Classical Music Listings From The New York Times

From NYTimes.com:

How to Get Started (Tuesday) The multigenre conceptual artist Ralph Lemon teams up with Arturo O’Farrill, founder of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, to tackle John Cage’s experiment in extemporized public thinking and verbal improvisation. At 7:30 p.m., Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street, (212) 864-5400, symphonyspace.org; $30, $25 for members, $15 for 30 and under. (da Fonseca-Wollheim)

Rebecca Saunders (Thursday) The music of this British composer is in the spotlight here, featured as part of the Composer Portraits series. Richard Carrick conducts the Either/Or Ensemble in the New York premieres of three works by Ms. Saunders, a protégé of Wolfgang Rihm. At 8 p.m., Miller Theater, Broadway at 116th Street, Morningside Heights, (212) 854-7799, millertheatre.com; $25 to $30. (Schweitzer)