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New Orleans Piano Player Marcia Ball , June 6, 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7); tickets $42;Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036, fairfieldtheatre.org.

Silvermine Guild Arts Center Summer Music Series, 50th Anniversary Season; Fridays at 8 in the Silvermineauditorium, 1037 Silvermine Rd., New Canaan; tickets $85/series, $25/individ.concerts, students 18 and younger, $10; 203-966-9700 or visitsilvermineart.org: Edward Simon & the Ensemble Venezuela , June 6; Guitarist Benjamin Verdery , June 27; The Parker String Quartet , July 11; Flutist Chris Norman , Aug. 1.

Norwalk Community Chorale 47th’s Spring Concert: A Taste of Broadway , June 7, 7:30; free adm.; Norwalk Concert Hall, 125East Ave.; info., 203-857-0048.

Collegium Westchester Chorus and Orchestra , directed by Eric Kramer, June 7, 8 p.m.; J.S. Bach’s CantataNo. 90 (Ein feste Burg is unser Gott) and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 (”Reformation”) ; First Presbyterian Church of Ossining, 34 SouthHighland Ave./Rte. 9, opp. Ossining (N.Y.) High School; free adm.; info.,914-282-8611 or visit collegiumwestchester.org.

Cool Jazz on a Hot Summer’s Night with trumpeter Mark Rapp, June 7, 8 p.m., Community Rm., Weston PublicLibrary, 58 Norfield Rd.;spon. by Weston Commission for the Arts, free; doorsopen at 7:30; info., 203-226-0203.

Vocalist Fran Simms , withChris Arbisi, June 7, 8:30 p.m.; benefit concert; tickets $20; CongregationAdath Israel, 115 Huntingtown Rd., Newtown; tickets, 203-459-0089 or203-409-6406.

Singer/songwriter Meg Hutchinson , June 8, 2 p.m., debut album on Red House Records, Come Up Full ; Ridgefield Library, 472 Main St.; info.,203-438-2282.

Sunday with the Phil Chamber Music featuring current and former Westchester Philharmonic members, June 8at 3; Divertimenti by Mozart;tickets $15 in adv., $20 at the door; children, students and seniors, $10 or$15; at the Arts Exchange, Westchester Arts Council, 31 Mamaroneck Ave., WhitePlains, N.Y.; res., 914-428-4220 x223 or visit westarts.com.

Silvermine Artists Series: Grieg Celebration Concert , all piano works, June 8 at 4; pre-concert lecture at3:15; Silvermine School of Music, 36 Comstock Hill Ave., Norwalk; info., res.,203-847-8106 or e-mail silvermineseries@gmail.com.

Hot & Cool: Jazz at the Brubeck Room with Taylor Eigsti , two time Grammy nominee pianist/composer/bandleader;June 8, 5-7 p.m.; sugg. donation, $10; adv. reg. recommended; adm. after 4:50to wait-listed and walk-in registrants, as avail.; Wilton Library, 137 OldRidgefield Rd.; info., 203-762-3950.

Musica Plenti , vocal chamberensemble, MusicAlive! , June 8, 7p.m.; at the Greenwich Audubon Center, 613 Riversville Rd.; info., 203-637-3058or visit musicaplenti.org.

Irish Singer Fiona Molloy ,June 10 at 7:30; ticket donation, $10 (tickets avail. at the door); SacredHeart Church, Pryor-Hubbar Hall, Church St., Georgetown; tickets, info.,203-544-8481.

Greenwich Music Festival: May 20-June 15, featuring performances of Monteverdi’s the Return of Ulysses , full staging with Baroque orchestra, June 11,13, and14 at 7:30 at the Theater of St. Catherine’s in Riverside; performance tickets$25, $20/srs, free for students (up to age 25) at the door; Lecture/Recital by Robert Ainsley, conductor, June 12, 7:30, Theaterat St. Catherine’s, 4 Riverside Ave., Riverside; info.,greenwichmusicfestival.org or call 203-637-0536.

Yonder Mountain String Band ,bluegrass; June 11, 8 p.m.; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795or ridgefieldplayhouse.org.

America , June 12 at 8 p.m.;tickets $85; Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge; 203-438-5795 orridgefieldplayhouse.org.

Mark Bryan of Hootie andthe Blowfish , June 12, 7:30; tickets$17; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036,fairfieldtheatre.org.

Cannonball Jane, Palomar, Math the Band , June 13, 7 p.m.; $5; Heirloom Arts Theatre, at theback of the Empress Professional Ctr., 155 Main St., Danbury (off Palace Walk);info., heirloomarts.org.

James Montgomery Band with Johnny A. , June 13, 7:30; tickets $37; Fairfield TheatreCompany, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Tinsley Ellis , blues/rockguitar, June 14, 7:30; tickets $27; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.;203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Tom Tom Club , June 17, 7:30;tickets $42; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.; 203-259-1036 orfairfieldtheatre.org.

Jill Scott , three-timeGrammy winner, June 18, 8 p.m., tickets $42 to $82; The Klein Auditorium, 910Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport; res., 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks ,June 19 and 20 at 7:30; tickets $32; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.;203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Enso Quartet , presented bythe Westport Arts Center, June 20, 7:30; tickets $35, $5/students; WestportTown Hall, 110 Myrtle Ave., info., 203-222-7070 or westportartscenter.org.

Maureen Hamill Cabaret Series ,June 21, 7:30; tickets $37; Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St.;203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.

Caramoor International Music Festival , June 21-Aug. 3; opening night performance, Saturday,June 21, at 8:30 in the Venetian Theater, featuring the Orchestra of St. Luke’swith guest artists Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Igor Begelman, clarinet; and JonKimura Parker, piano; complete festival schedule avail. at caramoor.org;Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, 149 Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah, N.Y.;914-232-1252 or at caramoor.org; for tickets to the Opening Night Gala, call914-232-1492 or e-mail events@caramoor.org.

Doansburg Chamber Ensemble ,quartet of piano, violin, viola and cello, playing works by Mozart, Dvorak, andBrahms, June 21 at 8 at St. Mary’s in the Highlands Episcopal Church, Rtes. 301and 9D, Cold Spring, N.Y.; and June 22, 4 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Rte.6, between Brewster and Carmel, N.Y.; tickets at the door,   $9, $8f or srs. and students; info., 845-228-4167or home.comcast.net/~doansburg.

Sergio Mendes, June 22 at 8; tickets $42; The Klein Auditorium, 910Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport; 203-259-1036 or fairfieldtheatre.org.