[UPDATED] Week 2, April 2018 Music Events

Here are live-music and dance events from the second full Monday-to-Sunday week of April, 2018. Improving on last week's post, I'm only two days late! These are harvested from my Top-25 venues list. I'm involved on the presenting end of Janet Hopkins and Armen Shaomian's concert Thursday, so it's highlighted in blue. More about that concert at this link. Janet sang with the Met!

For a pick of the week, I'll go with the Atlanta Ballet's production, not because I know anything at all about it, but it's part of a series of new works, and that sounds cool. -PMc

Local

• Apr. 9-13 :: Student Recitals at AU Department of Music http://www.cla.auburn.edu/music/events/

• Apr. 12 :: soprano Janet Hopkins with pianist Armen Shaomian at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art http://jcsm.auburn.edu/event/a-little-lunch-music-spring-2018/2018-04-12/

• Apr. 13 :: Groove Monkey at Eighth & Rail (on Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/events/440136696407374/

• [UPDATE] Apr. 13 :: La'Roy Bodiford at Piccolo https://www.auhcc.com/about/auburn-event-calendar

• Apr. 14 :: 5 Shot Jack at Eighth & Rail (on Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/events/1552096804899966/

• Apr. 14 :: Dancing Stars of East Alabama http://www.bottlingplanteventcenter.com/event/dancing-stars-of-east-alabama/

• Apr. 14, 15 :: 3:24 Cigar Bar Grand Opening feat. Conner Lorre https://www.aotourism.com/Event/9920/323-Cigar-Bar-Grand-Opening/

• [UPDATE] Apr. 14 :: Mike Pendowski at Piccolo https://www.auhcc.com/about/auburn-event-calendar

Columbus

• Apr. 9 :: Symphony U: Orchestra 101 presented by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra http://csoga.org/season/

• Apr. 9-15 :: Student Recitals at the Schwob School of Music https://events.columbusstate.edu/calendar/category/college-of-the-arts/music/

• Apr. 13 :: Guest Artist: Francisco Bernier, guitar https://events.columbusstate.edu/calendar/guest-artist-francisco-bernier-guitar/

• Apr. 13 :: CSU Jazz Combos presented by Jazz@TheLoft https://www.theloft.com/new-events/2017/11/3/jazztheloft-with-csu-jazz-quartets-l6b4e-mehtn-y32c4-prsng-f268x-8kmjw-gmx6w-2wbs8

• Apr. 14 :: Kaleidoscope at the RiverCenter http://www.rivercenter.org/event/kaleidoscope/

• Apr. 14 :: Nick Black at The Loft https://www.theloft.com/new-events/2018/1/26/nick-black

Montgomery

• Apr. 13 :: Black Jacket Symphony Presents Guns N Roses "Appetite For Destruction" at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre http://www.mpaconline.org/events/

Atlanta

• Apr. 12, 14 :: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Dvořák's Stormy Symphony No. 7 http://www.atlantasymphony.org/ConcertsAndTickets/Calendar/2017-2018/CS18-Janacek-Shostakovich-Dvorak

• Apr. 13, 14, 15 :: Tu Tu and More presented by the Atlanta Ballet https://www.cobbenergycentre.com/events/detail/tu-tu-more

• Apr. 14, 15 :: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra presents Music for the Very Young: Music of South America http://www.atlantasymphony.org/ConcertsAndTickets/Calendar/2017-2018/Music-for-the-Very-Young-South-America

• Apr. 15 :: pianist Peter Serkin presented by Emory's Candler Concert Series at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts http://arts.emory.edu/calendar/index.html?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D123622008%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D

• Apr. 15 :: Chopin Society of Atlanta presents Rafał Blechacz http://www.atlantasymphony.org/ConcertsAndTickets/Calendar/2017-2018/Chopin-Society