Thursday, Aug. 16

•Green Mountain Brass Band, 7-8 p.m., Dick Ellis Bandstand, South Royalton Green.

Friday, Aug. 17

•Central Vt. Chamber Music Festival concert featuring a special chamber version of "Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns, narrated by Charlie McMeekin; 11 a.m., Chandler Music Hall, Main St., Randolph.

Saturday, Aug. 18

•Central Vt. Chamber Music Festival concert featuring Arturo Delmoni, Adela Peña, David Cerutti, Peter Sanders, and Cameron Grant performing music by Brahms and Shostakovich; 8 p.m., Chandler Music Hall, Main St., Randolph. Tickets: 728-6464.

•Concert and chicken barbecue fundraiser to benefit fiddler Jerry Holland’s fight against cancer, begins 4 p.m., Braintree Town Hall, Rte. 12A, West Braintree. For tickets call Jim at 728-3607 or Beth at 728-6351.

•"Metamorphosis: From Myth to Music," performed by the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; a discussion with the musicians immediately follows the performance, 8 p.m., Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Tickets: 603-646-2422.

Sunday, Aug. 19

•Steel Rail Bluegrass plays traditional bluegrass, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Rochester Park, Rte. 100. Free. Rain site: Rochester School Gym.

•Central Vt. Chamber Music Festival concert featuring Arturo Delmoni, Adela Peña, David Cerutti, Peter Sanders, and Cameron Grant performing music by Brahms and Shostakovich; 4 p.m., Woodstock Unitarian Universalist Church. Tickets: 457-3981.

•Gospel concert, 9:30 a.m., United Church of Cornish, Center Rd., Cornish, N.H. Info: 603-542-8546.

Wednesday, Aug. 22

•Jeremiah McLane & David Surrette, 7:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, So. Strafford, corner of Rt. 132 and Justin Morrill Highway, presented by Unitarian Universalist Society of So. Strafford. Tickets at the door.

Friday, Aug. 24

•Rochester Chamber Music Society in association with the Vt. Festival of the Arts presents horn, violin, and piano trios performed by Dan Williams of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Yumi Hwang of the Denver Symphony, and pianist Cynthia Huard; pre-concert talk, 6:30 p.m.; concert, 7 p.m., admission by donation, Federated Church, Main St., Rochester. Info: 767-9234.

•Village Harmony’s "Teen Ensemble III" presents a program of American traditional music, African drumming, and Balkan music, 7:30 p.m., Strafford town House. Info: 765-4632.