AMERICA’S GREATEST “The Music of America” is a program by the Manhattan School of Music featuring works by America’s greatest composers, including Aaron Copland, Benjamin Franklin, and William Selby. Pieces include Franklin’s “String Quartet,” written in 1778. The director of the concert is David Noon. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall, Broadway and 122nd Street, 212-493-4428, free.

BIG IMAGINATION The Chelsea Opera and the Chelsea Opera Chamber Orchestra present Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” an opera originally commissioned by NBC in 1951. The story follows a physically challenged boy as he creates incredible fantasies about ordinary life. Tonight and tomorrow,8 p.m.,St. Peter’s Church, 346 W. 20th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 866-811-4111, $20 general, $15 students and seniors.

DESTINY FULFILLED Carnegie Hall and the Globe Institute of Technology present “The Dreams Fulfilled Concert,” a faculty performance of works by Dvorak, Chopin, Ravel, and others to benefit the school’s scholarship fund. Featured performers include pianists Louis Yungling and Richard Holley, and bassoonist Yakov Dyman. Tonight, 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, 54 W. 57th St. at Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800, $35–$55.

AFRO SOUNDS Congregation Shearith Israel, a Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, presents a concert for the Sephardic Music Festival, featuring performances by the Afro-Semitic Experience and the Sarah Aroeste Band. The two groups perform Middle Eastern and African melodies in the traditional language of Ladino. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Congregation Shearith Israel, 2 W. 70th St. at Central Park West, 212-873-0300 ext. 209, $12 in advance, $15 at the doors.