CALENDAR.(Preview)(Calendar)

MUSIC

CLASSICAL

Awadagin Pratt & Friends, Kiggins Hall, Emma Willard School, 285 Pawling Ave., Troy When: 8 p.m. Saturday Cost: $25; students, $10 Contact: http://www.friendsofchambermusic.org Notes: Featuring works by Bach-Pratt, Mendelssohn, Martinu and Brahms. Presented by Friends of Chamber Music.

Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, Chapin Hall, Williams College, Route 2, Williamstown, Mass. When: 8 p.m. Friday Cost: Free Contact: (413) 597-3146 Notes: "Vienna, City of Dreams," features works by Schubert, Anton Webern, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Brahms.

"A Birthday Concert," Emmanuel Baptist Church, 275 State St., Albany When: 5 p.m. Sunday Cost: Free Contact: 465-5161 Notes: A celebration of November-born composers: Aaron Copland, Scott Joplin and Carl Maria von Weber. Featured will be mezzo-soprano Lucille Beer, flutist Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough, cellist Erica Pickhardt and pianist Michael Clement.

Brass and Woodwind Ensembles Recital, Filene Recital Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs When: 6 p.m. Saturday Contact: 580-5320 or http://www.skidmore.edu

The Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, St. George's Episcopal Church, Route 146, Clifton Park When: 3 p.m. Sunday Cost: In advance: $16; seniors and students, $14. At the door: $18; seniors and students, $16 Contact: 373-8170 Notes: "Baroque Spirit" features Bach's "Magnificat," Charpentier's "Te Deum" and Puccini's "Credo."

The College of Saint Rose Flute Ensembles, Picotte Recital Hall, College of Saint Rose, 432 Western Ave., Albany When: 3 p.m. Sunday Cost: Free Contact: 454-5178

The College of Saint Rose Wind Ensemble, Picotte Recital Hall, College of Saint Rose, 432 Western Ave., Albany When: 8 p.m. Saturday Cost: Free Contact: 454-5178

The Etude Club, McChesney Room, Schenectady County Public Library, 99 Clinton St., Schenectady When: Noon Friday Cost: Free Contact: 399-7482 or http://www.scpl.org Notes: Pianists Stephanie Pieck and Elizabeth O'Neil, oboist Susan Kokernak, clarinetist Kathy Sadowsky, violinists Cathy Barber and Barbara Brothers, violist Meme Pittman and cellist Cathie-Jo Brun perform music by Prokofiev, Schumann and Mozart.

Eugene Albulescu, Tannery Pond Community Center, Main Street, North Creek When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Cost: Adults, $10; students, $5 Contact: 251-3751 or http://www.upperhudsonmusic.org Notes: The pianist performs his own "The Key and the Floating Letter" and Franz Liszt's "St Francis Walking on Waters."

Frederic Chiu, Filene Recital Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs When: 8 p.m. Friday Cost: $5; seniors and students, $2 Contact: 580-5320 or http://www.skidmore.edu Notes: The pianist performs works by Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt and Wagner/Liszt.

Lucille Beer and Mark Evans, Carl B. Taylor Auditorium, Schenectady County Community College, Begley Building, Washington Avenue, Schenectady When: 7:30 p.m. Monday Cost: Free Contact: 381-1250 Notes: The celebrated mezzo-soprano and pianist perform selections from the European art song tradition, including the songs of Schubert, Brahms and Faure.

Organ concert, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 107 State St., Albany When: 12:30-1 p.m. Friday Cost: Free Contact: 434-3502 Notes: Free weekly concert on the large pipe organ performed by organist Neil Keen and by other guest artists.

The Rensselaer Music Association, EMPAC-Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St., Troy When: 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday Cost: Free Contact: 276-6505 Notes: A winter concert. Concert 1 will feature: The Percussion Ensemble, Sax Quartet, Jazz Ensemble, Tuba Ensemble and the Symphonic Band. Concert 2 will feature: The Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir, Brass Quintet, String Quintet, and Campus Serenaders.

The Schenectady Symphony Orchestra, Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady When: 3 p.m. Sunday Contact: 346-6204 or http://www.proctors.org Notes: The orchestra rumbles in the barrios of New York City for its "Jewels of Dance" performance as it presents Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story Suite" along with the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company.

University Jazz Ensemble, Performing Arts Center, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany When: 7:30 p.m. Monday Cost: $4-$8 Contact: 442-3997 Notes: The mid-size ensemble performs popular jazz standards.

Williams Percussion Ensemble, Chapin Hall, Williams College, Route 2, Williamstown, Mass. When: 8 p.m. Saturday Cost: Free Contact: 597-2736 Notes: The ensemble, directed by Matthew Gold, presents a concert of works that reside outside the musical mainstream, each an island expressing a unique musical culture and vision.

Workshop by Sterne Virtuoso Series Artist, Filene Recital Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday Contact: 580-5320 or http://www.skidmore.edu Notes: Pianist Frederic Chiu works with Skidmore piano students.

POP, ROCK, FOLK, COUNTRY AND JAZZ

8th Annual "Beatlemore Skidmania," Filene Recital Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs When: 3 p.m. Sunday Contact: 580-5320 or http://www.skidmore.edu Notes: Students and faculty perform music by the Beatles, in connection with the 40th anniversary of the rock group's "White Album."

Albany Sonic Arts Collective, Upstate Artists Guild, 247 Lark St., Albany When: Noon-midnight Saturday Contact: 426-3501 or http://www.albanysonicarts.blogspot.com Notes: "A River of Drone," a first anniversary celebration, features 12 continuous hours of sound and video artists who will be collaborating live to create an immersive sonic and visual environment.

Arlo Guthrie's "Lost World Tour," The Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield, Mass. When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday Cost: $25-$55 Contact: (413) 997-4444 Notes: Arlo Guthrie will be joined by son Abe Guthrie and the Burns Sisters for his annual concert.

"Art Song to Broadway," St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 21 Hackett Blvd., Albany When: …