The critically acclaimed Radius Ensemble continues its eleventh season November 12 & 14 with concerts at the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston and MIT in Cambridge. The program features jazz great Paquito D’Rivera’s Cuban-flavored Aires tropicales for wind quintet, as well as Mozart’s horn quintet, Martinu’s sonata for flute, violin and piano, and the clarinet and cello duo Private Game by Chicago composer Shulamit Ran. Thursday’s concert is at 7 pm at Rivers’s Rivera Hall, 333 Winter Street in Weston. Saturday’s concert is at 8 pm at MIT’s Killian Hall, 160 Memorial Drive in Cambridge. Tickets are $15 and $20 ($10 for students and seniors) and include a post-concert reception with the artists. Subscriptions are available. Order online or get tickets at the door beginning at 7. There is a $2 discount per ticket when ordering online. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Call 617.792.7234 or visit http://radiusensemble.org for more information.

Radius Ensemble has earned rave reviews and a dedicated following by reinvigorating classical music for a new generation. A chamber music ensemble of winds, strings, and piano, Radius performs music from the classical period to the modern era, from beloved masterpieces to undiscovered gems. Its musicians are outstanding professionals inspired by tradition, willing to take risks, and committed to connecting with a diverse group of listeners. Founded in 1999 by oboist and impresario Jennifer Montbach, Radius’s season includes a four-concert series at MIT’s Killian Hall in Cambridge, where the group is alumni ensemble in residence for the 2009-2010 academic year, as well as a four-concert series at the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, where the group is also ensemble in residence. Radius has also appeared on concert series throughout New England, including the Rockport Chamber Music Festival and New York’s Music in Chelsea. Radius has commissioned and premiered numerous works by Boston-area composers and has won several Meet the Composer grants from the National Endowment for the Arts/New England Foundation for the Arts. Committed to community outreach, Radius presents a free Saturday-morning family concert in Harvard Square, and a distributes free tickets to disadvantaged children and their parents or mentors through local community service agencies.