CONCERTS & Music

Amato Opera, 319 Bowery at 2nd St., 212-228-8200, www.amato.org: TOSCA in Italian, Sept. 10 – Oct. 9. $30, $25 seniors, students & kids.

Chelsea Art Museum, 556 W. 22nd St: Thurs., Sept. 8 at 7:30pm, pre-concert talk at 7pm, PROJECT RITE I, Innovative violinist and composer Mari Kimura leads a new multi-national, multi-media ensemble featuring traditional, electronic and avant garde music with visual arts by leading composers and instrumentalists from the United States and Japan, $15. 212-868-4444, www.smarttix.com.

dekk, 134 Reade St., 212-941-9404: Sun.-The Jazz Brunch, featuring standards & original compositions with the Tony DiGregorio Trio, 1-4 p.m., no cover & no min.; Mon.-Rifftide, with Bryant DuPre & Roman Ivanoff, 7-10 p.m., no cover.

Eldridge Street Project, 12 Eldridge Street, www.eldridgestreet.org: ZAGNUT ORKESTAR, Musician-traveler Matthew Fass and his brass ensemble perform exuberant, uplifting Balkan village music. Sun., Sept. 18 at 2pm. $18, $15 students/seniors.

greenwich village bistro, 13 Carmine St., 212-206-9777: Whirled Music, nightly music with no cover charge at any time, call for a given evening’s schedule.

pen and brush, 16 E. 10th St., 212-475-3669: Call for information about upcoming concerts; Concerts begin at 7 p.m., $5-$12.

4th Annual September Concert in New York City, From Noon – 5pm in parks around New York City, musicians will perform, pausing at 3pm for a sing-along of this year’s anthem of hope and peace, “I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash. Washington Square Park, Union Square Park, Battery Park. Sun., Sept. 11.

Sin-e, 150 Attorney St.: DEAD BLONDE GIRLFRIEND, The band takes acoustic punk music to the next level. Wed., Sept. 7 at 10pm. 2 drink min.

Huron Club at the Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam St., bet 6th & Varick, 212-691-1555, www.sohoplayhouse.com: Thru Oct. 9, BELLY OF A DRUNKEN PIANO, Features Tom Waits’ music; Wed. – Sat. at 10:30pm & Sun. at 8pm; $30 Fri. & Sat, $25 all other performances.

tENRI cULTURAL iNSTITUTE, 43A W. 13th St., bet. 5 & 6th Aves., CRITICAL DISTANCE, music written by composers living at a distance from their home, Fri., Sept. 9 at 8pm, $12 suggested donation. Sat., Sept. 10 at 8pm, PROJECT RITE II, Innovative violinist and composer Mari Kimura leads a new multi-national, multi-media ensemble featuring traditional, electronic and avant garde music with visual arts by leading composers and instrumentalists from the United States and Japan; $15, $12 seniors, & students, www.smarttix.com, 212-868-4444.

trinity church, 74 Trinity place, 212-602-0768: Classical Music performed on a weekly basis as 1 p.m., call for dates and performance details, $2.