Soon enough/Work and love will make a man out of you/Through and through/Soon enough,” sings Bryan Webb with aching hopefulness on the Constantine’s “Soon Enough.” Pining for maturation and the promise of fulfillment, the song is a staid and mellow number that segues into the pounding drums and staccato guitar of “Working Full-Time.” This back-to-back blast from 2005’s 10-song tour de force Tournament of Hearts is a testament to the skill and craft of one of the finest bands in Canada at the moment.

Buffalo Philharmonic Music Director JoAnn Falletta will be on the podium this weekend, leading the orchestra in a pair of concerts Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon that feature the world premiere of a new work by Buffalo-based composer Persis Anne Parshall Vehar. A composer in virtually all classical music genres, the award-winning and prolific Vehar is currently composer-in-residence at Canisius College. Her works have been performed often in Western New York, as well as in such distinguished venues as the Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City, the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Graz Music Festival in Austria.