On Friday, March 28, alumni and student jazz musicians from the Boyer College of Music and Dance will perform a tribute to professor and acclaimed trumpeter Terell Stafford, prior to and following an 8 p.m. ticketed performance by the Stafford and Wayne Shorter Quartets in the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall.

While the Friday night performances are not sponsored by Temple, discounted tickets are available for Temple students and employees. The musical tributes, which begin at 6:30 and 10:30 p.m., are free, and tickets for the Stafford and Shorter performances can be purchased at 215-893-1999, www.kimmelcenter.org and the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. To redeem the 20 percent discount offer, concertgoers must use the promo codeword STAFFORD when making their purchase.

Later in the weekend, on Sunday, March 30, the Temple University Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs will perform in the Boyer College’s seventh annual Kimmel Center Concert. The concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will feature works by Mozart, Mussorgsky and NPR host William McGlaughlin, who is a Temple alumnus and the recipient of the 2007 Boyer Tribute Award.

At the concert, Al and Gabrielle Rinaldi will be honored with the tribute award for their continued commitment to providing instruments, service and expertise to the region’s musical and educational communities. Al Rinaldi is the chairman and CEO of Jacobs Music Co., and Gabrielle Rinaldi is a 1973 Temple alumna and also the executive vice president and director of Concert & Artist Development at Jacobs Music.

Tickets for the concert are $10 for students and range from $10 to $35 for all others. Tickets are available at the Kimmel Center box office, 215-893-1999, or www.kimmelcenter.org.

After the weekend’s Kimmel Center performances, the Symphony Orchestra takes its concert to New York with a Wednesday, April 2, performance of works by Nielsen, Mussorgsky and McGlaughlin at Carnegie Hall. The concert will begin at 8 p.m., and tickets range from $10 to $25. Tickets are available at the Carnegie Hall box office, 212-247-7800, or www.carnegiehall.org.

For more information about the March 28 jazz performances, visit the Kimmel Center web site at www.kimmelcenter.org. For more information about the March 30 and April 2 Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs concerts, visit www.temple.edu/boyer.