Dance Company
McAfee Theater, Saratoga
Abhinaya Dance Company
McAfee Theater, Saratoga
Jwala—The Immortal Flame A concert looking at the many and varied roles of fire. Nov. 19 at 6pm.
Ballet San Jose
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
Ballet San Jose School Benefit Cocktails and couture. Nov. 15, 6–9pm at Wilkes Bashford Palo Alto. Tickets are $125. The Nutcracker Dec. 11–23.
Rising Sun Dance Theater
First Congregational Church of San Jose
A Star Called Live, the Freedom Stories of Lala A one-woman show by Rivers Sun Cook in which she takes on the parts of many women in a trilogy of dance theater. Sept. 10 and 24, Oct. 1.
Santa Clara Ballet
Santa Clara Convention Center Theater
The Nutcracker Dec. 10–11.
SJDanceCo
California Theatre, San Jose
Fall Concert Jos– Lim—n’s Missa Brevis and new works by troupe members. Oct. 14–15.
Smuin Ballet
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Holiday Program Dec. 7–11.
Western Ballet
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
The Nutcracker Dec. 2 at 7pm, Dec. 3 at 1 and 7pm; Dec. 4 at 1 and 6:30pm.
OPERA
Opera San Jose
California Theatre, San Jose
Opera San Jose
California Theatre, San Jose
Idomeneo A Mozart opera set in the ancient world at the end of the Trojan War. Sept. 10–25.
Pagliacci & La voix humaine A pairing of the famous tale of a sad clown with Poulenc’s solo drama. Nov. 12–27.
West Bay Opera
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
Samson et Dalila by Saint-Sans. Oct. 14–23.