Guest Conductor Joins Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra This Weekend

Wondering what to do with yourself this weekend? Don't dismay: check out today's Weekend Spotlight:

Our pick for today: Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra concert

• When: 7 p.m. Sunday
  
• Where: Birmingham Unitarian Church (38651 Woodward Ave. in Bloomfield Hills)
  
• Cost: $22
  
• Why Go: The Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra will perform a series of chamber works in a newly intimate setting this weekend. Guest conductor John Thomas Dodson will direct the orchestra and guest soloist Amy Porter as they perform the works of J.S. Bach, Haydn and Corigliano. Porter will star on flute in Bach's Second Orchestral Suite and Corgliano's Voyage for Flute and Strings.
  

Also happening this weekend:

• Friday's 'Betting On Our Youth' Fundraiser to Benefit Birmingham Students

Come back to Birmingham Patch on Thursday for more weekend things to do in our Weekend Planner, or visit our events calendar.