Boston Lyric Opera and Boston Music Theatre Project--performs Scenes from Elmer Gantry. Thursday, Feb. 27 and Saturday, Feb. 29, 8 p.m. C. Walsh Theatre, 55 Temple St, Boston. $10 and $12. 248-8660.

Boston Symphony Orchestra-- performs 1992 Youth Concert Series. Thursday, Feb. 29, 10 and 11:50 a.m. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. $6.50.266-1492.

Boston Musica Viva--performs Rodriguez's Tango, Carter's Con Leggerezza Penosa, Boulez's Derive, and Shapley's Evocations II. Longy School of Music, Edward Pickman Hall, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. Friday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. $10:$5 for students and seniors. 353-0556.

British Quartet--performs works by Haydn, Bartok, and Beethoven. MIT, Kresge Auditorium, 84 Mass Ave., Cambridge. Friday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. Free. 253-2826.

All Newton Music School--performs Schubert's Die Winterreise. 321 Chestnut St, Newton. Firday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. Free. 527-4553.

Cultivating the Verve--performance of new works in interactive acoustic and electronic music by Mobius. 354 Congress St. Boston. Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, Feb. 29, 8 p.m. $7;$5 for students and seniors. 542-7416.

Guitarists Carlos Paucer and Valentin Carrandavelez--Berklee school of Music, Berklee Recital Hall, II 40 Boylston St., Boston. Friday, Feb. 28, Professor Jeff Hill and Trumpeter LarsLinvall--Hill performs acoustic bass recital.Linvall performs contemporary jazz recital.Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston St., Boston.Friday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. Free. 266-1400.

Jazz-Tap-Jam--Cambridge Public Library,449 Broadway, Cambridge. Friday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m.Free. 349-4039.

Third Annual Gospel Jubilee--presentedby Boston Center for Adult Education. FirstPresbyterian Church, 32 Harvard St., Brookline.Friday, Feb.28, 7:30 p.m. $10; $ 12 at the door.267-4430.

Boys of the Laugh--Cary Hall, 1605Mass Ave., Lexington. Friday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.$14. 50; $16 at the door.

1492-1992:--Spanish Music from the Ageof Discoveries--by Hopkinson Smith, baroque guitarand vihuela. Museum of Fine Arts, RemisAuditorium, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Sunday,March 1,3 p.m. $15; $12 for members, students,seniors. To order, send a self-addressed stampedenvelope to public programs, Museum of Fine Arts,Boston, MA 02115.

Siberian Chamber Choir--at First ParishChurch, Harvard Square, Monday, March 2,7:30 p.m.

Dance

Dances of Universal Peace--Through May.First Church in Cambridge, II Garden St. Friday,7:45 p.m. $6 donation. For more information, call522-0800 or 776-5767.

Lectures