Buffalo native Susanna Perry Gilmore, now in her eleventh year as Concertmaster of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, is currently touring performing the Beethoven Sonata Cycle and other recitals sponsored by the Arts in Education Institute of Western New York. She returns to Buffalo this week for an ArtsCanisius recital at the Montante Cultural Center on Thursday evening (Feb. 21), accompanied by Canisius College Composer-in-Residence Persis Vehar on piano. The following evening, Friday (Feb. 22), Gilmore and Vehar will perfrom again during the Albright Knox Art Gallery’s Gusto at the Gallery series. This Friday’s event, The Sonata: Musical Conversations, is presented by the Arts in Education Institute of Western New York. Featuring Gilmore (violin) and Vehar (piano), the two will present Beethoven’s Spring Sonata and the Ravel Sonata, contrasting pieces representing two different eras in classical music, each a century apart. When not working as a classical violinist, Ms. Gilmore plays the Irish fiddle with her husband in the band Planet Reel at home in Tennessee.

Thurs,. Feb. 21, 7:30pm. Canisius College/Montante Cultural Center, 2001 Main St. (888-2778/

www.canisius.edu). FREE. Fri., Feb. 22, 7:30pm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave. (882-8700/www.albrightknox.org). FREE