Sunday, 3:00 PM at McAllister Auditorium, on the campus of San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Plenty of free parking. Box Office opens 2:00 PM. Seating at 2:40 PM. Since 1994 when Nicholas Payton made his recording debut as a leader, the trumpeter has been lauded as a significant, top-tier voice in jazz. Even though he started out as a “young lion of jazz,” heralded as one of the new-generation guardians of the hard bop flame, Payton consistently committed himself to discovering his voice outside of the strict confines of that rearview mirror approach to the music. Payton was born into a musical family (he remembers sitting under the piano...

Sunday, 3:00 PM at McAllister Auditorium, on the campus of San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Plenty of free parking. Box Office opens 2:00 PM. Seating at 2:40 PM. As part of the city-wide celebration of Tchaikovsky’s 171st birth year, Musical Bridges presents Houston Grand Opera stars, singing a fabulous selection of this Russian Romantic composer’s arias. The celebration continues, featuring dancers from New York City, Russian-trained members of the popular folk ensemble...

Sunday, 3 PM at McAllister Auditorium, on the campus of San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Plenty of free parking. Box Office opens 2 PM. Seating at 2:40 PM Mercury Baroque, a chamber ensemble from Houston, performs the opera “La Serva Padrona” by Giovanni Pergolesi staged with period costumes and furniture. Then, Edwin Colon Zayas—National Endowment for the Arts award-winning master of the Puerto Rican cuatro national instrument—creates a fiery blend of native folk and dance music, and salsa with Sabor a Cultura, a group of musically-gifted youngsters from Cayey, Puerto...