THURSDAY JANUARY 20



FOOT IN MOUTH

Foot in Mouth features Ivory Smith and Eryn Young, two singers who create electronically frazzled soundscapes with their voices, guitar pedals, field recordings, and software, all in quadraphonic sound. Locust, the collaborative project of choreographer Amy O'Neal and composer Zeke Keeble, rounds out this double bill. Also Fri Jan 21 and Sat Jan 22 at 8 pm. On the Boards, 100 W Roy St, 217-9888, 8 pm, $12/$18.

PORTLAND BIKE ENSEMBLE

Described in the press release as "…exotic freely improvised music using only bicycles and contact mics," this gig confirms my belief that all objects are musical instruments in search of a master--or at least someone willing to affix a contact microphone made from one of those piezo buzzers sold at Radio Shack and listen to the results. Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave at E Union St, 8 pm, $5-$15 sliding-scale donation.

FRIDAY JANUARY 21



WAYNE HORVITZ

I alternately loved and loathed Horvitz' oratorio Joe Hill, but the avant composer-bandleader (Pigpen, Zony Mash, Sweeter Than the Day) is a solid bet at the piano, spinning out bluesy lines and injecting thorny clusters when needed. Although he's joined by Gust Burns, a fine pianist with a nimble, spidery touch, and clarinetist Jesse Canterbury, I hope Horvitz plays a solo number or two. One of my favorite discs of 2004, Solos (Songlines), teems with solo piano pieces by Horvitz and Robin Holcomb that breathtakingly fuse the hermetic, astringent squiggles of Schoenberg's piano music with the lonesome sound of Shaker hymns. Gallery 1412, 1412 18th Ave at E Union St, 8 pm, $5-$15 sliding-scale donation.

DUELING DIVAS

Sopranos Natalie Lerch and Holly Swartzendruber sing the music of Monteverdi, Mozart, Larsen, and Herbolsheimer along with delicious songs by one of the 20th-century masters of melody, Francis Poulenc. Peter Mack and Roger Nelson accompany at the piano. Kerry Hall at Cornish College, 710 E Roy St, 325-6500, 8 pm, $7.50/$15.

SUNDAY JANUARY 23



SEATTLE PHILHARMONIC

Conductor Adam Stern has assembled one of the most appealing symphonic programs I've seen in a long while: Beethoven's overture to Fidelio, Rimsky-Korsakov's festive Russian Easter Overture (a telling source of Stravinsky's early music), three dances from Smetana's The Bartered Bride, and one of my guilty pleasures, Gershwin's soaring Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Sophie Lippert. I know nothing about the lone piece of new music on the program, Intrata by Cuban-American composer Aurelio De La Vega. An old issue of Latin American Music Review describes it vaguely as a "non-dodecaphonic virtuoso work" from the late 1950s, which could mean just about anything. Meany Hall, UW Campus, 528-6878, 3 pm, $8/$15.

TUESDAY JANUARY 25



DR. LONNIE SMITH TRIO

Conjuring up soul-jazz and chitlin' funk in the spirit of Jimmy Smith and Brother Jack McDuff, this beturbaned organist burns it up at the Hammond B-3. With Peter Bernstein (guitar) and Gregory Hutchinson (drums). Highly recommended. Also Wed Jan 26 at 7:30 pm. Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave, 441-9729, 7:30 pm, $19.50/$15.50.