SOUL MUSIC IN BROOKLYN The second installment of the Martin Luther King Jr. Concert series features the gospel singer Hezekiah Walker (tonight). Coming up: Chaka Kahn (August 15), and the Mighty Sparrow (August 22). Mondays through August 22, 7:30 p.m., Wingate Field, Winthrop Street between Brooklyn and Kingston avenues, Brooklyn, 718-469-1912, free.

PIANO MAN The Summer Stars Concert Series, the classical music wing of the River to River Festival, presents a performance by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Young Composers Workshop. Composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain presents the selections, each of which was composed by members of the ensemble. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Pace University, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St., near Gold Street, 212-346-1715, free, tickets required.

DOWNTOWN OPERA The East Village Opera Company, an 11-person ensemble that performs classic arias as rock anthems, takes its eclectic show downtown. Tonight, 8 p.m. doors open, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. at Bowery, 212-533-2111, $20. Note: ages 21 and older.

REMEMBERING RAY The Blue Note hosts the Ray Charles Orchestra one month

before what would have been the performer’s 75th birthday. The group accompanied Charles for decades, and now new members have joined, including a new cast of Raelettes, his backup quartet. Craig Bailey directs, and Billy Osborne performs vocals and keyboard. Tomorrow and Wednesday, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St., between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street, 212-475-8592, $30 at a table, $20 at the bar.

‘TEARS’ FOR EARS Little Anthony and the Imperials, best known for their 1958 single “Tears on My Pillow,” perform their oldies-style love ballads as part of the Hudson River Festival. Wednesday, 7 p.m., Battery Park City, Rockefeller Park, 212-945-2600, free.