SUMMER INSTITUTE

FOR CONTEMPORARY

PERFORMANCE PRACTICE

Stephen Drury’s new-music boot camp, this year celebrating the John Cage centennial, offers a week of free performances at New England Conservatory. Christian Wolff will be composer-in-residence. June 17-23. New England Conservatory, www.SICPP.org

BOSTON GUITARFEST

Eliot Fisk directs this seventh annual celebration of all things guitar, with concerts, master classes, and seminars organized around the theme of “Back to Bach.” Most events take place at either the Fenway Center or Jordan Hall. June 20-24. 617-373-4700,

www.bostonguitarfest.org

JEREMY EICHLER