Taking a step into retro music land, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra welcomes classic rocker Pat Benatar and her longtime artistic partner Neil Giraldo as the headliners on the KeyBank Pops Concert Series.

A four-time Grammy winner, Benatar began her career as a classically trained mezzo-soprano. In 1973, she quit her job as a bank teller to pursue a life of singing, starting as most young artists do, singing gigs with local bands in the Richmond, Va., area.

After a less-than-stellar start, she packed it in and moved to New York City where a chance performance at an open mic night at Catch a Falling Star Club sent the crowd reeling and launched her from unknown to toast of the town with almost overnight success, according to her website.

In 1979, her producer introduced her to the then up-and-coming guitarist Neil Giraldo. Together they recorded their landmark album In the Heat of the Night, which included their three best-known tunes “Heartbreaker,” “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” and the number that went platinum, “We Live For Love.”

They bring their lifetimes’ worth of music making and unbridled rock energy to Toledo at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. Tickets and more information are available at 419-246-8000 or toledosymphony.com.

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■ Maumee-based composer, producer, and performing artist Tim Story performs for the opening of The Roedelius Cells. The event transforms the GlasSalon into an eight-channel, multisensory installation and begins at 7 p.m. March 16 at the Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. More information is available at toledomuseum.org.

■ The Art Tatum Jazz Society “Jazz under Glass” presents the Ben Wolkins Trio from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. today at the GlasSalon, Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. Tickets are $10-$35 and available at arttatumsociety.com.

■ The Toledo Symphony Orchestra and the Toledo Symphony Youth Orchestra team up for their annual Side by Side Concert with resident conductor Sara Jobin on the podium. Before the concert, Young Artist Contest winners marimbaist Isabella Banks, violinist Soyoung Cho, and pianists Catherine Lu and Jack Naglick will perform. The concert begins at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle, 2445 Monroe St. Tickets are $10 and available at 419-246-8000.

■ The Toledo Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents its annual student recital featuring scholarship winners and other student organists. The free recital begins at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, 200 E. Broadway, Maumee.

■ The Toledo Piano Teachers Association presents “Getting to Know Frances Renzi, Concert Artist and Professor.” Heidi Fern Clausius hosts the free interview at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 4207 W. Laskey Rd. For more information, call 419-729-3191.

■ The Perrysburg Chorale, joined by the Perrysburg High School Select Strings, a bagpiper, and a children’s choir, performs a free Celtic concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church, 200 W. Second St., Perrysburg.

■ Internationally renowned flutist William Bennett will present a free master class at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall, West Towerview Boulevard and West Rocket Drive. Park in Lot 12. For more information, visit utoledo.edu/​al/​svpa/​music.

■ The Toledo School for the Arts’ Studio Orchestra presents a concert exploring our nation’s history through the music of film and television at 7 p.m. Monday at Monroe St. United Methodist Church, 3613 Monroe St. Tickets are $4-$6 and available at 419-246-8732, ext. 226, or tickets.ts4arts.org.

■ The Toledo Symphony Orchestra is featured in concert at 7:30 p.m. today at Sauder Village, 22611 State Rt. 2, Archbold. Tickets are $18 and available at 800-590-9755 or saudervillage.org.

■ Four concerts are on offer at the Kerrytown Concert House this week. The Karapetyan Brother’s Project present music for two violins and piano at 8 p.m. Saturday. All About the Trio presents Ann Arbor jazz legend Ellen Rowe in concert at 4 p.m. Sunday. Perrin Grace’s Am Trio performs a CD release concert at 8 p.m. Monday. James Ilgenfritz presents new compositions for the contrabass at 8 p.m. Wednesday. All performances are at the Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor. For tickets and more information, call 734-769-2999.

■ The Musical Art Series in Port Clinton presents the Australian Guitar Duo in concert. Jacob Cordover and Rupert Boyd play a mixture of Australian compositions and selections from the classical repertoire at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Firelands Presbyterian Church, 2626 East Harbor Rd., Port Clinton. Tickets $15 (students free) available at the door. More information at australianguitarduo.com and musicalartsportclinton.com.

■ The National Dance Company of Ireland presents “Rhythm of the Dance,” a two-hour Celtic extravaganza, at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ritz Theatre, 30 S. Washington St., Tiffin. Tickets are $20-$50 and available at 419-448-8544 or ritztheatre.org.

■ Artrageous, a multifaceted family event featuring local live performers and visual artists happens from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Wassenberg Art Center, 214 S. Washington St., Van Wert. After a short break, the event continues with a 7 p.m. show the Niswonger Center for Performing Arts 10700 State Rt. 118 South, Van Wert. Tickets and more information are available at 419-238-6722 or npacvw.org.

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First Published March 9, 2017, 5:00 a.m.