Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Motor City Brass Band, and Naomi Yamaguchi are among classical events.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Hall at Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward, Detroit. 313-576-5111:
■ Guest conductor James Gaffigan and violinist Nicola Benedetti will join the DSO for a new work by jazz artist Wynton Marsalis. The 2016-17 season then concludes with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. 7: 30 p.m. Thu., 10: 45 a.m. Fri., 8 p.m. Sat. $15-$100.
■ To celebrate the launch of the League of American Orchestras’ 75th anniversary and its 2017 national conference in Detroit, the DSO’s Leonard Slatkin conducts the orchestra in a program that includes Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s “Seven Deadly Sins” with vocalist Shara Nova, 7: 30 p.m. Tue. $15-$105.
Motor City Brass Band: 3 p.m. Sun. Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan, Dearborn. mcbb.org . $19, free to ages 12 and younger.
Naomi Yamaguchi: Accompanied by the Tuesday Musicale of Detroit Chamber Orchestra conducted by Scott Hanoian, 7: 30 p.m. Tue. Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms. 313-881-7511. $21, free to students 24 and younger.
— Compiled by Brendel Hightower
