In College of Fine Arts news for October, the Wichita State University Symphony Orchestra will perform an Oct. 7 concert featuring the world-class St. Petersburg String Quartet, quartet-in-residence, in its first year with WSU’s School of Music.

That stellar performance will be followed on Oct. 9 by the Connoisseur Series event featuring Heinavanker, an Estonian vocal ensemble known for beautiful renditions of their country’s folk hymns and for early polyphonic music.

Continuing in an international vein, Italy’s brilliant Massimo Nosetti will perform an Oct. 19 concert on the Marcussen organ for the Rie Bloomfield Organ Series.

The rest of the month will showcase Wichita State’s A Cappella Choir, Second Stage Theatre’s “The Chairs,” mezzo soprano Deborah Baxter’s Faculty Recital, Concert Band with jazz combos, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, opera’s comic “Albert Herring,” WSU’s Madrigal and Chamber singers with Women’s Ensemble and more.

Create your own subscription series for Wichita State's 2010-2011 performing arts and music events, or purchase individual tickets in person or by phone from 12:30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at the College of Fine Arts Box Office, temporarily housed in Wilner Auditorium, (316) 978-3233. 

Youth Outreach: High School Honors String Day, WSU School of Music, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, Wilner Auditorium. Participants will perform in a free concert at 2 p.m. with the WSU Symphony Orchestra and featured soloist Leonid Shukayev, WSU professor of cello. For information, contact Mark Laycock, director of WSU Symphony, at (316) 978-6202 or mark.laycock@wichita.edu. 

WSU A Cappella Choir and guests Heights High School Concert Choir and Derby High School Philharmonic Choir, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, Wiedemann Recital Hall. Tickets $7, discounts available. Box office, (316) 978-3233. 

Lynne Davis, organist, Wednesdays in Wiedemann, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, Wiedemann Recital Hall. Free half-hour concert. Information, (316) 978-6218.

“The Chairs,” WSU Second Stage Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 6-Oct. 9; 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 9-10; Welsbacher Theatre, Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. N. Tickets $10, discounts available. Information, (316) 978-3233.

WSU Symphony Orchestra with St. Petersburg String Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central. Tickets $7, discounts available. Box office, (316) 978-3233.

Youth Outreach: Heartland Choral Festival (All-State Audition Workshop), WSU School of Music and Wichita Chamber Chorale, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, Wiedemann Recital Hall. For information about registration costs and schedule, go to www.wichita.edu/choirs, or contact Tom Wine, director of WSU choirs, at (316) 978-6125.

Heinavanker, an Estonian vocal ensemble, WSU College of Fine Arts Connoisseur Series, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, Wiedemann Recital Hall. Tickets $20, discounts available. Box office, (316) 978-3233. 

Deborah Baxter, mezzo soprano, WSU Faculty Artist Series, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, Wiedemann Recital Hall. Tickets $7, discounts available. Box office, (316) 978-3233.

WSU Concert Band & Jazz Combos, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, First United Methodist Church, 330 N. Broadway, Wichita. Tickets $7, discounts available. Box office, (316) 978-3233.

WSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble with Chamber Winds, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, First United Methodist Church, 330 N. Broadway, Wichita. Tickets $7, discounts available. Box office, (316) 978-3233.

Youth Outreach: Middle School Band Day, WSU School of Music, Wednesday, Oct. 14, Wiedemann Recital Hall. Information, Victor Markovich at (316) 978-6424. To register, go to www.wichita.edu/bands and click on Middle School Band Day.

Fall break: Thursday, Oct. 14-Saturday, Oct. 16

Massimo Nosetti, organ, Rie Bloomfield Organ Series, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, Wiedemann Recital Hall, WSU campus. Tickets $10, discounts available, (316) 978-3233.

Christy Davis, preservationist, on Kansas History through Architecture, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, Ulrich Museum of Art, WSU campus. Free admission. Gallery hours 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Information, (316) 978-3664. 

“Albert Herring,” WSU Opera and Musical Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 21-23; 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24; Wilner Auditorium, WSU campus. Tickets $10, discounts available, (316) 978-3233. 

Tallgrass Film Closing Gala, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, movie screening at Wiedemann Recital Hall followed by gala at the Ulrich Museum of Art, WSU campus. Tickets $25 through www.tallgrassfilmfest.com. Information, (316) 978-3664.

WSU Madrigal Singers, Chamber Choir and Women’s Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, Wiedemann Recital Hall. Tickets $7, discounts available. Box office, (316) 978-3233.

Artist Dialogue: R. Luke DuBois and Steve Dietz on Net Work: The Art of Mining Data and Meaning, 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, 210 McKnight Art Center West, Wichita State University, correlating to DuBois’ exhibit “Hindsight is always 20/20” on view through Sunday, Nov. 28, at the Ulrich Museum of Art. Free admission. Gallery hours 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. (316) 978-3664.

WSU School of Art and Design, 6-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, WSU Shift Space gallery, 800 E. Third St. in Old Town; normal gallery hours 4-7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Free. Information, (316) 978-3518. 

Youth Outreach: Men’s Choir Festival, WSU School of Music, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, Wiedemann Recital Hall with free afternoon concert on same day in Wiedemann. Information, Tom Wine at (316) 978-6125 or www.wichita.edu/choirs.