Honolulu Symphony: Mozarts Piano, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Hawaii Theatre. Haesun Paik joins conductor Samuel Wong for Mozarts Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466. Program includes Idomeneo Overture; Symphony No. 32, K. 318; and Symphony No. 40, K. 550. With Joe Moore of KHON Fox 2 as host and special guest conductor. Tickets $28 to $40. Call 538-8863.
Pan 2 Paradise: Steel drum player Greg MacDonald traces calypso music from its African origins to French-Caribbean influences, with a performance of contemporary music, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Atherton Performing Arts Studio, Hawaii Public Radio, 738 Kaheka St. Tickets $15. Call 955-8821.
Recital: By bassist Paul Erhard, 4 p.m. Sunday, Bishop Memorial Chapel, Kamehameha Schools. Free. Call 842-8356.
Chamber music concert: Galliard String Quartet performs, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Christ Church, Kailua. Program includes Mozarts String Quartet in Eb Major, K 428, and Puccinis Chrysanthemums. Tickets $15 general, $13 seniors, $10 students. Call 947-1975.
Chamber Jazz: Ira Stein Group performs on piano, cello and saxophone, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Keelikolani Auditorium, Kamehameha Schools. Free. Call 842-8356.
The trio also plays at the Academy Theater 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16. Tickets $12 general, $8
students and seniors. Call 532-8700.
Music workshops: Hawaii Public Radio music director Alan Bunin concludes his Brief History of Music, beginning with the 19th-century Nationalist composers, 6 p.m. Jan. 16, Atherton Performing Arts Studio, 738 Kaheka St.
Bunin covers the various musical forms used by composers in Musical Models, Jan. 23, and explores differences in approach to music in Its a Matter of Interpretation, Jan. 30. Tickets $15; for the series, $40. Call 955-8821.