Classical this fall: Schools

All Newton Music School
321 Chestnut St., West Newton. 617-527-4553. [Get directions].
Andrew Wolf Concerts Sat., 7:30 p.m. $15 to benefit the school. 10/17: Jonathan Bass, piano. Works by Bach, Pinkham, Debussy, Chopin. 11/20: Alexander String Quartet. Beethoven program.

Boston Conservatory
Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, Boston. 617-536-6340. [Get directions].
"Piano Masters in Recital" 8 p.m. Free. 9/26: Kathleen Supove, "The Exploding Piano." 10/14: Jonathan Bass. 11/11: Denison Duarte, Peter Miyamoto, Hiroko Kunitak.
Boston Conservatory Chamber Players First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough St., Boston. ÷3 Sun., 4 p.m. $32. 9/26: works by Mozart, Dvorak, Thomas Oboe Lee. 11/14: works by Beethoven, Hindemith, Rachmaninoff. [Get directions].

Boston University
Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. ÷ 617-353-3349, 617-353-8724.
Free concerts at 8 p.m. unless noted. 9/23: Paul Liang, piano. 9/24: Maria Clodes Jaguaribe, piano. 9/28: Michelle LaCourse, viola; Nadine Shank, piano. 9/30: Terry Everson, trumpet; Shiela Kibbe, piano. 10/5: BU Symphony Orchestra. David Hoose conducts works by Schumann, Holst; Shostakovich's Symphony no. 5.

Brandeis University
Waltham campus, ÷ 781-736-3331, 781-736-3400. [Get directions].
8 p.m. $10 unless noted. 9/25: Lydian String Quartet with Penelope Bitzas, mezzo; Shiela Kibbe, piano; Coro Allegro. "Completely Clarke." 10/1: Ionian Singers of London. 10/2: Lydian String Quartet. Works by Mozart, Hyla, Ravel; pre-concert lecture 7 p.m.; $15. 10/9: New York Consort of Viols, The Canby Singers. 10/24: Dawn Upshaw, soprano; free, call 781-736-4898 after 10/1.
Wednesday Noon Concerts Rapapporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library. Free. 9/15: Roberta Anderson and Pemela Dellal, voice. Songs and consorts by William Byrd. 9/29: Al Qantarah. 10/6: Apollo Brass. 10/13: Lydian String Quartet.

Longy School
Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St., Cambridge. ÷ 617-876-0956, ext. 500.
Free concerts at 8 p.m. unless noted. [Get directions].
SeptemberFest Faculty and guests perform "As the Centuries Turn: The `Fin-de-Siecle' Phenomenon in Music," vocal and instrumental works. 9/17: 3 p.m., symposium. 8 p.m., premiere of Eric Sawyer's String Quartet No. 2; Schoenberg's "Verklaerte Nacht," Beethoven's Septet. 9/18: works by Debussy, Loeffler, Zemlinsky; premiere of Jeremy Van Buskirk's "Gamut" for flute and tape. 9/19: 3 p.m., works by Beach, Beethoven, Richard Lake, Stradella. 9/24: "1500: Music at Half the Millennium." 9/25: works by Corelli, Chausson, Beethoven; premiere of Andrew Imbrie's "Soliloquy" for violin. 9/26: 2 p.m., family concert, "Mr. Morgan and His Practical Cats." 7 p.m., works by Haydn, Wolf; premiere of Paul Brust's Sonata for cello and piano.
Chopin Celebration, 10/21-10/25. Concerts by students, faculty, guests; symposium; master class with Kemal Gekic.

New England Conservatory
290 Huntington Ave., Boston. ÷ 617-585-1122, 617-585-1100. [Get directions].
Free concerts at 8 p.m. unless noted. 9/12: 3 p.m., Fenwick Smith, flute; Sally Pinkas, piano; Andrew Pearce, cello. Works by Jo Kondo, Gaubert, Haydn, Schulhoff. 9/12: 8 p.m., James Buswell, violin and viola. Works by Bach, Reger, Paganini, Ysaye. 9/19: 3 p.m., "From the Top" radio show.

Tufts University
Alumnae Hall, Talbot Avenue, Medford campus. 617-627-3564.
Free concerts at 8 p.m. 9/21: vocal faculty. 9/24: Ellen Rakatansky, flute; Deborah Emory, piano.
Chapel Series Goddard Chapel. ÷ via Tower door. 617-627-3427. Thurs., 12:30 p.m. 9/23: John McDonald, pianist and composer. 9/30: Epp Sonin, soprano; Thomas Stumpf, piano.

Wellesley College
Houghton Memorial Chapel or Jewett Auditorium, Wellesley campus, Route 135, Wellesley. 781-283-2176.
8 p.m. Free. 9/25: Vox Feminae, women's vocal ensemble of Sequentia. "Canticles of Ecstasy." 9/30: Al Qantarah. Music of Medieval Sicily. 10/17: Lark Quartet with Leslie Amper, piano. 10/26: Goethe celebration with Sarah Pelletier, soprano; Charles Fisk, piano.