The Howard Community College Faculty Jazz Quintet will perform Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Monteabaro Recital Hall at the college's Horowitz Center for the Visual and Performing Arts. The newly formed ensemble is comprised of Kyle Coughlin on clarinet and saxophone, Todd Butler on trumpet, Alan Blackman on piano, Amy Shook on bass and guest drummer Tom Williams. The group will perform original compositions. Admission is $15 general, $10 for seniors and $5 for HCC students. Call 410-772-4900.

BSO rehearsal

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will hold a free open rehearsal as part of a "Free Fall Baltimore" celebration Thursday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Pops conductor Jack Everly will lead the orchestra in a program of Billy Joel's greatest hits, featuring Tony-nominated singer-pianist Michael Cavanaugh.

Listeners are also invited to arrive early for a chance to meet musicians and enjoy free coffee and pastries in the lobby at 9 a.m. Call 410-783-8000.

Koncert for kids

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will kick off its Family Series with a performance by children's performer Dan Zanes Saturday, Oct. 4, 11 a.m. at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Zanes is a Grammy Award-winning Disney Channel musician who performs comic songs with his bluegrass-styled group, Dan Zanes and Friends. He is a former member of the garage rock band the Del Fuegos. The orchestra will host pre-concert activities for kids at 10 a.m. Tickets run $11 to $20. Call 410-783-8000.

Mandolin mania

The unique, 30-plus members of the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra will present a free program of light classical music Sunday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. at St. John's Episopal Church, 9120 Frederick Road in Ellicott City. David Evans conducts, spotlighting vocal selections by soprano Beatrice Gilbert. For information, call 410-461-7793, Ext. 501.

On Stage

'Court'-ing kids komedy

The Young Artists Theatre will perform the musical "Disorder in the Court" Fridays-Saturdays 7 p.m. and Saturdays-Sundays 2 p.m., Oct. 3-26, at its home in the Cherry Tree Center, routes 29 and 216 in Maple Lawn. The one-hour play is set in an "insect court" where a Judge Waspner presides. Admission is $8 general, $7 for groups of 10 or more. Reservations are required. Call 301-604-2844 or go to www.yatheatre.com.

Rep taps 'Intelligence'

Award-winning New York City director Walt Witcover will return to the Rep Stage Company to helm the political thriller "Intelligence," getting a world premiere that begins Wednesday, Oct. 8, and runs through Nov. 9 at Howard Community College's Studio Theatre. The play centers on a head of national security whose ideas are challenged by a young writer. Call 410-772-4900 or go to www.repstage.org.

Joy Harjo word/music

Hawaii-based Native American poet Joy Harjo is one of the few writers to show up at readings with a saxophone case. That's because music is an essential element of her approach to art. When she isn't touring the country in support of her books, she plays saxophone with the band Poetic Justice.

You can see Harjo live this Sunday, Oct. 5 when she performs for the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society at the Howard County Conservancy, 10520 Old Frederick Road, three miles west of Route 29 on Route 99, in Woodstock. Individual tickets are $10, and $5 for each additional family member. Call 410-772-4568 for information, or go to www.HoCoPoLitSo.org.

The Oklahoma native is a past winner of the American Book Award and other honors for her volumes of poetry, which include "How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems" (2002), "A Map to the Next World: Poems" (2000), and "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky (1994)." For a taste of what she does, there's a fun clip of a 1997 reading on YouTube here.

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