friday/10
San Jose Youth Symphony. Concert with Israeli composer-musician Yaron Gottfried and performance of his piece “Pictures at an Exhibition — Remake.” At California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose. 8 p.m. $5-$20. www.sjys.org
saturday/11
“Surviving: Women’s Words.” Chamber group Ensemble For These Times performs works from debut album, including poetry from four female Holocaust survivors. At Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St., Berkeley. 8 p.m. $15-$20. www.e4tt.org
Alisa Fineman and Kimball Hurd. Folk duo includes Fineman, cantorial soloist at Beth Israel in Carmel. Optional dinner and/or dessert. At Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. 7 p.m. $34-$39. www.danielsiegelproductions.com
sunday/12
Berkeley World Music Festival. Second of two-day festival includes fast-paced Jewish-Eastern European group Ghost Note Ensemble, 12 p.m., and klezmer group Simcha Orchestra, 1:30 p.m. At venues near Telegraph Avenue at Haste Street, Berkeley. Free. www.berkeleyworldmusic.org (See story, 25)
thursday/16
“How Could We Miss It?” Veretski Pass performs a revival of “lost” pre-World War II Polish Jewish folk music from new CD. Trio’s members will discuss how they discovered these forgotten songs. At Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. 7 p.m. Free. www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org (See story, 25)
sunday/19
“Mir Zaynen Do!” (We Are Here). Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco’s 90th annual concert. Songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino and Russian, and English from the heyday of Jewish radio. At La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley. 3 p.m. $12-$16. www.jewishfolkchorussf.org
tuesday/21
“Girls in Trouble.” Alicia Jo Rabins performs her song cycle inspired by female biblical characters. In conjunction with “Book of Ruth” exhibit. Outdoors at Peninsula JCC, 800 Foster City Blvd., Foster City. Happy hour/snacks 5 p.m., concert 6:30 p.m. Free. www.pjcc.org