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SPECIAL EVENTS

AMERICAN IDOL

Clay Aiken will perform Christmas music at an 8 p.m. concert Nov.

26 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets will cost $52 to $87. Information: (714)

556-2787.

MUSIC

BE-BOP CONCERT

Trumpet player Jack Sheldon, billed as an originator of West Coast

be-bop, will perform in two concerts that will begin at 7:30 and 9:30

p.m. on today and Saturday at the Orange County Performing Arts

Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Call for ticket

information. Information: (714) 556-2787 or https://www.ocpac.org.

GUITAR ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

The Orange Coast College Guitar Ensemble, a group of more than 20

musicians, will perform classical works spanning six centuries of

music. The 8 p.m. performance will be Saturday at the Orange Coast

College Fine Arts Recital Hall, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

Tickets will cost $7. Information: (714) 432-5880.

WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT

Orchestral works written for wind instruments will be performed at

a 3 p.m. show Sunday at the Robert B. Moore Theatre at Orange Coast

College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Tickets will cost $7.

Information: (7140 432-5880.

“SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME”

Singer Lorna Luft will performance of songs made famous by her

mother, Judy Garland. The 7:30 p.m. concert will be performed Tuesday

through Nov. 20 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town

Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 556-2787 or

https://www.ocpac.org.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Orange Coast College Symphony Orchestra will perform works by

Edvard Grieg and Gustav Mahler. The 8 p.m. concert will be Nov. 20 at

the Robert B. Moore Theatre, Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. Advance tickets will cost $8, the price at the door

will be $10. Information: (714) 432-5880.

GUARNERI STRING QUARTET

The Guarneri String Quartet will play songs by Mozart, Bridge and

Ravel at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive,

Irvine. Tickets are $35 to $45. Information: (949) 553-2422.

JAZZ VOCALS

Jazz vocalist Steve Tyrell will perform an 8 p.m. show Dec. 4 at

the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa. Tickets will cost $34 to $69. (714) 556-2787.

WEEKLY JAM DUKE’S PLACE

Jazz and cocktails flow daily from noon to midnight Sundays

through Thursdays and from noon to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays at

the Balboa Bay Club & Resort, at 1221 W. Coast Highway, Newport

Beach. Information: (949) 645-5000.

MAMMA GINA WEEKEND JAZZ

Walter Lakota and David Alcantar, the New York Jazz Connection

Duo, play at Mamma Gina at 251 E. Coast Highway in Newport at 8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and at 7 p.m. Sundays and Mondays. Diana Ditri

joins the duo on vocals on Mondays. It’s free. Information: (949)

673-9500.

MUSIC AT THE GRILL

MPG members Greg Morgan, Nick Peper and Kelly Gordien perform

classic rock, R&B; and swing music at 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays

at the Bluewater Grill, 630 Lido Park Drive, Newport Beach. (949)

675-3474.

REVOLVER

La Cave Restaurant offers Revolver, which features DJs along with

imagery and auditory delights at 10 p.m. Tuesdays at 1695 Irvine

Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 646-7944.

SINATRA TRIBUTE

La Cave Restaurant offers David Kinwald’s live tribute to Frank

Sinatra from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays at 1695 Irvine Ave.,

Costa Mesa. (949) 646-7944.

THE UNDERGROUND LOUNGE

La Cave Restaurant offers the Underground Lounge, featuring Pete

Villani singing Bennett, Martin and Sinatra from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Wednesdays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa. Information: (949)

646-7944.

PLAN BE

La Cave Restaurant offers the funky soul jazz music of Plan Be

from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Thursdays at 1695 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa.

(949) 646-7944.

THE GINGER BAKER JR. TRIO

La Cave Restaurant offers the jazz fusion music of the Ginger

Baker Jr. Trio from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays at 1695 Irvine Ave.,

Costa Mesa. (949) 646-7944.