Sound of Music

Concerts in Fairfield and Westchester Counties.

❋ = Things to do with children.

Guitar Duo of Judy Handler and Mark Levesque, Fri., March 19, at 7:30; Music Shabbat at Temple Shearith Israel, 46 Peaceable St., Ridgefield; info., This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 203-438-6589.

Melissa Manchester, Fri., March 19, 8 p.m.; $55;  Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Cellist Mary Costanza and Pianist Will Duchon, Sat., March 20, 5 p.m., music of Bach, Debussy and Rachmaninov; Hunt Hill Farm’s Henderson Cultural Center, 44 Upland Rd., New Milford; tickets $35, $10/students and children; res. required, 860-355-0300.

Rob Carlson, CD release: Pieces of Paradise, Sat., March 20, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $12;  Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Sisters in Soul with Marcia Ball, Bettye LaVette and Maria Muldaur, Sat., March 20, 8 p.m.; tickets $50, $45, $40; Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd., Fairfield; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

Caramoor Classics: Jasper String Quartet, the 2009-10 Ernst Stiefel string Quartet-in-Residence, Sat., March 20, at 8 p.m.; works by Beethoven and Webern; tickets $25; in the Rosen House Music Room at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah, N.Y.; res., 914-232-1252 or caramoor.org.

Collegium Westchester chorus and orchestra, Sat., March 20, 8 p.m.; music of Brahms and Copland; First Presbyterian Church of Ossining, 34 South Highland Ave/Rte. 9, opposite Ossining, N.Y., High School; info., 914-282-8611 or visit collegiumwestchester.org.

Violist Amy Selig and Friends in Recital, Sat., March 20, 8 p.m.; free adm.; Marian Anderson Recital Hall, Danbury Music Centre, 256 Main St., Danbury; info., 203-748-1716 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Chamber Music at the Keeler Tavern Museum: Bassoonery, Sun., March 21, 3 p.m.; $15/adults, $12/srs. and students, $10/under 12; in the Cass Gilbert Garden House, 132 Main St., Ridgefield; info., 203-438-5485.

Sonic Boom with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Percussion Trio, Sun., March 21, 3 p.m.; at the Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Ave., Southport; $20/adults, $15/srs., $10/children and students under 21; res., 203-576-0263.

Connecticut’s Own: Suzanne Sheridan, Sun., March 21, 4-5 p.m.; adv. reg. suggested; seats held until 3:50; Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.; 203-762-3950.

Treetops Chamber Music Society: Piano Trios with Benhjamin Hochman and Friends, works by Haydn, Schumann and Brahms; with art exhibit by Polly Kurasch, Sun., March 21, 4 p.m.; $40, $20/students, $5/age 5-15; Treetops Studio, 359 Merriebrook Lane, Stamford; info., 203-979-6052.

Purchase Symphony Orchestra, Mon., March 22, 8 p.m.; works by Debussy, Schoenberg, Stravinsky; tickets, $20; Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, N.Y.; 914-251-6200 or artscenter.org.

Evening Music at Norfield Congregational Church during Lent, Wed. at  7 p.m., 64 Norfield Rd., Weston;  March 24, Harriett Alfred, soprano, A Celebration of Spirituals.

Robert Cray, Thur., March 25, 8 p.m.; tickets $80, $70;  Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

In the Mood, 1940’s Big Band musical revue, Fri., March 26, 8 p.m.; Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford; info., 203-325-4466 or visit scalive.org.

New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Fri., March 26, 8 p.m.; works by Schoenberg and Beethoven; tickets $40, $35; Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Rd., Fairfield; 1-877-ARTS-396 or quickcenter.com.

FTC Spring Fund-raiser with Martin Sexton, Sat., March 27, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $125, $175;  Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Guy Davis, bluesman, Sat., March 27, 8 p.m. tickets $25; Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck, N.Y.; 914-698-0098 or emelin.org.

The Heavy Pets, Wed., March 31, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $17;  Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Piano Recital by students in WestConn’s music program, Wed., March 31, 8 p.m., free, donations to music dept. accepted; Ives Concert Hall, White Hall, West.Conn. State U. Midtown Campus, 181 White St., Danbury; info., 203-837-8350

The Duke Robillard Band and Johnny A., Thur., April 1, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $47;  Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Simone Felice, Sat., April 3, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $15;  Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Keith Emerson & Greg Lake, Sat., April 3, 8 p.m.; tickets $75 and $65; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Beatlemania NOW!, Sat., April 3, 8 p.m.; tickets $45 to $25; Palace Theater, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford; res., 203-325-4466 or scalive.org.

Tea Leaf Green, Tues., April 6, 8 p.m.; tickets $25; presented at the Heirloom Arts Theatre, 155 Main St., Danbury; tickets through Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Ben Folds and A Piano, Wed., April 7, 8 p.m.; tickets $37.50; at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport; tickets through  Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Jim Gaffigan, Sat., April 10, shows at 7 and 10 p.m.; tickets $49.75 and $39.75; Palace Theater, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford; 203-325-4466 or scalive.org.

Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor with soloist Melissa Westgate, Tansman’s Sonatine Transatlantique, Barber’s First Essay for Orchestra and Respighi’s Fountains of Rome, Sat., April 10, 8 p.m.; tickets $25-$50; Richardson Auditorium, Ridgefield High School, 700 North Salem Rd. (Rte. 116); ridgefieldsymphony.org or call 203-438-3889.

Holly Cole, Sat., April 10, 8 p.m.; tickets $45; Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck, N.Y.; 914-698-0098 or emelin.org.

WCSU Jazz Combos Concert, Sun., April 11, 3 p.m.; free, donations to music dept. accepted; Ives Concert Hall in White Hall, Midtown Campus, 181 White St., Danbury; info., 203-837-8350.

Newtown Friends of Music present The Parisii quartet, Sun., April 11, 3 p.m., all-French program with music by Debussy, Chausson and Franck; tickets $20; Edmond Town Hall Theater, 45 Main St., Newtown; res., 203-426-6470.

Musicians from Ravinia, with an art exhibit by Robbin Juris, Sun., April 11, 4 p.m.; works by Beethoven, Schoenberg, Franck; tickets $40, $20/students, $5/ages 5-15; Treetops Studio, 359 Merriebrook Lane, Stamford; 203-979-6052.

Todd Rundgren, Sun., April 11, 8 p.m.;  $62; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Composer and pianist Piet Swerts, performing with WestConn students, faculty and guest artists, Mon., April 12, 8 p.m.; tickets $15;  Ives Concert Hall in White Hall, Midtown Campus, 181 White St., Danbury; info., 203-837-8350.