THURSDAY MARCH 16

GAMELAN PACIFICA
The appeal of gamelan music rests in its radiant, enveloping calm generated by the clock-like rhythms of percolating gongs and glints of ticking metallophones. Seattle City Hall, 600 Fourth Ave, 684-7171, noon–1 pm, free.

LYNNE ARRIALE TRIO
Pianist Arriale plays solid, straight-ahead piano jazz and can dispense florid, flowing lines reminiscent of Chick Corea or hop straight into denser lead lines like an updated (and funkier) Dave Brubeck. I like the trio's cover of the Beatles' "Come Together," which reveals the tune's gospel roots and wisely avoids replicating the dubbed-out bass drum of the original. Triple Door, 216 Union St, 838-4333, sets at 7 and 9:30 pm, $17.50/$20.

SEATTLE SYMPHONY
Visiting maestro Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor Laureate of the BBC Philharmonic, leads the band in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 (with soloist Jonathan Biss), Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, and the jolly "Roman Carnival Overture" by Berlioz. Also Sat March 18 at 8 pm, and Sun March 19 at 2 pm, but without the Berlioz. Benaroya Hall, Third Ave and Union St, 215-4747, 7:30 pm, $15–$87.

FRIDAY MARCH 17

RICHARD LERMAN
If you've researched or built contact mics recently, you probably downloaded schematic PDFs from Lerman, a composer and installation artist who builds his own microphones. For the installation Fences-Borders, Lerman captures the spare, sometimes eerie, sounds made by fences, vegetation, and detritus that sways and scurries in the wind along the U.S.-Mexico border. He discusses his work Sat March 18 at 11 am; Fences-Borders runs through Fri April 28. Jack Straw Productions, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 634-0919, 7 pm, free.

HOW CLEAR SHE SHINES!
A benefit for one of Seattle's most venerable musical institutions, the Ladies Musical Club, this concert features Linda Lister's chamber opera How Clear She Shines!, based on texts by Anne and Charlotte Brontë. Two pieces by Seattle composers round out the program: Janet Anderson's Sonata for Flute and Piano, and Voices of Five Women for flute, voice, and piano by Mary Rhoads. Women's University Club, 1105 Sixth Ave, 623-0402, 7:30 pm, $15 suggested donation.

SATURDAY MARCH 18

THE SLIDE SHOW SECRET
This Copenhagen-based accordion and bass duo intermingle several "harmonies" extracted from John Cage's Apartment House 1776 with works by local composers Pete Moss ("song of the sausage creature") and Joshua Parmenter's Accelerando for bass and live electronics. While I'm curious about the additional compositions by Ingi Gardar Erlendsson and Steingrimur Rohloff, I really want to see how the version of Steve Reich's Piano Phase transcribed for accordion and video turns out. Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave, 322-1533, 8 pm, $5–$15 sliding-scale donation.

SUNDAY MARCH 19

WAYNE HORVITZ
Rather than do what composers typically do, which is compose a piece, get it premiered, then pray for a second performance, Horvitz has lined up multiple performances, venues, and performers for his latest, These Hills of Glory for string quartet and improviser. This time, Tom Swafford is the soloist. Cafe Paloma, 93 Yesler Way, 405-1920, 7:30 pm, $10.