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DSO resident organist Bradley Hunter Welch plays works by organist-composers from the 18th to
20th centuries on the mighty Fisk organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center. 3 p.m. Feb. 20. $22 to
$24.

Music director Fabio Luisi makes a rare concert appearance playing the piano in a DSO chamber
music program mixing French and German selections. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28. $50.
Patrons will be dressed to the nines at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s annual gala concert,
with guest conductor Patrick Summers and violinist Sarah Chang as soloist in Dvorak’s Violin
Concerto. 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at Bass Performance Hall, Fourth and Commerce, Fort Worth. $39 to $83.
817-665-6000, fwsymphony.org.

Operatic performances
In its return to full-scale productions, the Dallas Opera presents Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, led by
music director Emmanuel Villaume. The cast stars soprano Latonia Moore as Cio-Cio San, the
doomed heroine, and tenor Evan LeRoy Johnson as the morally corrupt Pinkerton. 8 p.m. Feb. 18, 2
p.m. Feb. 20 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 and 26 at Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. $19 to $467.
214-443-1000, dallasopera.org.

In celebration of Black History Month, Fort Worth Opera features Black composers and musicians in
a wide range of selections. Opal Lee, the 95-year-old Fort Worth resident and civil rights activist,
who campaigned to have Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday, will be honored during the
concert. 2 p.m. Feb. 20 at I.M. Terrell Academy, 1411 I.M. Terrell Circle South, Fort Worth. $35 to
$125. 817-731-0726, fwopera.org.

The University of North Texas presents a concert version of Verdi’s Otello with staff and student
soloists, as well as a student choir and symphony orchestra, conducted by David Itkin. 7:30 p.m. Feb.
25 at Murchison Performing Arts Center. $10. 940-369-7802, thempac.music.unt.edu.

Chamber music groups

Voices of Change serves up a modern music program, featuring saxophonist Timothy Roberts and
pianist Charles Roberts of the R2DUO. The concert will be in the Sammons Center, instead of Voice’s
usual performance home of Southern Methodist University. 3 p.m. Feb. 5 at 3630 Harry Hines Blvd.
$35 in person, $20 livestream. Discounts available. 214-378-8670, voicesofchange.org.

Presented by the Dallas Chamber Music Society, the Houston-based wind quintet, WindSync, offers
a mix of repertory staples and lesser-known works. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at Southern Methodist
University’s Caruth Auditorium, $46.56. 6101 Bishop Blvd. 214-864-1993, dallaschambermusic.org.
Choral music

In his first concert as artistic director, J.D. Burnett conducts the Orpheus Chamber Singers in a
program titled “Serenade to Music,” including pieces by the Renaissance’s Orlande de Lassus to the
20th century’s Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church, 6306 Kenwood Ave. $50 in person, $20 livestream. Discounts available. 214-530-
0018, orpheuschambersingers.org.
The Queen’s Six, a male vocal ensemble based at Windsor Castle in England, performs at the Church
of the Incarnation. 4 p.m. Feb. 20 at 3966 McKinney Ave. $30. Discounts available. 214-521-
5101, incarnation.org.

Early music