THE SANTA MARIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA presents a concert version of the opera La Traviata on Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church, McCoy Lane and College Drive, Santa Maria. Cost is $27, $22 for seniors, $12 for students. Info: 925-0412.
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THE CLARK CENTER ASSOCIATION presents Matt Dusk in concert on Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. at the Clark Center, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. Info: 489-9444 or clarkcenter.org.
THE SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB presents a morning concert featuring music by Mendelssohn in celebration of his 200th birthday on Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. in the Faulkner Gallery Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu, Santa Barbara. Info: 683-0811.
THE SAN LUIS OBISPO BLUES SOCIETY presents John Lisi and Delta Funk in concert on Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. at the SLO Vets Hall, 801 Grande Ave., SLO. Cost is $20, $17 for society members. Info: 541-7930 or sloblues.org.
CAL POLY’S jazz ensembles presents a jazz concert on Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. in Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center, Cal Poly, SLO. Cost is $12 and $15, $10 and $13 for seniors and Jazz Federation members, $6 and $10 for students. The college’s a cappella group, Take it SLO, presents a benefit concert for the Wheelchair Foundation on Feb. 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Clubhouse at This Old House, 740 West Foothill Blvd., SLO. Cost is $5, $3 pre-sale. Info: 756-2787.
This article appears in Feb 19-26, 2009.