Concerts

Third Annual Gospel Night--sponsored by the Multicultural Task Force of the Department of Human Services Program in celebration of Black History Month. Cambridge Rindge and Latin's Fitzgerald Auditorium, 459 Broadway. Friday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m. $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and children under 12. Contact local community school or Roslyn Shoy at 349-6230 for tickets. Yes, there are better ways to celebrate Black History Month than listening to Leonard Jeffries.

Old Post Road Historic Concerts--will present chamber music by Fasch, Telemann, Quantz and Bach with guests Maria Diez-Canedo, recorder and flute; Owen Watkins, recorder; Suzanne Stump, flute; Daniel Ryan, cello; Larry Hamberlin, harpsicord. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m. First Parish, Boston Post Rd. at Cochituate Rd., Wayland. Friday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m. Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge. Saturday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m. $10 for adults, $5 for students, elders, and contributors at Wayland performance. $12 for adults, $6 for students, elders, and contributors at Boston or Cambridge performance. (617) 648-4824.

From First to Last: Lute Music from the 16th and 20th Centuries--Olav C. Henriksen will perform the works of Spinacino, Schlick, Attaingnant, Johnson and da Milano and 20th century works by J.N. David and Stephen Funk(y) Pearson. Boston Conservatory Concert Room, 8 The Fenway, Boston. Thursday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Free. (617) 536-6340.

MIT Chapel Series--The Lyra Duo:Robin Baker, flute and Joseph Scott, guitar will perform the works of C.P.E. Bach, Bartok and others. MIT Chapel Thursday, Feb. 6, noon. Free.

MIT Student Recital--IAP Brass Quintet:Wayne Dempsey, trumpet; Brian Blatnick, trumpet; George Cooley, horn; Kevin Karnes, trombone; and Robert Orr, tuba will perform the works of Ewald, Bach and Sousa. Killian Hall. Friday, Feb. 7. Free.

Council for the Arts at MIT Student Recital--Kenneth Goodson, baritone, will perform Schumann's Dichterliebe Op. 48 Killian Hall. Monday, Feb. 10, 12:05 p.m. Free.

Zephryos Quintet--will perform selections by Carl Nielsen, Dennis LeClaire, Paul Hindemith, Robert Muczynski, Ingolf Dahl and Jean Francaix. United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard St., Brookline, near Colidge Corner. Sunday, Feb. 9,4 p.m. $5 general and $2 for children, students, and seniors suggested donation.

Gary Burton Quarter--Kurt Rosenwinkel, guitar; Matt Garrison, bass; and Marty Richard, drum. Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Cambridge. Thursday, Feb. 6, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m., $9. Friday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $12. Saturday, Feb. 8, 9 p.m., $14; 11 p.m. $12. (617) 876-7777.

Joshua Redman Quartet--a 1991 Harvard graduate, Redman just completed his first album with Red Rodney, Kenny Barron and Grady Tate. Harvard Professor Graeme Boone might say his music is "hot." He will perform with Johnny King, piano; Paul LaDuka, bass; and Clarence Penn, drums. Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Cambridge. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. $8.

Boston Conservatory--Soprano Angelina Reaux will open the 125th Anniversary Festival with "Celebrating America: A Concert of 20th Century American Composers and Poets." Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., Boston. Feb. 7,8 p.m. $15. Boston Conservatory Chamber Ensemble will perform compositions by Copland, Leisner, Loeffler and a world premiere by Larry Bell. Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway. Feb. 9,4 p.m. $10 general, $7 for students and seniors. For reservations, call (617) 536-3063.

Zamir Chorale of Boston--commemorates the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and the 25th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Joshua Jacobson, conductor. Is the expulsion of Jews from Spain really something to commemorate? Millenium Ensemble-Theodore Antoniou, music director. Boston University. Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 6,8 p.m. Free.

Percussion Ensemble--Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Sunday, Feb. 9, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Faculty Recital--John Daverio, narrator; Augusto Paglialunga, guest tenor; and John Crotty, guest piano will perform Brahms, Magelone-Romanzen. Monday, Feb. 10,8 p.m. Yuri Mazurkevich, violin. Tuseday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. Boston university Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Free.

It's a Carnival--Ensemble Chair Orville Wright presents an evening featuring the talents of Trinidadians affiliated with Berklee and/or Iiving in the Boston area. Berklee Performance Center. 136 Massachusetts Ave. Monday, Feb. 10, 8:15 p.m. $4.