Benefit Handbell Concert, South Parish Congregational Church, Augusta

April 26, Friday, 7:30-8:30pm, Daniel Chong and Frank Glazer, violin and piano, $12, free/first 50 students or seniors, Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6135, www.bates.edu.
April 26, Friday, 7:30-9:30pm, UMF Concert Band Performance, conducted by Anita Jerosch, $6/adults, $5/seniors, free/UMF students and children, Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Auditorium, UMF, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-7000, www.umf.maine.edu.
April 26, Friday, 8-9pm, Requiem, composed and performed in a senior thesis recital by Miles Isacke, free, Gomes Chapel, 275 College Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-8272, www.bates.edu.
April 27, Saturday, 9am-3pm, The Maine Association of Community Theaters One-Act Festival, hosted by the Aqua City Actor’s Theatre, $15, $12/seniors and students, Waterville Opera House Studio Theater, Waterville. FMI: 207-622-6505, www.operahouse.com.
April 27, Saturday, 7-9pm, Augusta Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven, Mozart and von Weber, Beethoven’s Symphony #8, the Mozart Piano Concerto #20 and the Overture to Oberon by Carl Maria von Weber, Virginia Eskin will be the piano soloist in the Mozart, $10/adults, free/18 and under free, High Street Congregational Church, 106 Pleasant Street, Auburn. FMI: 207-446-4788, www.asomaine.org.
April 27, Saturday, 7:30-9:30pm, Shane Alexander, Los Angeles-based solo artist, songwriter and guitarist, Alexander’s songs range from dark and stirring to subtle and romantic, and are centered around evocative vocals and complex, soulful guitar playing, $20, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207-582-7144, www.johnsonhall.org.
April 28, Sunday, 3-4:30pm, Benefit Handbell Concert, Enjoy unique musical entertainment offered by two handbell choirs to help raise funds to restore the handbells at South Parish Congregational Church. Hear the distinctive and varied sounds of the bells; see how different techniques provide delightful results, Winthrop Area Handbell Ringers and Green Street Methodist Church Handbell Choir, free-will offerings, South Parish Congregational Church, corner of State and Church Streets, Augusta. FMI: 207-622-0552, www.southparish.net.