Thursday, Jan. 10

•Old School Freight Train, which blends pop-fueled bluegrass with soulful jazz improvisations and Celtic and Latin rhythms; shares the bill with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a trio of young musicians reviving the African-American string-band tradition of the rural North Carolina Piedmont; 7 p.m., Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Tickets: 603-646-2422.

Saturday, Jan. 12

•Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble presents a free concert of music by Percy Grainger, Gustav Holst and Franz von Suppe played by 45 woodwind, brass and percussion players from around the state; 7 p.m., Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

•Classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, the first female ever to win a Grammy for solo classical guitar, plays a program of Latin, 20^th-century and world-folk inspired music; 8 p.m., Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Tickets: 603-646-2422.

Sunday, Jan. 13

•"Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway: A Celebration in the Spirit of Woody Guthrie," with Jimmy LaFave, the Burns Sisters, Joel Rafael, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion; 7:30 p.m., Tunbridge Church Tunbridge. Info: 802-431-3433.

Thursday, Jan. 17

•Fiddler Liz Carroll and guitarist John Doyle play traditional Irish music, 7 p.m., Seven Stars Center, Rte. 14, Sharon. Ticket info: call Beth or Clint at 802-728-6351.

Friday, Jan. 18

•"The Essence of Folk Rock," a night of music from the folk-poet singer-songwriters of the 1960s and 70s, with Spencer Lewis and drummer Barry Miller, 7:30 p.m., Three Bean Café, Pleasant St., Randolph.

Saturday, Jan. 19

•Jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran & The Bandwagon present "Milestone," a theatrical, multi-media jazz suite, 8 p.m., Flynn Theater, Main St., Burlington. Tickets: 802-863-5966.

Sunday, Jan. 20

•Vermont Youth Orchestra presents "Orpheus Revisited," a new triple concerto by Daron Hagen, plus Brahms’ First Symphony; 3 p.m., Flynn Theater, Main St., Burlington. Tickets: 802-863-5966.

•Free concert featuring choirs from area churches and a combined choir, 4 p.m., United Methodist Church, 18 School St., Lebanon, N.H. Info: 603-448-5478.