Music

CLASSICAL/OPERA

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

University Boulevard and Adelphi Road, College Park. 301/405-ARTS.

• The Philharmonia Ensemble. 8 p.m. April 9. Free.

• Laura Kobayashi, violin, Susan Keith Gray, piano. 8 p.m. April 12. Free.

• Guarneri String Quartet. 5 p.m. April 13. Free.

• Modern Celli. 5:30 p.m. April 13. Free.

• Katherine Murdock, viola, Audrey Andrist, piano and Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano. 8 p.m. April 13. Free.

• Annual harp studio recital. 7:30 p.m. April 14. Free.

George Mason University Center for the Arts

Concert Hall, main campus, Braddock and Chain Bridge roads, Fairfax. 703/218-6500 tickets, 703/993-8888 information.

• GMU Players “Love’s Labor’s Lost.” 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Sunday. April 15-18, 22-25. $7-$10.

• GMU Annual music scholarship concert. 8 p.m. April 16. $8-$15.

• Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. April 17. $25-$50.

Kennedy Center

Concert Hall, F Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW. 202/467-4600.

• National Symphony Orchestra with conductor Kent Nagano. 7 p.m. April 8, 8 p.m. April 9-10. $20-$75.

• Washington Performing Arts Society: The Philadelphia Orchestra. 8 p.m. April 19. $30-$85.

Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

F Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW. Free. 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 202/467-4600.

• Bamboo Orchestra. April 8.

• National Symphony Orchestra Prelude. April 9.

• St. Malachy’s Colege Orchestra of Belfast. April 12.

Kennedy Center

Opera House, F Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW. 202/467-4600.

• The Washington Opera “Manon Lescaut.” Dates and times vary. Through April 19. $41-$285.

• The Washington Opera “La Cenerentola.” Dates and times vary. Through April 22. $41-$285.

National Gallery of Art

West Building, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202/842-6799.

• Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violinist, Bella Davidovich, pianist. April 18. 7 p.m. Free.

• Misha and Cipa Dichter, duo pianists. April 25. 7 p.m. Free.

POP, JAZZ, FOLK & OTHER

1ST MARINER ARENA

201 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore. 202/432-7328, 410/481-SEAT.

• Yanni. 7:30 p.m. April 8. $39.50-$65.

Kennedy Center

Millennium Stage. F Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW. All performances are free and begin at 6 p.m. 202/467-4600.

• Za Ondekoza. April 10.

• Hiromitsu Agatsuma. April 11.

• Bella Carter’s Jazz Ahead. April 14-16.

MCI Center

Seventh and F streets NW. 202/432-SEAT.

• Beyonce, Missy Elliott and Alicia Keys. 7 p.m. April 11. $67.50-$77.50.

Wolf Trap: The Barns

1624 Trap Road, Vienna. Information, 703/938-2404. Tickets, 703/218-6500.

• Tom Paxton. 8 p.m. April 8. $18.

• Christine Lavin. 8 p.m. April 9. $18.

• Lucy Kaplansky. 7:30 p.m. April 10. $18.

• Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits. 8 p.m. April 13-14. $20.