POST-GAZETTE PAVILION

Summer '09 season at the Post-Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown. Tickets: www.livenation.com or 1-877-598-8703.

May 30: Coldplay

June 10: Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction/Street Sweeper

June 11: New Kids on the Block

June 13: No Doubt/Paramore

June 18: Phish (sold out)

June 19-20: Dave Matthews Band/The Hold Steady

June 23: Jimmy Buffett (sold out)

July 7: Kid Rock/Lynyrd Skynyrd

July 8: Vans Warped Tour

July 10: Def Leppard/Poison/Cheap Trick

July 18: Nickelback/Papa Roach/Hinder/Saving Abel

July 25: George Strait/Blake Shelton

Aug. 1: Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival with Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For a Cowboy, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel.

Aug. 16: Crue Fest with Motley Crue

Aug. 22: Rod Stewart

Aug. 28: Rascal Flatts

Sept. 11: Toby Keith

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

For tickets, subscriptions, renewals and more information, visit www.pittsburghsymphony.org or call 412-392-4900 or toll free at 1-800-743-8560.

Sept. 25-27, 2009: Manfred Honeck, Mendelssohn Choir, soloists including soprano Measha Brueggergosman. Gandolfi's "The Garden of Cosmic Speculation," Beethoven's "Ah, Perfido!" and Symphony No. 9, "Choral."

Oct. 1-4: Andres Cardenes, conductor and violin, and Anne Martindale Williams, cello. Poulenc's Sinfonietta, Tchaikovsky's "Variations on a Rococo Theme" and Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."

Oct. 16-17, 2009: Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Angela Brown, soprano. Mennin's Concertato for Orchestra, "Moby Dick," Danielpour's "A Woman's Life" and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2.

Oct. 23, 25, 2009: Slatkin; William Cabellero, horn. Copland's "El Salon Mexico" and Four Dance Episodes from "Rodeo," Barber's Overture to "The School for Scandal," "Adagio for Strings" and "Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance" and Williams' Horn Concerto.

Oct. 30-31, Nov. 1, 2009: Marek Janowski, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No. 2 and Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique."

Nov. 5-7, 2009: Janowski; Chee-Yun, violin. Mozart's Symphony No. 30, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7.

Nov. 13, 15, 2009: Andris Nelsons, conductor; Stefan Jackiw, violin. Danielpour's "Zoroastrian Riddles, Part 1," Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5, "Turkish," and Strauss' "Also sprach Zarathustra."

Nov. 27-29, 2009: Honeck; Sa Chen, piano. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1; music by members of the Strauss family.

Dec. 4-6, 2009: Honeck; F. Murray Abraham, speaker; Mendelssohn Choir, soloists. Beethoven's Overture to "Coriolan," Braunfels' "Te Deum, Part III" and Mozart's "Requiem."

Dec.11, 12, 2009: Handel's "Messiah"; sing-along on Dec. 12.

Jan. 22-23, 2010: Honeck; Emanuel Ax, piano. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor," and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7.

Jan. 29, 31, 2010: Honeck; Gil Shaham, violin. Haydn's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 2 and Mahler's Symphony No. 4.

Feb. 5-6, 2010: Honeck; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin. Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica."

Feb. 19, 21, 2010: Slatkin; Gregg Baker, baritone; Mason Bates, electronica. Bernstein's Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town," Bates' "Liquid Interface," Danielpour's "Pastime" and Gershwin's "An American in Paris."

March 2, 2010: Recital by Joshua Bell, violin, and Jeremy Denk, piano. Program TBA.

March 5, 7, 2010: Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Jonathan Biss, piano. Liszt's "San Francesco di Paola from Legendes," Haydn's Symphony No. 56 and Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2.

March 11-13, 2010: Noseda; Benjamin Hochman, piano. Rossini's Overture to "La Cenerentola," Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3, "Polish."

March 19-21, 2010: Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; Randolph Kelly, viola; and Mendelssohn Choir. Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" and Holst's "The Planets."

April 9, 11, 2010: Tortelier; Stephen Hough, piano. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5.

April 16-17, 2010: Juraj Valcuha, conductor; and Yefim Bronfman, piano. Zemlinsky's "The Mermaid" and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3.

April 29-30, May 1, 2010: Honeck; Horacio Gutierrez, piano. Danielpour's "Rocking the Cradle," Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring."

May 7-9, 2010: Honeck; Hilary Hahn, violin. Sibelius Violin Concerto and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5.

June 11, 13, 2010: Honeck; Jane Irwin, mezzo-soprano, Mendelssohn Choir and Children's Festival Chorus. Mahler's Symphony No. 3.

PSO OPENING NIGHT GALA CONCERT

Sept. 10, 2009: Honeck, conductor; Itzhak Perlman, violin. Weber's Overture to "Die Freischutz," Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 and Dvorak's "Slavonic Dances."

PSO EUROPEAN TOUR '09

Sept. 15: Essen, Germany. Honeck; Christine Shafer, soprano. Strauss' "Four Last Songs" and Bruckner's Symphony No. 4.

Sept. 16: Bonn, Germany. Honeck; Viktoria Mullova, violin. Weber's Overture to "Die Freischutz," Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.

Sept. 18: Lucerne, Switzerland. Honeck; Mullova. Weber's Overture to Die Freischutz, Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.

Sept. 19: Lucerne, Switzerland. Honeck; Shafer. Strauss' "Four Last Songs" and Bruckner's Symphony No. 4.

PSO AT CARNEGIE HALL, NYC

Feb. 9: Honeck; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin. Brahms' Violin Concerto and Mahler's Symphony No. 1.

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY POPS

All concerts at Heinz Hall, Downtown. Tickets, subscriptions, renewals and information: 412-392-4900 or www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

Oct. 8-11, 2009: "The Music Man," Marvin Hamlisch, conductor, Shirley Jones, vocalist.

Nov. 19-22, 2009: Classical Mystery Tour -- Music from the Beatles.

Dec. 13, 2009: Chris Botti Holiday Special. Botti, trumpet.

Dec. 17-20, 2009: "Highmark Holiday Pops," Marvin Hamlisch, conductor.

Jan. 14-17, 2010:"Oscar Night," Bill Conti, conductor.

Feb. 25-28, 2010: Broadway Rocks," Hamlisch, conductor.

March 6, 2010: "The One, The Only, Burt Bacharach!" Burt Bacharach, vocalist and members of the PSO.

April 22-25, 2010: "Cirque de La Symphonie," Jack Everly, conductor.

June 17-20, 2010: "A Salute to America," Hamlisch, conductor, and B.E. Taylor, vocalist.

RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE SOCIETY

All concerts are 8 p.m. at Synod Hall, Oakland. Subscriptions range from $36-$220, with single tickets $10-$35. Call 412-361-2048 or visit www.rbsp.org.

Sept. 26, 2009: Aulos Ensemble, "Handel's Aviary."

Oct. 24, 2009: The Medieval Beasts, "The Flame of Love."

Nov. 7, 2009: Apollo's Fire, "Mediterranean Nights."

Dec. 5, 2009: Chris Norman & David Greenberg, "In the Fields in Frost and Snow!"

Jan. 23, 2010: Newberry Consort, "Arcadia Revisited."

Feb. 13, 2010: Axelrod Quartet. "The Fugue in Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

March 20, 2010: Music Pacifica. "Dancing in the Isles."

April 17, 2010: Ensemble Masques, "A Musical Fencing School."

PITTSBURGH CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY

All concerts are 7:30 p.m. at Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. Subscriptions are $45-$165 before June 1 and $50-$190 after; single tickets are $15-$35. Call 412-624-4129 or vist pittsburghchambermusic.org.

Oct. 12, 2009: Orion String Quartet, with Timothy Cobb, bass. Eugene Phillips' "Tribute for Two," Dvorak's Bass Quintet in G Major and Mozart's Quartet No. 14 in G Major.

Nov. 23, 2009: Brentano String Quartet. Schubert's "Quartettsatz" and String Quartet in G-Major, and Britten's String Quartet in G-Major.

Jan. 18, 2010: Emerson String Quartet. Ives' String Quartet No. 1, "A Revival Service," Janacek's String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters," Barber's "Adagio" and Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 9.

March 1, 2010: Artemis Quartet. Beethoven's Quartet, Op. 18, No. 2, Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, "Quartetto Serioso" and Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132.

April 12, 2010: Alex Klein, oboe, Richard Young, viola, and Ricardo Castro, piano. Program includes Klughardt's "Songs of the Reeds," Loeffler's "Two Rhapsodies," and Hindemith's Trio for Viola, Heckelphone and Piano.

April 26, 2010: Hagen Quartet. Beethoven's String Quartet in E Major, Op. 59, No. 2, "Razumovsky," Webern's Five Movements for String Quartet and Grieg's String Quartet in G Major.

RIVER CITY BRASS BAND

Returns to Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland, after four years for Pittsburgh concerts. Other venues unchanged: Gateway High School, Monroeville; Palace Theatre, Greensburg; Pasquerilla Arts Center, Johnstown; Upper St. Clair High School; Bethel Park High School. Tickets: www.rcbb.com or 1-800-292-7222.

Sept. 10-20, 2009: "And The Band Played On" -- Works by Philip Sparke, Leonard Bernstein, Erroll Garner and more.

Oct. 1-11, 2009: "Oktoberfest" -- beer, pretzels and brass band music.

Nov. 5-15, 2009: "American Classics" -- Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" and Charles Ives' "Variations on America" and works by American composers.

Dec. 3-13, 2009: "The Bells of Christmas" -- annual holiday concert.

March 4-16, 2010: "Appalachian Spring' -- American folk music, including Copland's "Appalachian Spring."

April 8-18, 2010: "Close Enough for Jazz" -- jazz, swing and big-band songbooks.

May 2-13, 2010: "Cirque Du Brass Band" -- RCBB re-enacts the musical big top experience.

MCG Jazz

MCG Jazz's 23rd season, "A Jazz Collaboration," has 13 subscription concerts and a May 13 benefit featuring Ramsey Lewis. Season packages range from $160-$450; benefit concert is $100. At Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., North Side, unless otherwise noted (412-322-0800 or mcgjazz.org). Single tickets for performances at Heinz Hall, Byham Theater and the August Center Wilson Theater will be handled through those respective box offices.

Oct. 2-4, 2009: Gary Burton -- Next Generation Band

Nov. 7-8, 2009: Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

Nov. 13, 2009: Stanley Jordan & Jake Shimabukuro

Dec. 12, 2009: Regina Carter's Reverse Thread (August Wilson Center Theater)

Dec. 13, 2009: Highmark Holiday Special with Chris Botti (with PSO at Heinz Hall)

Dec. 18-20, 2009: Duke Ellington's -- Beggar's Holiday (with the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh)

Jan. 29, 2010: The David Sanborn Band

Feb. 12-14, 2010: Bob James & Keiko Matsui

Feb. 27-28, 2010: Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald (with Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, featuring Kim Nazarian)

March 13, 2010: Mccoy Tyner Quartet

March 26, 2010: Lionel Loueke Trio & Gretchen Parlato Band

April 9, 2010: Ahmad Jamal (Byham Theater)

April 23-25, 2010: Paquito D'rivera's Funk Tango Quintet

May 14, 2010: Ramsey Lewis (to benefit MCG Jazz Archive projects)

PITTSBURGH CLO

2009 season; six-show subscriptions are $111-$327; three-show packages, $55-$163.50. The latter include the PNC Spotlight Series, Thursday Matinee Family Series, Sunday Evening Series and Fun-Flex Series. Tickets, renewals and other info: pittsburghCLO.org, 412-281-1150 or 412-281-2822.

May 26-June 7: "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice).

June 9-14: "Legally Blonde: The Musical" (Laurence O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin, Heather Hach).

June 20-26: Paul Kelly, "Swing!"

July 7-19: "Les Miserables" (Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer).

July 21-Aug. 2: "Barry Manilow's Copacabana" (Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman).

Aug. 4-9: "Into the Woods" (Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine).

PNC BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA -- PITTSBURGH

Subscriptions range from $106-$450 at 412-456-1390 or 1-800-828-9200 (outside Pittsburgh); individual tickets at 412-456-6666. Tickets and information at pgharts.org.

Nov. 12-Dec. 6, 2009: "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" (Benedum Center)

Dec. 29, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010: "Dreamgirls" (Heinz Hall)

Feb. 2-7, 2010: "In The Heights" (Benedum Center)

Feb. 23-28, 2010: "Xanadu" (Benedum Center)

March 9-14, 2010: "Grease" (Benedum Center)

April 6-11, 2010: "August: Osage County" (Benedum Center)

May 4-9, 2010: "Young Frankenstein" (Benedum Center)

Season specials:

Jan. 5-10, 2010: "Cirque Dreams Illumination" (Heinz Hall)

March 30-April 4, 2010: "The Wizard of Oz" (Heinz Hall)

May 18-23, 2010: "101 Dalmatians: The Musical" (Heinz Hall)

CITY THEATRE

South Side company at 1300 Bingham St. Subscriptions for the six-play series, $124 to $256. www.citytheatrecompany.org or 412-431-2489 (CITY). Will be updated with dates and more plays as details become available.

• "The Clockmaker" by Stephen Massicotte

• "When January Feels Like Summer" by Cori Thomas

• "Blackbird" by David Harrower

• "A Kodachrome Christmas" by Pat Hazell

• "'Til Death Do Us Part: Late Night Catechism 3" by Maripat Donovan.

PITTSBURGH IRISH AND CLASSICAL THEATER

2009 season at Henry Heymann Theatre and the Charity Randall Theatre at the University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. Storytellers Series features readings of Vaclav Havel comedies. Subscriptions are $180 to $240, 412-561-6000, ext. 206. Single tickets $36 to $48, or $17 for under 25-year-olds, ProArtsTickets at 412-394-3353. More: picttheatre.org.

May 7-30: "Rock*N*Roll" by Tom Stoppard

June 11-27: "What the Butler Saw" by Joe Orton

July 9-Aug. 1: "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley

Aug. 6-22: "The History Boys" by Alan Bennett

Sept. 10-26: "Crime and Punishment" by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus from Dostoevsky's novel

Dec. 3-20: "Jane Eyre" by Alan Bennett from Bronte's novel

QUANTUM THEATRE

Productions are site-specific. Tickets through ProArtsTickets at 412-394-3353. More at www.quantumtheatre.com or 412-697-2929.

July 30-Aug. 30: "36 Views" by Naomi Iizuka. Site: Washington's Landing.

Nov. 5-22: A musical of Voltaire's "Candide". Site: TBA.

April 22-May 9, 2010: "The Task," Heiner Muller. Site: TBA.

PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER

Public Theater performances are at the O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave. in the Downtown Cultural District. Individual tickets: $40-$60 or $15.50 for age 26 and under; www.ppt.org or 412-316-1600.

Oct.1-Nov.1: "Ella." Book by Jeffrey Hatcher; conceived by Rob Ruggiero and Dyke Garrison. Music direction and arrangements by Danny Holgate. Directed by Rob Ruggiero.

Nov. 12-Dec. 12: "The Little Foxes," by Lillian Hellman. Directed by Ted Pappas.

Dec. 17-19: The Second City 50th Anniversary Tour.

Jan. 6-10, 2010: Tom Atkins as "The Chief" by Rob Zellers & Gene Collier.

Jan. 21-Feb. 21, 2010: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. Directed by Ted Pappas.

March 4-April 4, 2010: "The Price" by Arthur Miller. Directed by Tracy Brigden.

April 15-May 16, 2010: "Time Of My Life" by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by John Tillinger.

May 27-June 27, 2010: "Art" by Yasmina Reza. Directed by Ted Pappas.

DANCE

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

All performances are at the Benedum Center except where otherwise noted. Tickets, subscriptions, renewals and more information at pbt.org or 412-281-0360.

Oct. 16-18, 2009: "The Sleeping Beauty"

Nov. 12-15, 2009: "Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project," Byham Theater

Dec. 11-27, 2009: "The Nutcracker"

Feb. 12-14, 2010: "Company B"/"In the Upper Room

April 16-18, 2010: "Swan Lake"

All performances at the Byham Theater, Downtown. Subscriptions range from $99-$195; call 412-456-1390 or 1-800-828-9200 or visit www.pgharts.org.

Oct. 3, 2009: Kidd Pivot

Oct. 24, 2009: Margaret Jenkins Dance Company & Quandong Modern Dance Company

Feb. 26, 2010: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

April 3, 2010: Complexions

April 17, 2010: BJM DANSE -- Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal

May 1, 2010: Vincent Dance Theatre