Weekly Ear, Apr. 9 - Apr. 15

Atlanta concert picks

FRI/10 @ noon
KAREN BENTLEY POLLICK w/ VEGA STRING QUARTET
Currently best known as the violinist in Paul Dresher's Electro-Acoustic Band, Birmingham violinist/violist Karen Bentley Pollick joins Vega Quartet for more standard classical fare: the “Viola Quintet in F major” by Felix Mendelssohn. FREE, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu

TUE/14 @ 7:30pm
GSU PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
This innovative program includes the Atlanta premiere of Paul Lansky's “Threads” for metal instruments, drums, and “found objects” (flower pots, glass bottles, etc), and Thierry de Mey's “Musique de Tables,” a trio for amplified table. FREE. 7:30 p.m., Rialto Center for the Arts, 404-413-5901, www.music.gsu.edu