The University of New Hampshire Department of Music is gearing up for a spree of free concerts featuring vocal and instrumental music.

It all starts on Saturday, Jan. 14, when the UNH Faculty Concert Series presents the Trio Sospiri, featuring UNH faculty members Margaret Herlehy on oboe, Janet Polk on bassoon and Arlene Kies on piano. They’ll offer a program titled “Three Centuries of Trios by Women Composers,” which will include Marie de Grandval’s “Grand Trio,” Madeleine Dring’s “Trio,” and Margaret Greibling-Haigh’s “Trocadillos.” It takes place in Johnson Theatre at the Paul Creative Arts Center beginning at 2 p.m.

The Faculty Concert Series will also present trombonist Nicholas Orovich in the Bratton Recital Hall at the Paul Creative Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. Accompanied by pianist Chris Kies, Orovich will perform works by Arthur Pryor, Gunther Schuller, Barbara York and Herbert L. Clarke.

The UNH Chamber Singers will follow a few days later with a concert at the Arts Center’s Johnson Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. Under the direction of William Kempster, the ensemble will perform Ildebrando Pizzetti’s “Due Composizioni Corali” and Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry’s “Songs of Farewell.”

Guest artist Maria Yuka de Almeida Prado, a professor at the University of Sao Paolo/Ribeirao—Preto, will appear in concert on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Bratton Recital Hall. The soprano will offer a recital of Brazilian Art Song with pianist Arlene Kies. She’ll present a master class in the hall at 12:30 p.m. the same day.

All four concerts take place on the university’s Durham campus. For more information, call 603-862-2404 or visit www.unh.edu/music.