Concerts are at 8 p.m. in the Cincinnati Art Museum Auditorium.

Oct. 6 -- The Lark Quartet and Peter Schickele. Schickele, Piano Quintet; Tchaikovsky, Quartet in D major Op. 11; Shostakovich, Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major.

Nov. 17 -- The Brentano Quartet. Haydn, Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 71 No. 1; Nicholas Maw, Quartet No. 3; Beethoven, Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2.

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, Music Director, 723-1182

Sept. 13 -- Janna Hymes-Bianchi, conductor; Wendy Chen, piano. C.P.E. Bach, Symphony in D Major; Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467; Bartok, Rumanian Folk Dances; Arriaga, Symphony in D Major, 3 p.m. Sunday, Memorial Hall.

Nov. 22-23 -- Keith Lockhart, conductor; Gary Hoffman, cello. Joel Hoffman, Self-Portrait with Gebirtig; Mozart, Symphony No. 35, ''Haffner;'' Bruch, Kol Nidre; Beethoven, The Creatures of Prometheus, 3 p.m. Sunday, Memorial Hall; 7:30 p.m. Monday at Rockdale Temple in Amberley Village.

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, conductor, 381-3300

Concerts are at 8 p.m. in Music Hall.

Sept. 11-13 -- Erich Kunzel, conductor; Dallas Brass.

Oct. 16-18 -- The U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus. Colonel Jack Grogan, commander and conductor; Lt. Col. Robert McCormick, deputy commander and chorus conductor.

Nov. 20-22 -- ''Love is Here to Stay,'' Erich Kunzel, conductor; John Pizzarelli, vocalist/guitarist; Cincinnati Ballet.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, music director, 381-3300

Concerts are in Music Hall except where noted.

Sept. 18-19 -- Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano. Wagner, Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg; Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor; Shostakovich, Symphony No. 10 in E Minor; 8 p.m.

Sept. 25-26 -- Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor; Vadim Repin, violin. Haydn, Symphony No. 104, London; Lalo, Symphonie espagnole; Wagner, Symphony in C Major; 11 a.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday.

Oct. 2-3 -- Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor; Kennedy (formerly Nigel Kennedy), violin. Ives, The Unanswered Question; Elgar, Violin Concerto in B Minor; Janacek, Sinfonietta; 8 p.m.

Oct. 9-10 -- Claus Peter Flor, conductor; Rudolf Buchbinder, piano. Wagner, Prelude to Parsifal; Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491; Bruckner, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor; 8 p.m.

Nov. 12-14 -- John Morris Russell, conductor; Jean-Philippe Collard, piano. Arvo Part, Fratres; Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor; Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition; 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

Nov. 27-28 -- Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor; Owen Lee, double bass. Dan Welcher, Bright Wings; Giovanni Bottesini, Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor; Dvorak, Symphony No. 6 in D Major; 8 p.m.

Dec. 4-5 -- Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor; Alessandra Marc, soprano (Sieglinde); Jon Fredric West, tenor (Siegmund); John Cheek, bass (Hunding); Clayton Brainerd, baritone (Wotan); Brunnhilde to be announced. Wagner, Die Walkure (The Valkyrie): Act I; Act III, scene III; 8 p.m.

Dec. 11-12 -- Michael Stern, conductor; Kyung Wha Chung, violin. Ravel, Alborada del gracioso; Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major; Dvorak, Symphony No. 7 in D Minor; 11 a.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday.

Dec. 19-20 -- Cinergy's Home for the Holidays, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, John Morris Russell, conductor; the Yuletones; Cindy the Reindeer and Wally the Hog; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., Taft Theater, downtown.

Dec. 31 -- ''Carnival: A Night in the Tropics,'' New Year's Eve Concert and Ball, John Morris Russell, conductor; 7:30 p.m. concert; 9:30 p.m. ball.

CSO Chamber Players, 381-3300

Nov. 13 -- Performers to be announced, 7:30 p.m., Memorial Hall.

College-Conservatory of Music, 556-4183

Oct. 1 -- The Amernet String Quartet; Beethoven, Quartet in C Minor Op. 18 No. 4; Bartok, Quartet No. 3; Brahms Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51 No. 2; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct 3 -- Starling Showcase, Kurt Sassmannshaus, director; 4 p.m., Patricia Corbett Theater.

Oct. 10 -- World Music Concert Series, Alhaji Papa Susso, kora; 8 p.m., Patricia Corbett Theater.

Oct. 13 -- Tokyo String Quartet, the Amernet Quartet; Haydn, String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1; Shostakovich, Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11; Mendelssohn, Octet in E-flat Major; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 14 -- Faculty Artist Series, David Adams, tenor; Rodney Stucky, vihuela, lute and guitar; 8 p.m., Patricia Corbett Theater.

Oct. 15 -- Philharmonia Orchestra, Mark Gibson, conductor; Verdi, Overture to I Vespri Siciliani; Britten, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Dvorak, Symphony No. 8; Gershwin, Overture to Oh Kay!; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 16 -- Percussion Group Cincinnati; premieres by Qu Xiao-Song and Alonzo Alexander; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 18 -- Faculty Jazz Septet; 7 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 19 -- Pridonoff Duo, Elizabeth and Eugene Pridonoff, pianos; Poulenc, L'embarquement pour Cythere, Elegie; Germaine Tailleferre, Sonate; Ravel, Bolero; Gershwin, I Got Rhythm Variations; Rachmaninoff, Fantasy (Suite No. 1); 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 20 -- Faculty Artist Series, Mark Ostoich, oboe; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 21 -- Chamber Music with James Tocco; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 23 -- CCM Wind Symphony, Rodney Winther, conductor; Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat Major; Holst, Prelude and Scherzo; Riegger, Dance Rhythms; Williams, Fanfare and Allegro; Persichetti, Psalm; Hartley, Concerto for 23 Wind Instruments; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 24 -- Choral Department Showcase; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 25 -- The Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Lab Band, Rick VanMatre, musical director; 7 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 26 -- Faculty Artist Series, Tom Baresel, tenor; Kenneth Griffiths, piano; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 27 -- Concert Orchestra, Christopher Zimmerman, conductor; Smetana, ''Sarka'' from Ma Vlast; Dvorak, Violin Concerto in A Minor; Brahms, Symphony No. 1; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 28 -- Symphony Band, Terence Milligan, conductor; Holst, First Suite in E-flat Major; Leemans, March of the Belgian Parachutists; Beethoven, March No. 1; Hindemith, Geschwindmarsch from Musica Serena; Gould, Symphony for Band; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 30 -- Philharmonia Orchestra, Mark Gibson, conductor; C.P.E. Bach, Concerto in D Minor for Flute and Orchestra; Stravinsky, Divertimento from Le Baiser de la Fee; Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Oct. 31 -- Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; 11 a.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Nov. 2 -- Faculty Artist Series, Albert Laszlo, double bass; Patricia Wood, piano; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Nov. 3 -- Ensemble for Eighteenth-Century Music, Eiji Hashimoto, conductor; Bradley Garner, flute; Janice Minor, clarinet. C.P.E. Bach, Sinfonia in E Minor; Mozart, Divertimento No. 1 in A Major, K. 136; Clarinet Concerto in A Major; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Nov. 4 -- Faculty Artist Series, William Black, piano; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Nov. 6 -- Faculty Artist Series, Alan Siebert, trumpet; Donna Loewy, piano; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Nov. 14 -- World Music Concert Series, Ming Ke, pipa; 8 p.m., Patricia Corbett Theater.

Nov. 14 -- Faculty Artist Series, Randy Gardner, horn; Donna Loewy, piano; 8 p.m., Patricia Corbett Theater.

Nov. 15 -- The Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Lab Band, Rick VanMatre, musical director; Mary Ellen Tanner, vocalist; 7 p.m., Patricia Corbett Theater.

Nov. 19 -- Sonic Explorations, Mara Helmuth, director; 8 p.m., Patricia Corbett Theater.

Nov. 22 -- Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Earl Rivers, conductor. J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor; 2 p.m., St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Eighth and Plum streets.

Nov. 23 -- A Brass Showcase, Timothy Northcut, director; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Nov. 24 -- Concert Orchestra, Christopher Zimmerman, conductor; Jeremy Reynolds, clarinet, Debussy, Premiere rapsodie pour clarinette; Haydn, Symphony No. 103; Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Nov. 24 -- UC Men's and Women's Choruses and UC Cabaret Singers; 8 p.m., Patricia Corbett Theater.

Dec. 1 -- Symphony Band, Terence Milligan, conductor; Bernstein, Overture to Candide; Gould, Hymnal, We Shall Overcome; Reynolds, Scenes; Copland, El Salon Mexico; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Dec. 2 -- Wind Symphony, Rodney Winther, conductor; Randy Gardner, horn; Verne Reynolds, Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble; Scenes Revisted; Stamitz/Reynolds, Concerto for Horn and Winds; 8 p.m., Corbett Auditorium.

Dec. 5-6 -- CCM's Feast of Carols, Earl Rivers, John Leman, Ann Marie Koukios, Mark Kaczmarczyk, Jonathan Talberg, conductors; 4 p.m. Saturday, 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Corbett Auditorium.

Dayton Opera, Thomas Bankston, artistic director, 937-228-7464

Oct. 24, 30, Nov. 1 -- Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Michael McConnell, director; Steven Crawford, conductor; soprano Erin Windle (Gretel); mezzo-soprano Hillary Nicholson (Hansel); mezzo-soprano Susan Nicely (the Witch); 8 p.m. Saturday, 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Memorial Hall, 125 E. First St., Dayton.

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Neal Gittleman, music director, (937) 224-9000

Philharmonic concerts are at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall, 125 E. First St.t, Dayton.

Philharmonic SuperPops concerts are at 8:30 p.m., Dayton Convention Center, 22 Dave Hall Plaza, Dayton.

Sept. 16-17 -- Neal Gittleman, conductor; Present Music. Copland, El Salon Mexico; Kenneth Ince, Fest; Brahms, Symphony No. 2.

Oct. 7 -- Neal Gittleman, conductor; Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Meira Warshauer, World Premiere for the 50th Anniversary of the State of Israel; Smetana, The Moldau; Barber, Violin Concerto; Debussy, La Mer.

Oct. 23 -- Coffee/Casual Concert, Neal Gittleman, conductor; John Kurokawa, clarinet; Mozart, Divertimento No. 11, K. 251; John Adams, Gnarly Buttons; Strauss/Schoenberg, Emperor Waltz, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St.

Nov. 11-12 -- Neal Gittleman, conductor; Dayton Philharmonic Chorus; Lisa van der Ploeg, mezzo-soprano; Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky (soundtrack) with the Sergei Eisenstein film.

Nov. 20-21 -- Philharmonic SuperPops, Neal Gittleman, conductor; Judy Collins, vocalist.

Dec. 9 -- George Cleve, conductor; Janina Fialkowska, piano; Wagner, Prelude to Die Meistersinger; Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, ''Emperor;'' Schubert, Symphony No. 9.

Dec. 18-19 -- Philharmonic SuperPops, Marvin Hamlisch, conductor.

Dec. 31 -- Viennese New Year's Eve Concert, Neal Gittleman, conductor; soloists from Dayton Opera.

Linton Music Series, 381-6868

Concerts are at 4 p.m. in the First Unitarian Church, 536 Linton St., Avondale.

Oct. 4 -- Phillip Ruder, violin; Eric Kim, cello; Richard Hawley, clarinet; Michael Chertock, piano; Mark Perzel, narrator.

Dec. 6 -- Ida Kavafian, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano.

Linton Music Series Peanut Butter & Jam Sessions, 381-6868

Concerts for 2- to 5-year-old children are at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Saturdays.

Sept. 19 -- Montgomery Community Baptist Church, 11251 Montgomery Road.

Sept. 26 -- Mount Washington Presbyterian Church, 6474 Beechmont Ave.

Oct. 24 -- Montgomery Community Baptist Church.

Nov. 7 -- Mount Washington Presbyterian Church.

Matinee Musicale Rising Star Series, 961-0622

Concerts are at 11 a.m. in the Scottish Rite Auditorium, downtown.

Oct. 6 -- Pianist Alfredo Perl.

Nov. 17 -- Bass-baritone Dean Elzinga.

The Miami University Performing Arts Series, 529-3200

Concerts are at 8 p.m.

Oct. 4 -- ''Sharps, Flats and Accidentals,'' the Flying Karamazov Brothers, Millett Hall.

Oct. 11 -- Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre, Hall Auditorium.

Oct. 27 -- The St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Igor Oistrakh, violinist; Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Violin Concerto in D Major; Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathetique, Millett Hall.

Oct. 31 -- Tony Bennett, Millett Hall (special concert).

Nov. 8 -- Joshua Redman Band (jazz quintet), Hall Auditorium.

Middletown Symphony, Carmon DeLeone, music director, 424-2426

Nov. 14 -- Carmon DeLeone, conductor; Lee Fiser, cellist. Wagner, Prelude to Lohengrin; Bloch, Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody); Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4; 8:15 p.m., Dave Finkelman Auditorium, Miami University Middletown campus.

MUSE Cincinnati's Women's Choir, Catherine Roma, director, 221-1118

Concerts are at 8 p.m.

Oct. 15 -- Issues and Artists Series, Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio.

Nov. 7-8 -- Sing to the Universe Who We Are, St. John's Choral Music Series, St. John's Unitarian Church, Clifton.

Dec. 5 -- Benefit Concert, Grailville Women's Retreat Center, 932 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland.

Northern Kentucky Symphony, James R. Cassidy, music director, 431-6216

Concerts are in Greaves Hall, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights.

Sept. 26-27 -- ''Happy Birthday! By George,'' James Cassidy, conductor; Steven Mayer, piano; George Gershwin, Cuban Overture; ''Catfish Row'' from Porgy and Bess; Concerto in F; Let 'em Eat Cake Overture; 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Nov. 14-15 -- ''The Final Frontier,'' James Cassidy, conductor; Northern Kentucky University Chorus; Gustav Holst, The Planets; Karel Husa, Apotheosis of this Earth; 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Northern Kentucky University, 572-6399

Concerts are at 8 p.m. in Greaves Hall on the NKU campus, except where noted.

Sept. 24 -- NKU Brass Choir Concert, W. Jonathan Gresham, conductor.

Oct. 5 -- Faculty Recital, W. Jonathan Gresham, trumpet.

Oct. 8 -- NKU Symphonic Winds, Carol Dunevant, conductor.

Oct. 11 -- Faculty Recital, James Bunte, saxophone.

Oct. 15 -- NKU Jazz Ensemble, James Bunte, conductor.

Oct. 21 -- NKU University Concert Band, Carol Dunevant, conductor.

Oct. 26 -- NKU Faculty Brass Quintet.

Oct. 27 -- Phi Mu Alpha Recital, Richard Crosby, pianist, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 29 -- NKU Fall Choral Concert, Randy Pennington, conductor.

Nov. 6 -- Keyboard Kaleidoscope.

Nov. 10 -- NKU Honor Choir, Randy Pennington, conductor.

Nov. 12 -- NKU Brass Choir, W. Jonathan Gresham, conductor.

Nov. 19 -- NKU Symphonic Winds, Carol Dunevant, conductor.

Nov. 20 -- NKU University Concert Band, Carol Dunevant, conductor.

Nov. 23 -- NKU Percussion Ensemble, Scott Lang, conductor.

Dec. 3 -- NKU Jazz Ensemble, James Bunte, conductor.

Dec. 4 -- NKU Vocal Jazz Concert, Randy Pennington, conductor.

Dec. 6 -- Cocoa & Carols, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Dec. 10 -- Choral Concert, Randy Pennington, conductor.

Dec. 12 -- Northern Kentucky Community Chorus, John Westlund, conductor, 3 p.m.

Sorg Opera Company, Charles Combopiano, artistic director, (513) 425-0180

Oct. 9-10 -- Rossini's The Barber of Seville; 8 p.m., Sorg Opera House, 57 Main St., Middletown.

Taft Museum Rising Star Series, 241-0343

Oct. 14 -- Keren Schweitzer, flutist; Michele Grossman, pianist; 7:30 p.m. Taft Museum ballroom, downtown.

Vocal Arts Ensemble, Earl Rivers, director, 556-6600

Oct. 18 -- Cathedral Concert, Vocal Arts Ensemble, Earl Rivers, director; the Children's Choir of Greater Cincinnati, Robin Lana, director; Mozart, Missa Brevis in F; J.S. Bach, Lobet den Herrn; Arvo Part, The Beatitudes; Henryk Gorecki, Amen; 3 p.m., Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington.

Dec. 19-20 -- Holiday Concert, 8 p.m. Saturday, St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Eighth and Plum streets, downtown; 3 p.m. Sunday, St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Montgomery.

Whitewater Opera Company, Charles Combopiano, artistic director, 765-962-7106

Oct. 16-17 -- Rossini's The Barber of Seville, 8 p.m., Civic Hall Performing Arts Center, Richmond, Ind.

Xavier Classical Piano and Guitar Series, 745-3161

Concerts are at 2:30 p.m. in University Center Theatre on the Xavier University campus, except where noted.

Sept. 27 -- Pianist Earl Wild.

Oct. 11 -- Pianist Burkard Schliessmann.

Oct. 18 -- Guitarist Jorge Caballero.

Oct. 25 -- Pianist Fasil Say.

Nov. 8, 15 -- Pianist Kemal Gekic.

Nov. 12 -- Pianist Kemal Gekic, special concert, 7:30 p.m. Bethesda Medical Educational Research Center, 619 Oak St., Avondale.